Retention of a heavy metal by marl collected from aquifer substratum     

Mourad Bellaloui  Abdenacer Metouchi  Ahmed Foukrache  Said Larabi  Farida Semaoune 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(19):425

One of the objectives of this work is to characterize marl samples collected from the bedrock aquifer (at 30 m depth) of Wadi Al Ghoula located in Draria southwest of Algiers. The other objective is to make a kinetics study, linear and non-linear isotherm study, and mass transfer study of the adsorption of copper onto marl in aqueous solution. The fitness of kinetics and isotherm models was evaluated by using some error analysis function. One of the major results using an XRF technique is an evidence of the presence of calcite in the weight of 13.82%. The XRD patterns of these samples confirmed the presence of montmorillonite, kaolinite, illite, calcite, and quartz. On the other hand, the FTIR analysis clarified the presence of calcite. The specific surface area of 20,999 m²/g was obtained using the BET, which indicates that the material has a predominance for the mesoporous character. The instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), a nondestructive method, gives the elemental composition of the adsorbent. Based on the value of the coefficient of determination, the adsorption kinetics of copper in aqueous solution using marl as adsorbent follows the pseudo-second-order model. And according to the value of the coefficient of determination obtained for the two models, the intraparticle diffusion and liquid film diffusion control the process of adsorption of copper onto marl with low predominance for the second model of diffusion in the first stage of adsorption. The linear and the non-linear treatments of the two-parameter isotherm models (Langmuir, Freundlish, Temkin) show that the fitting best model of isotherm is the empirical Freundlish isotherm. For the three-parameter isotherm models (Toth, Sips, and Redlish-Peterson), the Sips model is the more accurate fitting model than the two other isotherms in the non-linear approach. Some error analysis functions are used to choose the best results.  相似文献   

A nanoscopic hydro-thermo-mechanical model for nuclear waste shale/clay repositories     

H. R. Ahmed  S. N. Abduljauwad 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(20):448

Shales or highly compacted engineered clay layers are being used as buffers in deep surface nuclear waste repositories. Due to the complex natural structure and fabric of clay and non-clay minerals associated with high in situ stresses, high temperatures, and the practical difficulties in the replication of the field stress and temperature conditions in the lab testing facilities, swell potential from the macro and micro investigations does not provide reliable and universally applicable results. In this study, a comprehensive molecular-level simulation-based volume change constitutive model has been developed for clay minerals incorporating the effects of cation exchange capacity, density, water content, in situ stress state, temperature, exchangeable-cations type and proportion, pore fluids, and the dissolved salts. The molecular simulations were performed using molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo simulation techniques. Comparing the model predictions with the results of the lab tests, the model has been proven to be quite precise in the prediction of the swell potential of these strata under various overburden pressures and temperatures. There is several fold increase in swelling of clay samples at 80 °C as compared to the equivalent specimen tested at 25 °C. The effect of higher temperature is lesser at lower initial water content (higher density) while at higher water content (lower density) the structure has been found to be more vulnerable at higher temperatures. About 100 times higher confining pressure results in the same swell at 80 °C as in its counterpart specimen at 25 °C, the corresponding swell increase factor in case of 50 °C specimens is about 45. A sharp increase in swelling with a drop in in situ pressure emphasizes the probability of higher swell as a result of an accidental reduction in in situ pressure such as the higher concentration of nuclear reactions. In this study, the cohesive energy density (CED) was found to be highly sensitive to various volume change variables, such as water content, density, CEC, type, and percentage of exchangeable and non-exchangeable cations. Contrary to all the previous models, CED-based model developed in this study is universal in nature and can be adopted for any case with minimal basic material input parameters. The good agreement found between the predicted and real values for the swell potential of the undisturbed samples suggests that the model presented here can effectively be used for the assessment of the swelling potential of shale/clay deposits to be used as buffers to the nuclear waste storage.  相似文献   

Assessment of physico-chemical and microbiological surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: a case study of the Wadi El-Bey River,Tunisia     

Gasmi Taoufik  Imen Khouni  Ahmed Ghrabi 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(7):181

Located in the northeastern part of Tunisia, Wadi El Bey drains the watershed through farmland, industrial, and urban areas of the region. It serves to discharge treated wastewater of different types. In this work, the variations of the water quality of Wadi El Bey were studied and evaluated, during 2 years (2012–2013), using multivariate statistical techniques such as principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA). In addition, the similarities or dissimilarities among the sampling points were as well analyzed to identify spatial and temporal variations. The results obtained based on the cluster analysis, led to identify three similar water quality zones: relatively polluted (LP), moderately polluted (MP), and highly polluted (HP). The inorganic and organic parameters, temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, chemical oxygen demand, salmonella, and enterococcus, seemed to be the most significant parameters of water quality. Three factors were identified as responsible for the data structure, explaining 60.95% of the total variance. The first factor is the physical and non-organic chemical parameters explaining 23.48% of the total variance. The second and third factors are, respectively, the microbiological (21.26%) and organic-nutrient (16.2%).This study shows that multivariate statistical methods can help the water managers to understand the factors affecting the water quality.  相似文献   

Characterization of some bacterial strains isolated from the Egyptian eastern and northern coastlines with antimicrobial activity of Bacillus zhangzhouensis OMER4     

Mohamed O.Soliman  Waleed B.Suleiman  Mohamed M.Roushdy  Eman N.Elbatrawy  Ahmed M.Gad 《海洋学报(英文版)》2022,41(3):86-93

Marine microorganisms were considered to be important sources of marine bioactive compounds. The major objective of the study was to isolate and characterize bacteria with antimicrobial activities from the various marine environment of Egypt. In this respect, thirty-five bacterial isolates were recovered from sediment samples collected from different spots along the Egyptian Red Sea coastline and Alexandria coastline during the summer season of 2017 and 2018. According to the morphological, phys...  相似文献   

Origin of spheroidal chert nodules, Drunka Formation (Lower Eocene), Egypt     

McBride  Antar Abdel-Wahab  & Ahmed Reda M. El-Younsy 《Sedimentology》1999,46(4):733-755

Chert nodules of the Drunka Formation (Lower Eocene) are mostly spherical, have diameters from 40 to 120 cm, are quasi-uniformly spaced 2–3 m apart in the plane of bedding, have concentric internal structure and, except for rare small (<6 cm) solid chert nodules, are less than 85% chertified. Nodules formed after moderate alteration of limestone by meteoric water (δ¹⁸O_calcite = –4 to –8‰) at shallow (<100 m) burial depths; more extensive alteration of limestone (δ¹⁸O = –10 to –16‰) by meteoric water followed nodule growth. Chertification was by low-temperature meteoric water (δ¹⁸O_quartz = +18‰ in margins to +22‰ in nuclei) at shallow burial depths. Meteoric water may have invaded the Drunka Formation in association with shelf progradation during the Early Eocene, or during the development of a Middle Eocene unconformity. Replacement of carbonate mud by microcrystalline quartz was the dominant chertification process, but fossils were replaced in part by fine-grained equant megaquartz, quartzine and chalcedony; the last of these occurs in places as beekite. Opal A-secreting marine organisms are the inferred source of silica, but none are preserved. There is no compelling evidence of an opal-CT precursor, so quartz may have formed by direct precipitation. Self-organization processes of enigmatic character established the spacing pattern of the nodules and also the Liesegang-banded internal structure of the chert nodules. Nodules grew chiefly by diffusive supply of silica, although one locality has elongate nodules that grew when there was some porewater advection. Chertification patterns and δ¹⁸O values of both calcite and quartz indicate that nodule growth was complex and variable. Some nodules probably grew from the centre outwards. Many nodules, however, initially grew simultaneously across the entire nodule, but late-stage growth was predominantly at the outer margins or at selective internal sites.  相似文献   

Modeling Ground Water Flow and Radioactive Transport in a Fractured Aquifer     

Greg Pohll  Ahmed E. Hassan  Jenny B. Chapman  Charalambos Papelis  Roko Andricevic 《Ground water》1999,37(5):770-784

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Contribution of remote sensing and GIS to mapping the fire risk of Mediterranean forest case of the forest massif of Tlemcen (North-West Algeria)     

Bentekhici  Nadjla  Bellal  Sid-Ahmed  Zegrar  Ahmed 《Natural Hazards》2020,104(1):811-831

Natural Hazards - Forest fires are one of the major environmental problems that cause harmful economic and ecological damage. The Algerian forest and in particular the Tlemcen forest massif where...  相似文献   

Hydro-geochemical evaluation of groundwater with studies on water quality index and suitability for drinking in Sagardari,Jashore          下载免费PDF全文

Ahmed Mohammad Tofayal  Monir Minhaj Uddin  Hasan Md Yeasir  Rahman Md Mominur  Rifat Md Shamiul Islam  Islam Md Naim  Khan Abu Shamim  Rahman Md Mizanur  Islam Md Shajidul 《地下水科学与工程》2020,8(3):259-273

Sagardari union is facing groundwater crisis because of contaminations from agriculture and urban sewage, which bring a considerable change in water quality. In view of this, hydro-chemical analyses were undertaken on 35 groundwater samples and the following hydro-geochemical parameters, pH, total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), electrical conductivity (EC), cations and anions, were analyzed. From the analytical results, it is found that pH value was lower than WHO drinking water standard and the middle-downstream portions of the investigation region show higher EC. The piper plot indicates that the groundwater in Sagardari falls in the categories of NaClHCO₃ hydro-chemical facies. Higher TH in groundwater was detected, but still in an acceptable range. In addition, salinity and arsenic ratio are higher and moderately higher, respectively. The spatial distribution of Groundwater Quality Index (GWQI) was determined by geo-statistical modelling of Sagardari union. The study provides information and supports the administration which to make better groundwater utilization and quality control in the Sagardari union.  相似文献   

Detection of trends in the 7-day sustained low-flow time series of Irish rivers     

Ahmed Nasr  Michael Bruen 《水文科学杂志》2017,62(6):947-959

A combination of statistical hypothesis testing methods (Mann-Whitney, Mann-Kendall and Spearman’s rho) and visual exploratory analysis were used to investigate trends in Irish 7-day sustained low-flow (7SLF) series possibly driven by changes in summer rainfall patterns. River flow data from 33 gauging stations covering most major Irish rivers were analysed, after excluding catchments where low flows are influenced by significant human interventions. A statistically significant increasing trend in the 7SLF series was identified by all three tests at eight gauging stations; in contrast, a statistically significant decreasing trend was identified by all three tests at four stations. The stations with increasing trends are mainly located within the western half of the country, while there is no particular spatial clustering of the stations showing a decreasing trend. Further analysis suggests that the increasing trend in the 7SLF time series persists regardless of the starting year of analysis. However, the decreasing trend occurs only when years prior to 1970 are included in the analysis, and disappears, or is reversed, if only the data from 1970 and onwards are considered. There is strong evidence that the direction of the trends in the 7SLF series is determined mainly by trends in total summer rainfall amounts, i.e. is linked to weather.