The effect of sorbed gas on the strength of coal – an experimental study     

N.I. Aziz  W. Ming-Li 《Geotechnical and Geological Engineering》1999,17(3-4):387-402

This paper examines the influence of sorbed gas type and pressure on the strength of coal. Particular attention is focused on the influence of gas type and pressures on drillability characteristics of coal and particle size distribution of drill cuttings. Drillability of coal has a strong bearing on the strength properties of coal. Based on fracture mechanics and mechanical rock cutting, weaker rocks are easier to drill and the drill cuttings produced are generally coarse in size. Accordingly a specially designed precision drill was used to drill coal samples under both normal atmospheric and confined gas pressure conditions. Indications of changes to coal strength as a result of increased sorbed gas pressure were examined by analysing the particle size distribution of the drill flushing. A laser controlled Malvern Mastersizer S particle size analyser with measuring range between 0.05 m and 900 m was used to study the particle size distribution. This paper demonstrates that there is a definite variation in the range of particle size distribution with particles obtained from drilling coal samples not subjected to gas pressures in comparison with those obtained from samples drilled under confined gas pressure. Gas types also have an influence. Higher proportions of coarse particles were produced when the confined gas was changed from CH₄ to CO₂. A change in the rate of drilling under varying confining pressure and gas type was also evident. The rate of drilling in air (at normal atmospheric conditions) was slower than at higher confining pressures. The highest drill rates were obtained with CO₂ confinement.  相似文献   

Response Surface Analysis to Improve Dispersed Crude Oil Biodegradation     

Mohammad A. Zahed  Hamidi A. Aziz  Mohamed H. Isa  Leila Mohajeri 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2012,40(3):262-267

In this research, the bioremediation of dispersed crude oil, based on the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus supplementation in the closed system, was optimized by the application of response surface methodology and central composite design. Correlation analysis of the mathematical‐regression model demonstrated that a quadratic polynomial model could be used to optimize the hydrocarbon bioremediation (R² = 0.9256). Statistical significance was checked by analysis of variance and residual analysis. Natural attenuation was removed by 22.1% of crude oil in 28 days. The highest removal on un‐optimized condition of 68.1% were observed by using nitrogen of 20.00 mg/L and phosphorus of 2.00 mg/L in 28 days while optimization process exhibited a crude oil removal of 69.5% via nitrogen of 16.05 mg/L and phosphorus 1.34 mg/L in 27 days therefore optimization can improve biodegradation in shorter time with less nutrient consumption.  相似文献   

Alleviating Effect of Calcium on Nickel Toxicity in Rice          下载免费PDF全文

Humera Aziz  Muhammad Sabir  Hamaad Raza Ahmad  Tariq Aziz  Muhammad Zia‐ur‐Rehman  Khalid Rehman Hakeem  Munir Ozturk 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(6):901-909

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Kinetics and Thermodynamic Studies of Oxytetracycline Mineralization Using UV/H2O2          下载免费PDF全文

Anisa Ur Rahmah  Sabtanti Harimurti  Abdul Aziz Omar  Thanapalan Murugesan 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(4):496-503

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High Ni Levels in Soil Can Modify Growth Performance and Mineral Status of Wheat Cultivars          下载免费PDF全文

Muhammad Sabir  Khalid Rehman Hakeem  Tariq Aziz  Muhammad Zia‐ur‐Rehman  Irfan Rashid  Munir Ozturk 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2014,42(9):1263-1271

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Application of artificial neural networks in regional flood frequency analysis: a case study for Australia   总被引：4，自引：3，他引：1  

K. Aziz  A. Rahman  G. Fang  S. Shrestha 《Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (SERRA)》2014,28(3):541-554

Regional flood frequency analysis (RFFA) is widely used in practice to estimate flood quantiles in ungauged catchments. Most commonly adopted RFFA methods such as quantile regression technique (QRT) assume a log-linear relationship between the dependent and a set of predictor variables. As non-linear models and universal approximators, artificial neural networks (ANN) have been widely adopted in rainfall runoff modeling and hydrologic forecasting, but there have been relatively few studies involving the application of ANN to RFFA for estimating flood quantiles in ungauged catchments. This paper thus focuses on the development and testing of an ANN-based RFFA model using an extensive Australian database consisting of 452 gauged catchments. Based on an independent testing, it has been found that ANN-based RFFA model with only two predictor variables can provide flood quantile estimates that are more accurate than the traditional QRT. Seven different regions have been compared with the ANN-based RFFA model and it has been shown that when the data from all the eastern Australian states are combined together to form a single region, the ANN presents the best performing RFFA model. This indicates that a relatively larger dataset is better suited for successful training and testing of the ANN-based RFFA models.  相似文献   

Long-period eccentricity control on sedimentary sequences in the continental Madrid Basin (middle Miocene,Spain)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Hemmo A. Abels  Hayfaa Abdul Aziz  Wout Krijgsman  Sander J.B. Smeets  Frederik J. Hilgen 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2010,289(1-2):220-231

The middle Miocene Valdearenas–Muduex section in the internally-drained, continental Madrid Basin (central Spain) is dated bio-magnetostratigraphically between 15.2 Ma and 11.5 Ma. The section contains two formation-scale, sedimentary sequences, that both consist of a siliciclastic lower part and a calcareous upper part. Siliciclastic sedimentation took place in distal floodplain and fluvial environments, while limestones resulted from carbonate precipitation in calcic soil profiles and in ephemeral lacustrine water bodies. Spectral analysis of the L* colour time series points to the influence of the ～ 405-kyr and 0.97-Myr eccentricity cycles, while the bases of the two calcareous intervals correlate to successive minima of the 2.4-Myr eccentricity cycle. The 405-kyr cycle lags maximum eccentricity, whereas the 0.97 and 2.4-Myr cycles lag minimum eccentricity, each by approximately a quarter of a cycle. No obliquity forcing is detected. The observed orbital configuration of 2.4-Myr minima at the base of limestone-dominated intervals is similar to a previously documented Late Miocene shift in the Teruel Basin of northeast Spain. Our results indicate that long-period eccentricity climate forcing may well be a significant player on long, tectonic time scales in continental basin fill.  相似文献   

Effects of some environmental parameters on the reproduction and development of a tropical marine harpacticoid copepod Nitocra affinis f. californica Lang     

Matias-Peralta H  Yusoff FM  Shariff M  Arshad A 《Marine pollution bulletin》2005,51(8-12):722-728

The effects of salinity, temperature, and light conditions on the reproduction and development of harpacticoid copepod, Nitocra affinis f. californica under controlled laboratory conditions were determined. Seven different salinity levels (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 ppt), four temperatures (20, 25, 30, 35 °C), three different light intensities (25, 56, 130 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) and photoperiods (24 h:0 h, 1 h:23 h, 12 h:12 h LD cycle) were employed in this study. The highest (p < 0.05) overall reproduction and fastest development time were achieved by copepods reared under 30–35 ppt salinity. The optimum temperature required for the maximum reproduction was 30 °C while under 30 °C and 35 °C the copepod development time was shortest (p < 0.05) compared to other temperature levels. The overall reproduction was highest (p < 0.05) and development rate of N. affinis was shortest (p < 0.05) under lowest light intensity (25 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹). Continuous light (24 h:0 h LD) inhibited the egg production while, continuous darkness (1 h:23 h LD) and 12 h:12 h LD significantly favoured the overall reproductive activity of the female. Photoperiods 1 h:23 h and 12 h:12 h LD yielded highest total (p < 0.05) offspring female⁻¹ coupled with highest (p < 0.05) survival percentage. This study illustrated that although N. affinis can tolerate wide range of environmental conditions, prolonged exposure to subnormal environments affect its reproduction and development. This study showed that this species can be mass cultured for commercial purposes and has a potential to be used for toxicity studies due to its high reproductive performance fast development and a wide range of tolerance to environmental conditions.  相似文献   

The construction of a third order secular analytical J-S-U-N theory by Hori-Lie technique     

Abdel Aziz Bakry  Osman M. Kamel  Salwa M. Waziry 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》1994,64(1):59-93

The first and second order generating functions and the first second and third order new J-S-U-N Hamiltonians are calculated by the Hori-Lie procedure.  相似文献   

Analysis of drought condition and risk in Peninsular Malaysia using Standardised Precipitation Index   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Wan Zawiah Wan Zin  Abdul Aziz Jemain  Kamarulzaman Ibrahim 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2013,111(3-4):559-568

Contrary to the belief that Peninsular Malaysia experiences wet condition throughout the year, prolonged dry condition has lately become a recurrent phenomenon in this region. As a result, country's agricultural sector and water resources have been under severe constraints from this situation. To get a clearer picture of the dry condition in Peninsular Malaysia, the Standardised Precipitation Index, based on the data of monthly rainfall from 50 stations, is derived. Spatial analysis is used to illustrate the percentage of occurrences of dry and very dry events. To evaluate the potential risk due to the dry conditions, we modelled the joint distribution of severity and duration of dry condition by means of bivariate copula. Several copula models were tested, and the model, which best represents the relationship between severity and duration, is determined using Akaike information criterion. Based on the results, the return period for the drought severity, based on the longest duration of drought at each station, can be estimated. This enables the drought risk to be calculated, thus planning on the measures to minimise the impact of a prolonged drought to the societies, which can be done by the relevant authorities.  相似文献