Health impact assessment of air pollution in megacity of Tehran, Iran Tập 9 Số 1 - 2012
Kazem Naddafi, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Masud Yunesian, Fatemeh Momeniha, Ramin Nabizadeh, Sasan Faridi, Akbar Gholampour
Abstract
The aims of the present study were to provide quantitative data on the impact of air pollution on the health of people living in Tehran city, the most populated city of Iran. The approach proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) was applied using the AirQ 2.2.3 software developed by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilth...... hiện toàn bộ
Biodegradation of high concentrations of benzene vapors in a two phase partition stirred tank bioreactor - 2013
Ali Karimi, Farideh Golbabaei, Masoud Neghab, Mohammad Reza Pourmand, Ahmad Nikpey, Kazem Mohammad, Mohammad Reza Mehrnia
Abstract
The present study examined the biodegradation rate of benzene vapors in a two phase stirred tank bioreactor by a bacterial consortium obtained from wastewater of an oil industry refinery house. Initially, the ability of the microbial consortium for degrading benzene was evaluated before running the bioreactor. The gaseous samples from inlet and o...... hiện toàn bộ
Monitoring of some pesticides residue in consumed tea in Tehran market Tập 10 - Trang 1-6 - 2013
Maryam Amirahmadi, Shahram Shoeibi, Mehdi Abdollahi, Hossein Rastegar, Roya Khosrokhavar, Morteza Pirali Hamedani
Tea is an agricultural product of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of various cultivars and sub-varieties of the Camellia sinensis plant, processed and vulcanized using various methods. Tea is a main beverage in Iranian food basket so should be free from toxic elements such as pesticides residue. There is no data bank on the residue of pesticides in the consumed black tea in Iran. The present...... hiện toàn bộ
Soluble microbial products (SMPs) release in activated sludge systems: a review Tập 9 - Trang 1-6 - 2012
Hamed Azami, Mohammad Hossein Sarrafzadeh, Mohammad Reza Mehrnia
This review discusses the characterization, production and implications of soluble microbial products (SMPs) in biological wastewater treatment. The precise definition of SMPs is open to talk about, but is currently regarded as “the pool of organic compounds that are released into solution from substrate metabolism and biomass decay”'. Some of the SMPs have been identified as humic acids, polysacc...... hiện toàn bộ
Determination of lead, cadmium and arsenic in infusion tea cultivated in north of Iran Tập 9 - Trang 1-6 - 2012
Sakine Shekoohiyan, Mahboobeh Ghoochani, Azita Mohagheghian, Amir Hossein Mahvi, Masoud Yunesian, Shahrokh Nazmara
Tea is one of the most common drinks in all over the world. Rapid urbanization and industrialization in recent decades has increased heavy metals in tea and other foods. In this research, heavy metal contents such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) were determined in 105 black tea samples cultivated in Guilan and Mazandaran Provinces in north of Iran and their tea infusions. The amount of...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of process variables on the production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by activated sludge Tập 9 - Trang 1-7 - 2012
Nader Mokhtarani, Hossein Ganjidoust, Ebrahim Vasheghani Farahani
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are known to be temporarily stored by microorganisms in activated sludge, especially in anaerobic-aerobic processes. Due to the problems resulted from the disposals of plastic wastes and excess sludge of wastewater treatment plants, the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by treating activated sludge and determining the effect of process variables were the main issues of this...... hiện toàn bộ
Oxygen mass transfer in a stirred tank bioreactor using different impeller configurations for environmental purposes Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 1-9 - 2013
Karimi, Ali, Golbabaei, Farideh, Mehrnia, Momammad Reza, Neghab, Masoud, Mohammad, Kazem, Nikpey, Ahmad, Pourmand, Mohammad Reza
In this study, a miniature stirred tank bioreactor was designed for treatment of waste gas containing benzene, toluene and xylene. Oxygen mass transfer characteristics for various twin and single-impeller systems were investigated for 6 configurations in a vessel with 10 cm of inner diameter and working volume of 1.77L. Three types of impellers, namely, Rushton turbine, Pitched 4blades and Pitched...... hiện toàn bộ