{"title":"Design of Upelow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactor for treatment of organic wastewaters.","authors":"M M Ghangrekar, U J Kahalekar, S V Takalkar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Reactor is widely applied anaerobic wastewater treatment method all over the world. Uniform distribution of wastewater at reactor bottom is necessary to establish proper contact between sludge and wastewater. In addition, proper functioning of Gas-Liquid-Solid (GLS) separator is crucial to ensure maximum sludge retention in the reactor and to achieve maximum COD removal rate in the reactor. Hence, proper design of reactor is necessary for appropriate functioning of various components for a given wastewater flow rate and COD concentration. The design procedure for UASB reactor taking due consideration to the GLS design and design of inlet arrangement is discussed in this paper for various wastewater strength and flow rates. A software is developed to make economical design of UASB reactor for different type of wastewater by adopting maximum loading conditions, based on literature recommendations, and at the same time to satisfy all design recommendation, as far as possible.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 2","pages":"121-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40864238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Arsenic reduction from aqueous environment by water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.).","authors":"Arindam Basu, Sunil Kumar, Somnath Mukherjee","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arsenate uptake by aquatic plant water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) was studied in the laboratory condition to investigate a low cost natural aquatic treatment system for pollutant removal. The plants were harvested from a local pollution free pond in young condition and hydroponically cultured in the laboratory. Bioaccumulation was noticed to be both concentration and duration dependent. The results show that the plant could effectively abosrb arsenic between a range of 0.25 to 5.0 mg/l to the extent of 82.0 to 22.8% for a biomass of 20g/l at pH 7.0 after 144 hours. The results were also plotted in Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms and the data were well fitted. The sorption capacity was evaluated as 1.43 mg/g for Langmuir isotherm and 1.01 mg/g for Freundlich isotherm. The removal efficiency was, however, noted to be maximum (87.5%) at pH 6.5. The effect of biomass quantity has also been investigated along with some metabolic parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 2","pages":"143-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40864241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disappearence of some toxic elements in the surface water of Hussainsagar Lake following Ganesh-idol immersion.","authors":"M Vikram Reddy, A Vijay Kumar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 2","pages":"161-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40864244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abid Ali Khan, M M Ashhar, Asif A Siddiqui, I H Farooqi
{"title":"Sewage treatment by anaerobic hybrid reactor.","authors":"Abid Ali Khan, M M Ashhar, Asif A Siddiqui, I H Farooqi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attempts were made to utilize anaerobic hybrid reactor for sewage treatment. The reactor was seeded with digested sewage sludge and a HRT of 24 hrs. was kept in the start up. The HRT was subsequently decreased to 20, 16, 12, 8 and 4 hrs. A maximum COD removal efficiency of 74% was achieved at minimum HRT. The pH, alkalinity, solids and VFA of the effluent were within the permissible limits.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 2","pages":"97-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40864381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment of textile dyeing wastewater using UV/solar photofenton oxidation processes.","authors":"G Sarayu, S Kanmani","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colour removal of effluent from textile dyeing and finishing industry is becoming important because of aesthetic as well as environmental concerns. Conventional treatment methods have several limitations. Hence emerging technologies like advanced oxidation processes which were based on generation of hydroxyl free radicals (OH) were investigated. In the present work, photofenton oxidation process was used to treat textile dyeing wastewater and the study was carried out at different Fenton molar ratio's (H2O2/Fe2+) like 25:1, 50:1, 75:1, 100:1. It was found that maximum decolourisation occurred at a fenton molar ration of 50:1 and pH 3. A maximum colour removal of 97% was achieved after a contact time of 30 minutes and 70% COD reduction was observed after a contact time of 60 minutes in UV photofenton oxidation process. Whereas 80% colour removal and 50-55% COD reduction was observed after a contact time of 2 hrs in solar photofenton oxidation process.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 2","pages":"113-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40864384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performance evaluation of a full-scale coke oven wastewater treatment plant in an integrated steel plant.","authors":"M Suresh Kumar, A N Vaidya, N Shivaraman, A S Bal","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wastewater generated during coke-oven gas cleaning operations in the integrated steel plant contains phenol, cyanide, thiocyanate, and also oil and grease. Although the activated sludge process is widely practiced for biological treatment of coke-oven wastewater, it was observed during the evaluation of performance of full scale coke-oven wastewater treatment plant that oil contamination and poor sludge settleability had resulted in poor maintenance of the activated sludge process. Keeping these aspects in view, treatability studies were conducted and an alternative treatment process is proposed. With these corrective measures the coke-oven wastewater treatment plant will give desired performance. In this paper we present results of the performance evaluation, data on treatability studies and alternative treatment process scheme.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 1","pages":"29-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24162602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cathodic protection system for underground M.S. pipeline of watersupply project.","authors":"V D Patil, P S Phulari","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Corrosion of steel embedded in soil can generally be explained in terms of long cell action arising from differential aeration. The significant factors to promote corrosion are soil potential, Resistivity and draining characteristics. As the corrosive nature of soil is not fixed absolute value, the said study can be analyzed by adopting the following methodology. i) Study of state of soil at different location. ii) Nature of corrosion under consideration With above methodology an attempt can be made to achieve the following objective to, i) Assess the extent of corrosive tendencies of soil along the pipeline. ii) Co-relate potential and resistivity with corrosive parameters of soil and, iii) Suggest the appropriate remedial means for protecting it from corrosion. i.e. Galvanic activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 1","pages":"11-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24162701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectrophotometric studies on the investigation of chromium in environmental samples.","authors":"M B Melwanki, Jaldappa Seetharamappa","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isothipendyl hydrochloride is proposed as a sensitive and selective reagent for the rapid spectrophotometric determination of chromium(VI). The reagent instantaneously gives a red coloured species on reaction with chromium(VI) in phosphoric acid medium which exhibits maximum absorbance at 510 nm with Sandell's sensitivity of 2.28 ng cm(-2). Beer's law is valid over the concentraction range of 0.1-1.9 mg/l with an optimum concentration range of 0.2-1.7 mg/l. The method has been successfully applied to the analysis of chromium in environmental samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 1","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24162601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adsorption studies of chromium (VI) on activated carbon derived from Sorghum vulgare (dried stem of Jowar).","authors":"Shashikant R Mise, V S Rajamanya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present work deals with the adsorption studies of chromium (VI) on activated carbon derived from Sorghum vulgare (dried stem of Jowar). The activated carbons were prepared by physical and chemical activation using H2SO4, H3PO4 activating agents of different imprignation Ratio (I.R.). The effect of adsorption of Cr (VI) on pH, particle size concentration, contact time and dosage have been studied. Removal of chromium (VI) attained in equilibrium maxium of 50 minutes and slightly decreases with increasing I.R. Adsorption obeys first order rate equation and Webber and Morris equation for pore diffusion. Adsorption increases with decrease in pH, is maximum at pH 2. Increase in imprignation ratio also increases surface area of Sorghum vulgare carbons.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 1","pages":"49-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24162604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Major ion correlation in groundwater of Kancheepuram Region, South India.","authors":"N Rajmohan, L Elango, S Ramachandran, M Natarajan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Groundwater samples were collected from both dugwells and borewells in an intensively irrigated area of Kancheepuram Taluk, Tamil Nadu. pH, EC and TDS of groundwater samples were measured in the site. The collected samples were analysed in the laboratory for Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cl, HCO3, CO3, SO4, NO3, P-PO4 and Si-SiO2. The results are used for inter elemental correlation analysis which indicates that most of the elements having good correlation. Piper Trilinear diagram is used to find out the hydrochemical type of groundwater which shows that most of them are CaHCO3 and the remaining are CaMgCl type. Hydrochemical characteristics of groundwater indicate that silicate weathering reaction is a probable source for high concentration of major ions.</p>","PeriodicalId":84892,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of environmental health","volume":"45 1","pages":"5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24162700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}