CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
An initial study of the opinions of car purchasers in Poland: do they choose electric vehicles?
(Corresponding) Bienias K., Kowalska- Pyzalska A., Ramsey D.
Topic:
Urban environment and health
Road transport causes one fifth of the EU's total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which are especially high in cities. A suggested solution to this situation is the introduction of electric vehicles (EV). However, evidence from European countries shows that, the sales of EVs are low in...Read more
Keywords:
electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, consumers, willingness to pay, survey
Cavitation based Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment – comparison of hydrodynamic and sonocavitation systems
(Corresponding) Boczkaj G., Gągol M., Fedorov K., Cako E.
Topic:
Advanced oxidation processes
Cavitation based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), are a promising alternative to currently used wastewater treatment technologies [1-2]. Amplified interest in this “hot” topic results in increased number of research on several aspects relating to formation of cavitation phenomena and its...Read more
SELECTED APPLICATIONS of CAVITATION BASED ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES (AOPs) for TREATMENT of WATER and INDUSTRIAL EFFUENTS
Fedorov K., Cako E., (Corresponding) Boczkaj G.
Topic:
Advanced oxidation processes
Cavitation phenomenon was effectively applied for enhancement of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) effectiveness. Main applications are focused on treatment of water as well as industrial effluents [1-2]. Cavitation phenomenon can be generated in the liquid by intentionally formed differences in...Read more
Nitrogen co-doped with fluorine on reduced graphene oxide for enhanced electrocatalytic activity and stability for ORR in alkaline fuel cells
Musico Y., Labata M., (Corresponding) Chuang P., Ocon J.
Topic:
Energy technologies and sustainability
Nitrogen co-doped with fluorine on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was prepared by one-pot hydrothermal treatment method. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images and X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPS) spectra revealed the successful doping of nitrogen and fluorine into the rGO. The Brunauer-...Read more
Interactions between Plants and Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticles
(Corresponding) Zhang Z.
Topic:
Nanomaterials in the environmnents applications and effects
Rare earth oxide nanoparticles (REO NPs) can be released into the environment from various application routes, but their effects on the ecosystem are still little known. In this study, we exposed cucumber seedlings to suspensions of La2O3 and CeO2 NPs for 14 d. Phytotoxicity of the two REO NPs was...Read more
Evaluation of risk and the beneficial effects of synthesized nano silver-based disinfectant on poultry mortality and health
(Corresponding) Kumar I., Bhattacharya J.
Topic:
Nanomaterials in the environmnents applications and effects
This study was evaluated for the potential use of nanosilver (nAg) as a disinfectant and antimicrobial growth promoter supplement for the poultry. The experiments were conducted in the Kangsabati river basin region, in West Medinipur district, West Bengal, India for six months. Two poultry farms...Read more
Keywords:
Farm water, nanosilver, field application, and poultry performance
This paper studies the dynamics of an economy specialized in fisheries facing a rising marine litter problem. We present a dynamic optimization model to explain the mechanism through which marine litter causes inefficiencies in the fishery sector. We study the dynamic properties of the model when...Read more
New generation of patterned membranes for water treatment
Asad A., Sameoto D., (Corresponding) Sadrzadeh M.
Topic:
Water treatment
Membrane technology is an energy-efficient separation process that is expected to dominate the water treatment industry. However, the high vulnerability of membranes to fouling has limited the expansion of sustainable and energy-efficient membrane processes. Surface patterning has been proven to be...Read more
Fouling-resistant membranes prepared via fully biobased layer-by-layer self-assembly
Shamaei L., Ayranci C., (Corresponding) Sadrzadeh M., Khorshidi B.
Topic:
Wastewater treatment
A fully biobased layer-by-layer deposition method, containing kraft lignin and chitosan as the polyelectrolytes, was employed to improve the anti-fouling properties of polyethersulfone membrane. Results revealed that the water in air contact angle decreased from 70° ± 2° for the pristine membrane...Read more
Hybrid zero liquid discharge (ZLD) membrane/chemical process for the treatment of oil sands produced water
Mohammadtabar F., (Corresponding) Khorshidi B., Hayatbakhsh A., (Corresponding) Sadrzadeh M.
Topic:
Wastewater treatment
In this study, the applicability of a hybrid chemical/membrane process for the treatment of the boiler blow-down (BBD) water from steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) operation was explored. For the chemical pre-treatment prior to the membrane filtration, another waste stream of SAGD, i.e., ion...Read more
Keywords:
Wastewater treatment; Membrane filtration; Boiler blowdown; Nanofiltration; Process integration
