IOSR-JESTFT   Volume-9 ~ Issue-6 ~ June 2015

Abstract: Beans husk, agricultural waste and low cost material as well as chemically modified form was used as adsorbents for zinc and nickel removal from their aqueous solutions. This study investigated the effect of a number of parameters such as solution pH, adsorbent dose as well as variation in initial solute concentration on the differential adsorption of zinc and nickel from their respective aqueous solutions using unmodified (UMBH), EDTA modified (EMBH) and oxalic acid modified (OMBH) beans husk respectively as adsorbents. The results showed that the percentage removal increased with decrease in initial concentration of zinc and nickel.

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Abstract:Limnological study was carried out on Madhav Lake of Shivpuri town and it is one of the ancient man made water bodies of the town. Physico-chemical characteristics of Madhav Lake were studied for a period of twelve months from January, 2013 to December, 2013. The present investigation is focused on the determination of water quality parameter such as Temperature, pH, Conductivity, DO, Chloride, TDS, Hardness, Carbonate, Bicarbonate, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Iron, Sulfates, Chloride, Nitrates and Fluoride. From the results obtained the lake is polluted freshwater body due to the continuous discharge of municipal sewage and runoff. The pollution of lake becomes noticeable in the form of visible changes of the Lake Environment as well as water quality tests.
Keywords: Limnology, Madhav Lake, Water quality, Pollution, Physico-chemical characteristics, Madhav National Park.

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Abstract:Morphology of the Calabar Metropolis catchment was understudied in order to assess the contributions of the urban drainage systems to the protracted flooding in the catchment. Rainfall data were obtained using raingauges; The propeller-type current metre, (A.Ott –Kempten, Bavaria) was used for runoff readings, G.P.S equipment and Land Dev software (Bentley Systems, Inc. USA) were used for the drainage basin areas, artificial drainage density and degree imperviousness. Contour crenulations approach was adopted for the morphological analysis of the catchment. The study revealed that stream density was inadequate. Revisiting the original arrangement of six drainage outlets is recommended as well as delineating the catchment into its natural basins and sub basins and ensuring that the discharge of the generated flow is done in line with the existing natural alignment

Keywords: Alignment, morphology, crenullations, drainage, runoff, density, metropolis, catchment

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Abstract: The study area is a basement complex environment with its associated difficulties in groundwater supply as a result of lateral discontinuity in basement lithologies. This study assessed and established the relationships that exist between lineaments and borehole yields. Five Hundred and thirteen (513) lineaments were extracted and analyzed from remote sensing data obtained from global land cover facilities of which several lineament maps were generated using ArcGIS® software. Twenty seven (27) yield data were interpreted, correlated and evaluated with the produced lineaments. Results indicated three (3) categories of yields exist in the study area: low yields (<0.2 l/s), moderate yields (0.5 -1.0 l/s) and high yields (>1.0 l/s). Thus, the high yielding boreholes are found at the center of the study area where lineament density is high.

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Abstract: Agriculture sectors have its potentiality to develop in the north part area of Manado City, North Sulawesi. Success of the agriculture development has been influenced by the knowledge of land potential, especially its characteristics and capability. The aims of the study are to classify agricultural lands in northern area of Manado City and its chemical and physical characters. Based on the slope and landform analysis, this study confirms that soils in north Manado city can be classified into twenty four lands unit. There are two soils order, namely Inceptisols and Entisols. The Inceptisols orders consist of Udept and Aquept sub-orders, while Entisol has one sub order namely Aquent. Udept sub order contain single group namely Humudept with four sub group (i.e. Typic Humudepts, Oxic Humudepts, Litic Humudepts, Pachic Humudepts).

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Abstract: Discharge of dye effluents into the natural streams may be toxic to the aquatic lives as well as human being. In the present studies, zeolite was synthesized from coal fly ash by alkaline hydrothermal treatment and mixed with magnetite nanoparticles in suspension to produce zeolite-iron oxide magnetic nanocomposite. It was used as adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solution. Magnetite nanoparticles in suspension were synthesized by precipitating iron ions in a NaOH solution. The morphology of nanocomposite was characterized by XRD, EDX and SEM. The effect of various experimental parameters such as contact time, pH, adsorbent dose and temperature were investigated.

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Abstract: This paper explored to the correlation between the vibrio density and sea-water quality over the oyster farming on Ang-Sila coastal in East of Thailand. The methodology used the combination of field data, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Modelling. Thai Pollution Control Department (PCD) database was used to predict the vibrio occurrence in sea-water using the binary logistic regression model. The study found: (1) The vibrio occurred in the oyster are correlated to the single parameter of pH while the vibrio occurred in the sea-water are correlated to the temperature and salinity. (2) Salinity and temperature are implicated to use in the binary logistic regression model with confidential pseudo R2 (Nagelkerke) of 0.84 for prediction of the vibrio occurrence in the sea-water. (3) According to the model predicted, the vibrio occurrences on the high-potential are shown in dry season while the low-potential are shown in rainy season. These results demonstrated by the GIS and the binary logistic regression are appropriated to use in the spatial-vibrio analysis and food-health safety management.

Keywords: Coastal water/Eastern Thailand, GIS, Oyster, Spatial, Vibrio

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Abstract: Two kolanut varieties, Cola acuminata and Cola nitida, were stored in four (4) different structures over a period of 16 weeks, and their quality was evaluated. Palm frond-woven basket, paper carton, clay pot, and semi-evaporative pot were used as storage structures. To reduce moisture loss during storage, three materials were used to line each of the storage structures: transparent polyethylene sheet, newspaper, and leaves of Onchocalamas sp. (locally, ugba). Storage was carried out at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria. Dry bulb temperature and relative humidity during storage varied from 27–32oC and 72–91%, respectively. Parameters used to evaluate quality during storage were sprouting, colour changes, rot, weight loss.

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