Incorporation of chitosan and glass substrate for improvement in adsorption,separation, and stability of TiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> photodegradation     

M. N. I. Amir  N. M. Julkapli  S. B. Abd Hamid 《International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology》2016,13(3):865-874

It is demonstrated that single titanium dioxide (TiO₂) has high potential for photodegradation of pollutants. However, it is still far from becoming an effective photocatalyst system, due to issues of adsorption process, separation, as well as dissolution. Therefore, this study highlights the high adsorption capacity, simplified separation, and the promising stability of TiO_2(SY) (synthesized via sol–gel method) photocatalyst, fabricated using chitosan–TiO_2(SY) and supported by glass substrate (Cs–TiO_2(SY)/glass substrate) photocatalysts. Chitosan (Cs), with abundant –R–NH and NH₂ groups, promotes the adsorption sites of methyl orange (MO) and OH groups for major attachment to TiO_2(SY). Meanwhile, the glass substrate increases stability and assists separation of the photocatalysts. Initially, nano-TiO_2(SY) has been characterized using high-resolution transmission electron microscope. Cs–TiO_2(SY)/glass substrate was fabricated via dip-coating. The distribution and interface between the photocatalytic components were characterized by Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy, UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive spectrometer. UV–Vis analysis of the multilayer photocatalyst (2, 4, 6, and 8 layers) was further carried out by the adsorption–photodegradation, with MO as model of pollutant. Seventy percent of the total removal of MO via optimized eight layers of photocatalyst was achieved within 1 h of UV irradiation. The adsorption photocatalyst achieved 50 % with no exposure to UV light for 15 min of irradiation. It is concluded that suitable photocatalytic conditions and sample parameters possessing the multilayer photocatalyst of Cs–TiO_2(SY) are beneficial toward the adsorption–photodegradation process in wastewater treatment.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Investigation of the atmospheric mesoscale circulation patterns and their simulation with WRF-CHEM model of the dust storm occurrence over the southern coast of the Caspian Sea     

Sammaneh Negah  Amir Hussain Meshkatee  Sohrab Hajjam  Ali Kamali 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2016,9(17):693

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Magnetotelluric investigation on Björkö impact structure,west of Stockholm,Sweden     

Behrooz Oskooi  Herbert Henkel  Laust B. Pedersen  Ann Bäckström  Maysam Abedi 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2016,9(13):618

This paper describes the application of magnetotelluric (MT) method to investigate Björkö impact structure located at west of Stockholm, Sweden. This structure has formed in crystalline rocks ca. 1.2 Ga ago and located relatively close to the district heating infrastructure of the Stockholm region, as the largest district heating system in Europe. Since impact structures mostly contain fractured rock volumes in the form of breccia formations, the occurred brecciation zones in this region are more favorable potential targets for geothermal investigations. The main objective is evaluating the capability of the study area to have potential for geothermal resources by mapping the subsurface structure. To image electrical characteristic of underground layers, 1D and 2D bimodal inversions of TE and TM modes of MT data are performed. The results are also compared with the outputs of the inversion of the determinant data (yielding a direction-independent average of the subsurface conductivity) along the same profiles, proving good accordance of the outputs. The processed resistivity sections at depth along with measuring various rock physical properties across two drilled boreholes at Björkö and Midsommar islands localized two conductors at depths of 1 km and from 2.5 to 4.5 km, which may be attributed to be a potential zone for geothermal energy retrieval.  相似文献   

Erratum to: Optimal design of BP algorithm by ACO<Subscript>R</Subscript> model for groundwater-level forecasting: A case study on Shabestar plain,Iran     

Ziba Hosseini  Sajjad Gharechelou  Mohammad Nakhaei  Saeid Gharechelou 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2016,9(13):611

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Role of construction of large dams on river morphology (case study: the Karkheh dam in Iran)     

Arash Adib  Hesam Foladfar  Amir Roozy 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2016,9(15):661

Unfortunately in developing countries, human activities without attention to the environmental aspects damage to nature. For example, construction of large dams dries wetlands in southwest of Iran. Also, construction of dams is a very important factor for morphological changes. The case study of this research is downstream of the Karkheh dam. This dam is the largest Earth dam in Iran and locates in southwest of Iran. It was constructed in 1999. Small sinuosity coefficient of zone near to dam has been illustrated by satellite images in 2002 and 2014. This subject shows instability of this part of reach; also, the results of Shulits equation illustrate that this part is instable. But, increasing of morphological characteristics (sinuosity coefficient, central angle, and relative radius) show that stability of this reach is increasing. Surveying confirm this matter and shows that severe erosion in upstream and sedimentation in downstream of reach is finishing. Also, it is observed that flow discharge reduced (?56 %) after construction of dam and average width of river reduced (?21 %) from 2002 to 2014. In the early years after the construction of the dam, sediment discharge reduced considerably (?14 %) from Pay-e-Pol to Abdol Khan hydrometric stations. Increasing of morphological characteristics (especially at zones near to dam) and decreasing changes of bed level (sedimentation and erosion) prove that effects of dam are overcoming on effects of other factors, and these effects are permanent in long term.  相似文献   

Temperature-based estimation of global solar radiation using soft computing methodologies     

Kasra Mohammadi  Shahaboddin Shamshirband  Amir Seyed Danesh  Mohd Shahidan Abdullah  Mazdak Zamani 《Theoretical and Applied Climatology》2016,125(1-2):101-112

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Evaluation of various relationships of reaeration rate coefficient for modeling dissolved oxygen in a river with extreme flow variations in Pakistan     

Husnain Haider  Waris Ali  Sajjad Haydar 《水文研究》2013,27(26):3949-3963

Mathematical relationships have been developed for reaeration rate coefficient (K_a) by various researchers. These relationships have a number of variables such as depth, velocity, width, slope, Froud number, molecular diffusion coefficient, kinematic viscosity and the gas‐transfer Reynolds number. From these variables, 29 relations have been developed and divided into four groups. To evaluate their predictive capability for highly variable flow rivers receiving high pollution loads form large cities, these relationships have been used to model dissolved oxygen (DO) in the River Ravi. Such rivers are either saturated with DO during high flows or anaerobic during critical low‐flow conditions. The evaluation is based on the agreement between model DO values calculated using K_a obtained from the available equations and the measured DO concentrations in the river samples in terms of sum of square of residuals (SSR) and coefficient of determination (R²). It has been found that in general, the group of equations containing depth and velocity as the only two variables affecting K_a performed better than the equations in other groups as reflected by lower SSR and higher R² values. The study results also reveal that the turbulence‐based reaeration rate coefficient equation containing additional variables also resulted in close agreement between DO model results and the measured values. The study results identify the most important parameters affecting the reaeration rate coefficient and the suitability of various K_a relationships as well for rivers with highly variable flows. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Theory-guided machine learning to predict density evolution of sand dynamically compacted under Ko condition     

Tophel  Amir  Walker  Jeffrey P.  Dutta  Troyee Tanu  Kodikara  Jayantha 《Acta Geotechnica》2022,17(8):3479-3497

Acta Geotechnica - This paper introduces a theory-guided machine learning (TGML) framework, which combines a theoretical model (TM) and a machine learning (ML) algorithm to predict compaction...  相似文献   

Compounding effects of human activities and climatic changes on surface water availability in Iran     

Ashraf  Samaneh  AghaKouchak  Amir  Nazemi  Ali  Mirchi  Ali  Sadegh  Mojtaba  Moftakhari  Hamed R.  Hassanzadeh  Elmira  Miao  Chi-Yuan  Madani  Kaveh  Mousavi Baygi  Mohammad  Anjileli  Hassan  Arab  Davood Reza  Norouzi  Hamid  Mazdiyasni  Omid  Azarderakhsh  Marzi  Alborzi  Aneseh  Tourian  Mohammad J.  Mehran  Ali  Farahmand  Alireza  Mallakpour  Iman 《Climatic change》2019,152(3-4):379-391

Climatic Change - By combining long-term ground-based data on water withdrawal with climate model projections, this study quantifies the compounding effects of human activities and climate change...  相似文献   

A laboratory investigation of bed-load transport of gravel sediments under dam break flow     

Khabat Khosravi  Amir Hooshang Nezamivand Chegini  James Cooper  Luca Mao  Mahmood Habibnejad  Kaka Shahedi  Andrew Binns 《国际泥沙研究》2021,36(2):229-234

Dam break flows and resulting river bed erosion can have disastrous impacts on human safety,infrastructure,and environmental quality.However,there is a lack of research on the mobility of non-uniform sediment mixtures resulting from dam break flows and how these differ from uniform sized sediment.In this paper,laboratory flume experiments revealed that coarse and fine fractions in non-uniform sediment had a higher and a lower bed-load parameter,respectively,than uniform sediments of the same size.Thus,the finer fractions were more stable and the coarser fractions were more erodible in a nonuniform bed compared to a uniform-grained bed.These differences can be explained by the hiding and protrusion of these fractions,respectively.By investigating changes in mobility of the mixed-size fractions with reservoir water levels,the results revealed that at low water levels,when the coarser fractions were only just mobile,the bed-load parameter of the finer fractions was higher than the coarser fractions.The opposite was observed at a higher water level,when a significant proportion of the coarsest fractions was mobilized.The higher protrusion of these grains had an important effect on their mobility relative to the finer grains.The transported sediment on these mixed-sized beds was coarser than the initial bed sediment,and became coarser with an increase in reservoir water level.  相似文献