Volume 9, Issue 3 (2013) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Observation Modeling for Continuous Predicting Global and Diffuse Solar Radiation on Horizontal Surface

Somporn Hongkong — 2013-05-23

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 23 May 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.201.209

Mathematical modeling for continuous prediction of solar energy is inevitable for energy systems. General, existing models are mostly empirical and data dependent. This article has to present a variab...

Environmental Sustainability of Oil Industry

Vera Rocca — 2013-06-03

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 3 June 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.210.217

Similarly to most industrial activities, the oil industry can affect the environment at several stages. The greatest impact is the release of waste into the environment in concentrations that are not ...

Study for Improving an Duong Lake Water Quality for Chi Lang Nam Stork Island Conservation and Ecotourism Development

Tran Yem — 2013-06-10

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 10 June 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.218.225

An Duong Lake has been selected for the study to its important role in storks’ and cauldrons’ habitat protection, fishery and ecotourism of Hai Duong Province and particularly Thanh Mien District....

A Meteorological Tower Based Wind Speed Prediction Model Using Fuzzy Logic

Sardar Maran Poongavanam — 2013-05-07

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 7 May 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.226.230

A number of wind speed prediction methods are available for estimating wind energy availability. In recent years there is a lot of research works carried out to predict wind speed by using mathematica...

Waste Heat Recovery from Boiler of Large-Scale Textile Industry

Prateep Pattanapunt — 2013-06-21

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 21 June 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.231.239

Many industrial heating processes generate waste energy in textile industry; especially exhaust gas from the boiler at the same time reducing global warming. Therefore, this article will present a stu...

Environmental Concern in Managing Halal Food Supply Chain

Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman — 2013-06-24

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 24 June 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.240.246

Nowadays environmental issues persuade companies to pursue conditions whereby the needs of the present are met without compromising the resources of future generations. So, implementing green rules an...

Hydrological and Sediment Transport Simulation to Assess the Impact of Dam Construction in the Mekong River Main Channel

Satoshi Kameyama — 2013-06-29

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 29 June 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.247.258

The downstream impact of dams is a complex problem in watershed management. In the upper Mekong River watershed and its main channel, dam construction projects were started in the 1950s to meet increa...

Heavy Metal Uptake and Translocation by Dipterocarpus verrucosus from Sewage Sludge Contaminated Soil

Keeren Sundara Rajoo — 2013-07-10

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 10 July 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.259.268

Sewage sludge or biosolids is the solid waste that has been left after wastewater is treated in a domestic wastewater treatment facility. The most common way of sludge disposal is to dispose it on the...

Adsorption Study of Rhodamin B Dye on Iraqi Bentonite and Modified Bentonite by Nanocompounds TIO₂, ZNO, AL₂O₃ and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

Iqbal Salman AL-Jobouri — 2013-07-19

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 19 July 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.269.279

The adsorption of Rhodamin B on Iraqi bentonite at the concentration range from 50 to 250 µg mL-1 was studied, Nano compounds; ZnO, TiO2, Al2O3 m and SDS in different amounts 0.01-0.1 g 10-1 g of Ben...

Assessing Soil Fertility Status of Rehabilitated Degraded Tropical Rainforest

Aiza Shaliha Jamaluddin — 2013-07-19

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 19 July 2013; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2013.280.291

An assessment of forest rehabilitation program in relation to soil fertility status by using soil indices could provide fundamental information on soil suitability for species preferences and improve ...