May 2010

Performance and kinetic evaluation of phenol biodegradation by mixed microbial culture in a batch reactor

  Mixed microbial culture collected from effluent treatment plant of a coke oven industry has been studied for its phenol biodegrading potential under aerobic condition in a batch reactor. The result showed that, after acclimatization, the culture could biodegrade up to 700 mg/l of phenol. The results showed that specific growth rate of microorganisms and specific substrate degradation rate increased up to 300...

Author(s): Sudipta Deyand Somnath Mukherjee

May 2010

Cadmium sorption by Moringa stenopetala and Moringa oleifera seed powders: Batch, time, temperature, pH and adsorption isotherm studies

  There is a widespread recognition that the presence of heavy metals such as cadmium in water is hazardous to the environment and human health and their discharge into surface waters is of great concern world wide. The use of natural coagulants such as Moringa for heavy metal removal from water replacing expensive imported synthetic coagulants is particularly appropriate for agro-based developing...

Author(s):   L. M. Mataka, S. M. I. Sajidu, W. R. L. Masamba, and J. F. Mwatseteza

May 2010

Hydro-meteorological correlations and relationships for estimating streamflow for Gangotri Glacier Basin in Western Himalayas

  This study investigates the relationships between hydrological and meteorological data collected near the snout of Gangotri Glacier, Indian Himalayas for the different ablation seasons (May - October). The complete analysis employs a hydro- meteorological data series for a period of 7 years (2000 - 2006). The first 5 years data (2000 - 2004) was used for determining correlations, lag-cross-correlations and...

Author(s): Pratap Singh, Amit Kumar, Naresh Kumar and Naval kishore