APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-09-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.042
P. Srinivas Dr , Srinath Ramakkrushnan , Aswathaman Vijayan
{"title":"A Study on Soil Compaction Management in Tobacco Cultivation in Mysore Region of India","authors":"P. Srinivas Dr , Srinath Ramakkrushnan , Aswathaman Vijayan","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soil is a dynamic medium in which the physical, chemical and biological processes are changing all the time under the influences of man and nature. The rate at which soil changes under the influence of man's activities are so fast and often negative that this degradation needs urgent attention. Healthy soil includes not only the physical particles making up the soil, but also adequate pore space between the particles for the movement and storage of air and water. This is necessary for plant growth and for a favourable environment for soil organisms to live. Compaction occurs when soil particles are pressed together, thereby reducing the amount of pore space. Most farmers are aware of compaction problems, but the significance is often underestimated. Compaction effects on crop yield can be a significant factor in today's farm economy with a specific reference to tobacco. Thus in order to understand the causes, effects and impacts of soil compaction, ITC limited - Agri Business Division –ILTD undertook a comprehensive study in Mysore region (India) to diagnose the extent of soil compaction in farms and evaluate the impact of subsoiling in breaking the compaction layers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 287-292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82146957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-09-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.046
M.A. Hossain, K. Al-Abdul-Elah, S. El-Dakour
{"title":"Evaluation of Different Commercial Feeds for Culture of Juvenile Sobaity (Sparidentex Hasta Valenciennes) in Kuwait","authors":"M.A. Hossain, K. Al-Abdul-Elah, S. El-Dakour","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 6-month long growth trial was conducted to evaluate three commercial feeds: Skretting (Turkey), Biomar (Greece), and Arasco (Saudi Arabia) in juvenile sobaity, <em>Sparidentex hasta.</em> For confidentiality, these feeds were randomly given code names diets 1, 2 and 3 and trash fish was used as diet 4 (control). Protein in commercial diets ranged between 47.17 and 48.80% while trash fish had 57.40% protein (% dry basis). Sobaity juveniles (51.39±0.63<!--> <!-->g) were stocked at the rate of 50fish/tank, each treatment with three replicates. Fish were fed twice daily at satiation level. The results showed that diet 2 (48.80% protein) resulted in significantly (P<0.05) better weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio, apparent net protein utilization and energy retention compared to other diets. There were no significant (P>0.05) differences between the weight gain and SGR values of fish fed diet 1 (48.50% protein) and trash fish (57.40% protein) while diet 3 resulted in the lowest weight gain and SGR. The muscle fatty acid composition reflected the dietary fatty acids particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acids (DHA) and n-3/n-6 ratios which were significantly higher in fish fed diet 2. The results showed that diet 2 (48.80% protein) may be recommended for culture of sobaity in Kuwait.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 310-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91323401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-09-09DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.002
Leyser Rodrigues Oliveira , Humberto P. Cunha , Nilvânia M. Silva , Ivani P.M. Pádua
{"title":"Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization and Soil Reactivity of Brazilian Waste Limestones","authors":"Leyser Rodrigues Oliveira , Humberto P. Cunha , Nilvânia M. Silva , Ivani P.M. Pádua","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper evaluated four waste limestones mined in the Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and its potential as soil acidity amendments and its effects upon soil fertility attributes. Laboratory and greenhouse experiments were performed at the University Centre of Formiga (UNIFOR), with Oxisols collected under native conditions. A randomly experimental design was set with four replications, five liming materials (four waste limestones products + a mix pure product, to comparison) applied in two liming rates (50% and 70% of base saturation), and a control plot (no lime applied). Each liming material was characterized with respect to CaO(%), MgO(%), and micronutrients Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn contents by atomic absorption spectrophotometer and the mineralogy by X-ray diffractometry. Results indicated that all liming materials tested could be classified as supplemental source of calcium and magnesium and caused an increase in soil pH, soil Ca and Mg, and base saturation levels, whereas aluminum saturation decreased. Dolomite, calcite and quartz are major minerals. Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were found in trace-amounts in all waste limestones, which was considered typical for such products. Considering the improvement of chemical characteristics and increase soil fertility, the use of waste limestone is an alternative that allows the use of commercial discarded material in small properties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"9 ","pages":"Pages 8-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84258197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.044
M.A.Z. Mohd Remy Rozainy , M. Hasif , Syafalny , P. Puganeshwary , A. Afifi
{"title":"Combination of Chitosan and Bentonite as Coagulant Agents in Dissolved Air Flotation","authors":"M.A.Z. Mohd Remy Rozainy , M. Hasif , Syafalny , P. Puganeshwary , A. Afifi","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.044","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The experiment was carried out to study the dissolved air flotation (DAF) process in a tank involving mainly velocity distribution and turbidity removal. Chitosan and Bentonite were known as coagulant agents thus were used in the study. Measurements were carried out on four cases with different inlet velocities of 0.3m/s, 0.6m/s, 0.9m/s and 1.2m/s. Laboratory tests were conducted to test the water quality based on turbidity values and basic drinking water parameters. From the test results, it was found that the inlet velocity gave impacts on the distribution of flow in the tank and thus affected the efficiency of the flotation process. Chitosan and Bentonite can be applied to the flotation tank resulting in an average of 97% turbidity removal. This study successfully proved the effectiveness of the combination of Chitosan and Bentonite as a coagulating agent in the DAF tank for raw water treatment process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"10 ","pages":"Pages 229-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85640562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.022
Shigeyuki Katano, Takaaki Wajima, Hideki Nakagome
{"title":"Recovery of Tantalum Sintered Compact from Used Tantalum Condenser Using Steam Gasification with Sodium Hydroxide","authors":"Shigeyuki Katano, Takaaki Wajima, Hideki Nakagome","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recovery of tantalum resource from used tantalum capacitor in electric equipment is important because the production of tantalum have not been stable for the price and the quantity. However, recovery of tantalum sintered compact from tantalum capacitor is difficult since the compact strongly covered with the flame retardant resin made of halogenated compounds (mold resin). In this study, steam gasification with sodium hydroxide was applied for recovery of tantalum sintered compact by destroying mold resin and stabilization of halogenated compounds in sodium hydroxide to prevent exhausting halogenated gas. Mold resin can be decomposed by steam gasification with NaOH to recover the sintered compact of tantalum. Furthermore, most halogen gas generated from decomposition of mold resin can be trapped in sodium hydroxide not to exhaust halogen gas. These results suggested that recovery process of tantalum sintered compact from the used condenser using steam gasification with sodium hydroxide is expected as a feasible way to recycle the rare metal in electric equipment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"10 ","pages":"Pages 182-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86341155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.062
Aya Yonemitsu , Mary Njenga , Miyuki Iiyama , Shusuke Matsushita
{"title":"Household Fuel Consumption Based on Multiple Fuel Use Strategies: A Case Study in Kibera Slums","authors":"Aya Yonemitsu , Mary Njenga , Miyuki Iiyama , Shusuke Matsushita","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recently, it has been argued that, contrary to earlier energy ladder thinking, households in developing countries do not switch to modern energy sources but instead tend to consume a combination of fuels. This article aimed to gather a better understanding of the relative importance of fuel substitution and fuel complementation, especially among charcoal, fuel briquettes and kerosene, and the factors associated with these choices. In this paper we present results of a household survey conducted during October 2010 in Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya. The results revealed that widely various household characteristics influence demand for charcoal and briquettes for cooking. In addition to these factors, the household income level affects the use of kerosene for cooking. At the same time, we found the fact households tend to switch to multiple fuels strategy as their increasing in income instead of completely switching from the consumption of traditional fuels to modern energy sources.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"10 ","pages":"Pages 331-340"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76963441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-12-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.031
Muataz Ali Atieh
{"title":"Removal of Phenol from Water Different Types of Carbon – A Comparative Analysis","authors":"Muataz Ali Atieh","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Toxic organic substances are considered among the pollutants that have direct effect on humans and animals. Industrial wastewaters containing dissolved phenol can contaminate groundwater resources and thus lead to a serious groundwater pollution problem. In the present research, the adsorption technique for the efficient removal of phenol pollutants at trace level in water was employed. Four type of micro and nanocarbon materials including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon nanofibers (CNFs) as nano carbon adsorbents, activated carbon (AC) and industrial carbon fly ash (CFA) as micro carbon adsorbents were used to remove phenol from water. Characterization of these adsorbents was performed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), BET specific surface area while the concentration of phenol in water before and after treatment was analyzed using UV-Spectroscopy. The pH (3-9) of the solution, was varied in order to determine their effect on the removal of phenol from water and hence on the adsorption rate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"10 ","pages":"Pages 136-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86326963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biodiversity of Adult Trichoptera and Water Quality Variables in Streams, Northern Thailand","authors":"Taeng-On Prommi , Pongsak Laudee , Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.055","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The diversity of adult Trichoptera was surveyed at Mae Tao and Mae Ku watersheds, northern Thailand during July 2011 to May 2012. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between physicochemical parameters of water quality and adult Trichoptera for monitoring of water quality. A total of 9,475 adult Trichoptera representing 14 families and 126 species were collected. The correlation between the biodiversity of adult Trichoptera and water quality showed that the <em>Ecnomus jojachin</em>, <em>Cheumatopsyche carmentis, C. chryseis, C. lucida, C. chrysothemis, C. dhanikari, Potamyia dryope, Leptocerus dirghachuka, L. trophonios, L. ganymedes, Oecetis scutulata, O. armadillo, O. raghava, O. asmada, O. tripunctata, Setodes flivialis, S. neptunus, S. endymion, S. okypete, Chimarra chiangmaiensis, Paduniella semarangensis, Lepidostoma doligung, Polyplectropus ahas, Psychomyia lak, Marilia sumatrana, Hydroptila thuna</em> and <em>Orthrotrichia typhoeus</em> depended on some physicochemical factors including air temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity, sulfate, nitrate-nitrogen, orthrophosphate, ammonia-nitrogen and alkalinity in water.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"10 ","pages":"Pages 292-298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.10.055","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79870968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-09-09DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.034
Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay
{"title":"Rheological and Swelling Behavior of pH Sensitive Hydrogel Particles","authors":"Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>pH sensitive hydrogel particles were characterized for their rheological and swelling behaviour at various pH values specific to the gastrointestinal tract simulated conditions. Scanning electron microscopy was used to view the surface morphology of the hydrogels at different pHs. Swelling at pH 7.4 and shrinkage at pH 1.2 confirmed the pH sensitive behaviour of the hydrogel particles. The Linear Viscoelastic (LVE) range was determined by considering G’, one of the strain amplitude. Furthermore frequency sweep tests were performed in the LVE range where the storage modulus and loss modulus were determined at constant strain. It was observed that the loss modulus was higher at basic pH while the storage modulus was higher at lower pH. This rheological method can be used to explain the pH sensitive behaviour of hydrogels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"9 ","pages":"Pages 192-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.01.034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85333250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
APCBEE ProcediaPub Date : 2014-01-01Epub Date: 2014-09-16DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.032
Fidelina T. Flores , Kevin F. Yaptenco , Engelbert K. Peralta , Edralina P. Serrano
{"title":"Gas Transmission Rates Across ‘Carabao’ Mango (Mangifera Indica L.) Peel at Different Stages of Maturity and Ripeness","authors":"Fidelina T. Flores , Kevin F. Yaptenco , Engelbert K. Peralta , Edralina P. Serrano","doi":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Gas transmission rate through fruit peel is needed to understand gas exchange between fruit and the environment. It can be used to design packaging material and formulate edible coatings to be used by the fruit. It can also be used to predict oxygen consumption and possible carbon dioxide injury which could affect ripening and could predict the internal gas level inside the fruit. Oxygen and carbon dioxide transmission rates (O2TR and CO2TR) of mango (<em>Mangifera indica</em>, L.) peel at different stages of maturity and ripeness which were stored under two temperature regimes were measured using gas diffusion chamber. Nitrogen gas was flushed inside the chamber to decrease the oxygen level. Then a gas mixture of known concentration was flushed in the chamber and the concentration inside the chamber was measured through time. The Exponential Decay Method of Gas Transmission Rate of Films as described by Moyls (1992) was used to relate partial pressure of the gas concentration inside the chamber and the outside condition. Results showed that overmature fruit peel-PCI3 under 27<!--> <!-->°C had the highest O<sub>2</sub>TR and CO<sub>2</sub>TR (1.636 mLO<sub>2</sub>/cm<sup>2</sup>-hr - 4.744<!--> <!-->mLCO2/cm<sup>2</sup>-hr) while immature fruit peel-PCI1 under 14<!--> <!-->°C had the lowest O<sub>2</sub>TR and CO<sub>2</sub>TR (1.104 mLO<sub>2</sub>/cm<sup>2</sup>-hr - 3.321 mLO<sub>2</sub>/cm<sup>2</sup>-hr). At constant temperature, gas transmission rates increase with maturity and as the fruit peel turns yellow.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8107,"journal":{"name":"APCBEE Procedia","volume":"8 ","pages":"Pages 230-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83532239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}