Volume 10, Issue 5 (2014) | American Journal of Environmental Sciences

CATION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES WITH POLYANILINE SURFACE LAYER FOR WATER TREATMENT

Dinar Dilshatovich Fazullin — 2014-09-13

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 13 September 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.424.430

Ion-exchange membranes are widely used in modern technologies, particularly in the field of water treatment and make it possible to considerably reduce expenses for wastewater treatment and ensure hig...

INCREASING ADSORPTION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FROM PALM OIL SHELL FOR ADSORB H₂S FROM BIOGAS PRODUCTION BY IMPREGNATION

Wasan Phooratsamee — 2014-08-16

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 16 August 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.431.445

Biogas is the combustible gas produced through a biological process, known as anaerobic digestion which is the process operated at low-temperature and without air. Biogas consists of 55-80% CH4, 20-45...

HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELING FOR EXPLORATION OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF KASHMIR MUSK DEER IN DACHIGAM NATIONAL PARK, KASHMIR

Mudasir Ali — 2014-08-20

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 20 August 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.446.457

Musk deer are highly important as a medicinal species that are severely exploited throughout their range of occurrence due to the medicinal value of the musk produced only by the male individuals. Met...

SEDIMENT CORE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF KAW LAKE

Dejene Alemayehu — 2014-09-15

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 15 September 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.458.468

The Kaw Nation and Black land Research Center in July 2012 conducted a sediment core sampling from Kaw Lake. Kaw Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1976 by the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose ...

INCREASING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PERFORMANCE OF WASTEWATER WITH CO-DIGESTION USING DECANTER CAKE

Thaniya Kaosol — 2014-09-22

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 22 September 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.469.479

Low biogas production in the frozen seafood wastewater anaerobic digestion is observed due to the low organic and Total Solids (TS) contents in the wastewater. In this research the decanter cake will ...

PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY

Anna Maria Di Trapani — 2014-10-22

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 22 October 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.480.488

Over the last years the interest in environmental services provided by forests has considerably grow. This situation, in developed countries, derive from rising demand of new goods and services tied t...

BIOTRANSFORMATION OF TEXTILE DYES: A BIOREMEDIAL ASPECT OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT

R. S. Shertate — 2014-11-12

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 12 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.489.499

Presence of huge amount of salts in the wastewater of textile dyeing industry is one of the major limiting factors in the development of an effective biotreatment system for the removal of dyes from t...

ESTIMATION OF AQUIFER PARAMETERS IN ERHO, NIGERIA USING THE COOPER-JACOB EVALUATION METHOD

Ochuko Anomohanran — 2014-11-12

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 12 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.500.508

The aim of this study was to determine the aquifer parameters in Erho, Nigeria. This was carried out by drilling three test wells and three observation wells in the study location. Water was pumped fr...

SIMULATION OF THE PROCESS OF FLOW SEPARATION AT THE ENTRANCE OF SQUARE ASPIRATING PORT

Olga A. Averkova — 2014-11-12

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 12 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.509.515

We consider the flow at the inlet to the suction square hole with sharp edges, which is located in an infinite space. The purpose of this study is to construct a mathematical model of flow separation ...

LANDSCAPE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK IN PERM KRAI

S. A. Buzmakov — 2014-11-12

American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Published online: 12 November 2014; doi:10.3844/ajessp.2014.516.522

The problem of creating the systems of specially Protected natural Areas (PA) adequately representing the geographical diversity of different territories has been acute. Creation of the territory natu...