Volume 10, Issue 1 (2014) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

INVESTIGATION OF THE GROUNDWATER SUITABILITY FOR IRRIGATION PRACTICES IN AN ARID REGION: CASE STUDY

Ahmed Murad — 2014-01-25

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 25 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.1.7

Groundwater is an important source of acceptable water for irrigation in the arid regions and in particular in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Demand for groundwater is increasing in the UAE due to po...

DETECTION OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGES IN DIRAB REGION OF SAUDI ARABIA USING REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERIES

R. Madugundu — 2014-01-30

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 30 January 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.8.18

Knowledge of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes is important for many planning and management activities. It is thought to be an essential element for modeling and understanding the major land for...

COMPARING GIBBS ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS FOR AMMONIA VOLATILIZATIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL SOILS FOR POTATO PRODUCTION

Guodong Liu — 2014-02-08

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 8 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.19.25

Soil drought, that can be enhanced by global warming increases ammonia (NH3) volatilization. This laboratory study was conducted with two soils: Krome Gravelly Loam (KGL) from Florida and Warden Silt ...

LANDFILLS MULTIPLE GOAL OPTIMIZATION USING EQUATIONLESS QUALITATIVE RELATIONS

Mirko Dohnal — 2014-02-11

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 11 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.26.34

Landfills are unique and difficult to measure. Their optimization must be solved with a severe lack of information. The privilege of not utilizing information items based on common sense cannot be aff...

INVESTIGATIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF VAPOUR COMPRESSION SYSTEM RETROFITTED WITH ZEOTROPIC REFRIGERANT R404A

A. Lovelin Jerald — 2014-02-11

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 11 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.35.43

The environmental impacts like global warming and ozone depletion has become a challenge to the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Chloro Fluoro Carbons (CFCs) and Hydro Flouro Carbons (HCFC...

DURABILITY OF MIXED MORTAR LINING CONTAINING DREGS-GRITS

B. P. Zanella — 2014-02-26

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 26 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.44.47

The improper disposal of industrial waste and exploitation of natural resources has resulted in the scarcity of river sand and environmental degradation, such as river erosions and pollution. This stu...

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONOF ORGANIC FUNCTIONALIZED MESOPOROUS SILICA AND EVALUATE THEIR ADSORPTIVE BEHAVIOR FOR REMOVAL OF METHYLENE BLUE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION

Sameer H. Kareem — 2014-02-28

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 28 February 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.48.60

Three Mesoporous Silica (MPS) with different functional groups were prepared by one-step synthesis based on the simultaneous hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethoxy silane with organo-silane in the...

BONE MEAL AS ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT FOR ACIDIC AND METAL CONTAMINATED ACID MINE DRAINAGE WATER EFFLUENT: LAB SCALE

Carolyn Payus — 2014-03-03

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 3 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.61.73

The typical methods of treatment for acidic and metal contaminated water effluent such as the Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) will always focus on either civil engineering methods, such as disposal, excavati...

EFFECT OF WITH/WITHOUT AGITATIONOF AGRICULTURAL WASTE ON BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION-A SMALL SCALE

Naphon Keanoi — 2014-03-04

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 4 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.74.85

The growing worldwide concerns over environment, health and monetary aspects have triggered a search for efficient and economic renewable sources of energy production. Agricultural sector holds the po...

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR OIL PALM BASED PLYWOOD: A GATE-TO-GATE CASE STUDY

M. Shamim Ahmad — 2014-03-15

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 15 March 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.86.93

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important tool for identifying potential environmental impacts associated with the production of palm based plywood. This study is to make available the life cycle in...