Bioremediation of Diesel Fuel by Fungal Consortium Using Statistical Experimental Designs

Ghanem, Khaled M.; Al-Zahrani, Majid

doi:10.15244/pjoes/42493

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“…It was observed that water hardness had an adverse effect on washing and rubbing fastness when fabric was dyed with both turmeric and eucalyptus extracts. Therefore, based on this study, the use of mordanting/sequestering agent is suggested to enhance the dye uptake and previous studies also revealed a similar trend that mordanting/sequestering can be used to enhance the color strength and color properties [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36], and in view of current environmental pollution [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50], the natural sources should be preferred to avoid a negative impact on the environment.…”

Section: Color Propertiessupporting

confidence: 61%

Hard Water and Dyeing Properties: Effect of Pre- and Post-Mordanting on Dyeing Using Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa Extracts

Mahmood¹,

Ali²,

Qamar³

et al. 2017

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Textile wet processing utilizes a huge amount of water, and the discharged water contains a significant amount of salts used in the pre-treatment, bleaching, dyeing, and printing processes [1][2][3][4]. Hard water affects the dyeing process and, using optimized dyeing conditions, the adverse effect of water hardness can be avoided by chelating the metal ions contributing to hardness through sequestering agents, i.e., polyphosphates or amino carboxylic acids [5][6][7][8].Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 26, No. 2 (2017), 747-753 Original AbstractA laboratory-scale study was performed for fostering an eco-friendly approach by substituting synthetic colorant with natural plant extracts as dye source in the presence of hard water (prepared from NaHCO 3 , MgSO 4 , CaSO 4 , and KCl). The dyeing behavior of cotton fabric was analyzed using extract from Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa. Alum and ferrous sulphate were used as mordanting agents to mitigate the hard water effect on dyeing properties. The color strength and fastness properties of dyed cotton were studied. The hard water badly affected the color properties of fabric dyed with natural dyes. Mordant lessened the adverse effects of hard water, but not satisfactorily. The sequestering agent proved to be significant in mitigating the negative effect of hard water on fabric dyeing. Moreover, water hardness also adversely affected the extraction of natural dyes from Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa; however, dye exhaustion was improved by mordant and the sequestering agent. Results revealed that the negative impact of hard water on dyeing properties can be mitigated using a sequestering agent.

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Section: Color Propertiessupporting

confidence: 61%

Hard Water and Dyeing Properties: Effect of Pre- and Post-Mordanting on Dyeing Using Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa Extracts

Mahmood¹,

Ali²,

Qamar³

et al. 2017

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…Optimization of bioelectricity generation using a statistically planned experiment is a sequential process. First, a large number of continuous factors are screened to find the most affecting factors in bioelectricity generation that could be optimized by a response surface modeling (Mabrouk et al, 2013(Mabrouk et al, , 2014Ghanem et al, 2015Ghanem et al, , 2016Vilas Boas et al, 2019). Response surface methodology, which is supported by software, is an empirical modelization technique derived to evaluate the relationship between a set of controlled experimental factors and observed results.…”

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Optimization of anolyte solution in Microbial Fuel Cell using statistical experimental design

El-Badan¹,

Khaled²,

Ghanem³

2020

Egypt. J. of Aquatic Biolo. and Fish.

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This study aims to optimize factors that affect power generation in microbial fuel cell (MFC) using a statistical experimental design. A MFC reactor with two compartments has been constructed from cheap materials and used for electricity generation. The performance of MFCs can be influenced by several factors, hence; the Plackett-Burman design was employed to determine the most significant factors that affect power generation. The factors that affected the electricity generation significantly were magnesium sulfate, yeast extract, and sodium acetate. A near optimum medium formulation was obtained using this method with increased power density by 71.57 %. In this respect, the three levels Box-Behnken design was applied. A polynomial model was created to correlate the relationship between the three significant variables and power density. Under the optimized condition, the power density was 390 mW/m 2. These results indicate that the optimized conditions accelerated the power generation and the maximum power point (MPP) was about 91.2 % higher than that recorded with the basal condition. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are new types of bioreactors that use bacteria to generate electricity from organic and nonorganic compounds and are considered one of the prospective alternative technologies.

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“…Construction of buildings has direct and indirect effects on humans and vegetation. The process of urbanization drastically affects the environmental conditions and has been noted worldwide [15][16][17][18].…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of Urbanization on Vegetation: a Survey of Peshawar, Pakistan

Ali¹,

Akhtar²,

Shuaib³

et al. 2019

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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This paper analyzes a phytosociological study and urbanization in Regi Model Township (RMT) in Peshawar, Pakistan. The study was conducted during spring 2015 and a total of 32 plant species were identified belonging to 19 families. The Asteraceae family had the highest number of species 5 spp. while Fabaceae, Polygonaceae, and Brassicaceae had 3 spp. each. Poaceae and Solanaceae had 2 spp. each, while Plantiginaceae, Malvaceae, and Caryophyllaceae had 1 spp. each. In zone 1, a total of 27 plant species were reported in which the Cynodon-Carthamus-Datura community was established on the basis of the importance value index. The soil of this zone was silty clay loamy in texture with a pH of 8.3, nitrogen 0.017%, phosphorus 7.4%, and organic matter (OM) was (0.34 ppm). In zone 2, a total of 23 plant species were reported, and the Xanthium-Parthenium-Cyperus community was established. The soil in this zone was loamy sandy with pH of 8.1, nitrogen 0.020%, *

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Bioremediation of Diesel Fuel by Fungal Consortium Using Statistical Experimental Designs

Cited by 27 publications

References 16 publications

Hard Water and Dyeing Properties: Effect of Pre- and Post-Mordanting on Dyeing Using Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa Extracts

Hard Water and Dyeing Properties: Effect of Pre- and Post-Mordanting on Dyeing Using Eucalyptus globulus and Curcuma longa Extracts

Optimization of anolyte solution in Microbial Fuel Cell using statistical experimental design

Impact of Urbanization on Vegetation: a Survey of Peshawar, Pakistan

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