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Catalytic destruction of aromatic VOCs on SCR-DeNOx commercial catalyst
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 1 AbstractAromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) proved to have enhanced polluting behavior upon the atmosphere and human health. Their catalytic destruction is an alternative for environmental pollution reduction in the case of gaseous emissions with low contents of VOC.In this paper, an experimental study is presented, concerning the conversion of benzene and its mono-halogenated derivatives on SCR-DeNOx (V2O5-WO3/TiO2) commercial catalyst, specific for the reduction process of nitrogen oxid... Autori: Florin Bandrabur, Heinz Koser, Ion Balasanian, Liliana Lazar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25105
Methyl tert- butyl ether occurrence and degradation in water
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 2 The use of gasoline oxygenated with MTBE (methyl tert-butyl ether) reduced significantly air pollution (16 - 23% lower emissions of CO and 18% lower emissions of unburned hydrocarbons) but increased water pollution. There is no European or national regulations for MTBE in drinking water except for Denmark, which has set a limit value of 30 µg/ L for MTBE. USEPA proposed a maximum concentration of 20- 40 µg/L. This paper is a review with 70 references on the MTBE production, use, properties and... Autori: Camelia Beţianu, Florina Ungureanu, Loredana Branza, Lucian Vasile Pavel, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25122
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 6 No.4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 Iinclude urmatoarele articole:? Process water of papermaking: model building and characterization? Landfill inventory in the Republic of Moldova: problems and solutions? Floodplain revegetation and river basin restoration? Environmental problems of copper complex in Bor area? Researches on air micro flora determination from public indoor spaces and hospital wards in an urban area? Current practice of solid waste management in Malaysia and its disposal? An assessment of potential he... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25199
Environmental problems of copper complex in Bor area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe paper discusses some environmental problems caused by the presence of the copper mining and processing complex in the Bor area (Eastern Serbia). The Bor area is a serious hot spot in Serbia. Unsupervised operation of the mining company RTB Bor, without any protective measures, has led to extreme pollution of the Bor River, the Danube and underground waters, soil pollution with heavy metals, air-pollution with sulfur-dioxide etc. Recommendations are suggested as follows: a sustainable... Autori: Slavka Zeković ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25137
Zero discharge: technological progress towards eliminating pulp mill liquid effluent
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 AbstractThe goal of this paper is to examine the potential for ecologically and economically sustainable kraft pulp mills. This paper reviews technical and scientific literature on a wide range of factors that will influence the overall impact of a pulp mill on its total environment. The emphasis is on efforts to achieve "closed-loop," or Totally Effluent Free (TEF) mills which eliminate all liquid effluent and minimize the quantity and environmental impact of air and land discharges. An attempt... Autori: Adrian Puitel, Dan Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25202
Researches on air micro flora determination from public indoor spaces and hospital wards in an urban area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 4 AbstractMicrobial flora is an indicator of the environmental potential of allowing the air-transmitting infections. The paper presents the determination of micro-flora from public indoor spaces and hospital wards in an urban zone. There were used the following sampling and insemination methods: harvesting by sedimentation (Koch method) and harvesting by aspiration, filtration methods, barbotage method, impact method, electro-precipitation method and biotest Hycon. Air micro-flora determinations ... Autori: Capatina Camelia, Cristinel Racoceanu, Gheorghe Lazăr ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25139
Solid waste in romania: management, treatment and pollution prevention practices
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 AbstractThe paper analyzes some aspects of waste management in Romania and, in particular, in Iasi County, in view of the European perspective. Urban and rural waste management is considered and collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials is discussed relative to the National Waste Management Strategy and the National Plan for Waste Management, as well as European and national legislative framework.It was showed that land disposal will continue to be a disposal op... Autori: Ana-Maria Schiopu, Ion Apostol, Maria Gavrilescu, Monica Hodoreanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25203
Quantification of lead pollution in bucharest area and potential risks for human health
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 AbstractLead is unique among the toxic air contaminants that the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified it in several ways. Lead concentration is increasing rapidly in the environment due to increased use in anthropic activity. Lead is released into the atmosphere from metallurgy and siderurgy industry, during coal burning, oil or wastes, from power plants which use solid fuel, from traffic and the building sites. Regardless the exposure mode, the presence of lead in urban air, even in r... Autori: Alina Murariu, Aurelia Meghea, Aurelian Stanescu, Ioana Lacatusu, Mihaela Mihai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25205
Challenges for integrated water resources management in Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 This study presents an overview of the current activities and results undertaken within the CEEX SIWMANET project dealing with an assessment of the actual challenges for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) implementation in Romania,seen especially in relation with the R&D system and the need to develop especially the cooperation, training and participatory processes that are required for actual implementation in which the universities may play an important role in terms of catalyst ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25150
Study of the non-catalytic and catalytic oxidative destruction of VOCs
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 5 In recent years, the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has received much attention. Catalytic oxidation of VOCs, found in small concentration in industrial gas emissions constitutes an alternative for environmental pollution reduction.In this paper, a comparative study regarding the non-catalytic and catalytic oxidative destruction of non-halogenated or halogenated C6 hydrocarbons (C6H14, C6H12, C6H6, Cl-C6H5, Br-C6H5), is presented. Catalytic oxidation was studied in the presence of ... Autori: Florin Bandrabur, Heinz Koser, Ion Balasanian, Liliana Lazar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25162
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 3 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 3 › Nr. 4 Contain all the articles from this issueICEEM /02 PLENARY SESSION:"Environmental Engineering and Management in the Context of Sustainable Development"Design for sustainability (D4S): towards advanced product conceptsHan Brezet, Sacha SilvesterICEEM/02 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SECTION"Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies"Complex approach to the problem of persistent organic pollutants degradation in water environmentVictor Covaliov, Olga Covaliova, Angela Cincilei, Gilles Mailhot, Pasca... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25176
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 3 Nr. 3 (II)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 3 › Nr. 3 Contain all the articles from this issueICEEM/02 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SECTION"Treatment Technologies for Gaseous Fluxes"Surface chemistry studies on molybdena–alumina catalystTatiana Yuzhakova, ?kos R?dey, Endre Domokos, J??zsef Kov??cs, Monica Caldararu, Cristian Hornoiu, Mariana Carata, G.Postole, Cornel Munteanu, Larisa Strukova, Jozse FazakasHebicidal behaviour of a new N,N'- biquaternary salt of 4,4'- bipyridineServilia Oancea, Marinela Irimia, Gabriela Carja, Anton Airinei, Nicu... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25189
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 6 Nr. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 Iinclude urmatoarele articole:? Phenol degradation in water through a heterogeneous photo-fenton process? Study concerning the influence of oxidizing agents on heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of persistent organic pollutants? Nonmarket valuation of acequias: Stakeholder analysis? Metals concentration in soils adjacent to waste deposits? Polyelectrolyte - surfactant complexes? Modelling of sorption equilibrium of Cr(vi) on isomorphic substituted Mg/Zn-Al - type hydrotalcites... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25206
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 Include urmatoarele articole:? Synthesis of Ferrierite/ZSM-35 type zeolite with ethylenediamine as template? Recovery of p-hydroxybenzoic acid from wastewaters by reactive extraction 1. Extraction mechanism and influencing factors? Relationships between metals extent and cytological characteristics at Prunus persica L. pollen? Smoke Emissions From Diesel Vehicles: A Case Study? Carbon dioxide generation - implications for romanian pulp and paper industry ? Enhanced decolorization of ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25208
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 Include urmatoarele articole:? Cost sensitivity analysis by Monte Carlo simulation? Mathematical modeling of gas drying by adsorption? Methyl isobutyl ketone combustion over Pt/Al2O3 catalyst? Distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors with simulated broths? Unsteady heat transfer inside an elliptic cylinder? Triphasic external-loop airlift reactors. Hydrodynamic and dispersion studies? Sustainable combined utilization of renewable forest resources and coal in Roma... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25209
Virtual environmental measurement center based on remote instrumentation
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 AbstractIn this paper we propose system architecture for virtual environmental measurement center based on remote instrumentation. We use Internet facilities for transmission of the information. The station center can be used in remote control mode. Circumstance data can be collected with logging field station (Web-E-Nose or meteorological station). The environmental measurement center collects and automatically save data about the temperature in the air, relative humidity, pressure, wind speed ... Autori: , Carmen Alexandru, Codrin Donciu, Cristina Schreiner, Marius Branzila ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25216
Using GPS technology and distributed measurement system for air quality maping of rezidential area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 6 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe project’s idea is really simple: using the LabView environment, we have realized a virtual instrument able to get from the GPS the information about latitude, longitude, altitude and from a prototype data acquisition board for environmental monitoring parameters the information about air pollution factors. The perfect solution regarding the costs, the covered area and the accuracy of the measured data is the use of a glider for flight, because of its characteristics: free flights (... Autori: , Codrin Donciu, Marius Branzila, Marius Paslaru, Romeo Cristian Ciobanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25221
Impact of dust emission on plant vegetation in the vicinity of cement plant
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 1 AbstractEnvironment is a major issue which confronts industry and business in today's world on daily basis. Different industrial activities are degrading various environmental components like water, air, soil and plant vegetation. Cement industry is one of the 17 most polluting industries listed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The Jaypee Rewa Cement Cement industry, Rewa, Madhaya Pradesh is located between 24o 33' North longitude and 81o 10' east latitude and is situated at Jay Pr... Autori: Baby Sunisha, Nagpure Ajay Singh, Shrivastava Preeti, Shukla Ravindra Nath, Shukla Sudheer Kumar, Singh Deepali, Vivek Kumar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25233
Evaluation of lead pollution in Bucharest. Part II: Theoretical aspects of risk management strategy for impact of lead on human health
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 AbstractDespite its well known toxic effects, lead continues to be a part of modern life. Lead concentrations in the environment have increased steadily throughout history, with a huge increase when lead became a common additive to paint and gasoline. Although the use of lead in gasoline and most paint has been banned in many countries, there are still many ways for lead to be released on the environment. The effects of lead on human health have been the subject of significant international exam... Autori: Alina Murariu, Aurelia Meghea, Ioana Lacatusu, Mihaela Mihai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25244
Studies on air pollution with air-floated powders and lead in Tg. Jiu city, Gorj County
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 2 AbstractThe health effects caused by air pollutants may range from slight biochemical and physiological changes to difficulty breathing, wheezing, coughing and aggravation of existing respiratory and cardiac conditions. This paper presents an experimental study of air quality in the city of Tg. Jiu, Gorj County, by evaluating the air-floated powders of the PM10 fraction and lead from air. The analysis was performed by measurements in sampling points using the method presented in the European Nor... Autori: Camelia Capatana, Claudia Maria Simonescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25247
Analytical approach to estimate the air flow rate in the boundary layer of a heated furnace wall
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe critical analysis of the transfer processes intensification techniques is carried out by identification of the methods that can be applied, regardless of the process nature. The main priority is the development of a consistent methodology that will represent the basis of specific practical methods development by establishing a theoretical frame for studying the heat transfer processes. The main purpose is to reduce the stationary time of the charge in the installation, accomplishing ... Autori: Adrian Dima, Alina Adriana Minea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25253
Sustainable combined utilization of renewable forest resources and coal in Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractAs answer to European Community politics, in Romania the researches for waste reworking and ecological treatment are developing. The researches are focusing on wood wastes for its recovery in energy purposes. The purpose is the enlargement of superior coal utilization area obtained from Jiu Valley coal field, for increasing the efficiency of heating installations for domestic consumption, concordantly to European and Romanian pollutions regulations.Combined utilization of the fuel compos... Autori: Camelia Bădulescu, Eugen Traistă, Gheorghe Lăzăroiu, Maria Orban, Valeriu Plesea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25267
Triphasic external-loop airlift reactors. Hydrodynamic and dispersion studies
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractConsidering that three-phase dispersions are common in chemical engineering and biotechnology, and with increasing airlift reactor applications to chemical and biotechnological processes, a experimental study was undertaken in order to investigate the liquid phase hydrodynamics and dispersion in an external-loop airlift reactor on laboratory scale. Experiments were conducted in order to find a relationship between relevant hydrodynamic and mixing parameters of a solidsuspended exter... Autori: Florina Ungureanu, Maria Gavrilescu, Radu Z. Tudose ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25268
Distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors with simulated broths
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe study on distribution of oxygen transfer rate for a stirred bioreactor and simulated broths was carried out for four positions inside the broth and indicated the significant variation of kla on the bioreactor height. For all considered positions, kla initially increased to a maximum value with mixing intensification, decreasing then, as the result of the modification of mixing mechanism in presence of air bubbles. The increase of broth viscosity led to the significantly reducing of o... Autori: Adina Segneanu, Anca-Irina Galaction, Dan Caşcaval, Radu Z. Tudose ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25270
Methyl isobutyl ketone combustion over Pt/Al2O3 catalyst
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractCatalytic combustion of methyl isobutyl ketone in diluted air streams over Pt/Al2O3 commercial catalyst was experimentally investigated. The experiments were carried out at space velocities between 180 000 - 600 000 cm3/ (gcat·h) and ketone concentrations in the range of 900 - 2600 ppmv. On the studied domain of working parameters, carbon monoxide was not detected, although some organic intermediates were formed (especially acetic acid). Their presence was detected in the product mixtur... Autori: Anamaria Soare, Cristina Gheorghiu, Grigore Bozga, Magdalena Boşomoiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25271
Mathematical modeling of gas drying by adsorption
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 3 AbstractTheoretical and experimental studies of gas drying processes by adsorption in fixed bed of grains are presented in this paper. Based on an extensive literature study, some of the most representative mathematical models describing gas adsorption in fixed bed and consequently gas drying processes by adsorption in fixed bed are also presented. Using a mathematical model from those mentioned describing adsorption under isotherm regime, the temperature and gas flow velocity effects over the d... Autori: Marius Sebastian Secula, Stelian Petrescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25272
Research on the impact induced in the environment bymilk processing industry 4. The impact induced by the ecological dairy farm Panaci (Suceava)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe investigation focused on the impact on the environment caused by a dairy farm which supplies SC CAMYLACT LTD Panaciwith raw materials, a milk processing unit whose impact on the environment was analyzed. The material balance for the activityon the farm was resized and, thanks to this, the synthetic indicators of the impact on the environment, such as the specificinfluents of materials and specific effluents could be calculated.... Autori: Constantin Hutupas, Mihai Nicu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25276
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 ? Denitrifying activity of activated sludge in suspension and in biofilm? Denitrifying potential of an activated sludge derived consortium? Biosorption of hexavalent chromium based on modified Y zeolites obtained by alkali-treatment? Identifying anaerobic digestion models using simultaneous batch experiments? Olive mill wastewater as a renewable resource? Influence of innoculum acclimation in the biodegradation rate and estimated biodegradbility of cow manure, food waste and oil? Studies on the ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25378
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 7 Nr. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 4 Include urmatoarele articole:? Removal of nickel from aqueous solution by Nordmann FIR (ABIES Nordmanniana (STEV.) SPACH SUBSP. Nordmanniana) cones? Determination of heavy metals in extracts and macerates from garden flowers? Biological phosphorus removal in a high performance single reactor ? Advanced Cd2+ removal on dispersed TioO2-fly ash ? Remediation techniques for contaminated soils? Separation of uranium(vi) from soils by extraction in aqueous PEG (1550) - Na2SO4 - Na2CO3 two-... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25296
Combustion of pitcoal-wood biomass brichettes in a boiler test facility
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 5 AbstractThe use of composite fuels using pitcoal and sawdust represents a high perspective. The paper deals with the experimental results focusing on the combustion efficiency of composite fuel briquettes and on the polluting emissions level. A special care is given to the determination of boiler efficiency and to the establishment of exploiting economic conditions, like the supply, cleaning etc. The research of the combustion of pitcoal-wood biomass briquettes is conducted on a 55 kW boiler.A n... Autori: Gabriel Negreanu, Gheorghe Lăzăroiu, Ion Oprea, Ionel Pisa, Lucian Mihăescu, Radu Indries, Tudor Prisecaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25301
Energy from biomass in pulp and paper mills
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 5 AbstractPulp and paper mills generate various quantities of energy-rich biomass as wastes, depending on technological level, pulp and paper grades and wood quality. These wastes are produced in all stages of the process: wood preparation, pulp and paper manufacture, chemical recovery, recycled paper processing, waste water treatment. Energy recovery from wastes of different origin has become a generally accepted alternative to their disposal. Pulp and paper industry expresses an interest in adap... Autori: Dan Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25307
Earth oil extraction - major environmental pollution source
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe work presents the negative environmental impact produced by an extraction of crude oil activity. To highlight and quantify the negative effects on the environment produced from such activity, the experimental part has been focused on evidence of samples of soil, water from groundwater aquifers and surface, and the air emissions. The values of quality indicators are presented in graphs and tables, highlighting an activity with all major impact on the environment.... Autori: Aurica Grec, Corneliu Maior ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25326
Management of waste in rural areas of Gorj county, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 7 › Nr. 6 AbstractOn the top of the ecological priority list in Romania, waste management is on the third place following the problems regarding the surface and underground water pollution, as well as that of the atmosphere. The clean-up of the landscape represents an issue largely discussed in Romania. The paper presents the advantages of waste management for the landscape, which includes: waste gathering and transfer, waste selection, waste biological treatment and the storage.Some analyses of the const... Autori: Camelia Capatana, Claudia Maria Simonescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25331
Adsorption of N-hexane vapors onto non-functionalized hypercrosslinked polymers (hypersol-macronet TM) and activated carbon: Equilibrium studies
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractTwo non-functionalized hypercrosslinked polymeric resins type Macronet (MN 202 and MN 250) were employed to remove nhexane vapors from gas phase. A comparison of the equilibrium behavior of these hypercrosslinked resins and a bituminous granular activated carbon was made. The initial n-hexane concentration in the air stream ranged from 2100 to 4500 ppm and the adsorption temperatures were 30oC, 40oC and 50oC. The results showed that the MN 250 presents the higher adsorption capacities of... Autori: Adela Marilena Buburuzan Haleta, Cezar Catrinescu, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25341
Impact of human activities on the soil in Vaslui county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe soil is a fundamental component of both urban and rural environment, the main reason behind the fact that the protection of soil and subsoil is a matter of national importance. By its position and characteristics, the soil is, in fact, the convergence area of all the pollutants, of which the most are airborne. The present paper, which presents the sources of heavy metals as well the impact of those on the soil from Vaslui county, is part of a series of papers published as preparation... Autori: Mihaela Budianu, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25343
Survey on the dynamic of urban air pollution in the municipality of Craiova, Dolj county
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractUrban air pollution is responsible for the highest burden of environmentally related diseases in Europe. Air pollutants with strongly indicated respiratory health effects are particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. The retrospective ecological survey has taken into account the urban air pollution with sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ammonia (NH3) and particulate matter (PM10). The analyzed data show that after applying the European regulations regarding the ... Autori: Catalin Adrian Petrisor, Dorin Petrişor, Lucreţiu Radu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25348
Environmental impact assessment induced by an industrial unit of basic chemical organic compounds synthesis using the alternative method of global pollution index
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe technological process of basic chemical organic compounds synthesis is included among the economic activities that can affect the environment quality. The environmental impact of chemical organic synthesis is evaluated using the alternative method of global pollution index that considers the concentric circles graphical methodology proposing a scale of the arithmetic mean values for the evaluation scores of each environmental components (e.g. water resources, gaseous emission, soil a... Autori: Carmen Zaharia, Ilie Murăraşu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25352
Analysis of distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors for bacterial broths
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe study on the distribution of oxygen transfer rate in a stirred bioreactor for Propionibacterium shermanii broths underlined the major influence of the presence and concentration of biomass on the interphasic transfer of oxygen. Owing to the bubbles surface blockage by the bacterial cells, the accumulation of biomass from 30.5 to 120.5 g/l d.w. led to the decreasing of kla for about 1.3- 2.4 times. Compared with the simulated broths without biomass having similar apparent viscosity, t... Autori: Adina Segneanu, Anca-Irina Galaction, Dan Caşcaval ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25364
Trend in exhaust emissions from in-use gasoline vehicles
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe main goal of this study is to determine the trend in exhaust concentrations during the last 12 years. Accordingly, a nondisperse infrared gas analyzer was used to measure the concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (HC) emitted from vehicle exhaust. A total of 449 vehicles distributed across model years ranging between 1968 and 2005 were tested under idling conditions. The results indicated that there is a strong relationship between the age of the vehicle and the con... Autori: Kamel Al Zboon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25365
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 1
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 1 Include urmatoarele articole:? CsHSO4/mesoporous silica composites - new electrolytes for solid acid fuel cells? Trend in exhaust emissions from in-use gasoline vehicles? Analysis of distribution of oxygen transfer rate in stirred bioreactors for bacterial broths? Electrochemical characteristics of Ti6Al7Nb alloy in Ringer's solution? Pulsed high voltage discharge technology as a new method for killing Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cells? Hydrodynamic modelling of pollution with LNAPL gene... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25367
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 2
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Include urmatoarele articole:? Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 2? Bioengineering aspects of tissues culture bioreactors for medicine and environmental applications? Removal of bis (1-chloro-2-propyl) ether from wastewater using sonodegradation and biodegradation? A novel plasma reactor for toluene decomposition in contaminated air flow? Study of the copper (II) removal from aqueous solutions by chelating resin Purolite S930 ? Analysis of some metal levels... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25371
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 8 Nr. 3
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 ? Bioremediation of contaminated air using a bioscrubber? Quality risk evaluation of the groundwater resources on the moldavian area? Electrochemical characterization of some dental materials in accelerated environmental testing? Preliminary study of simple and Fenton oxidation with hydrogen peroxide applied on final effluents from a zootechnical farm? The environmental impact assessment caused by the dykes failure? Revaluation of beer industry byproducts – medical implications? ... Autori: http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25372
Research on the use of environmentally friendly additives in the building industry
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 AbstractThe use of adhesives for floor covering have been deeply modified for longtime, by formulations of polymer-based products in aqueous dispersion as an alternative to organic solvents. These advances envisaged ways for obtaining nonpolluting products. Developing these adhesives required the parallel development of methods for monitoring and analyzing the emissions over time. This paper shows the results of some research devoted to identify the indoor presence of volatile organic compounds ... Autori: Irina Ioniţă, Domnica Ciobanu, Monica Tulbure, Iulian Tanţoş ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25388
Priority organic pollutants removal by ultrafiltration for wastewater recycling
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 AbstractUltrafiltration (UF) represents an important option for the advanced wastewater treatment as it offers good performances from both technical and economical points of view, for the removal of suspended solids, colloids and some of the organic compounds present in different effluents. The occurrence of priority organic pollutants in wastewaters streams and the environment has raised intensive scientific debates about their effects and the possible abatement technologies. As part of a broad... Autori: George Barjoveanu, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25390
Study of adsorption equilibrium of some wet aircomposite material systems
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 AbstractEquilibrium data of water vapor adsorption from wet air on several materials were experimentally determined at temperature values of 313 and 333 K and air relative humidity values ranged between 30 and 90 %. Experimental data were correlated with Langmuir and Freundlich models. The obtained results emphasize the significant difference between the water retained on the adsorbent materials impregnated with various salt solutions, and on classic adsorbents.... Autori: Ioan Mămăligă, Constantin Baciu, Stelian Petrescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25394
A novel plasma reactor for toluene decomposition in contaminated air flow
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Abstract
A new type of wire-cylinder plasma reactor, in which air flow shapes into gas torches is developed. The decomposition performance of toluene in contaminated air flow induced by pulsed corona discharge in the reactor is investigated experimentally under atmosphere pressure and room temperature. It is found that the decomposition efficiency is affected dramatically by air introduction way, and the ejection stimulates the decomposition of toluene compared with the conventional method. T... Autori: Zhihui Xie, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Qizheng Ye ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25402
Removal of bis (1-chloro-2-propyl) ether from wastewater using sonodegradation and biodegradation
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The potential of using ultrasonic irradiation and microbiological treatment for the removal bis(1-chloro-2-propyl) ether from aqueous solutions has been investigated. Experiments were performed in a continuous bioreactor, 3500 mL volume, and in an ultrasonic bath respectively, using frequencies of 38+1kHz and applying a power of 30 W. Under these conditions, the sonochemical conversion of ether was found to be superior to the biological one. The ultrasound method was improved by air ... Autori: Mihaela Iordache, Vasile Lucian Pavel, Lim Myunghee, Ioan Iordache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25403
Study on the multi-annnual variability of particulate matter PM10 in Suceava City
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone are now generally recognized as the most significant in terms of health impacts. This study shows that concentrations of particulate matter up to 10 microns in diameter (PM10) in Suceava city exceeded EU limits set to protect human health during 2004-2007. In order to design effective PM10 air quality management programmes, it is essential to identify the sources affecting PM10 background levels. For this, PM10 data series were analyzed ... Autori: Lacramioara Gina Ursul, , Doina Carmen Manciuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25409
Environmental monitoring of co emissions: Statistical character of acquired data
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
A set of experimental data resulted from environmental monitoring and its informational content has to be revealed and checked for its statistical character. As a result in this paper the aim was to verify if the environmental monitoring data obtained for a specific air pollutant monitored during three years presents statistical properties. Based on the results obtained by applying statistical requirements such as fixed location, fixed variation, randomness and fixed distribution, a ... Autori: Irina Meghea, Mihaela Mihai, Ioana Lacatusu, Tiberiu Apostol ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25410
Evolution of emissions of heavy metals in Vaslui County
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Elaboration of the inventory of the pollutants emissions in atmosphere constitutes the basis for elaboration of the strategies and reglementations, assessment of the trends in evolutions of emissions, modeling of the pollutants dispersions, analysis of new sources, establishment of emission taxes, compliance with legislation, as well as review of existing reglementation and standards regarding the air quality.
The current paper describes both the evolution of the emissions of the he... Autori: Mihaela Budianu, Mihai Nicu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25422
Bioremediation of contaminated air using a bioscrubber
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 3 Abstract
This study examined the effect of hexane concentration in the inlet gas stream on the treatment performance of a concentric tube internal loop airlift bioreactor with a 7 L capacity, inoculated with a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The experiments were conducted employing hexane-contaminated air, in 0.62, 1.26, 2.15 and 4.5 g/m3 concentrations at 29 ± 1°C. The 100% hydrocarbon removal was verified when effluents containing 0.62 and 1.26 g/m3 of hexane were employed. Under contin... Autori: Fernando Jorge Santos Oliveira, Leonardo Vazquez, Francisca Pessoa de Franca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25437
Recycling of mixed polyolefin wastes
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The mass of usage of secondary plastics are mostly determined by their quality and price. Therefore it was essentially to collect and evaluate the related aspects and expectations from the potential secondary-plastics users. To enable this in the frame of the W2Plastics EU7 project (Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste) an adequate questionnaire was worked and sent out to automotive plastics end-product man... Autori: Andrea Toldy, Brigitta Bodzay, Mircea Tierean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25443
Preliminary investigation aimed to ecological reclaiming by phytoremediation of a large flotation tailing dump in baia mare mining area
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The flotation tailing pond Bozinta is located at 5 Km West from Baia Mare town. It is closed and is preparing for ecological reclaiming. Preliminary investigations have been made on the meteorological and climatologic indicators of the site. The temperature, air relative humidity, the wind speed, the rain values and the soil temperature have been measured during the vegetation period of 2008 year. The air temperature on the tailing pond is always 1?2 0C higher than the values regist... Autori: Vasile Oros, Mirela Coman, Monica Marian, Leonard G. Mihaly, Anca Mihaly ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25452
The impact of regional development on the environment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Various specialists draw attention on the conflict between the industrial civilization and the environment and mention two aspects:
1. The tendency of depletion of natural energy resources, raw materials and food, or consumption of renewable into a rhythm superior to their capacity of regeneration
2. Physical damage and pollution of the environment: water, air and land.
It can be said that a sustainable society is the one that shapes its economic and social system so that natural ... Autori: Dan Duran, Irina Duran, Ciprian Costescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25485
Issues on costs and investment for environmental protection
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The concept of sustainable development has emerged in order to correlate the need to continue increasing the level of human and increasingly fragile ?health?? level of environment. At the industrial level, things have moved more quickly. Thus, many companies use waste as fuel, and in some localities they are trying to implement systems for heating cottage on the combustion of waste. They are first to have acknowledged the eco-economical importance of recovery and reuse waste.... Autori: Dan Duran, Irina Duran, Adrian Diaconu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25488
Reducing of pollutants emissions and heavy liquid fuels consumption in boilers by using of additives
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
The paper presents the experimental results, obtained using a pilot installation and hot-water boilers for reducing the pollutants emissions in combustion of heavy liquid fuels by using of additives for catalyzing of burning processes.
The experiments were made using additives based on iron and cerium carboxylates. Experimental results, which are presented both in variant of heavy liquid fuels burning with additives and without additives, highlight the reducing of pollutants emissio... Autori: Aurel Gaba, Stefania Iordache, Mircea Vladescu, Dan Ungureanu, Petrica Vizureanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25509
The product's anticipated success ratio on the turbulent markets: A genuine tool for the agile enterprises
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
To become "flexible" is the equivalent of becoming successfully for almost any firm - the activities based on old and traditional product "recipes" are, obviously, excluded. But, in the framework of a global economy crisis, the statistics seems to prove that flexibility is no longer enough in order to avoid troubles. At the same time, another statistics prove that almost 80% of the products are failing at their first release on market. The paper presents a genuine marketing aggregate... Autori: Gabriel-Petru Luca, Ion Verzea, Irina Cozminca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25511
The advertising efficiency ratio: A marketing aggregate indicator modeling for a noisy and turbulent market
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
This paperwork is trying to achieve some of theoretical and practical objectives concerning the "agility" concept: to make the differences operational, and to ensure the present surviving and the future development of economical activities in a, more and more, turbulent business environment. Also, the paperwork comes to display a genuine aggregate indicator "Advertising Efficiency Ratio", special developed to help the market players to face - throughout their advertising process - th... Autori: Gabriel-Petru Luca, Ion Verzea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25513
Numeric simulation of air pollution due to naval engines
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
This paperwork tried to simulate the combustion inside the naval engines using the newest computer methods and technologies with the result of a diverse and rich palette of solutions, extremely useful for the study and prediction of complex phenomena of the fuel combustion.
The paperwork is contributing to the theoretical systematization of the area of interest bringing into attention a thoroughly inventory of the thermodynamic description of the phenomena which take place in the co... Autori: Nicolae Buzbuchi, Liviu Constantin Stan, Daniela-Elena Mitu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25514
Environmentally friendly industrial technologies: Case studies
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 5 Abstract
Nowadays the global climate change is one of the most significant questions from environmental, social, political and economic point of views. Global warming caused by green house gases emitted into the air is a result of the human activities (Energy Revolution, 2005-2007).
The majority of the industrial processes has significant impact to human life and deteriorates the natural environment. In this paper different technologies (three industrial technologies) will be dealt with spec... Autori: Zsofia Kovacs, Orsolya Kakucs, Janos Lako, , Tamas Fulop, Tatiana Yuzhakova, , Endre Domokos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25545
Assessment of the environmental impacts generated by rubber processing activity
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
This work presents a global approach of the impact generated in the environment by rubber processing activity. The objective analyzed as a case study is a company that produces rubber tires for trucks and industrial vehicles.
The experimental part includes the determination of quality indicators for each environmental factor (air, water, soil) and the evaluation of environmental impact on these factors. Determination of the environmental quality indicators was done by sampling and a... Autori: Aurica Grec, Florin Dumescu, Corneliu Maior ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25547
Contributions to the improvement of ambiental comfort in residential buildings
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The aim of the study is to outline new opportunities of improving buildings ambient comfort and thus to determine energy consumption cut down. The second half of the XX century witnessed the development of society disregarding the extent to which environment was affected by the industrial production; pollution was triggered by the widespread industry which made use of technologies whose main target was the increase of production output at any cost, an aggressive industry with respect... Autori: Vladimir Corobceanu, Răzvan Giuşcă, Raluca Giusca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25549
Plasma chemistry and the environment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Plasma is often called the fourth state of matter. It is distinct from other lower-energy states of matter, most commonly solid, liquid, and gas, although it is closely related to the gas phase in that it also has no definite form or volume. Plasma technique may use any gas or gas mixture, within equipment limitations. Each gas or mixture of gases produces distinctive plasma, making possible a very diverse range of chemical environments. Besides the recombination mechanisms developed... Autori: Marian I. Totolin, Ghiocel E. Ioanid, Iordana Neamtu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25550
Improvement of buildings ambiental comfort by using environmental friendly materials and methods
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
Starting from the disadvantages of the polystyrene system – the most important being that they are not biodegradable and their life cycle is relatively small, up to fifteen years – there were conceived several structures for outside walls made of perforated bricks vertically disposed and filled with granular materials. In this manner the thermal resistance is improved knowing that in gaps bigger than twenty millimeters there appear convective streams which substantially decrease ... Autori: Răzvan Giuşcă, Vladimir Corobceanu, Raluca Giusca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25551
Evaluation of corrosive effects in co-firing process of biomass and coal
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The paper examines the effects of high temperature corrosion of the surfaces of heat exchange due to corrosive components formed in the co-combustion of biomass and coal. High temperature corrosion of the surfaces of heat exchange becomes a priority in the combustion of biomass with high chlorine and alkali metals, as alkali chlorides formed deposited on the surfaces of heat transfer, leading to serious consequences for them. Forms of manifestation of corrosion are numerous, the most... Autori: Ionel Pisa, Corina Rădulescu, Lucian Mihăescu, Gheorghe Lăzăroiu, Gabriel Negreanu, Simona Zamfir, Danut Vairenu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25553
A social inquiry assessment of new water and wastewater disinfection devices
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 8 › Nr. 6 Abstract
This paper aims at developing a study concerning a prototype production opportunity and its use for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as polluters and consumers, as well as for household consumers.
The technical impact can be assessed through introduction of a new and low polluting technology which does not change the taste and smell of water, does not need chemical additives and uses a series of small and easy maintainable equipments with low costs. The method called ?documenta... Autori: Daniela Suteu, Irina Volf, Luminita Lupu, , Carmen Ioan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25555
Overview on paper and board recycling in Europe
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 1 Abstract
In Europe, recovered paper is a valuable raw material for the paper industry already since the early 20th century, actually corresponding to half of the total use of fibres for paper and board production. The aim of this paper is to describe the present status of paper recycling in Europe and thereby to create a data basis for evaluation the results of the FP7 project ?Recovered Paper Sorting by Innovative Technologies ? SORT IT. The overview is based on specific questionnaires addre... Autori: Dan Gavrilescu, Elena Bobu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25579
A new real-time monitoring technique of the biochemical constituents of the environment
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 1 Abstract
As a result of the global climatic changes generated by the alteration of the environment through polution, the ecosystems' natural ressources are incontrollably distributed, generating unforseeable effects at the level of the subsequent evolution of the natural balance factors. One of the greatest challenges of the science concerned with environment protection, is that of real time monitoring of the biochemical constitution. The real time monitoring of a great number of biochemical ... Autori: Andrada Pretorian, Bojin Dionezie, Gabriel Epure, Ion Savu, Lucia Mutihac, Mihaela Muresan, Nicoleta Petrea, Petrisor Zamora Iordache, Razvan Petre, Rodica Lungu, Vasile Somoghi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25583
Comparative study of the adsorption-desorption cycles of hexane over hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbents and activated carbon
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 1 Abstract
In this work, the behavior of n-hexane vapors in the adsorption-desorption cycles of non-functionalized polymeric adsorbents (MN 202 and MN 250) and granular activated carbon (AC 20) was studied. The adsorption experiments were performed in a fixed bed column, under dynamic conditions, at 30?C and atmospheric pressure. The inlet concentration of n-hexane in the air streams was 0.115 mg/cm3 (32500 ppm) and the space velocity was 2.75 s-1. Also, desorption experiments were performed in... Autori: Adela Marilena Buburuzan, Cezar Catrinescu, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25584
Researches on the negative effects assessment (slugging, clogging, ash deposits) developed at the biomass-coal co-firing
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 1 Abstract
Using biomass in combustion, as a renewable source of energy, from ecological and economic considerations, sets special demands for control of the co-firing process. The paper aimed to study the problems like slugging, clogging and ash deposits formed on heat exchange surfaces during the co-firing process of agricultural biomass with coal. There are identifies the main factors that influence the formation of flying ash deposits and corrosion process. Most problems of co-firing proces... Autori: Corina Rădulescu, Danut Vairenu, Elena Popa, Gheorghe Lazaroiu, Ionel Pisa, Lucian Mihăescu, Simona Zamfir, Tudor Prisecaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25600
SBC-MEDIU: A multi-expert system for environmental diagnosis
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 Abstract
An efficient environmental management system needs some air, water and soil pollution analysis software tools. The paper presents a multi-expert system, SBC-MEDIU, developed for environmental diagnosis. The system has three modules: SBC-AIR, the module for air pollution analysis and dispersion assessments, SBC-WATER, the module for surface water pollution analysis, and SBC-SOIL, the module for soil erosion risk assessments. The experimental results obtained so far are also discussed.... Autori: Daniel Dunea, Mihaela Oprea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25612
Artificial intelligence applications in the atmospheric environment: status and future trends
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 2 Abstract
The Air Quality Management problem calls for detailed, case-specific knowledge and requires, due to legal mandates, the development of operational, environmental parameter related, incident forecasting. Both targets can be met by applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, and by employing relevant computational algorithms that are capable of producing reliable results. The current paper provides with an overview of the problem domain, identifies goals and proposes methods that ma... Autori: Kostas D. Karatzas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25616
Strategies for the aerobic biological treatment of the dairy wastewaters in controlled conditions
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the capacity of certain bacterial and fungal strains - isolated from the dairy industry wastewater - to biodegrade the organic compounds such as casein, lactose and lactic acid similarly to those which determine the organic pollution. The strains able to rapidly biodegrade organic compounds were identified and screened for the inoculum preparation which is afterward tested for the aerobic biological treatment of the simulated dairy-processing was... Autori: Gabriela Bahrim, George Ifrim, Marian Barbu, Mihaela Palela, Sergiu Caraman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25625
Reduced water consumption in recovered paper plant for sustainable development
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Regardless of the production branch, advanced closing of water circuits in an industrial unit is a today?s requirement. To fulfill this, an advanced treatment of residual water is needed. Use of both specialized devices and specific chemicals leads to clear water that can be further reused. In this paper, the obtained performances with a unit, which uses dissolving air flotation principles for treating the residual water from a recovered paper de-inking plant, are presented.... Autori: Emanuel Poppel, Nela Dumea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25629
Modeling and simulation of an ultrafiltration process for the removal of suspended solids and colloids from wastewater
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Mathematical modeling of the ultrafiltration (UF) process is motivated by the complexity of retention phenomena that occur during the UF in conjunction with the complexity of wastewater matrices submitted to ultrafiltration, as well as by the need to predict the process behavior in extreme conditions, such as high pollution loads for UF-membrane cleaning cycles optimization or for automated control of the process. Thus, series of laboratory-scale ultrafiltration experiments were perf... Autori: , George Barjoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25630
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 5
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 5 ? SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE HARDENING PROCESSES IN NORMAL CLIMATIC AND THERMAL TREATMENT CONDITIONS
? THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION ? AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREA
? MENU PLANNING STRATEGY BASED ON ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
? EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NIGERIAN COMPOSTED WASTES USING LABORATORY EXTRACTION TEST
? IN SITU RADIOFREQUENCY FIELD LEVEL ASSESSMENT IN TWO URBAN AREAS IN ROMANIA: OPEN QUESTIONS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION
? INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR WARNING ON HI... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25657
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 7
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 7 ? MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLING AND TREATMENT OF RESULTING LIQUID EFFLUENTS
? ROMANIA: ENTREPRENEURIAL VALUES AND SUSTAINABILITY
? THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF WOODEN BRIQUETTES USED AS RENEWABLE FUEL
? ECO-FRIENDLY EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION METHODS OF CAPSAICINES
? ADDRESSING ISSUES OF GEOENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN DOBRUJA, ROMANIA/BULGARIA
? ADSORPTION OF 2,4-DINITROPHENOL AND 2,6-DINITROPHENOL ONTO ORGANOCLAYS AND INORGANIC-ORGANIC PILLARED CLAYS
? APPLICATION
O... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25659
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 9 Nr. 10
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 9 › Nr. 10 ? AN ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF CHLOROPHENOLS FROM WASTEWATER
? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: A PSYCHOLOGICAL-BEHAVIORAL MODEL FOR RESEARCHERS
? ECOLOGICAL
AGRICULTURE: DYNAMICS OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN SOILS CULTIVATED
WITH MAIZE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC FERTILIZATION
? SOLAR-ASSISTED JOULE-BRAYTON ENGINES USED TO REDUCE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
? STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF HEATING SYSTEMS
? MIXED JET-VORTEX METHOD FOR ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25662
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol. 10 Nr. 1
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 1 ? COMPACT MICROPULSE BACKSCATTER LIDAR: AIRBORNE AND GROUND-BASED APPLICATIONS
? STUDIES OF THE IMPACT OF AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES
? A STUDY OF THE AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES AT TWO AERONET STATIONS FROM ROMANIA
? COMPLEMENTARY ATMOSPHERIC URBAN POLLUTION STUDIES IN THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA, IASI COUNTY
? ?NGSTR?M TURBIDITY IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE TROPOSPHERE
? LIDAR MONITORING OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION AND NATURAL PHENOMENA
... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25665
EFFECT OF THE INCYLINDER FORCED SWIRLS ON PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION OF DIESEL ENGINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 6 The combustion process plays the important role to improve performance and emission of diesel engine. To improve the rate of combustion process, the fuel-air mixing process should be accelerated. In this paper, based on the Double Swirl combustion chamber, from the macroscopic characteristics and simulation analysis, the effect of the incylinder forced swirls on performance and emission of diesel engine was studied. The results indicated that due to the incylinder forced swirls, the distribution... Autori: Chang-Yuan Wang, Fu-Shui Liu, Xiang-Rong Lihttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25673
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INHALABLE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS IN URUMQI DURING WINTER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 6 PM10-2.5 and PM2.5 samples were collected from December 2007 to January 2008 at six sampling sites in Urumqi Xinjiang, China. The concentrations of seven kinds of water-soluble ions––SO4 2-, NO3-, Cl-, NH4 +, K+, Na+, and Ca2+––were analyzed using ion chromatography. The concentrations of heavy metal elements, Cr, Co, Cd, Pb, and Hg were measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results indicated that, in PM2.5 and PM10-2.5, the average mass concentration ... Autori: Talip Dilnur, Tursun Yalkunjan, Manabu Igawa, Yimit Abulizihttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25683
PERFORMANCE OF MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) PROCESS TREATING WASTEWATER CONTAINING DIFFERENT CONTENT OF SEAWATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 A submerged membrane bioreactor (MBR) was employed to treat wastewater containing different content of seawater in this work. During the process, the operating conditions were as follows: COD was 800-1000 mg/L, ammonium-N was 80-100 mg/L, pH was 7.5-8.5, mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) was around 7000 mg/L, dissolved oxygen (DO) was 2-4 mg/L. The results showed that the ammonium-N removal was better than COD removal. Sludge settling property was good in saline wastewater treatment, and the ... Autori: Jin Li, Deshuang Yu, Dan Wanghttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25697
FORCED SWIRL COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN DIESEL ENGINE: NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 Fuel injection system, intake system and the geometric shape of combustion chamber are the three key factors to the fuel-air mixture and combustion process for diesel engine. long with the need of high power density in diesel engine, the pressure of intake is higher increasingly. Together with the effect of high pressure fuel injection, the fuel-air mixture and combustion process is hard to spread as usual. In this circumstance, the performance of power, heat efficiency and emission in diesel en... Autori: Shang Yong, Liu Fu-Shui, Li Xiang-Ronghttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25704
QUANTIFYING THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES ON AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 The beneficial effect of urban plants in improving air quality is often mentioned in literature but is seldom quantified and valuated. Quantification and valuation of the benefits provided by urban plants allow direct comparison between plant species and help make more informed urban planning decisions. Based on fieldwork study and data processing, carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, oxygen (O2) generation, transpiration cooling, sulfur dioxide (SO2) removal and dust interception are quantified ... Autori: Qijiao Xie, Zhixiang Zhou, Fang Chenhttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25710
EVALUATION OF THE TRAFFIC AIR QUALITY BASED ON FUZZY COMPLEX MATTER ELEMENT METHOD AND ENTROPY WEIGHT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 For a better evaluation of the impact of road traffic about air quality, this paper considers the development of a new evaluation index system and methods. They address the assessment of the air quality around the areas with an intense road traffic, according to Chinese standards considering sulfur dioxide index (SO2), total suspended particles index (TSP), floating dust index (PM10), nitrogen oxides index (NOX) and carbon monoxide index (CO). A systematic air quality evaluation model was establ... Autori: Zhao-hui Liu, Zhi-bin Qinhttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25714
EVALUATION AND APPLICATION OF SEMI-DRY FUEL GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD) WITH FABRIC FILTER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 7 Semi-dry FGD with fabric filter has been extensively studied in recent years. After a series of industrial tests on 300MW boiler with semi-dry FGD and fabric filter, some operation notes were obtained. The test results show that CFB-FGD with fabric filter can be run longer and stable, and its actual performance is even higher than the design parameters. Moreover, the pressure drop of fabric filter after CFB-FGD is 600~800Pa (higher than normal). The fabric filter, which contributes to the desulf... Autori: Tong Li, Han Yi, Han Xu, Reti Hai, Wang Wenxinghttp://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25716
PERFORMANCE STUDY OF SOLAR DRYER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND MARINE PRODUCTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:In the current work design and mathematical description of thermal performance analysis of solar dryer for agricultural andmarine products is presented. Proposed solar dryer includes two main subunits: 1) Solar PV-Thermal dehydrator (heat transferfluid is air), which is used as heat source for dryer; 2) Drying cabin with multistage trays. The pilot unit of proposed systemdeveloped in Renewable Energy Department of Physics Faculty of University of Santiago de Compostela. Investigations o... Autori: Angeles Lpez Agera, Daniel Rey Rey, E. Virites Montes, Iago Rodriguez Cabo, Jasurjon S. Akhatov, Vicente Gndara ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25719
DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING AND TESTING VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES WITH HELICAL BLADES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:Under the circumstances of the total energetic recourses deficit in the Republic of Moldova appears the problem of non-traditionalsources utilization. An important source of renewable energy is the wind energy. This paper deals with two new concepts ofvertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with helical blades, elaborated by the authors.The main element of the wind turbine is, certainly, the rotor. It is directly subdued to the action of the air flow and transforms thekinetic energy of the ai... Autori: Ion Bostan, Ion Vişa, Rodion Ciupercă, Valeriu Dulgheru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25722
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON TRANSIENT REGIMES OF SOLAR AIR HEAT COLLECTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:The operation of solar air heat collectors consists in a sequence of transient regimes, being conditioned by the availability in timeof the solar resource. This paper presents the results of an experimental research on transient regimes of two types of solar air heatcollectors. The absorbers of the collectors have different configurations and are made of different materials. One collector is acommercial passage air collector with the absorber made of aluminum. The other collector is an ... Autori: Adrian Ciocănea, Andrei Dragomirescu, Sanda Budea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25731
4-BAR GEARED LINKAGE USED FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC AZIMUTH ORIENTATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 8 Abstract:In order to capture as much solar energy as possible, the photovoltaic converter has to follow the sun movement during a day; thiscan be achieved by a tracking system. Most tracking systems have complex and costly structures that can provide wide anglevariations. This paper presents a geared linkage that is build up by a planetary system of gears fitted on a linkage, and thus helpsin reaching wide angles. Starting from a patented linkage, which reaches ≈200° angular strokes, by a... Autori: Dorin Diaconescu, Ioana Hermenean, Nora Creanga ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25736
COPPER SULFIDES THIN FILMS WITH CONTROLLED PROPERTIES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 9 Abstract:Films of CuxS with 430-700 nm thickness were deposited by robotic spray pyrolysis technique, at T = 300?C, using 90 sprayingsequences, from water:ethanol:glycerol = 7:2:1 (in volumes) solutions with a molar ratio Cu:S = 1:2.5-3.5. Relative dense,homogenous and uniform films of CuxS (x = 1.8-2), with Eg = 1.97-2.49 eV and exhibiting electric resistance behavior wereobtained. The as-deposited films were annealed in air or in sulfur atmosphere, at 300 ?C, for one hour. Dense and uniform ... Autori: Alexandru Enesca, Anca Duta, Ionut Popovici, Luminita Isac ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25749
METALLIC MEMBRANES OBTAINED WITH GRADED STRUCTURE FOR MICROFILTRATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:The aim of this work is to obtain sintered porous membranes with graded structure for microfiltration by sedimentation andsintering of metallic powders. Our previous studies have demonstrated the possibility of obtaining sintered porous materials withgraded structure by sedimentation. In this paper, spherical nickel particles were used having a grain size in the 2-90 µm rangemeasured by the laser scattering particle size analyzer. The powders were sedimented into a sintering die in a s... Autori: Gyorgy Thalmaier, Ioan Vida-Simiti, Nicolaie Jumate, Niculina Sechel, Valentin Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25775
VARIATION ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METAL RESIDUES IN MILK AND THEIR INCIDENCE IN MILK PRODUCTS FROM MOLDAVIA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:The study was conducted to evaluate the concentration variation of heavy metals in milk collected from two different groups ofsources: milk collecting centers and dairy farms. Also, their incidence in milk products, as pasteurized milk, butter milk, yogurt,cream, cheese, hard cheese was determined in the NE Romania (Moldavia).The analytical results revealed that the milk samples from the collecting centers had higher levels than the samples from the dairyfarms of Pb (2.90 to 3.45 vs. 1.... Autori: Andrei - Cristian Grădinaru, Gheorghe Solcan, Ovidiu Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25776
DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:The present paper is concerned with the determination of the appropriate subsidy level for environmental friendly technologyvehicles. For this purpose, the economic calculation of the corresponding environmental benefit is necessary, which is realizedthrough the calculation of the negative environmental externality that could be avoided, if the examined subsidies have beenestablished. For the calculation of the latter, the EcoSenseLE tool has been applied here, using life-cycle airborne... Autori: Dimitrios A. Georgakellos ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25782
INCREASED SECURITY OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES BY USING REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FREON
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:One of the basic conditions for the operation of nuclear installations is security operation. The complexity of the phenomena inheavy water detritiation plants, determine the use of advanced equipment for technological processes involved. Pilot Plant forTritium and Deuterium Separation developed the cryogenic technology of tritium separation from tritiated heavy water. Theprocess is based on an catalyzed isotopic exchange module, where the tritium is extracted from tritiated heavy water... Autori: Sorin Gherghinescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25787
BIOLOGICAL AIR TREATMENT EFFICIENCY OF A STRAW BIO-CHARGE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 10 Abstract:Experimental research evaluated the possibilities of air treatment efficiency of a cylindrically shaped bio-charge, namely straw, toremove volatile organic compounds from the air. As determined during experiments, the air treatment efficiency of the straw biochargefor acetone removal reached 97.3%, while for butanol removal the efficiency was 86.0%. It has been determined that, withvolatile organic compound concentrations increasing biological air treatment efficiency is decreasing as h... Autori: Alvydas Zagorskis, Petras Vaitiekunas, Pranas Baltrenas, Raimondas Leopoldas Idzelis, ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25790
POST TREATMENT OF POULTRY SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTEWATER AND APPRAISAL OF THE ECONOMIC OUTCOME
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 11 Abstract:Recovery of residual ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) from dissolved air flotation (DAF) pretreated poultry slaughterhouse wastewater was studied by means of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (MgNH4PO4.6H2O, MAP) precipitation in a lab-scale batch study. The maximum recovery values were obtained as 80.2%, 97.1% and 53.6% with the addition of MgCl2.6H2O + KH2PO4, NaH2PO4.2H2O + MgSO4.7H2O, and MgOHCO3 + 85% H3PO4 at pH 9.5, respectively. Based on the physicochemical findings, subsequent... Autori: Aylin Gunay, Idil Ozis, Ilter Turkdogan-Aydinol, Kaan Yetilmezsoy ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25797
RISK OF EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS IN CASE OF THE MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF SOME ASBOCEMENT COMPOSITES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 11 Abstract:The hereby article presents a part of the results of the research made by the author during his PhD degree preparation with respect to asbestos and plastics wastes recycling in the form of composite with polymeric matrix, respectively the toxicological tests performed on the new product. In this respect, three categories of tests were made based on complex and modern analysis methodologies, with high results accuracy: spectral analysis of the wear wastes, morphological analysis of the w... Autori: Cristina Corpodean, Silvian Ionescu, Valeriu Deac ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25812
PHOSPHATE REMOVAL FROM WATER AND RECOVERY USING IRON (Fe+3)OXIDE/HYDROXIDE NANOPARTICLES-BASED AGGLOMERATES SUSPENSION (AggFe) AS ADSORBENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 12 An iron(Fe+3) oxide/hydroxide nanoparticles-based agglomerates (AggFe) suspension adsorbent was synthesized for efficient, cost-effective phosphate removal. A strong effect of AggFe concentration and pH level of water containing phosphate on removal efficiency was shown. It was found that phosphate adsorption onto the AggFe suspension may be described by pseudo-secondorder reaction kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm model. The unique adsorption properties of synthesized AggFe adsorbent are demon... Autori: Grigori Zelmanov, Raphael Semiat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25829
SUSTAINABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 10 › Nr. 12 Abstract:The concept of sustainable development has become an important objective for policy makers, since the key principle ofsustainable development understands the interdependence between economy, environment and society concerns.The objective of this study is to analyze the supports for sustainable environmental remediation, considering sustainabilityindicators and sustainable remediation practices, based on both methods that are known for a long time as well as emergentprocesses and technol... Autori: Isabela Maria Simion, Maria Emiliana Fortuna, Maria Gavrilescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25837
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PULP AND PAPER MILLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 The paper aims to present the environmental impact of pulp and paper manufacturing and the most important production and control practices to minimizing this impact. The environmental consequences of manufacturing pulp and paper from pulping and bleaching processes are discussed in qualitative and quantitative terms. In these processes, sulfur compounds and nitrogen oxides are emitted to the air, and chlorinated and organic compounds and nutrients are discharged to the wastewaters. Large quantit... Autori: Adrian Catalin Puitel, Dan Gavrilescu, Gheorghe Dutuc, Grigore Craciun ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25857
INFRASOUND IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AND LIFE QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 Infrasound is a sound wave with a range of frequencies below that of human hearing and is a constituent of the environment in which we live. Taking into consideration that infrasound is below the audible range and that its overall effects on the entire human organism are yet unknown, the ambiguity of the phenomenon requires further research. Although infrasound has been analyzed in depth in the past few decades and assumptions have been made regarding experiments on human subjects (with or witho... Autori: Carmen Cătălina Ioan, Cornelia Ursu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25859
ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF PACKAGING PAPER PRODUCTION BASED ON RECYCLED FIBRE RAW MATERIAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 This paper is part of LCA studies performed in the frame of FP7 project ?Recovered Paper Sorting by Innovative Technologies - SORT IT?. It analysis the results obtained by Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) of the reference case for recycled packaging paper manufacturing (current sorting technology), which will constitute a comparison base for new sorting technology developed in SORT IT project. The main stages considered in the life cycle were: recovered paper (RP) transport from collectio... Autori: Alina Iosip, Antonio Dobon, Elena Bobu, Mercedes Hortal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25860
FILTERING MEDIA FUNCTIONALIZED WITH MONOCHLOROTRIAZINYL-β-CYCLODEXTRIN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 The present study describes the preparation of a filtering medium from a polymeric cellulosic support (filter paper) by functionalization with monochlorotriazinyl-β-cyclodextrin. The permanent immobilization of cyclodextrins confers the new material special properties and the potential for a better decontamination of liquid and gaseous effluents. The structure, physicomechanical and filtration properties of the filter paper, successfully functionalized with MCT-β-CD, have been emphasiz... Autori: Ana-Maria Grigoriu, Constantin Luca, Florin Ciolacu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25862
EVALUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION BY USING NATURAL LOW-COST SORBENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 In this study, we have tested the possibility of utilization of three types of natural low-cost sorbents: (Sphagnum moss peat, natural moss peat and alkaline treated moss peat) for the active biomonitoring of air quality from Căliman National Park area (Dorna Basin), during of two months (September – October 2010). The concentrations of some heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Mn and Fe) in the sorbent samples were used as an indicator of the level of air pollution in the studied region. After expo... Autori: Iulian-Ovidiu Sandu, Laura Bulgariu, Matei Macoveanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25868
INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ESTONIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 1 The indoor climate of educational institutions (kindergartens, secondary schools and universities) in Estonia is investigated. The main hazards for students’ health are: the high concentration (over 800 ppm) of carbon dioxide in the classrooms that refers to the inappropriate ventilation; the non-ergonomic computer workplaces where the direction of the natural light (without blinds for the windows) is causing glare on the monitors; the low humidity of the air in winter; the low air temperature... Autori: Ada Traumann, Piia Tint, Viiu Tuulik ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25873
HOMOGENEOUS AREAS DELIMITATION BY CONSIDERING THE ENERGY DEMAND FOR PLANTS GROWING IN COVERED SPACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 This paper presents an experimental study on the energy requirement for greenhouse heating. The evaluation of necessary energy for crop plants was made by systematic measurements of the thermal behavior for three non heated tunnel greenhouses, covered with polyethylene. From the comparative analysis of the measured temperatures inside and outside the tunnel, it was established the relationship for estimating the inside greenhouse average temperature (tmi), lower than the minimum temperature nece... Autori: Maria Harja, Roxana Dana Bucur ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25879
INTEGRATED ULTRASONICATION-ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TEXTILE EFFLUENTS: ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Nowadays, advanced wastewater treatment has become a stringent step for the removal of priority organic pollutants and many technologies have been proposed in order to achieve effluents with a superior quality for recycling or reuse purposes. This research is focused on the possibilities of using an integrated process, comprising 2 stages: the advanced oxidation process of ultrasonication and a membrane separation process, ultrafiltration. The main objective of the study is to assess the efficie... Autori: , Daniela Cailean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25880
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BUCHAREST METROPOLITAN AREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 The concept of collaborative management is considered to be one of the most efficient instruments for sustainable development of some areas, which are under anthropic pressure due to the production of solid waste. The paper stands for the necessity of promoting a collaborative management among the main actors involved in an efficient and sustainable urban solid waste management, in the metropolitan area of Bucharest. The present management is mainly based on the strictly economic vision of manag... Autori: Andrei Schvab, Daniela Zamfir, Gabriel Pascariu, Ioan Ianoş, Loreta Cercleux, Valentina Stoica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25893
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN IASI CITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 According to the Romanian Law no. 265/2006, which adopted the Governmental Decision no. 195/2005 on environmental protection, environmental agencies are responsible for air quality monitoring in Romania. Since Romania is now an EU Member State, such a plan is a must to enhance life quality, in order to meet the objectives of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development. Having regarded to this Strategy and the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997, this paper provides the results from a study of am... Autori: Corina AnaMaria Ioan, Florin Luca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25895
MODELING THE IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC ON AIR POLLUTION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT CASE STUDY: A NEW OVERPASS IN THE CITY OF CRAIOVA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Since the last century, as a consequence of advanced industrialization, the remarkable growth of population, and its mobility have turned the field of transport into the main factor responsible for air pollution attributable to mobile sources of pollution. The continuous accumulation of various pollutants in the environment determines severe consequences on humans, animals and plants, buildings, works of art and landscape. Road transport represents, through its characteristic features – high f... Autori: Gabriela Mitran, Ion Tabacu, Sorin Ilie, Viorel Nicolae ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25898
ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SOME NEW ARYLOXYALKYL CARBOXILIC ACID DERIVATIVES APPLIED AS PLANT PROTECTION COMPOUNDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 11 › Nr. 2 Five new aryloxyalkylcarboxylic acid derivatives (diazoaminoderivatives) are studied for their thermal behavior by applying a coupled TG-FTIR technique over the (30-400 oC) range in correlation with the environmental impact of gaseous species resulting by thermal degradation. These compounds are of a particular practical significance since they show a high biological potential as agrochemicals, such as pesticides (herbicides, acaricides, fungicides, growing stimulators etc.). This is why the pap... Autori: Anca Mihaela Mocanu, Carmen Zaharia, Constantin Iordache, Constantin Luca, Lucia Odochian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25899
EFFECT OF AERATION RATE ON DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT USING AN INTERMITTENTLY AERATED SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR (IASBR) TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 Abstract Effects of the aeration rate on nutrient removal from synthetic domestic wastewater using an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor (IASBR) were studied at ambient temperature. Two aeration rates, 0.8 and 1 L air/min, were studied. At the aeration-rate of 0.8 L air/min, removals of COD, NH4+-N, total nitrogen (TN) and PO43--P were 84%, 96%, 75% and 99%, respectively. At the aeration rate of 1 L air/min, removals of COD, NH4+-N, TN and PO43--P were 90%, 99%, 70% and 66%, re... Autori: Liam G. Henry, Liwen Xiao, Xinmin Zhan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25941
TREATMENT OF AN ALKALINE BUTYL RUBBER WASTEWATER BY THE PROCESS OF COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION - HYDROLYSIS ACIDIFICATION - BIOLOGICAL CONTACT OXIDATION - MBR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractWastewater from butyl rubber production is causing an increasing environmental problem due to its large quantity and complexquality. In this paper, two types of wastewaters generated from rubber synthesis, i.e. alkaline wastewater (AW) and cleaning andflushing wastewater (CFW), were investigated. Coagulation and flocculation were firstly applied to remove suspended solids(SS) from the AW. By single factor experiment, the optimum operational conditions were obtained as pH 8, PAC dosage 40... Autori: Lujun Chen, Rui Liu, Wei Li, Wei Zheng, Yan Zhang, Ying Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25950
FUNCTIONALIZATION AND IMMOBILIZATION OF WHOLE CELL BIOREPORTERS FOR THE DETECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe detection of environmental pollutants has challenged conventional chemical analysis for the rapid estimation of thebioavailability and toxicity of the contamination impact on human health and ecosystems. Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)functionalization as bioreporters can enhance the ability for biosensing in complex contaminated samples such as soils, and theimmobilization of bioreporters will promote the detection of gas and online monitoring. In this study, Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1... Autori: Aizhong Ding, Cheng Chen, Dayi Zhang, Musen Duan, Steven F. Thornton, Wei E. Huang, Yanjun Luo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25952
SHALLOW GROUNDWATER HYDRO-CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND SIMULATION WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON GUANZHONG BASIN, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 AbstractGroundwater hydrochemical evolution has influences on the rational use and conservation of water resources. This paper whichtakes MapGIS as the platform is aimed at demonstrating the evolution of shallow groundwater hydrochemistry in Guanzhongbasin (China) by adopting mathematical statistics, ratios of ion pair equivalents, geochemical simulation. The direction ofevolution is dependent on the geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological conditions of the study area. The spatialdistr... Autori: Hua Tian, Lei Duan, Wenke Wang, Xiaoting Yang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25956
A SPECIAL ISSUE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL: WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 7 A fast economic development in China over thelast three decades has lifted hundreds of millions ofpeople out of poverty. However, an annual GDPincrease of over 10% due to the large scale industrialactivities and fast urbanization has released substantialamounts of pollutants into the environment and exertedtremendous pressure on local ecosystems. Although alarge amount of investment has been made by theChinese government and a series of efforts have beenmade by the environmental regulators, scie... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25965
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY AND ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 This special issue of EnvironmentalEngineering and Management Journal is dedicated tointerdisciplinary research and discusses multipleresults addressing environmental issues inElectromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) andEngineering in Medicine and Biology (EMB) areas.Some of the most significant researchdirections considered in this issue entail theelectromagnetic pollution together with a survey ofelectromagnetic environment in order to analyze andquantify the biological and health effects ofelectro... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=25990
METHOD FOR UNOBTRUSIVE MEASUREMENT OF INDOOR AIR EFFECTS ON THE CARDIO-RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractIn this paper we describe a wireless system, including smart sensing nodes for indoor air quality and unobtrusive cardiorespiratorymonitoring. The sensing nodes include a set of solid state gas sensors, sensors for temperature and relative humidity, amicrowave Doppler radar sensor for cardio-respiratory function, and appropriate conditioning circuits expressed by active filtersand amplifiers. The analog signals provided by the signal conditioning circuits is applied to a data acquisition... Autori: Gabriela Postolache, Octavian Postolache, Pedro Silva Giro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26007
IDENTIFICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS BY ANALYZING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGNAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 AbstractIt is already demonstrated that mental or psychological stress can affect human health, since it is a major risk factors for numerouscurrent diseases such as: high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, coronary diseases, stroke, causing often sudden death.These diseases are particularly dangerous in the case of car drivers, since they have to make accurate and fast decisions evenunder stress condition. Frequently, the stress can be detected by different methods with various degrees o... Autori: Alexandru Păsărică, Cristian Rotariu, Hariton Costin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26008
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal - Vol 12, No 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 6 STUDIES ON HEAT RECOVERY FROM CELLULOSIC TEXTILES FINISHING WASTEWATER ASSESSMENT OF SYNERGIC REGULATORY ACTIONS OF SPRUCE BARK EXTRACT AND DEUTERIUM DEPLETED WATER ON MAIZE (Zea mays L.) CROPS LUNG CANCER RISK INDUCED BY RESIDENTIAL RADON IN CLUJ AND ALBA COUNTIES, ROMANIA A CLEAR SKY IRRADIATION ASSESSMENT USING THE ESRA MODEL AND SRTM DATABASE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DYSPHONIA IN PROFESSIONAL VOICE USERS ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26014
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ECOIMPULS 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, October 25-26, Timisoara, Romania
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 The first edition of the International ConferenceECOIMPULS 2012- Environmental Research andTechnology plans to open a conference seriesdedicated exclusively environmental issues. Thescientific topics are devoted to the on-going research onenvironmental topics regarding: Environment apolitical, economic and social responsibility,Water in a changing world, ZERO waste citiesand Energy beyond the conventional.This scientific event aims to bring togetherprofessionals, academics, scie... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26015
TECHNICAL, ECONOMICAL, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VACUUM SEWAGE SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 5 AbstractIn this paper we analyzed some characteristics of vacuum sewer systems from technical, economical, environmental and socialperspectives. The vacuum sewer systems transport wastewater with lower pressure (p<pat), and are compared to conventionalsewer systems with free level (p = bed) - gravity and under pressure systems (p>pat) - gravity or pumping systems. Vacuumsewer systems are recommended for rural communities and residential neighbourhoods surrounding urban areas, developed ons... Autori: Corina Panfil, Ion Mirel, Izabella Szigyarto, Monica Isacu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26035
EDITORIAL - A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS IN HYDROTECHNICAL, GEODESY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 In 2012, the Faculty of Hydrotechnics,Geodesy and Environmental Engineering of The"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi,Romania celebrated 50 years of education in the fieldof hydraulic engineering at the Polytechnic Instituteof Iasi.In 1948, in the same time with the EducationReform in Romania, in Galati, the Faculty ofHidrology was founded. At the same time, studentswho were attending the Rural EngineeringSpecialization in Bucharest were also transferred tothe new established Faculty.... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26048
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICAL TEACHING PARTNERSHIPS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractActing on the recommendations of the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth - Androulla Vassiliou,EU politicians agreed, at the European Council in Brussels - 2010, that education and training are vital for development and thesuccess of society and the current knowledge-based economy. Educational partnerships among all stakeholders engaged ineducation are increasingly important, while teachers and all the professionals involved in training young people must suppor... Autori: Carmen Olguţa Brezuleanu, , ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26052
CROSS-SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPLIED TO AIR POLLUTION TIME SERIES FROM SEVERAL URBAN AREAS OF ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 4 AbstractThe paper presents the application of cross-spectrum analysis (CSA) to air pollution and meteorological time series collected fromseven air quality monitoring stations located in three urban agglomerations of Romania, affected by industrial and trafficpollution: Braşov, Ploieşti and Trgovişte. Data have been collected from November 2011 till March 2012, at one hour samplingrate. The purpose of the analysis was to reveal the correlations between two series at different fre... Autori: Ştefania Iordache, Daniel Dunea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26057
DEVELOPMENT OF A TOOL FOR INDUSTRIAL ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION MANAGEMENT IN THE APULIA REGION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 AbstractAtmospheric emission inventories are useful tools to support informed decision making in air quality management. In theframework of Apulia Region emission inventory, a tool for the industrial atmospheric emission management called TerritorialEmissions Cadastre (CET) was developed. CET is a Web-based system able to store all data related to the industrial plants and toperform spatial queries; its components are used for synchronizing, exporting and querying the underlined database. CET al... Autori: Eleonora Andriani ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26079
ACTIONS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM A COAL THERMAL POWER PLANT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe slag and the ash, resulted after the lignite burning in the boilers of Thermal Power Plant located at Timisoara South(Romania), are hydraulically evacuated at the storage facility for slag and ash near village Utvin. Fine ash from compartments ofslag and ash deposits that are not covered by water can be driven by air currents, causing pollution. After admission of Romaniain European Community, the rules for environmental protection are strictly applied. This paper presents the review... Autori: Emilian Stefan Valea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26081
SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS AND BIOMASS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 3 Mother Earth Investments AG, is actively working onthe development 2nd generation bioenergy feedstocks.In this book, Mr. Jansen generously shares hisknowledge in the field, in particular, regarding thechallenges and opportunities in development ofbiomass-derived fuels. This essential guide toinvesting in bioenergy commodities details secondgeneration biofuels from a scientific, technical andeconomic perspective, and discusses their globalenvironmental, political and financial impact.The book is ... Autori: Roland A. Jansen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26100
RP-HPLC ANALYSIS OF CARBONYL COMPOUNDS IN SOME INDOOR AIR SAMPLES IN A FACULTY FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
This study describes a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for the analysis of several
carbonyl compounds in air samples. The air samples were collected using a passive sampling method and cartridges based on
florisil impregnated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DNPH). After derivatization the carbonyl compounds were analyzed
by liquid chromatography technique coupled with UV detection. The developed RP-HPLC method was used to analyze... Autori: Carmen Roba ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26104
FAST CHARACTERIZATION OF PYRIDINE USING ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY AND PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Being involved in the synthesis of precursors for amphetamine and amphetamine-like drugs, pyridine (Py) may be also regarded
as a by-product found when these drugs are obtained via the Leuckart method. Also, pyridine is well known as a biomarker of
microorganisms, when those are subjected to pyrolysis before analysis by various instrumental techniques. Consequently, since
Py is not commonly found in the air, its presence as a contaminant at trace levels in a room could ind... Autori: George-Bogdan Ghira ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26109
TRIHALOMETHANES VARIATION IN URINE UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OF HUMAN EXPOSURE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Known as the most important byproducts of water disinfection with chlorigen chemicals, trihalomethanes (THMs) are
incriminated in causing severe effects upon human health. The exposure pathways that can lead to potentially significant uptake
of THMs include for adults ingestion of tap water and inhalation of THMs in vapor phase resulting from bathing, showering and
washing. The purpose of this paper is the exposure assessment to THMs through ingestion, inhalation and derma... Autori: Anca Elena Gurzău ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26110
SAFETY LEVELS REACHED BY REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
The paper deals with reinforced soil structures used in critical infrastructures for ecological landfills. During the last 17 years in
Romania 28 such landfills were completed. Romania is however a country where strong earthquakes often occur. About 60% of
its territory feels the seismic actions which combine with the existing ones. During earthquakes in the massive structures of
landfills, huge inertial forces are developing. Due to uncontrolled movements and deformations... Autori: Cristina Feodorov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26118
ANALYSIS OF AIR QUALITY IN TWO SITES WITH DIFFERENT LOCAL CONDITIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze how local and atmospheric conditions influence pollutants distribution. Two different sites in
Romania were chosen for measurement campaigns: Surlari (44 34', 26 19') located into a forest and near a lake, and a suburban
area, Magurele (44 21', 26 2'), where the anthropogenic activities dominate. The same equipments for measurements of surface
ozone, CO, NO2, NO and PM10 were used at the two sites. The measurements were performed in... Autori: Sabina Ştefan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26126
REMEDIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE PRODUCED ON A SITE BY CONTAMINATION WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Environmental degradation is today one of the great problems of mankind. Not only the need to exploit, but also the necessity to
protect and preserve the natural environment have led to the adoption of specific rules for the prevention and remediation of
environmental damages, according to EU standards.
Taking into account that any human intervention on the natural and anthropogenic environment can lead to ecological risk
diversification, occurrence of accidental pollut... Autori: Aurica Grec ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26130
RESEARCH ON NOISE POLLUTION IN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 2
Abstract
Being constantly surrounded by sound, in most cases we operate ignoring this environmental noise, but when the noise
intensity increases, it becomes a pollutant, adversely affecting the level of professional performance, leading to fatigue, causing
nervousness or decreasing the quantitative and/or qualitative level of performance. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate
the noise problem in the Strand district of Sibiu and to highlight the negative effects affect... Autori: Valentin Petrescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26131
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF WIND SPEED AND TEMPERATURE IN TIRASPOL, MOLDOVA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
This research analyses time series of air temperature and wind speed. Trends and periodical components are defined for both time
series with no significant statistical relationship between them. The spectral analysis of temperature series with no trends shows
the peak frequency fc = 1/12, corresponding to a seasonal periodical component. The graph of the spectral density function of the
wind speed time series does not manifest a seasonal periodic component. Forecasting of ... Autori: Rasid Burtiev ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26135
THE RELEVANCE OF VOLCANIC HAZARD IN ROMANIA: IS THERE ANY?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
Volcanic hazard is ignored in natural hazard studies in Romania because no active volcano is known on its territory. However, the
2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajkull volcano in Iceland and its consequences on air traffic safety across Europe and the whole
northern hemisphere dramatically demonstrated that volcanic hazard in a certain area, such as a country, is not necessarily related
to the presence of active volcanoes in the same territory. Therefore, target-focused approa... Autori: Alexandru Szakcs ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26146
INFLUENCE OF TOTAL PRECIPITATION AND AIR TEMPERATURE ON THE COMPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL LANDFILL LEACHATE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 1
Abstract
Municipal waste landfill leachate results in different stages of waste stabilization and has a negative impact on the environment.
When implementing a new policy on waste handling, monitoring landfill leachate should be carried out under conditions of a
modern solid waste landfill. The paper discusses the quality of leachate observed in old and recently built landfills in Vilnius -
the capital city of Lithuania. The landfills are situated at a distance of 20 kilometres fro... Autori: Kristina Baziene ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26151
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON CHANGES IN THE MECHANICAL PROPERTY LAW OF RESERVOIR BANK SANDSTONE UNDER "IMMERSION-AIR DRY" CIRCULATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 9 AbstractDuring the normal operating of reservoir, the rock mass quality in hydro-fluctuation belt of reservoir bank will degrade graduallyunder the water-rock interaction because of the periodically impoundment and drainage. In this article, with the consideration ofthe change of water pressure, an experiment was performed to simulate the process of immersion-air dry cycles with sandstones selected from the hydro-fluctuation belt of Three Gorges reservoir area. Test results indicates that the ... Autori: Huafeng Deng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26161
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF COAL FIRE AND THEIR PREVENTION IN CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.10 AbstractCoal fire is a serious hazard in China and also in other coal-producing countries. A lot of studies have been done by manyinvestigators. This paper analyzes the environmental hazards of coal fire and introduces the current prevention methods. Thestudy reveals that coal fires in Northwest China still induce severe hazards. They result in serious air pollution, water pollution,ecological disturbance and geological disasters, which are analyzed in detail. The current coal fire prevention me... Autori: Xuyao Qi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26184
ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION OF SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEMS INTO DISTRICT HEAT SUPPLY NETWORKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.10 AbstractSupply of heat energy is of the high importance in the northern countries of the Europe. EU energy policy and high prices of theheat energy resources takes a challenge to find any alternative resources for generation of heat energy. Therefore in this paper the integration of renewable energy source - solar energy into the existent heat energy supply system is analyzed as the alternative or additional source of heat energy. The case study of the Girionys boiler-house (at Kaunas district, ... Autori: Jolanta Dvarionienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26201
LOW-COST TECHNOLOGIES FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION TO THE NORTH OF VIETNAM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractIn spite of the ambition of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), water supply and sanitation are still worryingly deficientin South-East Asia (SEA). Due to the rapid increase in population, increased urbanization and industrial activities, and absence ofa strong regulatory framework, water quality in this region is impaired due to the high levels of contamination. Because of thechallenge of providing safe drinking water from poor quality water sources, development of low-cost drinkin... Autori: Pham Thi Thuy ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26202
COAGULATION COMBINED WITH FENTON PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF WATER-BASED PRINTING INK WASTEWATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractWater-based printing ink has been used widely and perfectly in printing the packaging of food, drug, and wine products etc.However, due to the need of altering different colors of ink, most water-based printing ink wastewater was generated from theequipment cleaning process. Coagulation combined with Fenton process has been used for this kind of wastewater treatment inthis study, results showed that coagulation using polyaluminium chloride (PACl) as coagulant and ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) ... Autori: Xiangjuan Ma ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26214
STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF VISIBILITY AND AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS IN TAIPEI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr. 11 AbstractIn an urban environment, visibility strongly reflects human safety and welfare. Generally, visibility is dependent on particlescattering and absorption. The former is influenced by light wavelength, atmospheric gaseous species and particle characteristics,especially number and size distribution. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the relationship between visibility and particlecharacteristics. Furthermore, it is important to understand the formation mechanism of secondary aerosols. ... Autori: Chih-Ming Ma ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26221
COMPARISON OF BIOSORPTION EFFICIENCY OF FREE AND IMMOBILIZED FUNGAL CONSORTIUM FOR Cd (II) REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION UNDER TWO AERATION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractCd (II) removal efficiency of free and immobilized fungal consortia of 48-h-old Mucor sp. HI33 + 72-h-old Gliocladium virideAI003 + 72-h-old Aspergillus niger AH09 from aqueous solutions were tested under different aeration systems. Cd (II) removalby free cells under air bubble system aeration was higher (99.91%) than under shaker system aeration. Cd (II) removal byimmobilized fungal consortia was higher (83.18 %) under shaker system aeration and lower in air bubble system aerationrespec... Autori: Arifa Tahir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26232
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND CFD SIMULATION OF THE HYDRODYNAMIC AND MASS TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS IN A SPLIT-CYLINDER AIRLIFT REACTOR CONTAINING PETROLEUM-WATER MICRO-EMULSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractIn this article, hydrodynamic parameters and overall Oxygen mass transfer coefficient of petroleum based micro-emulsions in anairlift reactor were investigated. Four different petroleum-in-water micro-emulsion systems containing kerosene, heavy naphtha,light naphtha and diesel as oil based were used with concentrations of 3% and 7 % (v/v). The experimental data were supportedby simulation results obtained from the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. The CFD was properly able to si... Autori: Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26234
SOURCES AND OCCURRENCE OF NON-PESTICIDE PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs). THE CASE STUDY OF TAIWAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractNon-pesticide persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers(PBDEs), polybromobiphenyls (PBBs) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), which are industrial chemicals and/orunintentional byproducts that remain in the environment, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue through the food chain, andhave adverse effects ... Autori: Wen-Tien Tsai ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26239
UTILIZATION OF AGROINDUSTRIAL WASTE AND DAIRY WASTE IN SOLID STATE PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 12 › Nr.12 AbstractThe abundant availability of solid agroindustrial waste, sugarcane bagasse from sugar mills and juice extraction units, can bepotentially beneficial for the production of fermentation based biochemicals, paper boards and power. However, its role incausing bagassosis, an acute respiratory disease among the personnel handling large dry deposits has also been detected. Disposal of liquid waste whey from dairy industries poses a formidable threat to the aquatic ecosystem due to high BOD and ... Autori: Manoj K. Ghosh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26248
POLLUTION WITH METALS (As, Sb, Hg, Zn) IN AGRICULTURAL SOIL LOCATED CLOSE TO ZARSHURAN GOLD MINE, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractZarshuran As-Au deposit is the major ore deposit in northwest of Iran. Having been exposed to weathering, the accumulatedmining waste is consumed to deteriorate regional soil and water quality. Accordingly, 11 composite surface soil samples werecollected to evaluate the metallic pollution. Mean concentration of elements As, Sb, Hg and Zn were measured to be 234.9, 19.6,24.2 and 476.7 ppm, respectively. In comparison with mean earth crust and local guidelines for agricultural soil, the sa... Autori: Abdolreza Karbassi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26262
COMPARISON OF UNDERWATER ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE PROCESSES FOR THE INACTIVATION OF Escherichia coli
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractThe inactivation of Escherichia coli was investigated with two types of underwater electrical discharge systems such as pulsedelectrical discharge (PED) and dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). The DBD system consisted of a quartz tube and a coaxialdischarging electrode, which was submerged in biologically contaminated water. In the underwater PED system, the electricaldischarge starting from the tip of submerged tubular discharging electrode propagated downward and the direction of worki... Autori: Sang Don Kim ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26263
SOLID MATERIAL MOTION LAW IN VERTICAL FEEDING SYSTEM WITHIN FULLY MECHANIZED COAL MINING AND BACKFILLING TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 1 AbstractBased on principles of feeding solid waste into vertical boreholes in fully mechanized coal mining and backfilling technology,the literature established a trajectory model of particles in gas-solid two-phase flow for the sake of reducing the damage tostorage silo underground done by enormous impulsive force generated by falling solid waste. In addition, dynamical analysismethod in gas-solid two-phase flow field was adopted herein to study the solid particles force characteristics and th... Autori: Nan Zhou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26271
OPTIMIZATION OF AVIATION EMISSIONS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE ROUTING STRATEGIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractThe significant increase in air transportation expected over the coming decades, combined with the initiation of the emissions trading system (EU-ETS) within European aviation, is increasing the requirement for airlines to find new levels of efficiency in their operating practices leading to reduced emission levels. Technological developments are expected to lead to substantial reductions in fuel burn and emissions over the long term, including aircraft design optimization and the use of... Autori: Athanasios J. Kolios, Stuart Howe ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26282
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE AREA OF PATA RT LANDFILL SITE, CLUJNAPOCA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 2 AbstractThis study aims to investigate the environmental impacts of the municipal waste disposal facility of Pata Rat, Cluj-Napoca, Romania during dry periods of the year. The environmental impact assessment on the landfill site was carried out on the basis of the measurements of environmental quality indicators. Environmental indicators were measured in the surface water, soil and air. For the assessment of the environmental impacts generated by landfill on surface water measurements were carri... Autori: kos Rdey, Anca Gurzau, Antoanela Popovici, Constantin Măruţoiu, Fazekas Bence, , Ildiko Varga, Raluca Mariana Haţegan, Tatiana Yuzhakova ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26296
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PERFORMANCE REGARDING NITRATE POLLUTION IN NITRATE-POLLUTED AREA OF TEHRAN, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractThe main aim of this study is to evaluate the residents public awareness from water-polluted areas in Tehran city, in terms ofwater quality (in particular nitrate pollution), and to measure their different performance and approaches to this environmentalproblem. For this purpose, district 18 (Yaft Abad, southwest of Tehran) was selected as a case study. A questionnaire wasprepared and distributed randomly among residents of the selected area in May 2011. The data were analyzed statistica... Autori: Mohammad Mahdi Azadegan, , Reza Maknoon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26314
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HYDROGELS BASED ON POLYACRYLAMIDE AND ACETONE-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS: RHEOLOGICAL MONITORING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 3 AbstractCosmetics, toiletry and household cleaning products are often based on different types of polymeric gels with specific rheologicalbehavior. Dynamic shear oscillation measurements were used for the monitoring of in situ polymerization process, and todetermine the viscoelastic properties of the hydrogels based on polyacrylamide and acetone-formaldehyde resin. Both storagemodulus G and loss modulus G were measured in real time during the gelation process carried out directly between the p... Autori: Andrei Rosu, Camelia Mihăilescu, Constanţa Ibănescu, Gabriela Halitchi, Maria Lungu, Maricel Danu, Simona Bistriceanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26326
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE THERMO-AERODYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF A DOUBLE-SKIN GLAZED FAADE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractThis paper presents a study of the thermoaerodynamic spectrum inside an asymmetrically heated vertical channel of a doubleskinfaade. A double-skin faade is an envelope construction that consists of two transparent surfaces separated by an airchannel. The numerical modeling was developed using the Ansys-Fluent simulation software under conditions of forcedconvection, using a three-dimensional geometry and a k-ε standard turbulence model. Then, experimental tests were performedon ... Autori: Cătălin George Popovici, Cătălin Grigoraş, , Theodor Mateescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26332
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND WASTE MINIMIZATION IN THE AREA OF COPPER MINE BOR, SERBIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractThis paper discusses some environmental problems caused by the mine waste from the Copper Mine Bor in Serbia. The CopperMine Bor and the Smelter generated about 2x109 tones of waste materials, located in the vicinity of the Bor. They cover mining,flotation tailings and smelting slag wastes. The existing mine waste have been formed during a hundred-year-old of mining andmetallurgical activities in Bor. Also, new quantities of wastes (up to ten thousand tones) have been produced daily by u... Autori: Jovica M. Sokolović, Novica Milosević, Rodoljub D. Stanojlović ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26334
ENHANCING DEWATERING CAPACITY OF SLUDGE RESULTED FROM THE MICRO-POLLUTED WATER STRENGTHENED PRETREATMENT BY POWDERED ZEOLITE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 4 AbstractAmmonia pollution occurs frequently in urban water networks, which threatens the safety of water supply systems. Zeolite can beused for the removal of ammonium in the pretreatment of raw water for its peculiar adsorptive property to ammonium, but a largeamount of sludge from this measure could be a significant pollution source. In this work, the dewatering performance ofprecipitated sludge from the pretreatment of micro-polluted raw water was studied. Batch experiments of the simulatedco... Autori: Bairong Zhu, Hao Chen, Huaizheng Li, Zhenliang Liao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26355
RESEARCH ON THE STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN CHINAS CAPITAL UNIVERSITIES. SELECTING PEKING UNIVERSITY AS A SAMPLE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 5 AbstractOn the basis of questionnaire strategies with non-parametric statistic methods this article studies empirically the current status ofcapital undergraduates environmental knowledge, environmental awareness and environmental behavior based on a sampleselected from Peking University. The results show that environmental education atmosphere is not satisfactory, the linkage ofcollege and secondary school environmental education is problematic, environmental literacy among students is overall... Autori: Di Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26361
COMPOSITE ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTIVE, PROTECTIVE AND RECREATIONAL FUNCTIONS IN FOREST PLANNING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 5 AbstractWoodland covers about one third of Italy. No longer just a source of products for fuels and buildings, forests also have aprotective function against natural disasters like landslides and they also serve as recreational areas for people.Our primary goal was to define an overall method for assessing the possible uses of woodland areas to help those preparing forestplanning instruments for evaluating the productive, protective and recreational functions of the woodlands. We quantified, usi... Autori: Alessandro Toccolini, Giulio Senes, Natalia Fumagalli, Paolo Ferrario ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26382
AIRBORN SOILS POLLUTION RISK ASESSMENT NEAR OPEN - CAST IRON ORE MINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractAccording to the study results, the level of soil pollution with heavy metals in the northern part of Kryvyy Rih iron ore basin(Kryvyy Rih district, Ukraine) reach to moderately threating. In the southern part of Kryvyy Rih basin (Shyroke district,Ukraine) the level of soil pollution was between two assessments: moderately threating and permissible. The results of thestudy on buffer capacity of usual black soils show that the tested elements can be arranged in the following descend... Autori: Mykola Kharytonov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26389
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL RISK RELATED TO MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES OF WORK EQUIPMENT IN COMPANIES BY USING SOFTWARE TOOLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractMaintenance activities are among activities at work that can affect the safety and health of workers, both operators and thoseinvolved in maintenance operations of work equipment in use. Lack of maintenance can lead to a temporary or total stop of theproduction process, which means loss of production, as well as a high risk for the workers involved. Employers who do notmaintain or use, at a high safety level, the work equipment may produce major accidents at work.Taking into account the ... Autori: Anca Elena Antonov ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26394
VARIATION OF ANNUAL, SEASONAL, NOCTURNAL AND DIURNAL CONCENTRATIONS OF GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS IN SIX AREAS OF BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe importance of air pollution for health results from the major role the air plays in preserving life. The air pollution is one ofthe most serious problems of the current society, both temporally and spatially. The air pollution of the environment is stronglyinfluenced by meteorological factors because of a complex combination of emission processes, transport, chemicaltransformations and the removal of pollutants through wet and dry processes. This study established a database on ozone... Autori: Gilda Rusu-Zagar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26391
ANALYSIS OF TRANSITORY PHENOMENA GENERATED BY UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS UPON THE VENTILATION NETWORKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe explosion phenomenon is an extremely complex physical-chemical process, which leads to the physical change of objectsand objectives encountered on the propagation path, as wells as the chemical modification of the underground atmosphere fromthe area of influence. During the underground propagation of the explosion, the most affected objectives are the following:ventilation constructions, regulation and insulation doors and the insulation dams. Dynamic pressure waves generated by thee... Autori: Doru Cioclea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26401
CORRELATION OF EXPLOSION PARAMETERS AND EXPLOSION-TYPE EVENTS FOR PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe naturally or industrially occurring flammable mixtures containing combustible gases or/and dusts represent a potential risk ofexplosion with major consequences on the environment and human personnel. Methane and coal dust are among the best knowncomponents able of leading to the formation of such mixtures either in coal mining activities or in different industries using coaldust as fuel. In order to assess the risk of explosion and the explosion evolution in such composite mixtures, ... Autori: Maria Prodan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26402
ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVITY PARAMETERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY FOR COMBUSTIBLE DUSTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractIn industrial plants many types of combustible dusts are generated, processed, handled and stored. When ignited, they can burnrapidly and with a considerable explosion force, when mixed with air in proper proportions. This is the reason why adequateprecautions have to be adopted, to ensure all equipment is appropriately protected so that the ignition likelihood of the explosiveatmosphere is diminished.Explosion preventing and protection precautions aim to stop explosion occurrence, by el... Autori: Adrian Jurca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26406
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION OF MINE VENTILATION NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe simulation of different situations that may occur in the operation of the mine ventilation network is performed on its virtualmodel, developed and optimized using dedicated software. Depending on the chosen scenario, on the network model are applieda number of changes (addition of new ventilation workings, addition / removal of branches and nodes, changes in aerodynamicparameters: pressure, air flow driven by the fan etc.), the ultimate goals being: to assess how the new model obtain... Autori: Marius Cornel Șuvar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26408
SAFETY AND HEALTH ANALYSIS OF WORKPLACES EXPOSED TO STYRENE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe objective of this work was to analyse safety and health at work regarding the exposure of workers to styrene, and to establishthe basis for an exposure control system over the entire Republic of Slovenia. The main goals were to determine the number ofexposed workers, the levels of exposure at workplaces, and the effects to workers health. The measurements of the airbornestyrene concentrations and the biological monitoring of the exposed workers were performed. One thousand four hundr... Autori: Lidija Korat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26415
STUDY OF VARIABLE HEAT EXCHANGE BETWEEN A THICKNESS LIMITED CYLINDRICAL PIPE AND THE ROCK MASSIF FOR APPLICATION IN MINE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 6 AbstractThe problem the paper deals with is the determination of ground heat distribution on different distances inside a cylindrical minework. Both interior radius and the exterior radii of the cylinder are known. The use of the range of temperatures is useful for thecalculation of the heat exchange rock - air. Results dissemination allow the development of a mathematical, model which may be applied to a seriesof natural conditions as well as to different geometrical shapes closer or not to the... Autori: Dan Codruț Petrilean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26417
ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION WITH AMMNONIA. INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractAir quality in urban areas mostly depends on the type and size of industrial activities, traffic intensity, municipal and industrialwaste management. In addition to these factors, air quality in urban areas also depends on the size and quality of green areas,population density, geographic and climatic conditions. This paper reveals the correlations between air quality aspects in BacauCity, Romania (related to 2011) and the most representative climatic factors that influence the pollutant... Autori: Doina Capsa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26424
MONITORING EMISSIONS FROM LARGE COMBUSTION PLANTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe most important aspect of the national environmental policy concerns air pollutant emission decrease. The studies led in orderto identify the atmospheric pollution sources have revealed that the energy sector is one of the biggest pollutants in the economy.Given the negative impact of the pollutant emissions on the environment and the possibility of closing the large combustionplants in case necessary measures to comply with the legal regulations in the field are not taken will signif... Autori: Mirela Panainte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26432
NUMERICAL STUDY OF DESICCANT WHEEL BEHAVIOR FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractOpen-cycle desiccant air conditioning represents an attractive alternative to the classical method based on electric vaporcompression. The performance of the rotary dehumidifier has a significant effect on the capability, size and cost of the whole airconditioning system. In the present paper a detailed two-dimensional mathematical model of coupled heat and mass transferprocesses manifesting at the moist air-solid desiccant interface has been formulated. It was studied packed bed absorbe... Autori: Carmen Ema Panaite ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26434
SHORT-TERM EVAPORATION OF SEMI-VOLATILE N-ALKANE AEROSOL PARTICLES: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 7 AbstractThe process of semi-volatile aerosol particle evaporation was studied with respect to both computational and experimentalapproaches. A Sinclair-La Mer type aerosol generator was used to produce monodisperse particles from four n-alkanes(tetradecane, hexadecane, octadecane, eicosane) while particle sizing and FID measurements were applied to quantify particleandvapor mass and their subsequent phase distribution. Aerosol dilution and later stationary analyses in a flow tube at two timeinte... Autori: George C. Dragan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26448
BIODEGRADATION OF THE HERBICIDE LINURON IN A PLUG-FLOW PACKED-BED BIOFILM CHANNEL EQUIPPED WITH TOP AERATION MODULES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractA lab-scale packed-bed biofilm channel reactor that operates as a plug-flow system equipped with top aeration modules wasconstructed and evaluated. To assess the reactor performance a microbial community able to degrade linuron was used. Changingthe fluid flow rates and the linuron concentrations in the inflowing medium the volumetric loading rates of linuron (BV,L) weregradually increased from 0.29 to 14.93 mg/Lh. During the operation of the reactor, an airflow rate of 0.15 0.05 L/min... Autori: Erick Marrn-Montiel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26465
METHOD FOR INVENTORYING CO EMISSIONS FROM ROAD TRAFFIC IN URBAN AREAS THROUGH TRANSPORT MODELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractCarbon monoxide (CO) is a gas obtained both from natural sources (bush fires, volcanic emissions and electric discharges) andby anthropogenic processes (incomplete combustion of fossil fuels). Together with particulate matter, nitrogen oxides andhydrocarbons, it is part of the air pollutants associated with the transport sector, which have a negative impact on human health,animals and vegetation. In this paper the authors propose a methodology for assessing CO emissions from road traffic... Autori: Gabriela Mitran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26466
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS BASED MODELING OF A LINEAR HEAT SOURCE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractIn this paper, a study is conducted to assess the ability and the accuracy of a CFD approach concerning the behavior of a linearheat source positioned in a test room. Firstly, the main characteristics of our numerical model (mesh generation, turbulencemodel, near wall treatment, radiation model and boundary conditions) are presented after a briefly description of the test roomtaken into account. In addition, we show also the significance of these issues within our CFD approach. Furthermo... Autori: Raluca Teodosiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26467
THE ROŞIA MONTANĂ - GOLD CORPORATION PROJECT IN THE OPINION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractThe present study is an exploratory one representing the first endeavor to test the opinion of a small group of EnvironmentalEngineering students from the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi, Romania in terms of environmental issues. Thepurpose of the research presented in this paper is to determine the opinion of the students who are likely to become professionalsin the field of Environmental Engineering, on the consequences of the Roşia Montană - Gold Corporat... Autori: Carmen Cătălina Ioan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26459
EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSES ON THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A SOLAR AIR COLLECTOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractThe present contribution describes the investigation of a solar air collector for space heating in order to develop more efficientand cost effective energy process. Various configurations of absorber and different air flows through the collector were tested.The influence of the air mass flow on the air outlet temperature and thermal efficiency has been studied. The thermal efficiency,fluid outlet temperature, heat increase and heat losses of the collector are calculated depending on the ... Autori: Lizica Simona Paraschiv ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26468
MONITORING OF MERCURY FROM AIR AND URBAN DUST IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF IASI MUNICIPALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractThe present work is dealing with the identification of the mercury sources and the quantification of the mercury level in air andurban dust in the industrial area of Iasi municipality. A correlation between some meteorological indicators, atmospheric mercurycontent and the urban dust from the investigated area was pointed out, based on the real time measurements as well as spatialdistribution of other heavy metals in urban dust.The measurements of mercury level in air were carried out at... Autori: Oana Maria Tucaliuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26479
EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR TREATMENT USING A PLATE-TYPE BIOFILTER WITH A CAPILLARY SYSTEM FOR HUMIDIFICATION OF PACKING MATERIAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 8 AbstractIn this study a new generation of plate-type laboratory air treatment biofilter is applied for the removal of gaseous contaminantsfrom air. The packing material for the biofilter consists of porous plates arranged vertically one after the other to produce acapillary humidification effect. The porous plate is made of polymer to secure the stiffness of the plate. Birch fibre granulesthermally treated in a steam explosion reactor are fixed on both sides of the polymer board. The granules ar... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26480
RESEARCH ON PARAMETERS CHANGES OF THE TWO-LEVEL MULTICHANNEL CYCLONE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe conducted research has proved the dependence of gas flow rate in the separate channels of the two-level multichannel cycloneat a different inflow velocity and the number of channels. The carried out investigation demonstrates the dependence of changesin velocity in the channels under varying relations between peripheral and transitional flows. The work of a cyclone of the channelis based on centrifugal forces and an additionally occurring filtration process caused by the interaction ... Autori: Pranas Baltrėnas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26488
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AIR FLOW AND CO2 CONCENTRATION IN A NATURALLY VENTILATED DAIRY BUILDING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractAir flow measurements as well as concentration measurements within a naturally ventilated dairy barn (NVD) were carried outduring one summer season of 2012. Air flow measurements were performed using ultrasonic anemometers (UA), either as shortduration (20 min duration) measurements with a higher spatial distribution (using up to 9 UAs at the same time) or as long period(roughly 2 weeks) measurements with a lower spatial resolution (3 to 5 UAs). Measurements were conducted at two heights... Autori: Merike Fiedler ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26496
PHONIC POLLUTION AND STRATEGIC ACOUSTIC MAPPING WITH GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe phonic pollution has become a more serious problem in the recent years, especially because of traffic increase. This kind ofpollution is generated by all kinds of means of transport. One of its peculiarities is the repercussion it has on people, unlike theother types of pollution, i.e.: water pollution, air pollution, soil pollution, which can affect, to a certain extent, the entireenvironment. The phonic pollution is considered to be the most widely spread type. The numerous surveys... Autori: Carmen Grecea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26500
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH OF DUST AND CHEMICALS FROM MODERN TECHNOLOGIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe paper concentrates on the risks of modern technologies (in wood processing and metal industry, spray-painting processes andcar washing technologies) in the industrial and office environments on human health. The problems discussed are the following:fine dust (PM2.5and PM1.0) penetrating deeply into the lungs; high concentration of carbon dioxide in the air of cities and officeareas that are situated close to the transport junctions. The health damages can be described as follows: all... Autori: Ada Traumann ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26501
DETECTION OF SOOT PARTICLES USING A RESISTIVE TRANSDUCER BASED ON THERMOPHORESIS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractA soot transducer based on the measurement of the electrical resistance value of the soot layer deposited on a finger structure wastested at different thermophoretic potentials. The soot, similar to that issued from the Diesel engines, in terms of particle numberand size distribution, was obtained by the incomplete burning of propane and subsequent dilution. The decrease of the resistancevalue in time was directly proportional with the temperature gradient. Thus a soot transducer is aime... Autori: Doina Lutic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26503
DETERMINATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND PARTICULATE MATTER LEVELS IN AN URBAN AREA FROM ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractAs air quality becomes increasingly deteriorated in world-wide cities, air quality monitoring has extended beyond the criteriapollutants (CO, SO2, NOx, O3 and PM) in order to include several toxic air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds(VOCs). In the present study it was investigated the presence of 29 VOCs and PM including PM2.5, PM2.5-10 and PM>10 fractions,in an urban area from Romania. The total VOCs was higher in the urban area (176.72 - 192.54 μg/m3) than in the r... Autori: Carmen Roba ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26504
COMPARISON BETWEEN A RETROFITTED AND A NEWLY-DESIGNED OXYCOMBUSTION BOILER INTENDED TO BE USED IN CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractGreenhouse gases emissions represent a first-degree concern in power generation from fossil fuels combustion. Over the past twoand a half centuries, since the dawn of the industrial era, huge amounts of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmospherefrom combustion processes, most of it coming from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The effects of CO2 accumulation in theatmospheric environment become more and more apparent due to the increasingly strong greenhouse effect leading to gl... Autori: Bogdan Horbaniuc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26505
METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY OF AIR POLUTANTS EFFECTIVE IN HEAT TRANSPORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThe objective of this study is air pollutants discharging on active centers, depending on its relative electric permittivity, effectivein thermal, chemical and mechanical hydrogen relaxation enabling the fastest velocity of pollutant heat transport. The diagnosticsof relative electric permittivity is carried out on the basis of the daily pollutants mass concentration monitoring results, in sixthday period in the various seasons and locations in Romania and Serbia. The monitoring results ... Autori: Milan Pavlović ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26507
UNCERTAINTY IN CALCULATING AIR EXCHANGE RATE OF NATURALLY VENTILATED DAIRY BUILDING BASED ON POINT CONCENTRATIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractAccurate quantification of gaseous emissions from livestock buildings to the atmosphere requires accurate determination of theventilation rate and the representative gas concentration in the exhaust air. But there is a lack in the investigation of reasons anduncertainties for selecting sampling points and locations in naturally ventilated dairy (NVD) buildings. The objective of thisstudy was to investigate uncertainties in calculating AER based on carbon dioxide (CO2) balance method. The... Autori: Chayan K. Saha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26515
IMPACT OF HYDRAULIC SCHEMES ON OLT RIVER AND ON ITS FLOODPLAIN ENVIRONMENT IN CIUC DEPRESSION, HARGHITA COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractThis paper presents the effects of regularization and embankment of the Olt River and drainage of its floodplain on thegroundwater table from meadows and on the erosion base levels of tributaries within Ciuc Depression. The hydraulic worksreduced the wetlands and had important impact on the aquatic flora and fauna of the river and its floodplain. Measurements andobservations (before 1985 and after implementation of hydraulic works in 2008) undertaken upon the river, upon the drainagesyst... Autori: Iosif Bartha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26519
ELECTROCHEMICAL RECLAMATION OF WASTEWATER RESULTED FROM PETROLEUM TANKER TRUCK CLEANING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 9 AbstractPetroleum tanker trucks are integral vehicles for delivering fuel and other petrochemical products from place to place and must becleaned regularly. Pressure washing with hot or cold water serving to remove oil and filth from the tanker truck container,produces oily waste water with an oil concentration of about 300-500 mg L-1 which, according to environmental standards andregulations worldwide, must be disposed of and treated properly. In the present paper an integrated electrochemical ... Autori: Konstantinos Dermentzis ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26520
ANALYSIS OF DEGREE DAY AND COOLING ENERGY DEMAND IN EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 11 AbstractIn European countries, because of low fossil fuel reserves, energy saving is one of the primary research goals in every energyconsumer sector. In the last several years, several directives were elaborated by the European Commission to enhance the energyefficiency in buildings and increase the use of renewable energy sources. In European countries with temperate climates, in aresidential building with a traditional insulation of the envelope, heating represents approximately 65 to 75% o... Autori: Imre Csky ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26534
COST-EFFECTIVE MASS PROPAGATION OF VIRGINIA FANPETALS (Sida hermaphrodita (L.) Rusby) FROM SEEDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 11 AbstractThe primary objective of this research was to develop safe, programmable and cost-effective technologies of plantlet productionfrom the seeds of undomesticated American populations of Virgina fanpetals (Sida hermphrodita RUSBY). During our seedpriming treatment experiments, approximately 40% of the Virginia fanpetals seeds that were high-quality, infection-free,normally imbibing and germinating seeds. Our spring propagation tray experiments indicated that the spring large-scale trayplant... Autori: Erika Kurucz ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26545
TESTING ALGORITHMS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ASBESTOS ROOFING BASED ON HYPERSPECTRAL DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 11 AbstractThere are several environmental issues in urban areas that are caused by the unintentional consequences of past activities. One ofthese issues is the wide application of asbestos cement in roofing materials in the 2nd half of the 1900s. In this study, our goal wasto identify different roof types and to determine those with asbestos components using high-ground (1 m) and spectral (126bands) resolution airborne hyperspectral imagery (AISA Eagle II) and several classification approaches. In... Autori: Szilrd Szab ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26549
APPLICATIONS OF PNEUMATIC BIOREACTORS IN WASTEWATERS TREATMENT 1. MIXING EFFICIENCY AND DISTRIBUTION IN SPLIT-CYLINDER GAS-LIFT BIOREACTOR FOR VISCOUS MEDIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractThe distribution of mixing time for a split-cylinder gas-lift bioreactor has been investigated for simulated broths with apparentviscosities up to 26 cP. The results indicated important variation of mixing time on the height of riser or downcomer, as well asdifferent behavior of dispersion flows in the two regions. Thus, the highest mixing efficiency for the ascending circulation hasbeen recorded for the intermediary positions, placed above the sparger. Contrary, for the downcomer, the i... Autori: Anca-Irina Galaction ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26560
ECONOMICAL OPTIMIZATION OF AN INDIRECT SOLAR CABINET DRYER BASED ON MATHEMATICAL MODELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 10 AbstractThis paper presents an optimization procedure to minimize the cost of drying in a solar cabinet dryer based on the results of amathematical model. The model has been developed previously for performance analysis of a solar cabinet dryer. The optimalvalues for geometry of the solar collector, mass flux of air through the collector, and initial moisture content are obtained in away that the drying cost is minimized. The results indicate that to optimize the drying cost, the best values of ... Autori: Samaneh Sami ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26564
ESTIMATING NATIONAL WILDFIRE EMISSIONS FOR THE LAST DECADE IN TURKEY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Wildfire emissions are a major contributor of atmospheric gaseous and particulate pollutants for local air pollution levels. With
respect to wildfires, Turkey faces one of Europe’s most severe problems during summer. In this study, a database which holds
data for wildfire emissions in Turkey for the last decade (between 2000 and 2009) was established in order to create a wildfire
emissions inventory. The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane (CH4), n... Autori: Faruk Dincer ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26584
TAKAGI-SUGENO ALGORITHM FOR GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATION USING AIR TEMPERATURE DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Air temperature is certainly the most measured surface meteorological parameter and accurate forecasting of air temperature is
usually performed worldwide. This fact inspired the idea that a predicted value of air temperature may be used as input in solar
radiation air temperature-based models, aiming to generate the reference solar radiation year or to forecast solar irradiation.
Following this, a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model for estimating global solar irradiation via air temperature... Autori: Remus Şt. Boata ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26599
AN EVALUATION OF THE DETERMINABILITY OF LOW LEVEL DIOXIN CONCENTRATIONS BY HRGC/LRMS-NCI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
High resolution gas chromatography coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry systems are often used for the analyses of
dioxins at low concentrations in environmental sample matrices such as soil, vegetation, sediment, air and food. Since the
construction and operation costs of these systems are so expensive, the most of the laboratories in the developing countries
haven’t the systems with high resolution mass spectrometry. Thus, cheaper systems with similar sensitivity s... Autori: Mahmut Kemal Korucu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26601
ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PTZCUARO REGION, MEXICO
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Patzcuaro Lake, placed in the lacustrine zone of Michoacán (central México), has four municipalities around its shoreline, and is
an important tourist attraction in the region. Because the area is predominantly rural it lacks many efficient public services,
amount them adequate management of solid wastes that is reflected in the insufficient collection services and lack of landfills in
the area. The object of this research was to determine the local environmental perce... Autori: Otoniel Buenrostro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26604
SCREENING THE WEEKDAYS/WEEKEND PATTERNS OF AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS RECORDED IN SOUTHEASTERN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Some of the major stressors of air quality in the urban areas are nitrogen oxides, ozone and suspended particles. The effect of air
pollution on respiratory diseases can increase considerably at high levels of pollution and might trigger asthma symptoms. Longterm
exposure can increase the rate of respiratory infections and symptoms at population level, but particularly in children. The
goal was to analyze with statistical techniques the pollutant concentrations (NO, NO2, and SO2) re... Autori: Daniel Dunea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26605
PARTICULATE MATTER STATUS IN ROMANIAN URBAN AREAS: PM10 POLLUTION LEVELS IN BUCHAREST
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 13 › Nr. 12 Abstract
In the present study, the results of PM10 pollution levels assessment in the most populated town from Romania, namely
Bucharest, the capital of the country are presented for a 10 years period, 2004 – 2013, respectively, with the aim of emphasizing
the progress recorded after the implementation of Directive 2004/107/EC and Directive 2008/50/EC provisions. Data were
collected from 8 monitoring stations located in different areas of Bucharest. PM10, Cd, Pb and Ni from PM10 averag... Autori: Marian Proorocu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26606
PRODUCT ECODESIGN IN COMPANIES WITH ISO 14001 CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
Product eco-innovation based on ecodesign principles is based on the idea of including the environmental aspects of a product
over its entire life-cycle, thus providing the opportunity for manufacturing companies to intervene earlier during product
development processes. The aim of this study was to gather information and evaluate the situation regarding ecodesign within the
ISO 14001 certified medium and large manufacturing companies in the Republic of Slovenia by means of a questi... Autori: Gregor Radonjič ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26630
A SIMULATION STUDY ON THE DIESEL ENGINE COMBUSTION PROCESS BASED ON THE FIELD-EFFECT ANALYSIS METHOD OF COMBINED COMBUSTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
Based on the spray mixing field-effect analysis method, this paper has taken into consideration the variation in the distribution of
oxygen concentration in the combustion process and has put forward the combined combustion field-effect analysis method. The
method is applied to the matching study of a certain kind of diesel engine’s combustion chamber with air admission and fuel
injection parameters and can also be used to complete the simulation analysis and evaluation of mix... Autori: Xiang-Rong Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26634
REASONS FOR NON-PARTICIPATION IN RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTE IN NORTHERN MALAYSIA: A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 1 Abstract
It is widely accepted that public support is vital to the success of most recycling programmes. The actions of householders are
paramount to the success of any sustainable waste management policies whether local, regional or national. This paper presents a
study of householders’ attitudes to recycling of solid wastes in Malaysia, which supports the idea that careful planning and design
are critical for the success of a new recycling programme. A postal questionnaire survey was... Autori: Abdelnaser Omran ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26636
EVOLUTION OF TROPHIC PARAMETERS FROM AMARA LAKE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 3 Abstract
The transformation of lentic ecosystems in other types of ecosystems (plain, forest) is a part of normal process of ecological
succession that occurs slowly, at geological scale. The filling of cuvette with eroded material transported by precipitations, air
masses or detritus produced in situ, start from the moment when the body of water lakes is formed and has different rates
depending on many factors: geographical location, geological substrate type, types of existing uses in the ... Autori: Ofelia Axinte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26672
MAGNETIC CONTAMINATION OF ENVIRONMENT LABORATORY SIMULATION OF MIXED IRON OXIDES IMPACT ON MICROORGANISM CELLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 3 Abstract
Magnetic contamination is considered more and more as a challenging issue related to biosphere pollution with magnetic
materials originating in natural and artificial sources (volcanic eruptions and respectively industrial activities that contributed to
iron and other metal compounds spreading in air, water and soil). Aiming to study the impact of magnetic metal ions such as iron
and cobalt on the metabolism of some environmental microorganisms, in this paper an experimental simulat... Autori: Lacramioara Oprica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26675
A FUZZY NON-RADIAL DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) APPROACH TO MEASURE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been recently utilized as a multiple criteria tool for environmental performance evaluation
by incorporating undesirable outputs. Most DEA models to measure environmental performance follows the assumptions of crisp
data and radial measures. In this paper, we present a fuzzy non-radial DEA approach with Russell measure for environmental
performance evaluation. A pair of bi-level mathematical programs is formulated to calculate the lower and upper ... Autori: Zhongbao Zhou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26691
STUDY OF AIR POLLUTION IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA DURING 2005 - 2007
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the concentration levels of pollutants at six urban sites in Bucharest, Romania in order
to draw conclusions on their temporal variability in different sources and under different meteorological conditions. The analysis
of measured pollutant concentrations (NOx, NO2, CO, PM10) runs over three years: 2005, 2006 and 2007, and uses data from the
network of monitoring stations of Environmental Protection Agency of Bucharest, which was establis... Autori: Sabina Stefan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26701
INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURE OF WOMEN TO FINE AND COARSE PM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Individual exposure to particulate matter (PM) fractions is mainly determined by indoor source characteristics and personal
activity patterns. This paper discusses experimental results obtained through the analysis of individual exposure of women to
PM10 and PM2.5. To this purpose, 15 volunteers of different ages and lifestyles living/working in Ceccano (Italy) were selected
and their exposures to PM10 and PM2.5 were measured through a handheld photometer. They also filled out a tim... Autori: Giorgio Buonanno ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26703
RISK FACTORS IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: THE ROLE OF GENETIC, EPIGENETIC, IMMUNE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 Abstract
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders that affect an individual’s ability
to communicate and socialize, often associated with repetitive movements or behaviors. Frequently patients associate intellectual
disability or digestive problems. Autism is more common in males and affects 1 in 88 children in USA. The mechanism that
leads to ASD is very complex, involving genetic, epigenetic, immune and environmental factors that could... Autori: Cristina Rusu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26712
ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF METHYLENE BLUE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS BY PUMICE POWDER: PROCESS MODELLING AND KINETIC EVALUATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the adsorption of methylene blue (MB) onto pumice powder, as a low-cost adsorbent for
the removal of dyes. The experiments were designed based on a central composite design (CCD) and the process was analyzed
and modeled using response surface methodology (RSM). In order to study the adsorption process, three important factors viz.
pumice dosage (20- 50 mg/50mL), MB concentration (20-40 mg/l) and contact times (5- 35 min) were chosen as varia... Autori: Kiomars Sharafi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26729
SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF PASSIVE POLLUTION BY ASBESTOS IN DARABANI TOWN, BOTOŞANI COUNTY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 5 Abstract
Social perception is a tool widely used in the environment research, due to the emphasis put on the one hand on the human
component, as an important factor in the development of society, and on the other hand on the man-environment interaction of
the past decades. The aim of the present study is to assess the population concern about the environment, and particularly about
the use of asbestos (a material partly forbidden in Romania since 2007), for construction purposes. The case st... Autori: Elena Matei ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26734
EXTREME RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY (ERAM) IN AVIATION SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 Abstract
The research is focused on the relationship between aviation systems and extreme terrorist events, the impacts of such events, and
the solutions to manage the associated risks on medium and long term. The development of predictive models for extremeasymmetric
events in aviation (EAEA) still represents an emerging direction of interdisciplinary research because not all
mechanisms and interactions are understood. The testing of models is difficult due to lack of data and interpretatio... Autori: Catalin Cioaca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26762
COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTROL INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND COMFORT IN ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING RETROFITTING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
This paper presents a toolset for the efficient control of the indoor air quality and thermal comfort in retrofitted buildings. The
refurbishment of existing buildings, compliant to actual regulations, often leads to airtightness and the consequent poor
conditions for the occupants that could cause low productivity and even sickness. For this reason, the CETIEB (Cost Effective
Tools for Better Indoor Environment in Retrofitted Energy Efficient Buildings) project developed innovative... Autori: Gian Marco Revel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26770
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS MONITORING IN A MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
A VOC monitoring was carried out inside and outside a multi-storey car park in order to characterize the emission profile of
vehicular traffic source in an indoor environment. BTEX, and in particular toluene, were the most abundant compounds in all
monitored sites, with different compositions between indoor parking areas and outdoor sites. The motor vehicle exhaust and
gasoline vapor emission in these enclosed parking garages were characterized by diffusion or degradation phenomena ... Autori: Gianluigi de Gennaro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26778
AROMATIC HYDROCARBON LEVELS AND PM2.5 CHARACTERIZATION IN ROME URBAN AREA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
The preliminary results of aromatic hydrocarbon (AR) levels and PM2.5 physico-chemical characterization in Rome urban air
throughout the 2014 are reported. A gas chromatograph was used for continuous measurements of AR concentrations with 30
minute time intervals. PM2.5 was collected by PM swam Dual Channel. Metal content was determined by ICP-MS. Single particle
characterization was performed by Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with a thin window system for X-ray microanalysis... Autori: Carla Fanizza ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26780
DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTRICRITERIA INDICATOR OF VIRTUOSITY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT ADDRESSED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
As the percentage of segregated waste, taken as individual indicator, is insufficient to measure the virtuosity of a Municipality
waste management, a multicriteria indicator has been developed to broaden the horizon of the analysis of waste management
performance. The aim of this study is to experiment a new and easy–to-use methodology for the evaluation of Municipalities
virtuosity in waste management, built from Public Administrators to verify the responsiveness between thei... Autori: Alessandra Bonoli ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26786
ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR POLLUTION IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH BOTH PASSIVE AND CONTINUOUS SAMPLINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 7 Abstract
The aim of this study is to assess indoor air quality in an educational institute located in a suburban area of the Po plain (Italy).
Samplings are carried out in preschool and elementary school classrooms, and also in the garden of the institute, to have
information on outdoor levels. The monitoring is performed to determine the most important indoor pollutants (i.e. volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), carbonyls and NO2), by using diffusive passive samplers. Sampling in the classroo... Autori: Ivano Vassura ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26797
WASTE ENGINE OIL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND ITS BIOREMEDIATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 8 Abstract
Waste engine oil contains hydrocarbons which are potentially carcinogenic. The objective of this study was to determine if organic
wastes, specifically cow dung (T1) and poultry manure (T2) can improve the microbial degradation of the hydrocarbons. A
questionnaire survey to determine generation, management and disposal of waste engine oil was carried out. A Complete
Randomized Design, with two treatments and three replications was used to set up plots at Makerere University Agricult... Autori: Richard Elijah Ssonko ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26820
ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN DRYING OF FROZEN SPRUCE WOOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Drying wood requires a significant amount of energy. This includes both thermal energy, necessary to heat-up wood, evaporate
the water inside it and cover the insulation and vent losses, as well as electric energy consumed to force air circulation through
the stacks. When wood is frozen, both energy consumptions increase; on one hand because frozen water requires a
supplementary heat for transformation into liquid and then into gaseous state, and on the other hand, because of the lo... Autori: Maria Bernadett Szmutku ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26841
INCLUDING SOLAR PANELS ON PARKING AREAS IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT. WIND EFFECTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 9 Abstract
Solar energy is one of the most important renewable resources due to its unique set of advantages. In urban configurations, wide
open spaces used for parking areas close to malls, stadiums and industrial areas become justified challenges in revaluating them
by placing solar panels on their wide roofs.
The paper is a first attempt that reflects the scientific interest in the particularities of wind action upon the solar panels sustained
by structural framed elements and which cover ... Autori: Elena Axinte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26849
STUDY OF PRESSURE DROP IN FIXED, FLUIDIZED AND SPOUTED BED OF SEVERAL ADSORBENT MATERIALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
An experimental study on the hydrodynamics of fixed, fluidized and spouted granular bed was performed. With this aim two
commercial adsorbent materials and a composite material obtained by impregnation with a hygroscopic inorganic salt were
employed. The fluid phase consisted in dry air. The obtained results highlight the influence of grain size, material density and
roughness over pressure drop and gas velocity. Increasing grain size leads to decreasing pressure drop and increasing... Autori: Ioan Solomon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26854
URBAN FOREST CANOPY EXTRACTION USING LIDAR DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) is an important asset in the urban ecological system by reducing the heat, runoff and improving air
quality. Estimating the available urban tree canopy is important for decision makers for better understanding of urban ecosystems
and helps to improve environmental quality and human health in urban areas and plan conservation activities. This paper reports
on an object-oriented tree extraction method developed by using spectral and textural information of High... Autori: Muneeswaran Mariappan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26858
WATER RECOVERY FROM ATMOSPHERIC AIR USING WICK DESICCANT SOLAR STILL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
The atmospheric air is considered a large and renewable source of fresh water. The present work investigates the application of
solar energy to heat wick clothes impregnated with calcium chloride to extract water from atmospheric air. A wick desiccant
solar collector is erected at Tanta – Egypt for this purpose. The desiccant concentration at the beginning of regeneration is
determined according to the climatic conditions. The saturated wick desiccant is exposed to an ambient ... Autori: Abd elnaby Kabeel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26861
SOCIAL COST OF FOSSIL-BASED ELECTRICITY GENERATION PLANTS IN IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
Energy costs not included in consumer utility invoices include human health problems triggered by air pollution from burning
fossil fuels, and environmental degradation caused by global warming, acid rain, and water pollution. Such costs, peripheral to
energy pricing, are called externalities because electricity producers and users do not pay for them directly. Society as a whole
must pay. This pricing system masks the true costs of fossil-based electricity generation plants, result... Autori: Hasan Karimzadegan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26862
GIS-BASED FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING MODEL FOR COASTAL AQUACULTURE SITE SELECTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 10 Abstract
The first step for scientific and sustainable aquaculture development is appropriate site selection, and the success or failure of any
aquaculture development largely depends on the right selection of the site. Due to favorable climatic conditions, suitable water
quality, soil high natural productivity and space availability, the long southern coastline of Iran is regarded as highly suitable for
aquaculture development. Site selection can be viewed as a multi-criteria decision makin... Autori: Freydoon Vafaie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26866
CASE STUDY OF THE FIRST VOLCANIC ASH EXERCISE IN ROMANIA USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
In this paper we present results from the first European (EUR) and North Atlantic (NAT) volcanic ash exercise (VOLCEX)
which includes all the warning phases associated as alerting, reactive and proactive phases. Because volcanic ash represents one
of the most serious natural hazards that could affect aviation safety, the measurement campaign was focused on improving the
reaction of relevant authorities in case of airspace contamination with volcanic ash and, particularly, to assess ... Autori: Livio Belegante ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26874
INTEGRATION LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INTO THE COMPANY STRATEGIES. CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
As a result of the stakeholders’ growing pressure and global environmental challenges, many corporations across the world have
to integrate environmental issues into their strategic decision-making system and operations function.
The objective of this paper is to identify to what extent the activities regarding the environmental issues are successfully
integrated into general and functional strategies of a multinational company from production field. We have analyzed these
as... Autori: Maria Mortan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26883
THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC RELATED POLLUTION ON AIR QUALITY IN SIBIU REGION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Urban areas represent the main zones of anthropogenic emissions and, at the same time, includes the largest number of
population exposed to air pollution. Data related to traffic hot spots locations in Sibiu urban areas are presented and discussed in
this paper. It is important to assess the impact of changing climate conditions and concentration of pollutants, these aspects are of
special interest because of high and increasing population of urban regions exposed to consequences of... Autori: Valentin Petrescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26887
AN EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF BIO-INDICATORS FOR AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN AREAS WITH HIGH INDUSTRIAL PRESENCE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
Air pollution is an increasing critical issue and the focus of innumerable studies and monitoring activities. In addition to
automatic monitoring systems typically used to measure fine dust, ozone, nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide, the use of
bioaccumulation monitors can also be exploited, especially when monitoring large areas. The advantage of biomarkers is the very
low costs involved compared to traditional monitoring systems. Bio-indicator techniques do not measure directly air q... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26892
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTANTS RECORDED FROM ROMANIAN EMEP STATIONS AT MOUNTAIN SITES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
The present study analyzes the background pollution in Romania using official data reported for recorded air pollutants from the
automated regional stations located at three mountain sites. A series of key figures regarding the trend of background pollution at
Romanian mountain sites was extracted based on annual average concentrations recorded between 2010 and 2013 i.e. 8.8 ± 5.2
μg NO2/m3, 5.3 ± 1.6 μg SO2/m3, 0.075 ± 0.035 μg CO/m3, 3.2 ± 0.9 ... Autori: Daniel Dunea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26897
DIRECT AND DELAYED DEGRADATION OF AZORUBIN (E122) BY GLIDING ARC DISCHARGES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 11 Abstract
The goal of this paper is to investigate the decomposition of aqueous solutions of Azorubin (E122), i.e., an azo dye used in food
industry, in a pulsed gliding arc discharge reactor (direct treatment). Air and Argon as carrier gases with solution spray has been
considered, as a first approach. The bleaching of the aqueous solution was observed immediately after direct plasma treatment
and the decreasing of the dye concentration have been emphasized. Further more, the dye concentrati... Autori: Marius Ursache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26898
URBAN TRAFFIC AIR POLLUTION: CASE STUDY OF BANJA LUKA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
High population density and intense traffic resulted in various forms of pollution in cities. Air pollution ranks at the top of this
list. This paper investigates changes in air pollutant parameters in Banja Luka, B&H, using data from air-quality measurement
stations. The applied methodology is based on 24-hour measurements of air pollution, and connection between monitoring
stations and automatic traffic control system centre. Based on the results of such measuring, a signaling... Autori: Srecko Stankovic ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26902
EFFECT OF BENZENE ON FORMALDEHYDE REMOVAL BY SHOOTS OF THREE INDOOR PLANT SPECIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
Much attention is paid to removing formaldehyde from indoor air to decrease the health risk for urban inhabitants since
formaldehyde is a main indoor pollutant causing various symptoms. In this study, formaldehyde removal by the shoots of potted
Chlorphytum comosum (spider plant), Epipremnum aureum (golden pothos) and Aloe vera (aloe) was investigated with a
dynamic chamber technique. The results indicated that the order of formaldehyde removal capacities for the plant shoots was C.... Autori: Haiping Hou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26908
REDUCTION OF TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND FROM PALM OIL MILL EFFLUENTS USING THE ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
This study investigated the feasibility of electrocoagulation (EC) process on the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME). The
effect of several parameters namely initial pH, current density, stirring speed and operating time on removal efficiency of total
suspended solids (TSS) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were investigated. The experiments were conducted batch wise
using 400 mL of the POME per batch and pair of aluminum electrodes immersed in the reactor. At optimal initial... Autori: Firdaus Ghazali ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26914
FERLENT - A CONTROLLED RELEASE FERTILIZER PRODUCED FROM A POLYMERIC MATERIAL WITH AGRONOMIC BENEFITS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
The possibility to use release controlled fertilizers in the agriculture of the tropical countries is more important than in the
agriculture of the countries of the cold regions. In this context, the purpose of this work is the characterization of an encapsulated
commercial Fertilizer of Controlled Release named FERLENT®, which was covered with a polymeric material, obtained in situ,
under controlled conditions, which allowed to corroborate the fairly well adjustment of the synt... Autori: Mayra Gonzlez Hurtado ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26916
MODEL BASED AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL FOR PFI SI ENGINES FUELED WITH ETHANOL-GASOLINE BLENDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 14 › Nr. 12 Abstract
The ethanol-gasoline blends have brought new challenges to the in-cylinder mixture air-fuel ratio control for the variable fuel
characteristics especially in the traditional PFI (Port Fuel Injection) SI (Spark Ignition) engines. This paper studied all the
dynamic links in the intake fuel transfer process from the fuel injectors to cylinders, including the wall-wetting effect and injector
fuel flow characteristics. A wall-wetting fuel film evaporation model and an injector fuel flow ... Autori: Dongwei Yao ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26918
DETERMINATION OF AIR CHANGE RATES BY USING INDOOR CO AS TRACER: APPLICABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 2 Air change rates and ventilation of a room was determined by CO Tracer Decay Technique. The tracer was generated by burning
bulk amount of mosquito coils, an easy and low cost method of CO generation. The temporal decay in CO concentration in
indoor air under closed and open room conditions were determined by collecting indoor air periodically at a few minutes interval
in Tedler Bags and analyzing the same for CO. The air changes rate per hour (ACH) was calculated from the temporal decline of... Autori: Deepanjan Majumdar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26965
SURVEY ON THE BUYERS ECO-RESPONSIBILITY AND THE URBAN WHITE POLLUTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 2 White pollution is a form of environmental pollution which has taken unprecedented dimensions in many cities of Europe over
the last two decades. It is estimated that by 2020, European Union citizens will reduce the consumption of plastic shopping bags
by 80% in ways that will be identified and implemented by each member state. Starting from these two main dimensions,
necessity and opportunity, we have conducted a survey on the eco-responsible behavior of consumers in Bucharest. The main
aim... Autori: Armenia Androniceanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26972
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC FACTORS ON THE POLLUTION WITH NITROGEN OXIDES (NOX) IN BACAU CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 Air pollution has a significant impact on human health and natural ecosystems. The principal gaseous pollutants compounds
result from different types of combustion processes. In this category there are included carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide
(CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), dust and hydrocarbons. Nitrogen oxides are a group of highly reactive gases, which contain
nitrogen and oxygen in varying amounts. Most of the nitrogen oxides are colorless and odorless gas. This paper highlights the
c... Autori: Doina Capşa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26988
ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURE INFLUENCE ON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF HEMP SHIVES COMPOSITE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 3 In past ten years area of green technologies and materials was the most growing industry sector in the world. It is related with
global warming, air pollution and energy saving. Building sector intensively increased air pollution and is related with high
energy consumptions. The use of renewable or recyclable materials can reduce these problems.
In current work, thermal insulating materials from hemp shives and corn starch were investigated. Structures of various shives
fractions were analyz... Autori: Giedrius Balčiūnas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26992
A SURVEY OF SICK BUILDING SYNDROME PREVALENCE AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF EKBATAN IN TEHRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 In this study, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is surveyed in the residential buildings of Ekbatan, a district in the Western part of
Tehran. A number of 330 individuals were selected randomly. It was investigated whether factors such as the physical conditions
of the sampled buildings, occupation and lifestyle-related behavior such as smoking were associated with the intensification of
irritation and mental symptoms. The symptoms of SBS were observed positive in 56.4% of the cases. The worst sy... Autori: Amir Sheikhmohammadi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=26998
MONITORING OF FUNGAL AEROSOLS IN SOME EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS FROM IAŞI, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 The densities and distributions of airborne fungal spores known to cause respiratory tract disorders were monitored in three
educational buildings located in different boroughs in Iaşi. Air samples from all locations were collected monthly over a period
of 3 months (March-May 2011), using the Petri plate gravitational settling (passive) method. Petri plates containing nutrient
media were exposed to room air for a 15-minute period, face upwards, to collect particles settling by gravity. A... Autori: Florin Daniel Lipşa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27003
EFFECT OF WATER FLOW RATE ON COOLING EFFECTIVENESS AND AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN EVAPORATIVE COOLING PAD SYSTEMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between the temperature decrease of the air passing through the pad and
flow rate of pad wetting water for pad evaporative cooling. In the experiments, a commercially available cellulose based
evaporative cooling pad (CELdek®7060-15 pad) was used. Experiments were conducted at three different water flow rates (2 L
min-1 m-2; 4 L min-1 m-2 and 6 L min-1 m-2) and two different air velocities (1.0 m sec-1 and 1.5 m sec-1). The tempera... Autori: Cengiz Karaca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27006
ASSESSMENT OF MINE VENTILATION SYSTEM RELIABILITY USING RANDOM SIMULATION METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 A mine ventilation system provides a fresh air flow to the underground workings in a coal mine. Such sufficient air volume can
dilute and remove noxious gases (typically NOx, SO2, CH4, CO2 and CO) and maintain a suitable working environment for coal
miners. On the other hand, a poor ventilation system often leads to serious consequences such as mine gas explosions, production
loss or higher operational costs. Hence, the functions of mine ventilation system are very important for an undergroun... Autori: Jianwei Cheng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27008
MITIGATION OF GASEOUS EMISSION FROM BURNER SYSTEM UTILIZING ENVO DIESEL FUEL VIA AIR STAGING METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 4 Emission from the combustion processes can cause adverse effect to the environment. The formation of pollutants such as oxides
of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxides of sulphur (SOx) are hazardous and harmful to the
ecosystem. Due to these pollutants and also depletion of fossil fuel, several steps should be taken in order to mitigate this
problem. Biofuel is known as the potential replacement for fossil fuel. Envo Diesel is one form of biofuel that can be us... Autori: Mohammad Nazri Mohd Jaafar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27011
Ni-Ti ROTARY INSTRUMENT FRACTURE ANALYSIS AFTER CLINICAL USE. STRUCTURE CHANGES IN USED INSTRUMENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 Over the past three decades, nickel–titanium engine-driven files have become instruments “sine qua non” for root canal
treatment. They are increasingly used by dentists to facilitate the cleaning and shaping of root canals, during the mechanical
treatment phase in endodontic therapy, increasing not only the speed of the treatment but also assuring a proper shape of the
canal preparation. During the repeated use of these instruments, separation of the file occurs. It has been... Autori: Teodora Stefanescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27024
A. hippocastanum L. AND T. cordata MILL. AS BIOMONITORING PLANTS FOR AIR POLLUTION IN URBAN AREAS. A CASE STUDY: CITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 Air quality became a concern of highest priority in cities and town agglomerations, worldwide. Professional environmental
monitoring strategies are prerequisites for supplying appropriate programmes destined to maintain air quality. Due to their
capacity of bioaccumulation, tree species may be used as biomonitoring agents within programmes of monitoring air quality in
urban spaces. The present study aims to emphasize the ability of A. hippocastanum L., and T. cordata Mill. leaves to be used a... Autori: Ilie Covrig ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27026
IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FODDER YEASTS BY ADDING MINERALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 5 The aim of this study was the diversification of fodder yeast assortments with viable economic effects while reducing the
pollution to the environment by capitalisation of wastewaters with high monosaccharides content from pulp and paper industry.
As inoculum, in the bioreactor, a mixture of two species of yeasts Candida utilis and Candida arboreea (1:1 ratio) was used at
38°C, pH 5.5 and an air flow of 0.02 L/h was insured. Wastewaters from technological process of pulping of softwood wi... Autori: Andrei I. Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27028
COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISON OF A FEW VARIANTS OF CLUSTER ANALYSIS AS DATA MINING TOOL IN SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 A few variants of hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) as tool of assessment of multidimensional similarity in environmental dataset
are compared. The dataset consisted of analytical results of determination of metals (Na, K, Ca, Sc, Fe, Co, Zn, As, Br, Rb, Mo,
Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Hf and Th) in ambient air dried and kept alive, by the means of hydroponics, moss baskets collected in
12 locations on the area of Tricity (Poland). The selected urban locations covered sites of various anthropoge... Autori: Aleksander Astel ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27046
PRESERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE USING GIS TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 6 Starting from the destructive nature of the preventive and/or rescue archaeological researches, the archaeological investigations is
imposed by the steps of building, alteration, extension or repair on the works affecting the soil surface in the archaeological
heritage areas, regardless of the land’s region and ownership. Considering that geographical information systems (GIS) - that are
part of a broader class of information systems and are mainly characterized by data processing depen... Autori: Ionut Maican ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27053
WORLD HERITAGE CITIES DECLARATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN CITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 7 There is a great deal of research focusing primarily on the analysis of cities’ sustainable development, in which the role of culture
plays an important role. Accordingly, a range of research disciplines consider the influence of culture on sustainable
development. The relationship between culture and sustainable development is analysed from two perspectives: the development
of the cultural sector and the presence of cultural dimension in different public policies. One of the elements t... Autori: Juan Antonio Mondjar-Jimnez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27069
STABILIZING EFFECT OF WWTP DISCHARGE ON WATER QUALITY AND FISH ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE. A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 7 We examined the effluent from a municipal (Nyíregyháza, Hungary) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) on hydrophysicochemical
properties and on diversity, community structure, and stability of fish assemblages at the recipient low flow channel
system during a two-year period. The WWTP outflow increased significantly the nutrient concentrations (e.g. NO2 and NO3
concentrations increased to 4x and 8x respectively), and the regime (with the permanent ~0.23m3/s load) at the recipient c... Autori: Pter Takcs ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27082
INFLUENCE OF PRINTING MICROCLIMATE PARAMETERS ON ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL EMISSION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 The concentrations of isopropyl alcohol were monitored during the working time (8 hours) in three different printing plants (two
sheet-fed offset and one digital) in Novi Sad, Serbia, using portable gas chromatograph. The concentration levels were below the
recommended limits by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Unequal presence of isopropyl alcohol in
printing plants involved a multiple linear regression analysis of microclimate parameters using program ORIGIN 5... Autori: Jelena Kiurski ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27096
COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT STUDY OF THREE WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 Three different winter wheat production systems for three European countries (United Kingdom, France and Italy), all with
different climatic conditions, soil management and input levels (e.g. tillage, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides) were analysed
from an environmental perspective. The intended applications were the analysis and comparison from a Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) perspective and the identification of the key parameters which have the greatest influence on final results. The ... Autori: Daniele Cambria ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27102
EVALUATION OF BIOELECTROGENIC POTENTIAL OF FOUR INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS AS SUBSTRATE FOR LOW COST MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS OPERATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 8 Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), the bioelectrochemical devices for conversion of waste into electricity through bacterial metabolic
activity can use substrates with different complexity and strength. Wastewaters with moderate to high organic content can be
exploited as MFC substrates. In this study, four different industrial wastewaters (from a chemical company, milk industry, soyabased
food and soft-drink company and laundry) with different compositions were used as substrates in identical MFCs... Autori: Deepak Pant ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27117
EDITORIAL Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development ECOMONDO 2015 19th International Trade Fair of Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The contributions in the form of Full papers
collected in this Special Issue of Environmental
Engineering and Management Journal were selected
from lectures and posters of the scientific and technical
conferences hosted by Ecomondo 2015 held in Rimini,
Italy, 3–6 November, 2015 (http://en.ecomondo.com).
... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27118
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IN THE PRODUCTION OF RECYCLED WOOL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 We computed the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) to identify the environmental performance of recycled wool by means
of data belonging to a real case study in Italy. First, we analyzed inventory data quality by computing the data quality rating
(DQR) index, according to the criteria provided by the PEF protocol. Quality of specific and generic data (selected from the
Ecoinvent database) was evaluated as excellent and good, respectively. We then quantified the impacts related to each rele... Autori: Silvia Bamonti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27121
PRODUCTION OF BIOPLASTIC FROM WASTE OILS BY RECOMBINANT Escherichia coli: A PIT-STOP IN WASTE FRYING OIL TO BIO-DIESEL CONVERSION RACE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 Waste frying oil (WFO) is a complex and heterogeneous waste collected mainly from restaurants and, to a lesser extent, from
food processors and households. In the last decades, interest for this waste has deeply grown and a strong competition in
grabbing this raw material has begun. About 90% of WFOs collected in Europe is recycled for biodiesel production, being the
high free fatty acids (FFAs) concentration in WFOs one of the main drawback limiting the yield of the conversion process. In th... Autori: Cinzia Pezzella ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27130
SANITATION RESPONSE IN EMERGENCIES: LESSONS LEARNT FROM PRACTITIONERS IN POST-EARTHQUAKE HAITI
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 9 The January 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused catastrophic damage, and the displacement of about 1.5 million people in urban and
peri-urban areas of Port-au-Prince. A web-based questionnaire was developed and sent to international organizations working in
Haiti through the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster in order to assess how humanitarian actors responded to the
sanitation needs for Internally Displaced People (IDP). The findings showed different sanitation systems being implement... Autori: Daniela Giardina ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27133
WHAT CHINA CAN LEARN FROM THE PRACTICE OF POLLUTION PREVENTION AND WATER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND DAIRY INDUSTRY?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 10 China has witnessed a rapid growth of livestock breeding industry. Pollution from livestock breeding industry has also increased unprecedentedly and become a big issue of environmental quality. China has attached great effort to address the issue associated with intensive livestock breeding. In 2009, China and New Zealand started a cooperation project on pollution prevention and waste emission reduction in dairy industry. It is meaningful to borrow experience from well-developed countries to fac... Autori: Jinping Tian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27152
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION: INSIGHTS FROM PORTUGUESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 15 › Nr. 11 Against a background of growing concern with environmental issues, resource consumption and waste production in the construction sector, this article presents the results of a study on the implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) certification in Portuguese construction companies. It reports on how construction companies perceive motives, difficulties, benefits and effectiveness of implementing EMS certification. A questionnaire served as the basis for data collection. It was sen... Autori: Caroline Dominguez ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27174
AN EVOLUTIONARY PATH FOR CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The important factor for health hazards in major cities in India is air pollution. Due to the sudden increase in vehicular population in the city of Chennai, South India, there is a high increase in vehicular emission caused by the vehicular effluents like Carbon monoxide, oxides of Nitrogen, oxides of Sulfur and other Particulate Matter. This study proposes an advanced state of the art technology (On Board Diagnostics) to acquire and process data from the vehicular emissions through online data... Autori: Gunaselvi Manohar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27221
A NEW SOLUTION FOR THE OXYGENATION OF STATIONARY WATERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 For a more efficient oxygenation of free surface stationary waters, the air bubble emitted by a fine bubble generator must describe a trajectory which should be as long as possible. This purpose can be achieved by moving the fine bubble generator through water. In the paper there are determined the equations of motions and trajectory of the air bubble in stationary (still) waters. The paper aims to establish the equation of such a trajectory and the manner in which the speed of the moving genera... Autori: Adrian Costache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27222
DEGRADATION OF CONCENTRATED TOLUENE VAPORS IN A UV/O3PROCESS COMBINED WITH BIOTRICKLING FILTRATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 This study compared performance of the O3/UV process and biotrickling filtration as standalone and combined system on elimination of toluene from a waste gas stream. The performance of the bench scale O3/UV reactor was investigated with inlet toluene concentration of 650 ppmv and reaction time of 7.5 s. The results demonstrated that the combined O3/UV process degraded 34.1% of toluene under the selected conditions. The biotrickling filter had a maximum elimination capacity of 125.6 g/m3.h, corre... Autori: Gholamreza Moussavi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27228
THE FORESTS OF ROMANIA IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND IN GEOGRAPHY. TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS AND ACTIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 1 The aims of this research are (1) to analyze the topic of forests in Romania as presented in scientific literature and (2) to identify the Romanian Geography teachers’ perceptions of and opinions about (a) the consequences of human actions on the situation of forests in Romania, (b) their own actions that lead to diminishing vulnerability and risks for forest clearances, (c) factors that influenced their attitude and behavior towards forests, and (d) suggestions for actions of forest prote... Autori: Maria Eliza Dulamă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27238
HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF ARSENIC IN AIR, SOIL AND WATER IN AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN KOREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Many industrial complexes in Korea have produced a variety of potential toxic chemicals during manufacturing processes and activities by air emissions, effluents, or solid wastes over the past few decades. In this study, arsenic levels in air, soil, and water near an industrial complex were determined. Human health risk assessment for arsenic was conducted based on the levels and potential exposure pathways in a multimedia environment (air, soil, and water). The point estimate of incremental can... Autori: Yong-Chul Jang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27249
AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART I DEVELOPMENT AND MODEL VERIFICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 Public awareness and concern with impacts of pollution on multimedia environment have been greatly increased in the last few decades. There are growing needs for creating remediation strategy and setting effective standard and regulations to reduce pollutant levels in the environment. To satisfy such need, tools that can provide comprehensive understanding and characterize the behavior of chemical in the environment are required for environmental risk assessment and management. A new integrated ... Autori: Zhi Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27251
EVALUATION OF AIR POLLUTION SOURCES IN SELECTED ZONE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN PAKISTAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 2 The present work reports the gaseous emissions of the following industries, Interloop Textile (IP Tex), Crescent Textile (CT Tex), Kalash Textile (KH Tex), Noor Fatima Textile (NF Tex), Bashir Textile (BP Tex) and Hina Sana Texile (HS Tex), which are located in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Industries were tested for the mixture of gases containing carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx), carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) emitting from these industries. The maximum amounts... Autori: Muhammad Zubair ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27256
WATER POLLUTION STATUS OF SIRET RIVER IN PASCANI TOWN AREA DUE TO DIFFERENT DOMESTIC AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT ACTIVITIES (WINTER SEASON)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The paper discusses the pollution status in the case of an important NE Romanian watercourse (Siret River) in Pascani town area based on the analysis of some water quality indicators (pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, organics (COD and BOD5), conductivity, fixed residues, nitrogen-based nutrients (N-NH4+, N-NO3-, N-NO2-), phosphates, total phosphorus (P), total calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), iron (Fe2+, Fe3+), turbidity and suspended solids content) measured at three local strategic control ... Autori: Carmen Zaharia ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27281
GROUNDWATER RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN PRECIPITATIONS IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Changes in the climatic and hydrological variables in North-Eastern Romania indicate that the region has mostly a common evolution in terms of precipitation and hydrostatic level of groundwater. This can influence human communities in the region, given that sources of public water supply are predominantly from underground. In the analysed region with more than 8.000 sqm, 50% of the population lives in the rural area, where the main water supply source is provided by the underground water, mainly... Autori: Ionuț Minea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27284
DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on human health of vulnerable people (e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM concentration and parameters such as meteorological conditions and synergic effects of other air pollutants. The... Autori: Mihaela Oprea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27286
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF A NEARLY ZERO ENERGY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING - A CASE STUDY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 Environmental issues have received ascending attention in recent years due to the increase of their negative effects. Greenhouse gas emission levels have experienced an exponential increase in the last decades mainly on account of the development of the building sector. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of buildings is a proper tool to analyse the full environmental impact during their designed lifespan. Inventory databases have a shortage of local parameters in some countries and need to be developed... Autori: Iosif Boros ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27289
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PILLAR ASSESSMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 3 The present paper focuses on the environmental pillar of a new and innovative framework for sustainability assessment of VET - Vocational Education and Training - providers. By employing case study methods on a research sample of 6 VET providers in the Mures County, Romania, we have determined the sustainable development challenges that VET providers face. The results are used to elaborate the core subjects of the framework in accordance with existing practices at VET providers. The framework is... Autori: Liviu Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27294
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP FOR THE STUDY OF NEW AERATION DEVICES IN HYDRAULIC TURBINES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 The level of dissolved oxygen (DO) in the water downstream hydro power plants is an essential parameter which allows preservation and development of the aquatic habitat. The objective of this paper is to identify a new technical solution that contributes to the increase of DO level in the water passing through the turbine. The current technical solutions improve the DO level but affect the hydraulic efficiency of the turbine. There is no general technical solution for aeration of water used by h... Autori: Florentina Bunea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27296
AIR DISPERSION MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN AERATION TANKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 The necessary oxygen concentration for the biological process depends on the organic matter present in wastewater characterized by organic matter reaction rate with oxygen, k. This article highlights the impact of the reaction coefficient on oxygen dispersion in water. The first stage of the research led to the determination of the ratio between the coefficient of reaction and the coefficient of dispersion on the vertical of the tank as k/εz ϵ [0.066 - 0.79]. Starting from this rat... Autori: Corina Boncescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27298
VALORIZATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE AND AGRO-WASTE IN BUILDING MATERIALS WITH THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 5 Considering the actual environmental issues, the waste management has become a major challenge in Europe and worldwide. Recycling the waste into sustainable products can be an alternative to landfill with positive effects on the costs and environmental pollution. In this respect, in the last years numerous studies and research emphasize the utilization of different type of waste to obtain materials for building applications. The aim of this paper is to assess the effect of using sewage sludge ge... Autori: Petronela Nechita ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27315
EXPERIMENTAL ASSESMENT OF NANOFILTRATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF CHLOROPHENOLS FROM AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Chlorophenols, commonly found in industrial effluents, are considered as priority pollutants because they may cause severe environmental impacts and human health related problems. Nanofiltration (NF) represents an important option for the removal of chlorophenols present in aqueous effluents. This study presents some results on the performance of nanofiltration for the removal of 4-chlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol from synthetic wastewaters considering the selection of adequate operating and ... Autori: Corina-Petronela Musteret ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27324
MITIGATION OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS: VACUUM vs. CONVENTIONAL SEWER SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The efforts to quantify gas emissions from wastewater handling have omitted the conveyance along sewers, lift stations, and
manholes. This article compared the conventional system with the vacuum system based on sewer gas emissions. The goal of the study was to determine the emissions of methane, hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide at the level of the wet-wells of the conventional system and the exhaust of the vacuum system before and after the bio-filtration process by way of... Autori: Iulia Carmen Ciobotici Terryn ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27326
GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN AN ABANDONED WASTE MINE DUMP FROM GIUMALĂU MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Mining activity implies a series of environmental issues that can have short or long term consequences: deterioration of natural landscape, air, water and soil pollution, negative impact on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and on human health.
The present study was performed on a mine dump from the Giumalau Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. A number of 28 samples were collected and analysed by ICP-MS for 9 minor elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) and also by XRD for the m... Autori: Madalina Paiu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27330
HEAVY METALS AND GAMMA RADIOACTIVITY BIOACCUMULATIONIN Artemisia absinthium L. GROWN ON A WASTE DUMP
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 In the current context of industrialization, chemical and radioactive pollution is a concern for environmental protection and
interference with human health. Care for environmental protection also includes vegetation that grows spontaneously in
potentially contaminated places, thus avoiding illness among the population if consumed. The study area is located at 4.5km SSE from downtown Bacău City, Romania and is the result of the manufacture of H3PO4 through the wet method. In this study, t... Autori: Mioara Săndulache Rachieru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27331
INFLUENCE OF SOIL MATRIX ON SOIL-WATER RETENTION CURVE AND HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS
› › Nr. 4 The composition and the structure of the soil matrix have an important role in determining the water and the air regime into the
soil. In the soil pore the area occupied by water and air, capillary and adsorption phenomena occur, together defining the suction of the matrix. The suction-humidity relationship varies from one soil to another, but also to the same soil in time.
This paper sets out the results of investigations aimed at highlighting the influence of the composition and structure of... Autori: Florian Stătescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27332
GAMMA PRE-IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON NATURAL DYEING PERFORMANCES OF PROTEINIC BLENDED YARNS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The objective of this study was to develop a naturally dyeing process of 70% wool /30% Angora mohair blended yarns by using bio-mordants as an environmentally friendly alternative for the conventional metallic salts. Bio-mordanting operation was achieved by using of condensed tannin extract from quebracho bark trees. Conventional mordanting has been performed using the conventional mordants like copper sulphate and tin chloride. Another specific objective of this study was to investigate the pos... Autori: Ioana Stanculescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27337
CONTRIBUTION OF RETURNED PRODUCTS HANDLING SCENARIOS TO LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS RESEARCH CASE OF WASHING MACHINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The paper is addressing the issue of returns in products life cycle, focusing on a washing machine as an example of a long-life product with a complex life cycle and numerous options concerning its handling as a return. The objective of the paper is to compare different return product handling scenarios in terms of their economic and environmental aspects. The used materials and methods are the survey results of Polish manufacturing companies, an environmental life cycle assessment and simple co... Autori: Tomasz Nitkiewicz ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27338
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) ANALYSIS OF AN ECO-FRIENDLY TURBINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The global renewable energy share should reach and exceed 30% by 2030. Mini-scale hydropower installations are environmentally-friendly technologies, unlike large hydroelectric power plants that have certain drawbacks from the environmental point of view. A safe and clean solution is the cross-flow turbine, but the commercial types require a minimum head, usually captured by additional hydro-technical works that can also damage the environment. In this context, a very good solution could be a lo... Autori: Daniela Popescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27343
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. EEA PROGRAMME IN ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 Environmental education is an important field of study at the university level and also in the framework of adult education. Awareness about the environmental issues at global level is becoming increasingly important for the new society, representing one of the most significant factors for ensuring sustainability. In this respect, a number of European programs are addressed to the people willing to develop projects on this topic, aiming to stimulate the mobility of the involved staff, in order t... Autori: Madlena Nen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27345
POSTCLOSURE INFLUENCE OF EMISSIONS RESULTED FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE DUMP SITES: A CASE STUDY OF THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 4 The Strategy of Waste Management, Horizon 2014-2020, states 8 major objectives with the role of establishing new priorities for Waste Management. Thus, one of the proposed measures for the next 5 years is encouraging the wastes exploitation for energy recovery. In this context, the main goal of our study was to evaluate the level of pollution considering 5 closed municipal waste dump sites from the North-East region of Romania over the period 2013-2015, having in mind at a first glance, the poss... Autori: Brnduşa Mihaela Slușer ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27347
NEW ASPECTS REGARDING IGNITION SENSITIVITY OF AIR-METHANE MIXTURES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 In the economic activities related to combustible substances, it may occur possible emissions and explosive atmospheres. Some typical examples include industrial activities in general, firedamp mines and power generation in particular. The aim of this paper is to accentuate hidden aspects regarding ignition sensitivity of moisturized air methane mixtures. Therefore, the first objective of
the paper is to emphasize the air humidity as an extra factor needed to be considered in relation to igniti... Autori: Marius Darie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27351
PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION WITH COMBUSTION GASES AFTER THE OCCURRENCE OF EXPLOSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 This paper aims to study the behavior of air-gas explosion systems, in terms of propagation speed of pressure wave and flame front, based on experimental measurements in a shock tube, in order to prevent accidental pollution with the combustion gases. The characteristic parameters of the explosion process determined using the shock tube, the velocity of propagation of the flame
front, the speed of propagation of the wave of pressure, explosion pressure at various distances from the source of in... Autori: Emilian Ghicioi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27355
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM SURFACE TEMPERATURE FOR EXPLOSION-PROOF LUMINAIRES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Explosion-proof equipment must be designed so that the ignition of the surrounding explosive atmosphere to be avoided. This is very important because an explosion can have particular implications over goods, life and not least over the environment. One of the ignition sources of an explosive atmosphere is represented by hot surfaces. Each equipment designed to operate in explosive atmospheres develops a maximum surface temperature. The specific standards used to assess explosion protection chara... Autori: Lucian Moldovan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27358
A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE DIMENSIONLESS HEAT FLUX WITH APPLICATION IN MINE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 A major issue in the undergrounding mining is providing the thermal comfort parameters at the work sites and among those the temperature it’s the most important. Also, in calculus of underground mine ventilation, the air temperature must be taken into account. The rate of dimensionless heat flux has a major influence in the mining environment by heating or cooling the air which
flows through a mine work.
The present paper studies the complex problem of heat transfer between air and the s... Autori: Dan Codrut Petrilean ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27361
MICROELEMENTS INFLUENCE ON COAL OXIDATION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IMPLICATIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 The spontaneous combustion of coal or self-oxidation is a phenomenon encountered both in underground mines and coal deposits on the surface, which results from heating the carbonaceous materials by slow oxidation that may occur only through the passage of air (created by air depression). Coal oxidation process generates oxidation products which are also an environmental problem. If we consider the CO2 or CO, their composition depends on the coal properties and other factors from the process.
Th... Autori: Maria Prodan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27363
WORKERS EXPOSURE TO NOISE IN SURFACE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 Discomfort caused by noise is ever-present, having numerous physiological, psychological and social implications. One of the most important discomfort factors for personnel working in the processes of surface coal extraction is represented by noise. This paper examines how noise generated by the process of lignite extraction influences the working capacity of employees.
The covering effect of voice or different sound and verbal signals, during work, leads to tiring efforts of attention, thus de... Autori: Sorin Simion ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27366
METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF MINE VENTILATION NETWORKS AFTER AN EXPLOSION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 During the development of an underground explosion phenomenon, due to the energy of dynamic wave, important mechanical effects are registered both in the affected mine workings and in ventilation constructions (stoppings and seals, ventilation doors, regulators and air crossings). An explosion directly affects the ventilation network by modifying specific operational parameters
of the main fans. This creates a different natural post event repartition of the air flows, at the branch level. In or... Autori: Marius Cornel Șuvar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27367
OPTIMIZATION OF UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT BY IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF VENTILATION NETWORKS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 6 In the process of underground coal mining a complex network of vertical, horizontal and inclined mine workings with the purpose of extraction, transportation and evacuation to the surface are utilized. The mining workings are also being utilized for ventilation network system, which is also used for ensuring the oxygen supply necessary for workers, as well for diluting explosive gases and/or toxic substances and, ultimately, for exhausting the heat resulted from underground workings. For air flo... Autori: Marius Simion Morar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27372
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS OF AIRBONE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION IN SOLID RECOVERED FUEL PLANTS: A CASE STUDY IN ISTANBUL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 In this pilot study, exposure to airborne microorganisms in solid recovered fuel (SRF) plants has been measured. Different steps in SRF production processes such as separation and size reduction can cause generation of airborne microorganisms. Exposure to these biological agents can cause some health problems, so their levels should be measured to assess the potential risks.
Therefore, exposure to airborne total bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi were measured in the runn... Autori: Şenol Yildiz ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27373
CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MORTAR COMPOSITES CONTAINING WASTE PET
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 The main objective of this study was to investigate the potential utilization of polyethylene terephthalate PET waste in cementitious matrix, as substituent to cement, to develop lightweight construction materials and for preventing chemical attacks or repairing various reinforced concrete structures. Composites containing different amounts of PET particles, as partial replacement to cement by weight, were characterized by destructive and non-destructive testing. So, the thermal conductivity, ul... Autori: Ahmed Soufiane Benosman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27381
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 7 This work presents an experimental analysis of the influence of a monocrystalline photovoltaic (PV) panels’ temperature on its
main operating parameters. Victron Energy, SPM 30-12 PV panel is tested, using a double climatic chamber. The PV panel is
placed as a barrier between the two rooms of the climatic chamber. The study is focused on the establishing the effect of raising
temperature of PV panel over electrical parameters: voltage, current and power produced and also over the effici... Autori: Sebastian Valeriu Hudisteanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27397
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DE... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27398
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 7
› › Nr. 4 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE PARAMETERS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
• CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM, CADMIUM AND NICKEL IN TWO CONSUMED FISH SPECIES OF PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
• IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BY USING A DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
• ASSESSMENT OF METAL CONTAMINATION AND ECOLOGICAL RISK IN URBAN SOILS SITUATED NEAR A METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
• FINANCIAL DEVELOPME... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27399
LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ALTERNATIVELY SUPPLIED CARS. RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION CARRIED OUT IN THE NORTH-EAST OF ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 8 The transport of both goods and passengers notably influences air quality. If strong decisions by the governments will not be
taken, oil consumption for transport will be nearly doubled in 2030 if compared with 2000, thus considerably increasing the
atmospheric presence of greenhouse gases. To boost the purchase of alternatively supplied cars would avoid serious, if not
catastrophic, climatic changes. Our investigation shows what the situation is concerning new cars sold by SINA, an official
... Autori: Veronica Novelli ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27411
DECOLORIZATION OF p-DIMETHYLAMINOBENZAL-RHODANINE UNDER PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS BY USE OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES AT VARIOUS BUFFER pHs
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 This paper presents the decolorization of p-Dimethylaminobenzalrhodanine using titanium dioxide nano-particles under
photocatalytic process at various buffer media under air atmosphere. Several effective agents including nano-photocatalyst
loading, illumination time, pH of medium and initial dye concentrations have been subjected to be estimated. Furthermore,
kinetic investigations of photocatalytic process fitted the pseudo-first-order kinetic for dye decolorization at all considered buffer
... Autori: Morteza Montazerozohori ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27423
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE TO TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION IN IASI CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Despite the industrial decline, air pollution continues to be a major issue in Romanian cities. As in many other urban areas, in Iasi
city the traffic is one of the main sources of air pollution which has a high environmental impact, also exposing population’s
health to a high risk. The study focuses on the small scale examining the spatial and temporal variability of air pollution in a very
important and frequently circulated crossroad, Podu de Piatra. Using various data from air pollu... Autori: Alexandru Banica ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27443
MONITORING VARIATIONS IN FULL CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTIONS AT REGIONAL SCALE USING AMBIENT NOISE RECORDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 9 Study on ambient noise cross-correlation has been progressively developed. However, it is still challenging for noise sources are
not evenly distributed. Therefore, we are concerned with how the multiple parts of the noise cross-correlation function are
affected by noise sources, so as to obtain more valuable information. The temporal variations of traveltime and amplitudes of
noise cross-correlations computed in a moving 5-day window for the two period ranges corresponding to the primary (10... Autori: Fang Ye ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27446
DOES AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF LEBANESE FIRMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 10 Globalization and a growing awareness of environmental issues are compelling firms to adhere to international environmental
standards. Lebanese manufacturing industries are increasingly pressured to integrate environmental standards, mainly the ISO
14001 certification, in order to access - enter and compete - international markets. Although the ISO 14001 model is proposed to
promote continual environmental improvement, the standard does not specify definite requirements for environmental
per... Autori: May A. Massoud ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27450
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URBAN AND RURAL ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS IN AND NEAR BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 10 The temporal variation of the pollutant (PM10) levels over urban and rural sites in and near Bucharest was investigated from March 2014 until September 2015. The comparison between the PM10 mass concentration values at urban site and those from referential urban station of Environmental Protection Agency of Bucharest allowed us to detect certain pollution events. Considering this purpose the optical parameters characterizing the loading of the atmosphere (Aerosol Optical Depth-AOD) and the type ... Autori: Gabriela Manolache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27467
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INTERNAL MICROCLIMATE INSIDE A LIVESTOCK BUILDING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 In the current work, a numerical model for the prediction of temperature, air velocity, relative humidity and ammonia distribution released by sheep and goats manure inside a naturally ventilated livestock building is presented. Given that noteworthy amount of gaseous pollutants are emitted by the agricultural and animal husbandry activities, the study of the indoor microclimate is essential to be investigated for the healthy growth of the breeding livestock. The developed numerical model is sat... Autori: Catherine Baxevanou ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27482
ANALYSIS OF PARTICULATE MATTERS IN AIR OF PALM OIL MILLS - A STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 The particulate matter samples were studied in the surrounding of the different mills in Penang and Kedah State, Malaysia.
Multivariate statistical techniques such as multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), discriminant analysis (DA) and
principal components analysis (PCA) were applied in analyzing the air quality data. MANOVA showed a strong significant
difference between the five palm oil mills. DA identified two functions responsible for discriminating the mills and it showed
that the... Autori: Nik Norulaini Nik Abd. Rahman ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27484
EMPIRICAL GREENS FUNCTION DECONVOLUTION APPLIED FOR VRANCEA EARTHQUAKES OCCURRED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 11 The Vrancea seismogenic area, located at the South-Eastern Carpathians in Romania, is generating extreme destructive subcrustal
earthquakes in Europe. The largest events generated in the last ten years in the Vrancea subcrustal domain occurred on May 14,
2005 (01:53, 45.64oN, 26.53oE, h=149 km, Mw = 5.5), April 25, 2009 (17:18, 45.68oN, 26.62oE, h=110 km, Mw = 5.4) and
October 6, 2013 (01:37, 45.67oN, 26.58oE, h=135 km, Mw = 5.2). The purpose of the present paper is to determine the seismic
... Autori: Mircea Radulian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27492
APPLICATION OF LANDSCAPE METRICS FOR ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE/ LAND COVER (LULC) CHANGES IN VARJIN PROTECTED AREA, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Protected areas are valuable ecosystems standpoint providing various ecological processes and functions. Unfortunately, during the recent decades, population growth and human development have been changed the land use/land cover of the most protected areas in the world. Varjin Protected Area is one of the oldest protected areas. In this study, landscape metrics were used to reveal landscape patterns in Varjin Protected Area using Landsat satellite imagery from 1986, 2000 and 2010. For this purpo... Autori: Shirkou Jaafari ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27512
DYNAMIC AIR TOXIC EMISSION FACTOR OF MOTORCYCLES IN BANGKOK, THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 Average emission factors of air toxic compounds, emitted from motorcycles in Bangkok, Thailand were analyzed using the IVE (International Vehicle Emission) model. The model was utilized taking into account the actual fleet and characteristics of motorcycles of the study area. Four air toxic compounds (namely benzene, 1,3 butadiene, acetaldehyde and formaldehyde) and their emission rates were calculated under two main pollution abatement scenarios (the improvement of fuel quality and switching of... Autori: Pantitcha Outapa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27513
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THERMAL STABILITY OF BUILDING INSULATION MATERIALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 16 › Nr. 12 This study undertakes to characterize through thermal analysis in dynamic conditions a wide range of building materials used for various types of insulation and presents for the first time a comparative analysis of their thermal stability. To this effect, the dynamic thermal analysis TG/DTG was applied. The results show a degradation resulting in one, two or three stages after a complex mechanism, with different mass loss, depending on the structure and atmosphere in which the thermal decomposit... Autori: Andreea-Camelia Sprnceană ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27514
AN EXAMINATION INTO RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS BY UK EMPLOYEES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 1 This paper examines employees’ work-related attitudes to recycling and waste management systems whilst retaining a link with personal domestic behavior. A questionnaire of 38 Likert-type items measured employee attitudes to environmental, waste
management and recycling, environmental and sustainability concerns, perceived costs and benefits to the company. The hypotheses included demographic differences in attitudes, that attitudes and behavior are related and that behaviors transfer from... Autori: Oliver Heidrich ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27531
MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PARTICLE MOTION APPLIED ON A MANURE SPREADING APPARATUS USED IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 1 It is acknowledged that organic fertilizers and wastes, such as animal slurries/manure from intensive farm enterprise, sewage sludge, poultry litter are and will continue to be spread on agricultural land and provide beneficial nutrients to crops. However, many of these materials which are also potentially polluting if not properly managed can pose a risk to groundwater and surface
water quality. Generally, their distribution on the soil is performed with specialized machines to reduce the risk... Autori: Vasilica Ştefan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27545
MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION (MLR) MODELS USED TO PREDICT THE THERMAL STABILITY OF SOME POLYIMIDES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 Two multiple linear regression (MLR) models were developed with the aim to estimate the decomposition temperature of a series of polyimides. Two parameters, Tni and Tai, corresponding to the temperature of 10 % weight loss of the sample, determined by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis under conditions of N2 inert atmosphere and air, respectively, were used as a criterion for thermal stability. The obtained MLR models correlate thermostability with a series of characteristics of the studied poly... Autori: Catalin Lisa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27556
PASSENGER CAR DEPENDENCY AND CONSEQUENT AIR POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS IN IASI METROPOLITAN AREA (ROMANIA)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 Urban expansion, often seen as an indicator of economic growth and a possible response to housing crisis in big cities, is the main driver for carbon emissions in the metropolitan area due to higher values of household income, vehicle ownership and home size. The transport related pollution includes over 200 different compounds: besides CO2 emissions, CO, NOx, BTX and dust resulting from exhausting processes, from abrasive wear of brakes, tires and road surfaces. The expansion of the urban areas... Autori: Lucian Roșu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27560
AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART II USER INTERFACE AND FIELD VALIDATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 Environmental quantitative risk assessment requires the development of multimedia modeling tools to address dynamic site conditions at field scale. This work is the second part in a two-part series. A new fuzzy-set enhanced environmental multimedia modeling system (FEMMS) has been presented in Part I. Environmental multimedia modeling often involves a sizeable amount of parameters and data. The challenges have been the difficulties to quantify the uncertainties and to manage the data and main mo... Autori: Zhi Chen ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27573
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 4
› Vol. 1 › Nr. 11 • Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 4
• AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART II USER INTERFACE AND FIELD VALIDATION
• COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF OPTIMIZING CONCENTRATED FEED BLENDS TO DECREASE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
• FATE AND BIODEGRADATION OF ESTROGENS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS A REVIEW
• ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION OF MIXED MUN... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27577
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 4
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 4 • Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 4
• AN ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL MULTIMEDIA MODELLING SYSTEM (FEMMS): PART II USER INTERFACE AND FIELD VALIDATION
• COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF OPTIMIZING CONCENTRATED FEED BLENDS TO DECREASE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
• FATE AND BIODEGRADATION OF ESTROGENS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS A REVIEW
• ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION OF MIXED MUN... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27576
BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM CORN BIOETHANOL WHOLE STILLAGE: EVALUATION OF TWO DIFFERENT INOCULA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 According to EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Lithuania obligates to ensure sustainable growth, gain and maintain good condition of marine environment until 2020. In accordance with the sustainability approach, every potential cost and energy cutting as well as social sustainability measure for wastewater treatment should be explored. Nonetheless, Lithuania wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the sustainability context have never been evaluated before. A comprehensive set of 30 sustainab... Autori: Lszl Gyenge ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27578
INFLUENCE OF FINE BUBBLE GENERATORS NOZZLES DIAMETER ON THE DISSOLVED O2 CONCENTRATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 This paper presents an experimental study regarding the influence of fine bubble generators (FBG) nozzles on the oxygen transfer rate from air to water, in case of pneumatic aeration processes of stationary (still) waters. This experimental study was conducted after three types of fine bubbles generators were previously computed, designed and constructed to satisfy the conditions imposed
in order to provide valid experimental results. The three constructive versions were tested under similar op... Autori: Ionela Mihaela Căluşaru ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27579
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION: A CASE STUDY IN LITHUANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 According to EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, Lithuania has to ensure sustainable growth, gain and maintain good condition of marine environment until 2020. In accordance with the sustainability approach, every potential cost and energy cutting as well as social sustainability measure for wastewater treatment should be explored. Nonetheless, Lithuania wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the sustainability context have never been evaluated before. A comprehensive set of 30 sustainable dev... Autori: Jolanta Dvarionienė ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27583
OPTIMIZATION OF SOME CATIONS FOR REMOVAL OF ARSENIC FROM GROUNDWATER BY ELECTROCOAGULATION PROCESS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 This study dealt with investigation of arsenic removal from groundwater using electrocoagulation (EC) method in a batch mode by the Box-Behnken experimental design method. Effects of some cations like Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn and operating time on the removal were explored by an air injected EC reactor. The combined effects of these variables were analyzed by the quadratic model for predicting
the highest removal efficiency of arsenic from groundwater. The arsenic removal efficiency was found to be depen... Autori: Mehmet Kobya ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27584
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED APPROACH FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF GROUNDWATER NITROGEN POLLUTION NEAR A CLOSED OLD LANDFILL SITE IN BEIJING, CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 Groundwater pollution investigation near old and closed landfill sites is increasingly attracting more attention. Nitrogen compounds, especially those leached from the landfill area, are often regarded as a main pollution source for the groundwater. This study investigated the nitrogen pollution in the groundwater near a closed old landfill area of Beijing, China. The field investigation showed that the nitrate-polluted groundwater was determined as Class VI (refers to bad quality) at the detect... Autori: Jun Wu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27585
ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE EMISSION ON MAINLINE FREEWAY UNDER ISOLATED AND INTEGRATED RAMP METERING STRATEGIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 5 On freeways with multiple on-ramps, it is a common practice to design a ramp metering strategy so as to regulate the entering rates from ramps and minimize the disruptions on the mainline. Most of the existing studies examine the performance of ramp metering on mobility and safety, rather than their impacts on the environment. This paper focuses on the estimates of vehicle emissions along mainline freeways under various ramp metering strategies. Vehicle speed and acceleration rates were measured... Autori: Jianbang Du ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27600
IMPROVING RUNWAY STRIP PERFORMANCE TO FULFILL INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH ECO-EFFICIENT SOIL TREATMENTS: CASE STUDY OF A MAJOR ITALIAN AIRPORT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 The paper presents a case study of a significant intervention conducted on a major Italian airport for improving the structural and functional properties of the runway safety STRIP in order to fulfill specific national and international standards.
The STRIP had to accomplish strict requirements in terms of the maximum longitudinal and transversal terrain slope and minimum values of bearing capacity; in particular, soil bearing capacity was identified as the main lack and thus the most urgent ac... Autori: Maurizio Crispino ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27603
EFFICIENCY AND CO2 EMISSION OF HEAT ENGINES OPERATING WITH HYDROGEN RICH GAS (HRG) ADDITION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 The effects of gas addition on efficiency and CO2 emission were investigated with a compression ignition (CI) engine and a spark ignition (SI) engine operating with hydrocarbons-based fuels. Hydrogen rich gas (HRG) provided by an electrolyze, was aspirated into the air stream inducted in the engine cylinders. Investigation was conducted at engine light and medium loads and speeds, with relative low concentrations of HRG. For the CI engine, HRG addition up to 12.5% energetic fraction in fuel lowe... Autori: Gheorghe Niculae ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27606
SUSTAINABLE KNOWLEDGE BASED ORGANIZATIONS DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 In the context of globalization, the economic environment started to be more dynamic, complex and uncertain. As a result, some
managers focused on developing sustainable organizations while others became preoccupied with creating knowledge based firms.
But sustainability and knowledge aren’t as different as it seem; knowledge is a resource and sustainability concentrates on the
rational use of resources. As a consequence, this article aims to highlight what a sustainable knowledge based... Autori: Ramona - Diana Leon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27618
APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) IN EVALUATING MEASURES FOR MITIGATION OF EMISSION IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES NEAR LIGNITE-FIRED POWER PLANT AT MAE MOH, THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 A coal-fired steam power plant, located near an open pit coal mine in Mae Moh, Lampang, a province in the north of Thailand, has been in operation since 1978, with a generating capacity of 2,400 megawatts, and lignite consumption of 40,000 tons/day. A maximum hourly concentration of SO2 of 3,418 μg/m3 was measured and an emission of 150 tons/hour of SO2 from the power plant was estimated. In order to mitigate the impacts of the emission on human health, crops and livestock, several measures h... Autori: Athikom Bangviwat ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27621
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 6
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 6 FLUCTUATION OF RIVER NETWORK WATER ENVIRONMENTAL CARRYING CAPACITY IN A COMPLICATED RIVER-LAKE SYSTEM
• MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY METALS FOR THE FAGUL CETĂȚII TAILINGS, ROMANIA
• ACCUMULATION AND AVAILABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM SOIL INTO ORIENTAL TOBACCO GROWN IN MACEDONIA
• OLFACTORY EFFECT ON LANDSCAPE PREFERENCE
• EFFECT OF MOLASSES ADDITION AS BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL ON PHENOL REMO... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27628
REMOVAL EFFICIENCY OF PAHs IN WASTEWATER: STATISTICAL EVALUATIONS WITH CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL INDICATORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are very hazardous compounds. This investigation is the third in a series of three experiments carried out in conventional wastewater treatment plants with regard to PAHs. The first experiment regarded the analysis of PAHs in a municipal wastewater sewage system and in the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, followed by a comparison between the observed removal efficiency and FATE model (US-EPA) predictions. The second experiment was carried out in... Autori: Vincenzo Torretta ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27629
MARINE AEROSOL FLUXES DETERMINED BY SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF EDDY COVARIANCE AND GRADIENT METHOD
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 In this paper the results of the aerosol flux measurements in near water boundary layer are presented. Measurements were conducted using two micrometeorological methods in the southern Baltic Sea region. The preliminary results of comparisons of two methods are discussed. The eddy covariance (EC) method is shown as a method for the calibration of the gradient method (GM). The reason for proceeding with such calibration is to show that the GM, which is an indirect measuring method, is comparable ... Autori: Piotr Markuszewski ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27630
EFFECTS OF OZONATION ON THE ULTRAFILTRATION OF MEAT INDUSTRY WASTEWATER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 Water is currently becoming a strategically important material, and the importance of water and wastewater treatment technologies is therefore increasing. Wastewater from the food industry has many special features originating from its high organic matter content. Meat industry wastewater additionally has a high fat content. We investigated the effects of ultrafiltration and ozonation, individually and in combination, for the treatment of meat industrial wastewater. Ozone gas was generated from ... Autori: Cecilia Hodr ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27631
EXPRESS-CAR-HIRE A NEW CONCEPT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE HIRING WITHIN AIRPORT TERMINALS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 While trying to reduce the air pollution caused by traditional traffic means like planes and conventional cars, new concepts of car sharing (either conventional or electric) emerged. Although many such concepts are daring and innovative, they're not implemented on a large enough scale; to help reducing air pollution, the acceptance (and hence implementation) of these concepts needs to systematically increase. This paper introduces a design methodology for such a concept - based on competitiv... Autori: Laszlo Bartha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27632
GROWTH OF Phormidium bigranulatum-DOMINATED MAT IN RELATION TO NATURE OF THE SUBSTRATUM, TIME, pH AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 The growth of a non-axenic Phormidium bigranulatum-dominated mat was tested under a range of chemical parameters and types of substrate. Total biomass yield (in term of mg chlorophyll a) of mats grown on muslin cloth (0.64 mg) and cotton mesh (0.62 mg) were significantly higher than those on other substrates, such as, nylon net (0.50 mg), sands of river Sone (0.43 mg) and river Ganga (0.30 mg), rice husk (0.38 mg) and saw dust (0.21 mg). The Phormidium mat would be easy to handle in bioremdation... Autori: Dhananjay Kumar ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27635
EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION ON HUMAN HEALTH - A CASE STUDY OF A METROPOLITAN CITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 2 The present study aims to examine and model the adverse effects of vehicular emission on urban air quality and consequently on human health. It will facilitate the town planners to quantify the ill effects of vehicle generated air pollutants on human health to enable them to decide due weightage to be given to this attribute at planning level. Allahabad, a metropolitan city of India has been selected as the study area. Monitoring was conducted at various locations in the study area to evaluate t... Autori: Binay K. Singh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27638
THE (DOMINANCE BASED) ROUGH SET APPROACH APPLIED TO AIR POLLUTION IN A HIGH RISK RATE INDUSTRIAL AREA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 This study presents a Rough Set Analysis (RSA) application, partially based on dominance in relation to air micro-pollution
management in an industrial place with a high environmental risk rate, such as the industrial area of Siracusa, located in the South
of Italy. This new data analysis instrument has been applied to different decisional problems in various fields with considerable
success. Therefore, it is believed that it could also be used for the environmental issue related to multi-att... Autori: Agata Matarazzo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27663
ESTIMATION OF REAL-SKY GLOBAL AND DIFFUSE RADIATION FOR BRAŞOV URBAN AREA, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 This paper proposes a study on the estimation of daily solar irradiation (global and diffuse irradiation) under real-sky conditions
and the validation of proposed estimation models by analyzing the most important statistical indicators. Two types of regressions
are proposed for the estimation of solar daily global irradiation; the first type is based on the second order degree Ångström-Prescott
correlations; the second type uses the second order Ångström-Prescott correla... Autori: Elena Eftimie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27670
ASSESSING A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: THE EXAMPLE OF LEISURE FARMS IN TAIWAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 3 This study explores the sustainable development of organic farms and organic farming in Taiwan by analyzing leisure services and
the relationship between farmers and their entrepreneurial goals. Internet searches were used to identify 120 organic leisure farms
in Taiwan with their own websites, which were subjected to content analysis. The researchers then mailed questionnaires to each
Taiwanese organic farm for which a full mailing address could be located. A total of 403 valid questionnaire... Autori: Tsung Hung Lee ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27671
A BRIEF REVIEW ON RECENT ADVANCES IN AIR-CATHODE MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 The performance of cathode affects the overall performance of a microbial fuel cell (MFC), and cathode configuration affects the fabrication cost of this bioelectrochemical system in a large way. Various modifications in cathode structures have been observed in MFCs. Among them air-cathode MFCs are considered to be the most efficient and sustainable option due to elimination of aeration, as required in aqueous cathodes which consumes energy and increases operating cost of MFCs. An air cathode us... Autori: Pritha Chatterjee ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27680
INTEGRATED USE OF TWO MICROALGAL SPECIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 One of the main challenges for the development of biomass algal system production is the high operational and capital costs for these technologies. A great opportunity to overcome these challenges may however exist in the integration of wastewater treatment with algal biomass production. The algae are used for treatment of industrial wastewater, for purification of effluent originating from livestock production, while the studies concerning the use of algae species for the treatment of aquacultu... Autori: Katya Velichkova ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27684
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS OF PM10 AND PM2.5 CONCENTRATIONS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 Atmospheric concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 were measured in Beirut, Lebanon, for a period of 12 months. The daily average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 were found to be 51.3 ± 33.1 and 30.3 ± 9.4 μg.m−3, respectively, with corresponding maximum values of 359.7 and 208.6 μg.m−3. The annual average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 exceeded the World Health Organization’s standards by 150% and 200%, respectively. The mean concentration of coarse particles ... Autori: Wehbeh Farah ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27696
ENERGY SOURCES ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 7 A judicious use of energy is a fundamental factor to achieve sustainable development. The limited character of energetic fossil resources and the pollution generated by burning fossil fuels for electricity production generate the need to replace them with other sources of energy. Despite the fact that fossil fuels would continue to play a prevailing role in the energy supply for decades to come, renewable energy resources have the potential of contributing to the increasing global energy demands... Autori: Tiberiu Rusu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27700
IDENTIFICATION OF FOCAL ACTORS IN THE TRANSLATION OF THE RURAL TOURISM ACTOR-NETWORK: A CASE IN CHINA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 The construction of rural tourism actor-network is an innovative transformation process, which integrates natural, economic, social and cultural focal actors of multi-functional agriculture in a rural area. The transformation process is a translation of these actors incorporated into a spatial distribution of landscape, which accelerates rural tourism through innovative integration. This study provides a method to measure and analyze the characteristics of focal actors in the translation process... Autori: Liaoji Zheng ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27761
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF WATER AND AIR CURED PORTLAND CEMENT-FLY ASH-SILICA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This paper investigated the compressive strength and thermal conductivity of water and air cured Portland cement-fly ash-silica fume mortars. The results showed that density, compressive strength and thermal conductivity of blended cement mortars with fly ash were lower than Portland cement control. However, blended cement mortars that contained silica fume as replacement cement both in binary and ternary phase were higher than fly ash mixes and tends to increase with increase silica fume used a... Autori: Chalermphan Narattha ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27731
PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING MODELS IN ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING APPLIED TO TAIWAN MID-WEST COAST
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 The aim of this study is to identify the influential factors which affect the planning and construction process in coastal ecological engineering. Through the application of AHP to analyze weight, it applies the data obtained from descriptive statistics as a reference in decision-making. Research methods are by means of expert questionnaire. To understand the same and different points of views from the experts and scholars, then according to different purposes it uses the results of this study i... Autori: Chi-Shun Hsu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27732
APPLYING THE TOPSIS-F METHOD TO ASSESS AIR POLLUTION IN VILNIUS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 These days many works analyse air pollution, sources of air pollution, the impact of air pollution on human health, and ways to reduce air pollution. Since air pollution is affected by many factors, this paper presents a multi-attribute decision-making approach to assess air pollution. The proposed approach comprises four steps: selecting the attributes for the assessment, applying the TOPSIS-F method (the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution with fuzzy sets) in the ... Autori: Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27733
INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF A CAFETERIA WITH A ROTOR TURBINE VENTILATOR (RTV) AND CROSS-CORRELATIONS BETWEEN INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPANCY RATE AND METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 Indoor air quality (IAQ) improvement potential of rotor turbine ventilator (RTV) was researched by setting up an RTV on the outer part of the chimney of a kitchen, located in a “windy” city, Çanakkale, Turkey. Efficiency of RTV was assessed by preliminary tests, conducted in a three-storey restaurant. After obtaining positive results in terms of airborne bacteria count (TBC) from these tests, long-term measurements were carried out in a cafeteria by air sampling before and aft... Autori: Sibel Mentese ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27734
HEALTH DAMAGES FROM INDOOR AIR POLLUTION QUANTIFIED USING A NOVEL OFFICE BUILDING DIAGNOSIS METHODOLOGY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This study applied a novel receptor design to the development of an indoor air quality diagnosis (IAQD) system. Indoor air pollutants were converted into simple air quality and health damage indices to evaluate the health risks associated with renovated and unrenovated offices. The outcomes of the IAQD methodology presented R2 values of 0.705 and 0.700 for renovated and unrenovated offices, respectively. These values indicate moderate level of prediction accuracy. IAQD results related to typical... Autori: Huang-Chin Wang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27735
THE EFFECT OF HEAVY METALS ON MITE COMMUNITIES (ACARI: GAMASINA) FROM URBAN PARKS - BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 This paper presents the effect of heavy metal soil pollutants (Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn) on soil mite communities in three urban parks within Bucharest, Romania: Cişmigiu, Unirea and Izvor. For each park, the investigations were based on three transects that were established in relation to the nearest source of air pollution i.e. heavy traffic from the main boulevards. The study was carried out in 2007. 405 soil samples were collected, comprising 14 species of Gamasina. The highest numerical density ... Autori: Minodora Manu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27736
EMISSION INTENSITY AND ABATEMENT COST OF FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS IN THAILAND
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 Monitoring of air emission and pollution control cost is a key to improve air quality management of electricity generation industry. This research comprehensively evaluates abatement cost of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), emission intensity and emission inventory of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from Thailand’s fossil fuel power plants. The research applied bottom-up approach with continuously monitored ... Autori: Wasin Pinprateep ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27740
REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATERIALS FROM TANNERY WASTEWATER CONTAINING AMMONIA FOR REUSE USING ELECTRO-OXIDATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 Leather manufacturing process generates significant volume of wastewater. Deliming is one of the unit processes, in which about 4.5 L of wastewater is generated per one Kg of pelt. Reuse of wastewater from the unit processes, where significant volume of wastewater is generated is much important to address pollution mineralization and water conservation. Presence of significant level of organic pollutants is the primary factor that deters reuse of waste streams. In this paper, the Electro-Oxidati... Autori: Sundaramoorthy Sundarapandiyan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27744
POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON NUTRIENT LOADS IN LITHUANIAN RIVERS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 The potential effects of climate change on nutrient (total N and total P) loads in four large-scale (A=2940–6771 km2) river basins in Lithuania were analyzed. The climate impact assessment was based on an ensemble of four (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5) future climate projections, representing the averaged outputs from three (GFDL-CM3, NorESM1-M and HadGEM2-ES) global climate models. For each climate projection, near-future (2016–2035) and distant-future (2081–2100) time pe... Autori: Arvydas Povilaitis ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27751
MANAGEMENT PLANNING OF DEMANDING OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN SISANGAN FOREST PARK (IRAN)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 9 Many ecotourism destinations unfortunately tend to become unsustainable and even self-destructive due to inappropriate environmental assessments. On the other hand, because of the increasing people’s willingness to tourism and relaxation, it is necessary to select and introduce new regions for tourism. To do this, the application of relevant criteria can be a profitable method. The purpose of this study is to identify nature-based tourism activities and also site selection for them in Sisa... Autori: Sedigheh Babazadeh Khameneh ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27755
COMPOSITION OF TRACE METALS IN INDOOR DUST DURING AND AFTER BUILDING RENOVATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 8 A study was conducted to determine the composition and concentration of trace metals in suspended particulate matter (PM10) and indoor dust in two academic buildings of Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia. One building was in the final phases of renovation (UR) and the other building had just finished renovation (AR). PM10 sampling of air was performed using a low volume sampler (LVS), and samples of indoor dust were obtained using a brush and a small plastic bag. The compositions of trace metals in b... Autori: Mohd Talib Latif ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27758
MEASURING METABOLIC RATE TO IMPROVE COMFORT MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 Indoor environment significantly affects occupants’ health and productivity. However, in smart buildings and cities, it can be improved thanks to the implementation of innovative ICT systems and services. Thermal comfort is one of the most complex aspects to be considered to enhance occupants’ well-being, because of the relevant role played by subjective parameters (physiological, psychological and cultural) in its evaluation. This challenge can be tackled by integrating wearable dev... Autori: Andrea Calvaresi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27783
AN INTEGRATED HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION APPROACH TO MONITOR VOCs CONCENTRATIONS AND ODOUR ANNOYANCE NEAR A PETROLEUM PLANT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 This study aims to monitor Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and odour annoyance perceived by the exposed population living nearby a petroleum plant through an integrated high temporal resolution methodological approach. The area under investigation is considered one of the most critical industrial areas of the South of Italy (Basilicata) because of presence of the largest Italian petroleum plant, called the "Center Olio Val d'Agri" (COVA). In fact, VOCs and odours emitted from ext... Autori: Alessia Di Gilio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27791
INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR INNOVATIVE MONITORING STRATEGIES OF RESERVOIRS AND LAKES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 10 An innovative strategy significantly increasing data density by introducing a flexible, problem-orientated, and cost-effective water quality monitoring approach is presented. Most current monitoring strategies produce water quality data based on fixed stations conducted on fixed dates throughout a defined period of time and, thus, often give a biased and insufficient picture of the water quality. Establishing a refined picture of water quality while not increasing monitoring costs clearly needs ... Autori: Wiebke Warner ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27805
ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATION OF Ti/TiO2 ANODES PREPARED BY DC-MAGNETRON SPUTTERING: DEGRADATION OF ACID ORANGE 7
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 Ti/TiO2 films were prepared by DC reactive magnetron sputtering followed by annealing in air at 400 ºC for 4 h. Structural tests have been performed to characterize the films, showing that the prepared films present 70% of anatase phase. When these results are compared with those from TiO2 films grown on glass substrates with similar deposition parameters, it can be seen that Ti substrates favour the formation of rutile phase, which is not observed on the films supported on glass, indicatin... Autori: Susana Srio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27868
INVESTIGATIONS ON AIR QUALITY IN THE HISTORIC WOODEN CHURCH IN ORADEA CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 The present study describes the results of air quality analysis and surfaces inside the Orthodox Church in Oradea City, Romania, a wooden monument (BH-II-m-B-20958), originally built in the village Letca from Sălaj County and displaced in 1991 to the campus of the University of Oradea. The paper focuses on the degree of microbial and fungal contamination of surfaces and air inside the wooden church. It also identifies various microbial species with potential risk on the health of parishione... Autori: Dorina Camelia Ilieș ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27858
VARIETY BEHAVIORS OF DEPTH AND SURFACE FILTER MEDIA WITH THE AGES FOR PLEATED FILTER CARTRIDGES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 11 The aim of this study is to investigate a variety behaviors of two kinds of media (multiple-layer structures and multiple-layer structures combined with surface treatment, such as finer fibers) with ages using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and to determine the effect of fabric microstructures on cake formation and pulse cleaning. The results show that fine particles are readily deposited on the surface and inside depth filter medium. The fine fibers with diameters (~0.08 microns, this val... Autori: Yan Cuiping ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27842
LEACHABILITY OF HEAVY METALS FROM SLAG RESIDUES UNDER INTENSE TEMPERATURE AND STIRRING CONDITIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 Air cooled and water cooled slag samples were obtained from a demonstration plasma gasification / vitrification unit. The
leachability of the major heavy metals present (Cr, Cu, Mn, Fe, Pb and Zn) in both the air cooled and water cooled slag when in
contact with acidic solutions was investigated under different temperature, stirring and contact time conditions. Water cooled slag
showed better resistance to heavy metals leaching. The vitrification process immobilised Cr and Pb. The leachabilit... Autori: Konstantinos Moustakas ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27882
A MULTI -AGENT SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND ANALYZING THE AIR QUALITY INDEX
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 There has been an increasingly awareness over the environmental impact of human activities, along with the exponential industrial
growth, over the last decades. One of the negative important issues is the air pollution and its impact over the human health in
recent years. Therefore, there have been initiated several laws and projects in order to monitor, analyze and forecast the evolution
of the most important air pollutants. In this paper, it have been designed a multi agent system based mod... Autori: Elia Georgiana Dragomir ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27888
MULTI-OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE SELECTION OF A SUSTAINABLE GREYWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 1 Greywater reuse is widely accepted as a suitable response to the increasing demand of fresh water in urban areas. On the other
hand, strict environmental regulations have obligated the development and implementation of membrane separation technologies
for production of municipal potable water, in industrial water supply and in wastewater treatment. Potential energy crisis in the
future has highlighted the importance of using renewable source of energy for membrane separation processes. This r... Autori: Mohammad Ramezanianpour ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27889
INORGANIC CARBON ACQUISITION BY Gracilaria edulis AND ITS EFFECT ON GROWTH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 The utilization of inorganic carbon by the red macroalgae, Gracilaria edulis (G. edulis) was investigated in this study. G. edulis
were grown in brackish water aerated with varying concentration of carbon dioxide - 350 ppm (actual atmospheric carbon dioxide,
CO2), 700 ppm and 1400 ppm CO2 gas. Higher growth rate was observed in culture medium aerated with 1400 ppm CO2 and the
lowest growth rate was observed at actual atmospheric carbon concentration. Besides that, significant pH drift was obs... Autori: Lavania-Baloo ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27900
SEASONAL OCCURRENCE OF HEAT ISLAND PHENOMENON IN THE URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Latest analysis regarding the climate change phenomenon arises issues related to air quality, human comfort within urban
environments and an increased energy demand attributed to the building sector. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is
directly responsible for the poor quality of life in cities and for increased energy consumption. Characteristic features pertaining to
a specific urban environment, such as local microclimatic conditions, urban morphology and anthropogenic heat release
... Autori: Adriana Lucia Kadhim-Abid ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27913
INDOOR/OUTDOOR CORRELATIONS REGARDING INDOOR AIR POLLUTION WITH PARTICULATE MATTER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 This paper presents the results of a case study conducted between 2.04 and 24.04.2013 in order to establish the most relevant
indicators that characterize the influence of outdoor air pollution, with particulate matter having a nominal diameter less than 2.5μm
(PM2.5), on the quality of indoor air from a new building. The tests consisted in simultaneous determination of the daily average
PM2.5 concentrations at four indoor sites and at one outside, nearby the building.
The average PM2.5 c... Autori: Elena Bucur ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27914
OUTSOURCING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Recent studies have demonstrated how buyers can influence the environmental performance of suppliers. However, although
industrial waste accounts for much of the waste generated in the west, little is known about how industrial waste is managed
downstream. We present an analysis of the drivers influencing the decision to opt for waste-to-recovery rather than disposal
facilities. The drivers were investigated by a questionnaire survey. Findings show that the manufacturing industry is more like... Autori: Natalia Marzia Gusmerotti ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27915
CHARGED AIRBORNE PARTICLES AS INDICATORS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND THEIR RELATION WITH LOCAL POPULATION HEALTH IN THREE ROMANIAN CITIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 Electrically charged particles of air pollutants show the degree of atmospheric pollution they being consistent with some chemical
indicators of air pollution. This study analyses these indicators of atmospheric pollution (EIAP) present in various zones around
the cities of Iasi, Bacau and Piatra Neamt and correlate them with the incidence of some diseases amongst the population. The
results show that certain values of electrical indicators of atmospheric pollution point to a higher incidence... Autori: Liliana Sachelarie ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27916
ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ECO-EFFICIENCY BASED ON MFA-LCA-MFCA METHODS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 2 The objective of this paper is to investigate eco-efficiency in a durable goods manufacturing system. It is intended to apply a method
used in a company producing heating devices within the boiler sector. A hybrid methodology is used to assess the eco-efficiency of
manufacturing processes, based on combining Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, and Material Flow Cost Accounting.
This provides an effective approach to evaluate environmental and economic performance in the context of ... Autori: Aldona Kluczek ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27918
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS IN SMALL MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES OF IRON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING UNITS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 This study was planned to identify factors which affect workers health and their safe working in unregistered and partially registered
small iron units preparing 90- 95 % iron furniture under sheds. Focused group discussions (FGD) were conducted among workers
of iron furniture manufacturing units (IFMU) employing a cross sectional, descriptive, analytic and time limited study. Personal
interviews methodology was adopted to assess workers for their exposure to occupational risks, protective eq... Autori: Saima Aslam Bharwana ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27925
SPATIAL EVALUATION OF NO2, SO2, PM10 AND BTEX CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN AMBIENT AIR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 During the 2014-2015 period of environmental air quality research, concentrations of NO2, SO2 and BTEX (benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene and xylenes) and PM10 were measured. In order to evaluate the spatial distribution of pollutants, 5 sampling sites in
Anykščiai city (Lithuania) were chosen. Measured values of NO2, SO2, PM10 and benzene were compared with limit values set
for these pollutants in ambient air according to 2008/50/EC and 2000/69/EC directives. Toluene, ethylbenzene, ... Autori: Dainius Paliulis ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27926
APPROACHES FOR ACCELERATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 The application of complex ecological approaches in biological wastewater treatment, assessment of its effect on the effectiveness
of the process and comparison of the obtained data to the restrictions in the environmental legislation are key elements of the study.
The processes in an anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor, the first module from diphase anaerobic-aerobic biotechnology
for dairy wastewater treatment, are investigated. The creation of highly specialized biological system by... Autori: Irina Schneider ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27929
ADSORPTION OF PHENOL ON ADSORBENTS PRODUCED FROM COCONUT TREE WASTE: KINETIC AND EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 Agro-industrial waste are seen as potential precursors in the development of adsorbents for the removal of phenolic compounds,
which exhibit a harmful effect to human health due to their high toxicity. This work evaluated the use of coal prepared from coconut
tree agro-industrial waste, for the adsorption of phenol in aqueous solutions. Three coal samples were prepared as follows:
carbonized only (Cb), activated with synthetic air (Cair) and activated with CO2 (CCO2). Based on the results of ... Autori: Marta Duarte ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27937
TECHNICAL SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 Sustainable management of transboundary rivers, especially in water-scarce regions is increasingly becoming more challenging
due to the collective adverse impact of upstream development and climate change on transboundary scale. Two major tributaries
of the Tigris River, the Diyala (Sīrvān) and the Lesser Zab River basins, are shared between Iraq and Iran. They were adopted as
representative basins for a large number of transboundary rivers, where short-sighted perspectives are curr... Autori: Furat Al-Faraj ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27938
REMOVAL OF NH+ 4-N FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY CERAMSITE COATED WITH Mg(OH)2 COMBINED WITH AIR STRIPPING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 3 Removal of excessive ammonium nitrogen (NH+4-N) from aqueous solution has been of considerable concern for several decades.
It can be removed by air stripping, a necessary prerequisite is adding enough alkali. This study presented the first attempt to
investigate the potential use of ceramsite coated with magnesium hydroxide (CCMH) on the effectiveness of NH+4-N removal
coupled with air stripping at ambient temperature without alkali addition. The results showed that the CCMH coupled with air... Autori: Tianpeng Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27940
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27946
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 4 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27947
CONTINUOUS INVASIVE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY FOR DETERMINATION OF AIR VELOCITY AT THE LEVEL OF MAIN VENTILATION STATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Proper functioning of the main ventilation station depends on the mining network’s degree of ventilation. Also, knowledge of
changes in instantaneous aerodynamic parameters offers the possibility of taking operational measures necessary to maintain
optimal health and safety in the underground. The objective of the present paper is to identify a new method of monitoring the
aerodynamic parameters at the main ventilation station.
... Autori: Emeric Chiuzan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27949
PARTICULATE MATTERS GENERATED BY CAPRISOARA TAILING POND AND THEIR IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Analyzing and reducing the possible effects of air pollution on human health became important issues for improving the quality of
life in urban areas. Particulate matters (PM) are air pollutants with a potential important impact on the health of vulnerable people
(e.g., children, elderly) and non-vulnerable people as well. The level of PM air pollution is mainly influenced by the PM
concentration and by parameters such as the meteorological conditions and the synergic effects of other air pol... Autori: Adrian Florea ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27951
MODELLING THE PISTON EFFECT IN SUBWAY TUNNELS USING FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 The influence of the piston effect in subway tunnels depends on a train speed, the geometry of a tunnel and a train, the types of air
flow caused by mechanical ventilation and other variable characteristics. Tables and graphs of changes in air flows generated by
the effect of the piston are presented depending on the speed of a train and the degree of fill rate of a tunnel. It is noted that the
piston effect is characterized by two phases. At the first stage, the piston effect and the process... Autori: Omar Lanchava ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27959
ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF SHOCK WAVES PRODUCED BY EXPLOSIONS IN ENCLOSED SPACES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 Explosion-type accidents can cause significant human losses and material damages; therefore, special attention has to be granted to
explosion risk assessments and to the development of appropriate explosion-protection measures. Such measures of protection aim
to reduce the explosion risk to acceptable levels, in compliance with regulations and standards in force, so as to provide the proper
safety level for humans as well as to prevent damage to the surrounding goods and environment. The flas... Autori: Marin Silviu Nan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27961
NEW TOOLS FOR ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF HAZARDOUS AREAS GENERATED BY GAS LEAK EXPLOSIONS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 4 The current paper is an overview on previous and ongoing research carried out by the authors concerning the use of Computational
Fluid Dynamics for the accurate classification of hazardous Ex areas generated by flammable gases, for the optimization of
computational simulation of air-methane mixture explosions by using ANSYS CFX and FLUENT and for calibrating computational
simulations of gas explosions using the Schlieren effect. These research works containing analytic studies have led to the... Autori: Vlad Mihai Păsculescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27962
Environmental engineering and Management Journal No. 3
› Vol. 14 › Nr. 6 • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN NORTH-EASTERN ROMANIA A TRIGGER FACTOR FOR LYME DISEASE
• HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN GEOTHERMAL GROUNDWATER IN YIZHANG, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
• CONSTRUCTION OF A BIOGAS HEAT STORAGE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WATER POLLUTION RESULTING FROM LIVESTOCK BREEDING
• ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE: HEALTH AND POLICY - AN UP TO DATE MINIREVIEW &nb... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27968
INDOOR AIR QUALITY ISSUES. CASE STUDY: THE MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS HALL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 17 › Nr. 12 The present paper is a multidisciplinary investigation of the indoor air quality inside the Multipurpose Hall of the University of Oradea, based both on specific monitoring and questionnaire-based survey to identify people’s perception in this regard. The monitoring, carried out during October-November 2016 when the heating did not work, was focused on: relative air temperature and humidity (Thermohygrometer data logger Klimalogg Pro), carbon dioxide (CO2) (Extech Instruments CO250 model a... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27981
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CO2 CAPTURE IN A RESIDENTIAL SPACE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 The influence of Spathiphyllum “Sweet Silvio” flowers on indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy savings were studied experimentally
in a bedroom, part of a 65 m2 three-room apartment, in Brașov, Romania. We used four 14 cm pots of Spathiphyllum “Sweet Silvio”
with a total leaf surface of 134.29 cm2. The residential space has a low number of air exchange rates because exterior walls are
insulated with 5 cm polystyrene, and windows have high-energy efficiency glass in ... Autori: Gabriel Năstase ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=27991
EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ON MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING LINK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 5 Ambient temperature can modulate neurotransmission in the peripheral nervous system. Transmission at the neuromuscular
junction is also influenced by ambient temperature. Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular
junction characterized by impaired transmission of the nerve impulses to the muscle fibers. The aim of the study was to determine
if there is in fact a statistically significant correlation between environmental fluctuations and MG exacerbations among myast... Autori: Dan Iulian Cuciureanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28004
DAIRY WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR (CSTER): PARAMETRIC OPTIMIZATION AND KINETICS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 Dairy wastewater has been a major environmental concern because of massive effluents characterized by high pollution load. This
study reports the influence of initial pH (pHi), residence time (τ) and elapsed time (t) on the %COD removal (Y1) and specific energy
consumed (kWh per kg of COD removed, Y2) for real dairy industry wastewater treatment in continuous stirred tank electrochemical
reactor (CSTER) using aluminum electrodes. Central composite design (CCD) was applied for designing th... Autori: Poonam Kumari ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28011
ANALYSIS OF WATER AREA IN CAOFEIDIAN WETLAND IN 1984~2013 BASED ON REMOTE SENSING IMAGE DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 6 As one of the largest coastal wetlands in northern China, the ecological function of Caofeidian wetland has gradually degraded due
to the influence of climate and surrounding environment. In order to regulate and repair the water area of the wetland, it is necessary
to study and analyse the historical changes and influencing factors of the water area of Caofeidian wetland This paper extracts the
water area of Caofeidian Wetland in 1984~2013 from the images collected by Landsat satellites usin... Autori: Shaoxiong Zhang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28022
IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF NATURALLY VENTILATED CLASSROOMS IN THE NORTHEAST OF PORTUGAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 This article addresses CO2 dynamics in school classrooms and analyses the improvement of ventilation and indoor air quality
resulting from the simple window-opening ventilation strategies. CO2, temperature and relative humidity were measured in four
different naturally ventilated classrooms of a Northeastern Portuguese education institution for a wide range of environmental
conditions. Indoor CO2 levels were also simulated with a numerical model to help manage the indoor air quality of these ... Autori: Filipe Rodrigues ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28030
LIGHT INTENSITIES MAXIMIZING PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND KINETICS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL STEPS IN Graesiella emersonii UNDER DIFFERENT CULTIVATION STRATEGIES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 The aim of this paper is studying light intensity values which maximize the photosynthesis in microalgal cultures by means of
models of the photochemical process and by changing cultures strategies.
The photosynthetic performances of Graesiella emersonii under batch, fed-batch, semi-continuous cultivation modes and with only
air sparged or CO2 added to air were quantified by means of gas exchange measure and pulse amplitude modulated fluorimetry
(PAM); kinetics of the photochemical processes... Autori: Dora Allegra Carbone ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28037
STUDENTS ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION AND RISK TAKEN ABILITY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 After the recent global financial and economic crises, unemployment, especially among young people have become a particularly
serious problem. Fostering young entrepreneurship represent not only a tool to combat young unemployment and social exclusion
but also a way to encourage innovation and a country’s economic growth. Education and training can contribute in building an
entrepreneurial society and may shape individuals attitudes versus risk-taking. Risk taken ability is an important... Autori: Ana Iolanda Vodă ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28038
DEVELOPING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS AND TAGUCHI METHOD TO OPTIMIZE CIPROFLOXACIN REMOVAL FROM AQUEOUS PHASE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 In this research, optimization of Homogeneous Fenton process was performed using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and
Taguchi method to remove Ciprofloxacin (CIP) from an aqueous phase. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is one of the most
comprehensive systems designed for multi-criteria decision making. In this study, paired comparisons based on the AHP method
were performed for three criteria including (i) CIP removal, (ii) COD removal and (iii) Sludge to iron ratio (SIR) to select th... Autori: Marjan Salari ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28040
REAL TIME MONITORING OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 Several theoretical studies were oriented towards the relationship between the main two building design estimators (building energy
consumption and indoor environmental quality) but very little experimental research has been carried out in order to underline the
correlation between this two parameters. This paper is focused towards the experimental study of the correlation between these two
design estimators. Several indoor comfort parameters (air temperature, radiant mean temperature, sound ... Autori: Mihai Toderaşc ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28042
STUDY ON PREDICTION MODEL OF SPACE-TIME DISTRIBUTION OF AIR POLLUTANTS BASED ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 7 Along with the development of industrialization and urbanization, the pollution of the atmosphere increases and the air quality
decreases gradually, especially in the developed regions such as Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei in China. The frequent occurrence of
haze leads to the decrease of visibility day by day, which causes great inconvenience to people’s mind and body. Therefore, an indepth
study of regional weather quality impact factors can improve the air quality in the regions, which ... Autori: Zhuang Wu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28043
PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS BY INVOLVING THE USER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 The concept of the sustainable development which is defined in terms of the triple bottom line (economic, environmental and social) is becoming increasingly important. Until now, however, the social aspects have been under-investigated in comparison to environmental and economic aspects. From the product design point of view there is an emergency for development tools and methodologies that are directly linked with the social pillar of sustainability. The research has as main target to discover ... Autori: Nikolaos Efkolidis ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28052
ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (PET) USING SATELLITE IMAGERY IN ARID LANDS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 Evapotranspiration is one of the main sources of water loss in arid regions. Although FAO Penman-Monteith (FAO-PM) method is one of the accurate method to estimate potential evapotranspiration (PET). Nevertheless, it is a point-based method and requires several weather data such as radiation, wind speed, air humidity and temperature, which is not available in all regions. Therefore, this study is aimed to estimate PET equivalent to FAO-PM model using satellite data and Priestly-Taylor (PT) model... Autori: Azam Sadat Hosseini ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28062
PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COAL DUST EXPLOSION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 9 Dust explosions are one of the main causes of mining disasters. To avoid them, it is important to understand how they are propagated. In the study reported here, computational fluid dynamics software was used to model a 3D diagonal pipe network then simulated a dust explosion at its inlet to examine its propagation characteristics. The initial conditions, boundary conditions and parameter settings were detailed description in the simulation to analyze possible propagation characteristics, assess... Autori: Baichao Song ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28067
A CASE STUDY OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN A CLASSROOM BY COMPARING PASSIVE AND CONTINUOUS MONITORING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 10 Most people is aware that outdoor air pollution can impact human health, including indoor air pollution. Human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be two to five times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels. These levels of indoor air pollutants are of particular concern because most people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors. In this manuscript we monitored indoor pollutants in a school building with two different methodol... Autori: Patrizia Aversa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28072
CHARACTERIZATION OF COLLAGEN DERIVED PRODUCTS PREPARED BY USE OF ALKALI AND DAIRY BY-PRODUCT
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 11 Leather processing is one of the highly polluting industries, due to generation of significant quantities of tanned and untanned
wastes. Untanned wastes are less contaminated with chemicals and a better source of high value products such as collagen rather
than tanned or finished leather wastes. In the present study, collagen dissolution substances (CDS) were prepared from bovine limed
split wastes as value added products, by treating leather wastes with sodium hydroxide and fermented dairy b... Autori: Gkhan Zengin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28095
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON SPRAY COOLING FEATURES OF PRESSURE NOZZLE IN HUMIDIFICATION CHAMBER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 11 The normal operation of spray humidification air cooler hinges on the good contact between droplets and air in the humidification chamber. The spiral pressure nozzle was chosen for the experiment on inlet air spray cooling. During the experiment, the spray cooling performance and atomization features were examined, and the cooling effects of different nozzle layouts were compared.Through the analysis of heat and mass transfer, the critical pressure of the spiral pressure nozzle was determined, a... Autori: Xiaoqing Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28110
EXPLORING THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT OF HERITAGE BUILDINGS AND ITS ROLE IN THE CONSERVATION OF VALUABLE OBJECTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 This study is an attempt to monitor the indoor microclimate and the microbiological contamination of some indoor objects inside a wooden Orthodox church. Standard microbiological techniques were used for the isolation and identification of the fungi present in the dust of the superficial surface of the paintings chosen to be investigated for biodeterioration. Samples were taken from approximately 1 cm2 of the surface of the analysed paintings (cotton canvas, wood, on primer) using the cotton swa... Autori: Dorina Camelia Ilieș ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28114
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF Al2O3 NANOPARTICLES IN FINE PARTICULATE MATTER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 The booming production and application of nanoparticles have raised great concern over its effect on environment, due to their increasing release in the environmental systems via intentional or unintentional activities, where their possible physicochemical and toxicological behavior remain unknown. The nanoparticles are released into the different environmental systems like air, soils and waters. However, their interaction with air matrices has been rarely investigated. For this reason, the chan... Autori: Asli Baysal ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28124
PERCEPTION AND USE OF CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AMONG THE ANDEAN COMMUNITIES OF CHIMBORAZO RESERVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 Challenges that characterize the relations between humans and environment can be addressed using the concepts and methods of ecosystem services assessment to provide a proper basis for environmental accountability and policy development. While the provisioning ecosystem services received a lot of focus in the science, and based on different cultural values that may be associated to different regions, there are still gaps in understanding how local communities use the ecosystems’ cultural s... Autori: Danny Daniel Castillo Vizuete ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28126
EFFECTIVENESS OF DRILLING VENTILATION ON HEADING FACE IN LONG-DISTANCE TUNNELING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 This paper explores the effectiveness of drilling ventilation in a semi-enclosed mine during the long-distance tunneling. Firstly, a
resistance-pressure energy balance equation was established. Then, the drilling ventilation effect was analyzed at different borehole
lengths and borehole diameters. After that, the drilling conditions were determined for the effective drilling ventilation of longdistance
tunneling. The relationships between borehole diameter, borehole length, borehole position ... Autori: Xu Huang ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28129
CORRELATION BETWEEN AERATION AND ERGOSTEROL PRODUCTION BY YEASTS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 18 › Nr. 12 The present study represents an extension of ergosterol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation processes using oxygen-vector by establishing the influence of the analyzed main factors, such as aeration efficiency and hydrocarbon concentration. The study has been developed for batch and fed-batch fermentation systems and has been focused on the variation of ergosterol content inside the yeast cells during the fermentation cycle in correlation with hydrocarbon volumetric fraction, COV... Autori: Corina Ciobanu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28130
GREY DEMATEL TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING PRODUCT RETURN DRIVERS: A MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS’ PERSPECTIVE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 1 In order to reduce environmental impacts from final disposal, an interest in reverse logistics has caught the attention of both firms and academicians. However, motivational factors or drivers have to be considered to efficiently perform reverse logistics, as well as the different perspectives from stakeholders. Thus, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the interrelationship among reverse
logistics drivers under the perspectives of the key stakeholders. A grey-based DEMATEL (Decision Makin... Autori: Marina Bouzon ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28133
SWITCHGRASS BIOMASS AS A SUBSTRATE FOR Camellia AND Cuphea PRODUCTION IN CONTAINER
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 1 In Spain, most substrates used in the production of plants in containers, are composed of peat in combination with other components such as pine bark, perlite or vermiculite. In order to find alternatives to the use of peat, shredded switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biomass was evaluated as a component of the substrates. Five substrates were prepared with the following proportions, by
volume, of commercial substrates:switchgrass: 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 and 0/100. Pots were filled with the ... Autori: Jose Alberto Oliveira Prendes ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28134
AIR POLLUTION BY HEAVY METALS FROM PETROCHEMICAL INCINERATORS: MEASUREMENT AND DISPERSION MODELLING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 Distribution of solid particles in the atmosphere around the pollution sources has an important role in decision making to oppose with air pollutants. This study reports the concentration and distribution of 11 heavy metals including Cu, Co, Ni, Cd, V, Ti, Mo, Cr, Pb, As, and Hg emitted from 6 incinerators (A to F) with various feeds and operating conditions to determine the extent of exposure for industrial and residential areas. These incinerators located at Petrochemical Special Economic Zone... Autori: Akbar Pirbadali-Somarin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28166
STATISTICAL APPROACH OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING AT LOCAL LEVEL: CASE STUDY IAŞI CITY, ROMANIA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 Environmental quality is directly influenced by the level of pollution generated by economic, industrial or anthropogenic activities and directly affect the citizens’ life quality and wellbeing, and ensuring a good status of environment it is a stringent topic that must become the major interest for the local public authorities. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the environmental quality in Iasi city, how the overall quality is influenced by the level of pollution and what are the... Autori: Silviu Petru Grecu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28180
SNOW EVAPORATION CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO MELTING PERIOD IN A FORESTED CONTINUOUS PERMAFROST REGION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 3 In cold, high-latitude regions, snow evaporation can significantly influence the snow water equivalent and thus change the regional water balance in early spring. In order to explore how the snowfall event and environmental factors affected the snow evaporation rate in the northern Daxing'an Mountains in China. From the snow melting period of March 2016 to April 2018, the eddy covariance method was used to explore the relationship between environmental factors and snow evaporation. The resul... Autori: Youwei Lin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28181
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD USING SPATIAL POINT SOURCE ACCUMULATION TECHNIQUE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 4 In this study, we discuss a risk assessment method for spatial point source accumulation that is suitable for regional comprehensive
prevention and control of environmental risks. The distribution types of spatial risk sources and other related data are collected and
analyzed by adopting Fengtai District, Beijing as an example. On the basis of the spatial analysis algorithm, the environmental risk
of region is comprehensively assessed from the perspective of risk-inducing factors, risk substa... Autori: Tianxin Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28194
ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE SOURCES IN STANDARDIZED ENVIRONMENT-RELATED FIELDS USING ORIGINAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 5 Within the International Classification of Standards (ICS), the field of Environment, Health Protection and Safety is classified as ICS1 = 13, i.e. ranking 13th among 40 fields at the 1st classification level. The field includes 21 subfields at the second classification level (ICS2). This research aimed to analyze the intensity of innovations in 5 of those second-level subfields (environmental protection, wastes, air quality, water quality and soil quality). The chosen fields cover the broadest ... Autori: Marija Blagojević ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28214
THERMAL COMFORT AND VENTILATION CONDITIONS IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - PART 1: AN ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (IEQ)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 Healthcare facilities provide a cure from the ailment while maintaining a clean environment. A high indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can improve the recovery process and create a pleasant working environment, while a poor IEQ causes nosocomial diseases that are harmful to the patients as well as the hospital staff. To assess the state of IEQ in selected local hospitals, the current study
investigates critical IEQ parameters. Based on a detailed literature synthesis, three parameters are selec... Autori: Mawara Khan ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28217
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF LONG-SPAN BEAMS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 6 In the last decades, the effects of the climate change phenomena and the consumption rates of raw materials have led to an increasing awareness regarding the need of implementing the sustainable development concept at the global scale. The activities we complete each day have a direct negative influence over the current situation of the natural ecosystems, and therefore it is highly important
to understand and reduce at the same time our global environmental footprint. One of the most significa... Autori: Sebastian George Maxineasa ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28219
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF SEMI-CONFINEMENT AND PASTURE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR DAIRY COWS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 Two dairy farms (one a semi-confinement system and the other a pasture-based system) in the same region of Spain were chosen for comparison from a life cycle assessment perspective. In both cases, cattle feeding was found to be the main contributor to environmental impact in most categories. Additionally, cow emissions to air were the principal contribution to the global warming,
fine particulate matter formation and terrestrial acidification categories. Although cow productivity in the pasture... Autori: Amanda Laca ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28243
ANALYZING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT QUALITY STATE AND EVOLUTION BASED ON A MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 The paper is focused on the integrated modelling of environmental quality. It shows how we can use multi-criteria decision analysis to study some aspects about the environmental quality status in a region and its evolution during a certain period of time. The global analysis is created by taking into account the concurrent contributions of different factors such as air quality, drinking-water quality
and noise pollution, on the quality of the environment people live in. We propose an indicator,... Autori: Luminita Grecu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28246
COVID-19 AND AIR CONDITIONING - IS THERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LINK?
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 7 As it spread globally, the new SARS-CoV-2 virus was first confirmed in Romania in February 2020, and since then over 40000 cases were diagnosed with COVID-19. Considering climate charges that showed a continuously increasing temperature and also the fact that nowadays air conditioning devices are used on daily bases not only in personal homes but also in healthcare facilities
we raised the question if cooling air devices could contribute to the spread of SARS CoV-2 virus. For that, we searched ... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28248
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF WATER TREATMENT PROCESS WITH CHLORINE
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 The quality of drinking water can be kept under control through the protection of raw water sources and the permanent monitoring and control of the processes of treatment and distribution of drinking water. The dangers and risks faced by drinking water supply systems may arise from inside or outside the system. Water disinfection is the key element behind obtaining and maintaining quality. Chlorine is the most widely used disinfectant, due to its high efficiency. However, it has a major disadvan... Autori: Alice Iordache ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28254
ESTIMATING HEALTH IMPACT OF EXPOSURE TO PM2.5, NO2 AND O3 USING AIRQ+ MODEL IN KERMAN, IRAN
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 8 Air pollutants have harmful effects on the human health and exacerbate morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the short-and long-term effects of the suspended particulate matter with the diameter of smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) on the mortality cases in city of Kerman in 2016 and 2017. In this study, AirQ+ software presented by European Center for Environment and Health and World Health Organization (WHO) was employed. Daily mean con... Autori: Mohammad Malakootian ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28255
PAY AS YOU THROW - SYSTEMS FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT: ITALIAN EXPERIENCES AND A NEW PROPOSAL
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Pay as You Throw (PAYT) is a usage-pricing model for the disposal of Municipal Solid Waste. The implementation of the PAYT approach requires three main elements: a) measurement of the generated amount of waste; b) a means to identify the waste generator; c) the unit pricing for individual charging based on the amount of waste collected and services provided. The PAYT system splits the overall municipal solid waste tax into one fixed part, no-service dependent and a variable part related to the a... Autori: Gaetano Drosi ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28285
CIRCULAR ECONOMY GOOD PRACTICES SUPPORTING WASTE PREVENTION: THE CASE OF EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Waste prevention is one of the main strategic objectives of the European waste management policy and it is also at the basis of circular economy concept. This paper explores the connection between waste prevention and circular economy in the context of
Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). Since 2015, Emilia-Romagna regional government has approved a circular economy Regional Law, including a series of actions supporting both European waste hierarchy and circular economy. All these actions promote a t... Autori: Francesca Cappellaro ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28290
PROXY EXPOSURE INDICATORS FOR INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, HEALTH IMPACT AND DEPRIVATION IN THE MARCHE REGION, ITALY
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 Literature supports the correlation between worse indoor air quality, lower socio-economic status and disease, such as asthma, Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (EAA) and Carbon Monoxide Intoxication (COI). In order to determine the extent of the phenomenon
in the Marche Region, hospitalization risk for asthma, EAA and CO intoxication was assessed in association with Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) air concentration and socio-economic Deprivation Index (DI). Hospital discharge records of residents o... Autori: Katiuscia Di Biagio ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28294
UTAQ, A TOOL TO MANAGE THE SEVERE AIR POLLUTION EPISODES
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 10 The Urban Tool for Air Quality (UTAQ) is a project funded by CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) - ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts). UTAQ is a web-based tool with a user-friendly interface that allows users
to evaluate current and forecasted air quality for the following 4 days at urban scale with high resolution (10-50 m). UTAQ, in the mobile version, allows citizens to evaluate and then to limit their air quality exposition thanks to the personal position... Autori: Fabrizio Ferrari ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28312
SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION OF AN EFFICIENT DEGREASING AGENT FOR OILY DRILLING CUTTINGS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 Oil-based drilling fluids are widely used in oil and gas exploration and development. Large amounts of oily drilling cuttings are produced in the drilling process, and improper treatment can cause serious secondary pollution. Chemical cleaning is commonly
used to treat oily drilling cuttings. However, most degreasing agents are not environmentally friendly and can cause secondary pollution. Thus, the processing requirements of oily cuttings are difficult to meet. In this study, an environmental... Autori: Zhiyong Li ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28313
ASSESSMENT OF WASTE SLUDGE CHANGES DURING SOLAR DRYING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 This research presents the efficiency of an air-based solar drying system for providing comprehensive information on optimal management of the wastewater treatment plant sludge (WWTPs) by using renewable energy. The solar drying method was
appropriate for utilizing facilities to remove ammonia and able to inactivate environmentally stable Escherichia coli (E. coli) microorganisms which were dropped at 2 logs CFU/gr. The thermal efficiency of the dryer was recognized under the realistic circumst... Autori: Zeinab Amin ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28324
THERMAL COMFORT AND VENTILATION CONDITIONS IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES - PART 2: IMPROVING INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY (IEQ) THROUGH VENTILATION RETROFITTING
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 The basic purpose of a hospital is to provide a cure to the ailing patients. Since the patients are already suffering from ailments, the hospital must be a place for comfort and mental peace. Indoor Environmental Quality plays a vital role in maintaining that comfort.
The hospital building must be designed on the standards to provide the required thermal comfort. If the building is already built and operational, retrofitting techniques are used to maintain the standard values of indoor environm... Autori: ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28325
APPLICATION OF PASSIVE SAMPLERS FOR MONITORING O3 AND NO2 AND CORRELATION OF CONCENTRATION LEVELS WITH METEOROLOGICAL DATA
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 11 This research applied passive air pollution samplers to monitor the concentration of the pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) in order to investigate the relationships between pollutant concentrations and meteorological variables. The study was carried out in three strategic sites in the municipality of Erechim, Brazil, which provide intense traffic of small and large vehicles. The pollutant analyses were performed using the method of UV/VIS spectrophotometry. NO2 concentrations vari... Autori: Eduardo Pavan Korf ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28326
ASSESSING THE USE OF ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PERSONALITY TRAITS TO ADOPT PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIORS
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal › Vol. 19 › Nr. 12 The paper analyses the Romanian consumer’s behavior concerning the use of electric scooters for transport. The aim of the study is to investigate Romanian youths’ intentions regarding the use of electric scooters in the development of a sustainable behavior. The
present article is based on a quantitative research, coordinated by the authors, conducted among young participants from Romania. A questionnaire was created using a set of items measured on a five-point Likert scale, on the... Autori: Ana-Maria Ionescu ISSN: 1843 - 3707 http://www.ecozone.ro/reviste.php?RID=28338 |