Malise, Lucky(Vaal University of Technology, 2017-07)
The generation of waste tires is one of the most serious environmental problems in the modern world due to the increased use of auto mobiles all over the world. Currently there is a problem with the disposal of waste tires ...
Apollo, Seth Otieno(Vaal University of Technology, 2017-03-28)
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is usually applied in the treatment of distillery effluent due to the fact that it is effective in chemical oxygen demand (COD) reduction and bioenergy recovery. However, due to the presence of ...
Nyembe, N.(Vaal University of Technology, 2018-04)
Petroleum wastewater is highly contaminated with toxic organic pollutants that are harmful to the environment. The heterogeneous photocatalytic oxidation (HPO) process has shown the ability to remove these pollutants through ...
Igberase, Ephraim(Vaal University of Technology, 2013-11-06)
This work investigates the possible use of chitosan beads and polyaniline grafted chitosan beads
(PGCB) for the adsorption of copper ions from copper contaminated water. For this purpose
chitosan flakes were converted ...
The presence of tires in open fields, households and landfills is a great threat to the wellbeing of the ecosystem around them. Tire creates an ideal breeding ground for disease carrying vermins and their possible ignition ...
Prithiraj, Alicia(Vaal University of Technology, 2018)
Corrosion responses of some carbon steels, stainless steel and copper alloys in the presence of a culture of bacteria (referred to as SRB-Sulphate-reducing bacteria) found in industrial heat exchangers, was studied to ...
Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine is located in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province and produces about 40 million tons (Mt) of iron ore per annum. The ore body consists mainly of laminated and massive type hematite ore of ...
The co-existence of organic acids and toxic heavy metals in natural water creates harmful effects on human, plants and animals. Therefore, it is necessary to treat organic acids and toxic heavy metal contaminated wastewater ...
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a serious problem associated with mining activities, and it has the potential to contaminate surface and ground water. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of constructed wetland ...
The methods used to remove potassium sulphate (K2S04) and other impurities
contained within Karbochem finishing plant effluent were investigated. Reverse
osmosis was explored for this application. The study was conducted ...
A novel technology in the treatment of river water, which involves an electrochemical treatment technique to produce domestic or drinking water is being investigated using
aluminium and iron electrodes in an electrochemical ...