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ID: 65296
Title: Kinetic, equilibrium isotherm and thermodynamic study of adsorption of congo red dye on low cost adsorbent
Author: Dattatraya Jirekar, Pramila Ghumare, Gajanana Sanap and Mazahar Farooqui
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (8) August. 19 page 698-703 2019.
Subject: Kinetic, equilibrium isotherm and thermodynamic study of adsorption of congo red dye on low cost adsorbent
Keywords: Congo red dye, Masoor crop seed husk powder, adsorption, adsorption isotherms models, equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics
Abstract: The potential of masoor crop seed husk powder forth removal of congo red (CR) dye from aqueous solution was investigated. The adsorption experiments were carried out in batch techniques. The various parameters, like contact time, adsorbent dose, initial CR dye concentration and temperature were investigated. The kinetic data were analyzed using pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order models. It was found that pseudo-first order kinetic mode was the most appropriate model than pseudo-second order, describing the adsorption kinetics. Adsorption equilibrium was attained within 24 hr. The equilibrium data were best fitted by the Langmuir isotherm model than Freundlich model. Thermodynamic properties, like free energy (ΔG), enthalpy (ΔH) and entropy (ΔS) indicated spontaneous and exothermic nature of adsorption for masoor crop seed husk powder adsorbent. The study revealed that masoor crop seed husk powder can be used as efficient adsorbents for the removal of CR dye solution.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Jiang, Kntan , et al. 2016.Efficient adsorptive removal of congo red from aqueous solution by synthesized zeolithicmidazolate framework 8. Chem. Speciation and Bioavailability. 28 (1-4): 199-208. Jirekar, D.B., Ghumare Pramila an Mazahar Farooqui.2014-2015.Kinetics and isotherm studies on crystal violet due adsorption onto black gram seed husk. Int. J. Chem. Tech. Res., 7 (1)427-434.
Literature cited 2: Malik, R.D.S. Rametke and S.R. Wate. 2006.Adsorption of malachie green on groundnut shell waste based powdered activated carbon. J. Waste Manage, 27:1-8. Crini, G. 2006.Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review .J.Biores.Tech., 97:1062-1070.

ID: 65295
Title: Energy and cost estimation ofbiodiesel production from neem feedstock -A parametric study
Author: Jeewan V. Tirkey, Ashish Patel, Shailendra K.Shukla and Radhey Lal
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (8) August. 19 page 683-697 2019.
Subject: Energy and cost estimation ofbiodiesel production from neem feedstock -A parametric study
Keywords: Neem biodiesel, cost analysis and energy analysis of biodiesel production from neem feedstock
Abstract: The current energy scene of fossil fuels tends to viable alternative fuel sources. Among many resources of fuel, biodiesel is one of the promising fuels for sustainability. Vegetable oil cannot be used directly in the diesel engine due to its high viscosity, high density, high flash point and low calorific value. Amongst several approaches of bio-diesel production, transesterification process with alkali catalyst provides better conversion of triglycerides to their corresponding methyl ester as biodiesel. At the same time, for sustainability, it is highly essential to analyze the life cycle of biodiesel production in terms of energy and cost issues. This study will help to confer the future prospects and create path of development of biodiesel programme in India. This paper presents the life cycle assessment in terms of energy utilization and related cost to find out biodiesel cost using neem as a feedstock. The neem (Azadirachta indica) tree in India, a widely cultivated crop, fruits bear in tree from 5-6 years of age and continue for about 100 years. In the study of soil-to-oil of neem, it comprises different aspects of cultivation, oil extraction and finally biodiesel production. The energy and cost were estimated in order to cultivation of neem in the area of 1 ha, 400 numbers of plants at the space of 5 m x 5m for a single seasoned fruited till 30 years. It was observed that net energy gain and ratio are 9.54 MJ/ha/year and 13.05, respectively. The cost of biodiesel after selling off byproduct in India at the end of 30th year was estimated and found around 50, 51.5 and 49.3 rupees corresponding to the assumption of biodiesel yield from raw neem soil of 80% , 90 % and 94%, respectively. This concludes that biodiesel from neem oil offers significant benefit in terms of energy and cost as well.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Demirbas, Ayhan. 2007.Biodiesel: A realistic fuel attentive for diesel engines. Sia Science an Energy, Trabzon, Turkey. pp 2-7. Radha, K.V. and G. Manikandan. 2011.Novel production of biofuels from neem oil. Department of Chemical Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.
Literature cited 2: Karmarkar, A.S. Karmakar and S. Mukherjee. 2012.Biodiesel production from Azadirachta towards feedstock diversification: Indian perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16: 1050-1060 Girish, A.C.2010.Bio-fuel park-A mega model in Karnataka.

ID: 65294
Title: Solar residential and Vishwajeet V.Jituri
Author: Akhil Sarin, Rahul Gupta and Vishwajeet V.Jituri
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 479-488 2019.
Subject: Solar residential and Vishwajeet V.Jituri
Keywords: Solar energy, solar residential rooftop systems (SRRSs), SWOT analysis , business models, renewable energy, solar policy, environment
Abstract: The carbon footprint on earth due to the burning of fossil fuels for generating electricity, running trains, cars and other vehicles throughout the world is increasing day by day. It has reached the stage where if not managed effectively, it would become, like a black hole and suck the life of human beings on this earth hardly in next 50 years. Therefore, the whole world is looking for renewable sources, preferably solar energy to generate power, which is clean with no fuel cost and available in abundance in most of the countries across the globe including India. India has set a target of installation of 100 GW (including 40 GW of solar rooftop systems) of solar power plants by 2022.Residential roofs have huge installation potential and, therefore it is one of the major solar residential rooftop systems (SRRSs) business models existing in the market. Both the models are prevalent, and the customers have the choice to go for any of the models for getting SRRS installed on their residential roofs. In order to enable various stakeholders involved in SRRSs, like roof owners, third party, developer, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm to take an informed decision about the selection of a suitable model for particular installations, there is a need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of both the models. At present, SWOT analysis of CAPEX and RESCO models is not readily available and there is visible gap existing in its literature. Therefore, this study has been undertaken for conducting a SWOT analysis of both the business models 9CAPEX and RESCO) to help stakeholders identify and adopt a suitable model for respective installations.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: CEA.2018. Power sector-April 2018.Central electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, Government of India, New Delhi. MNRE.2105.Scalig up of grid connected solar power projects from 20, 000 MW by the year 2021-22 to 1,00,000 MW by the year 2021-22 under National Solar emission. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, New Delhi.
Literature cited 2: MNRE, 2016.Grid connected rooftop and small solar power plants programme-Scaling up of budget from Rs.600 crore during the 12th five-year plan to Rs 5000 crore for implementation over a period of five years up to 2019-20 under National Solar Mission (NSM)-2nd amnd. Retrieved from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, New Delhi.https//mnre.gov.in/file-manager/Userfiles/gcrt-cfa-notifiction-02-09-2016.pdf. Sarin, A.2009.Corporate strategic motivation: Evalution continues-Henry. A. Murray's manifest needs to Maslow's Hierarchy of needs to Anil Sarin's contributory theory of existence. The J. Am. Academy of Business. 14 (2): 237-244.

ID: 65293
Title: Design and implentation o fstabe PID controller for a Quadruple Tank System
Author: P.SubhaHency Jose, J.Jerome Thomas and P.Rajalakshmy
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 472-478 2019.
Subject: Design and implentation o fstabe PID controller for a Quadruple Tank System
Keywords: Multi-input and multi-output 9MIMO), Proportional integral derivative 9PID), Quadruple tank sytem, Pulse width modulation 9PWM), Ziegler-Nichols method
Abstract: In many industries, the interactions process is taken only in single loop controls where the multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) systems are difficult to control in the water treatment process. Thus, the proportional integral derivative (PID) controller is used to control the liquid level by adjusting the controller parameters and the variables of flow and level of four tanks. The quadruple tank system is a four interconnected water tank system used to analyze the linear and non-linear effect of interaction process taken in chemical industries and water treatment plant. The design of stable PID controller is done with stability region analysis method for the minimum and nonminimum phase of the tank level provides better disturbance rejection and good setpoint tracking and simulation is done. The MATLAB/Simulink and LabVIEW is used to simulate the stable PID controller and to analyze the stability region.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Firouzbahrami, Majid and Amin Nobakhti.2016. Cement on design of PID controllers for interval plants with time delay. J. Process Controll.44:160-161. Ghousiya Begum, K.A. Seshagiri Rao and T.K. Radhakrishnan.2017.Enhanced IMC based PID controller design for non-minimum phase (NMP) integrating processes with time delays. ISA RTrns., 68:223-234.
Literature cited 2: Kadu, C.B. and C.Y. Patil 2016.Design and implementation of stable PID controller for interacting level control system. 7th International Conference on Comm., computing and virtualization. Procedia Comp. Sci., 79:737-746. Malar, R. Suja Mani and T. thyagarajan. 2009.Modeling of quadruple tank system using soft computing tech., Eu. J. Sci. Res., 29 (1-2):249.

ID: 65292
Title: Groundwater characterization and treatment using UV/H2O2 process
Author: Jatinder Kumar Ratan
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 466-471 2019.
Subject: Groundwater characterization and treatment using UV/H2O2 process
Keywords: UV/H2O2 process, Annular reactor, groundwater treatment, advanced oxidation processes, physico-chemical parameters
Abstract: The present study has a connection with the rea-life problem of colour and contamination in the groundwater of the Dasuya town in the state of Punjab. An assessment of the groundwater contamination has been carried out in the laboratory. The physico-chemical parameters have been determined. Elemental analysis has been performed using microwave plasma atomic emissions spectrometer. The organic compounds present in the groundwater were identified by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy analysis. Many treatment technologies have been tested for treatment of the organic contamination present in the groundwater .It was observed that the UV/H2O2 process showed the potential to treat contaminants of the groundwater. An annular reactor has been used to treat the groundwater by UV/H2O2 process. A parametric study has been performed to optimize the dose of H2O2 and pH for treatment of the groundwater.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Fernanado,R. et al. 2015. Analysis of trace elements in ground water using ICP-OES and TXRF techniques and its compliance with Brazilian Protection Standards. Water Air Soil Poll.226-:32 Arjoon, A., A.O. Olaniran and B. Pillay. 2013.Contamination of water with chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals: Challenges and current bioremdiation strategies.Int.J.Env.Sci.Tech.,10:395-412.
Literature cited 2: Gonza'lez-Naranjo,V. and K.Boltes.2013.Toxicity of ibuprofenand perfluorooctanoic acid for risk assessment of mixtures in aquatic and terrestrial environments.Int.J.Env.Sci.Tech., 10:243-250. Taghipour, H. et al. 2013.Heavy metals pollution in the soils of suburban areas in big cities: A case study. Int .J.Env.Sci.Tech., 10:243-250.

ID: 65291
Title: Trend analysis o frainfall over bihar region
Author: Shraddha yadav, A.K.Sachan and D.Basu
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 453-465 2019.
Subject: Trend analysis o frainfall over bihar region
Keywords: Rainfall, cramer test, standardized anomaly index, wavelet transform, active and break days
Abstract: The present study aims to examine the long-term changes and short-term fluctuations in annual and seasonal rainfall over the Bihar region of India for the period of 1954-2013.The analysis was carried out to identify trends in the precipitation pattern. I t is clear from these results that rainfall yield is increasing in pre-monsoon (MAM) season and monsoon season (JJAS) and the anomaly is (+3.9) mm is decades V, VI, (+4.8) mm in VI decade. In J.F and OND season, decreasing rainfall trend after IV decade is observed. Periodicity observed in wavelet analysis, these relationships are noticed in rainfall by using cross wavelet analysis. Breaks and active periods are identified during the southwest monsoon season (June-September) and active days identified in recent extreme rainfall year in the period July-August month, maximum active and break days in the year 2007 and 2010.Outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) positive anomaly increases when rainfall decreases (break days) in 2010 and when OLR negative anomaly increases with increased rainfall (active days) in 2007.It is also evident that the Indian summer monsoon extremity is strongly associated with equatorial Indian ocean oscillation (EQUINOO), which is based on surface zonal wind over the central equatorial Indian Ocean.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Jones, P.D. and M.Hulme.1996.Calculating regional climatic series for temperature and precipitation.Int. J. Climatology.16:361-377. Gadgil, S. et al.2004. Extremes of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall, ENSO and equatorial Indian Ocean oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett, 31: L12213
Literature cited 2: Hiremath, K.M. and P.I. Mandi. 2004.Influence of the solar activity on the Indian monsoon rainfall. New Astronomy.651-662. Ramamurthy, K. 1969.Monsoon of India: Some aspects of the 'break' in the Indian southwest monsoon during July and August. Forecasting manual no. IV. Indian Meteorological Department, Pune. pp 18.3:1-57.

ID: 65290
Title: Real time and wireless groundwater level recharging and monitoring system in borewell
Author: X.anitha Mary, Lina Rose, K.Rajasekaran and S.Asokan
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 449-452 2019.
Subject: Real time and wireless groundwater level recharging and monitoring system in borewell
Keywords: Borewell, water level, microcontroller, pressure sensor, XBee, Mobile app
Abstract: Water is a primary resource and plays a significant role in human existence. The rate at which the water being used is exponentially increasing day by day. All living organisms need water forth survival. About 98 % of the Earth's fresh water is groundwater. There are many water storage phenomenon where the major among them is groundwater. As water is consumed, naturally subsequently amount of water will be added to the aquifer to reinforce human needs-This recharge capacity if measured will give a new new-opening to those areas which are facing severe drought conditions. The groundwater level should be monitored constinuously, serves essential to predict the water resource availability for the future. So, it's necessary to log the data at regular intervals of time in a data base, thus enabling us to check and predict the area scarce of water. A pressure sensor helps in finding the water level. The physical pressure is converted to the level or height of the water column concerned parameter. The water level measurement are acquired during particular intervals of time and are viewed as HTML data.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Bartram, Jamie and Richard Balance.1996.Water quality monitoring: A practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes. CRC Press. Khaled Reza S.M., Shah Aahsanuzzaman Md. Tariq and S.M. Mohsin Reza. 2010.Microcontroller based automated water level sensing and controlling: Design and implentation issue. World Congress on Engineering and computer science. Proceedings, pp 220-224.
Literature cited 2: Lee, B.Y. and B.Y. Park.1999.Develpment of high precision underground water level meter using a buoyant rod load cell technique. KSAFM, 1: 1-5. Rodriguez, Francisco M. Lopez. 2016.Low-cost educational mobile based on android arduino. J. Intelligent and Robotic Systems.

ID: 65289
Title: Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala
Author: G. Lakshmi
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 445-452 2019.
Subject: Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala
Keywords: Deterioration, Ecosysem ,Eutrophication, Pollution, protection, rainwater harvesting, religious, sustainable, traditional, water quality
Abstract: Kerala, the southern state of Inida is blessed with water resources which include a number of rivers, lakes and small ponds. Kerala is also a land of many small and large temples, and it has been found that even from the primitive times, water resources conservation and management was considered as a matter of great importance. Temple ponds and tanks in Kerala are visible examples of the community initiative for water management through cultural involvement. Most of these ponds are conserved by the native people of an area, giving them religious respect. But these water bodies still faces problems, like oxygen depletion, eutrophication and pollution. To reduce these problems and to enhance the water quality in the temple tanks and ponds, certain management measures need to be adopted.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Pandey, D.N.2005.Traditional knowledge systems for biodiversity conservation. Available at https://www.infinity foundation .com/mandala/t_es/t_es_pande_conserve.htm. Pandey, D.N., A.K. Gupta and D.M. Anderson. 2003.Rainwater harvesting as a n adaptation to climate change. Curr. Sci., 85 (1):46-59.
Literature cited 2: Das, K. and S. Gupta. 2012.Seasonal variation of Hemiptera community of a temple pond of Cachar district, Assam. J. Threatened Tara.,3050-3058. Sreenivasan, A. 1964.The limnology, primary production and fish production in a tropical pond, Limnol. Oceanogr., 9 (3): 391-396.

ID: 65288
Title: Adsorption potential of water hyacinth on removal o fdirect blue 2 dye from aqueous solution:Isotherm, kinetics and Thermodynamics
Author: J.Padmapriya, G.Vijayaraghavan and S. Shanthakumar
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 437-444 2019.
Subject: Adsorption potential of water hyacinth on removal o fdirect blue 2 dye from aqueous solution:Isotherm, kinetics and Thermodynamics
Keywords: Adsorption, water hyacinth, direct blue 2 dye, kinetics, isotherm
Abstract: The adsorption potential of water hyacinth on the removal of direct blue 2 9DB2) dye from aqueous solution was investigted. Surface area, morphology and functional groups were identified using Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared 9FTIR) analysis, respectively. At the essential process influencing parameters, such as pH (2-4), initial dye concentration (100-300 mg/L), adsorbent dosage (1-5 g/L), contact time of adsorbent with pollutant (15-180 min) and temperature (20-40°C) were studied. The maximum dye removal of efficiency of 87.8 % was observed at pH2, the adsorbent dosage of 3 g/L, initial dye concentration of 100 mg/L, 40°C temperature and contact time of 90 min. The experimental isotherm data were analyzed using the Langmuir, Freundlich an Temkin models. Equilibrium and kinetic studies revealed that the Freundlich isotherm and pseudo second order kinetic model were the best fit for the adsorption process. The thermodynamic analysis showed that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in nature.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Akar, S.T. et al. 2009.Biosorption of a reactive textile dye from aqueous solutions utilizing in agro-waste. Desalination.249 (2):757-761. Hajati, S. et al.2014.Competitive adsorption of direct yellow 12 and reactive orange 12 on ZnS: Mn nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon as novel adsorbent. Ind. Eng. Chem., 20 (2): 564-571.
Literature cited 2: Sulak, M.T.E. Demirbas an M.Kobya.2007.Removal of astrazon yellow 7GL from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto wheat bran. Bioresour. Tech., 98 (13):2590-2598. Karmaker, S. et al.2015.Adsorption of reactive orange 13 onto jackfruit seed flakes in aqueous solution. J. Env. Chem. Eng., 3 (1): 583-592.

ID: 65287
Title: Performance evauation o fMoringa oleifera seeds for softening of surface and groundwater
Author: V.T.Gaikwad and G.R. Munavalli
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 432-436 2019.
Subject: Performance evauation o fMoringa oleifera seeds for softening of surface and groundwater
Keywords: Calcium,Hardness, Magnesium, Moringa oleifera, softening
Abstract: The softening study was conducted using naturally dried Moringa oleifra seed kernel extract, which was found to possess some softening potential. The study was carried out using synthetic water samples of calcium, magnesium and combinations of calcium and magnesium solutions. The Moringa oleifera strength study revealed that o.5-1% extract is suitable and effective for softening. The optimum pH range was found to be 5-8. Moringa oleifera seeds were found effective for calcium removal (removal efficiency up to 30%) but are not effective for magnesium removal.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Sani, M.A. 1990.The use of Zogale seeds for water treatment. B.Eng., Final Year Project. Bayero University, Kango, Nigeria. Muyibi, A. Suleyman and Lilian M. Evision. 1994.Moringa oleifera seeds for softening hard water. Water Res., 29 (4): 1099-1105.
Literature cited 2: Varekar V.B. 2009.Water softening by seed extracts. M. Tech. Dissertation. Department of Civil Engineering, Wachand College of Engineering .Sangli. Ghanem, An V., James C. Young and Findly G. Edwards. 2007.Mechanisms of ballasted flocculation.J.Env.Eng.,Am.Soc.for Civil Eng., 133 (3): 271-277.

ID: 65286
Title: War quality Index to assess suitability of groundwater for drinking in the coastal regions of east Godavari district
Author: Poosalayya Sangadi and Chandrasekar Kuppan
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 425-431 2019.
Subject: War quality Index to assess suitability of groundwater for drinking in the coastal regions of east Godavari district
Keywords: Groundwater quality, physico-chemical parameters, coastal habitations
Abstract: Water quality index (WQI)is one of the most efficient tools to assess water quality. This study was carried out by subjecting groundwater samples from 82 villages of 12 mandals of coastal habitations in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Samples were collected during post-monsoon season and analysed for physico-chemica parameters, such as pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, chloride, nitrate, fluoride, total dissolved salts and electrical conductivity. Results showed that almost all parameters are exceeding the permissible limits prescribed by standards of BIS, ICMR and WHO. The WQI values range from 116.6 to 27.4.The computed WQI shows that only 17 sampling sites come categories, respectively. Majority of the samples (79.3%) were found to be unsuitable for drinking for the people residing in and around the respective sampling site. The data from this work will be very much useful for the governing bodies and scientific authorities to take immediate action in controlling the impurities in these places by implementing modern and efficient techniques to purify the water and make them portable for the common people.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Gangavarapu, Surekha, Udaya Bhaskar Pinnamaneni and Padma Kumari.2015.Ground-water quality mapping of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, using remote sensing and geostatistic. Int. J. Recent Scientific Res., 6 (4): 3602-3608. Saxena and Saxena .2015.The statistical assessment of fluoride and nitrate contamination status of ground water in various tehsil of Jaipur district. Rajasthan. Int. J. RES. Studies in Biosci.,(IJRSB)3 (3):107-131.
Literature cited 2: Saxena, U. and S. Saxena. 2013.Statistical assessment of ground water quality using physico chemical parameters in Bassi tehsil of Jaipur district, Rajasthan. Global J. Sci. Frontier Res. Env. and EarthSci., 13 (3): Vesion1.0 Gopalkrushna, Murhekar. 2011.Determination of physicochemical parameters of surface water samples in and around Akot city .Int.J.Res. Chem.Env.,1(2): 183-187.

ID: 65285
Title: Assessment of heavy metal contamination and its effect on colonial wetland birds: A review
Author: Bibhu Prasad Panda, Abhanti Pradhan, Siba Prasad Parida and Aditya Kishore Dash
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 415-424 2019.
Subject: Assessment of heavy metal contamination and its effect on colonial wetland birds: A review
Keywords: Colonial wetlands birds, heavy metal, feathers, review
Abstract: The aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are in threat due to metal pollution and this is the hub of disease for wild species existence. Birds are the most sensitive organism the environmental contaminants than other vertebrtes. Heavy metals enter into the body mainly by food chain and accumulated in various body organs and transferred to the offspring. When the metal concentration exceeds the limit, it harms the organism causing reproduction failure and also kidney toxicity due to the increasing concentration of Zn. The widespread birds, like egrets and herons are used as bioindicators or bio monitors for local contamination due to their high position in the food chain. In the present review, various organs, such as eggs, liver, blood feathers, eggshells of the birds have been used to estimate heavy metal accumulation. Water birds face many health implications due to the higher concentration of heavy metals in water. The embryogenesis, hatching success and viability is affected by chromium, lead and Cadmium. Different concentrations of metals are found in different tissues of the body, so the study of different tissues is necessary for the population level evaluation this suggested that the use of feathers is the non-destructive way for assessing the heavy metal contamination. Concentrations of heavy metals in feathers serve as proof of the heavy metal circulation in the blood. Hence, it is very important to assess the heavy metal accumulation from the feathers of the colonial water birds as the effective heavy metal bioindicators.
Location: T E 15 New Biology building
Literature cited 1: Qadir, A. R.N. Malik and S.Z. Hussain. 2008.Spatio-temporal variations in water quality o Nullah aik-tributary of the river Chenab,Pakistan.Env.Monit.Assess., 140: 43-59.doi.10.1007/s10661-007-9846-4. Qadir, A. and R.N. Malik .2009.Assessment of an index of biological integrity 9IBI) to quantity the quality of two tributaries of river Chenab, Sialkot, Pakistan.Hydrobiologia.621:127-153.
Literature cited 2: Covaci, A.et al. 2002.Hair analysis: Another approach for the assessment of human exposure to selected persistent organochlorine pollutants. Chemosp., 46: 413-418.doi:10.1016/S0045-6535 (01) 00065-0. Mateo, R. an R. Guitart. 2003.Heavy metal in livers of water birds from Spain. Arch. Env. Contam. Toxicol., 44: 398-404.doi:10.1007/s00244-002-2040-3.

ID: 65284
Title: Diagnostic approach of air pollution Using statistical prediction analysis: Case of Kenitra city
Author: Hadine Mohsine, Bahi Lahcen, Azami Rajaa, Arfaoui Amine and Rachidai Abdelati
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 410-414 2019.
Subject: Diagnostic approach of air pollution Using statistical prediction analysis: Case of Kenitra city
Keywords: Air quality, characterization, pollution, suspended particuate matter, Pb, Cd, NO2, SO2, Multiple regression, Correlation, indicator, Kenitra, Morocco
Abstract: The present study focuses on the air quality of Kenitra city (northwest of Morocco). Eight sites with different conditions were chosen. The targeted parameters were: the suspended particulate matter (SPM), lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) which represent the independent variables (IV)and the vehicular traffic intensity which represents the dependent variable (DV).In addition to the evaluation of concentration of each pollutant in the studied sites, correlations between the explanatory factors (IV)and the DVwere calculated. The diagnosis of the used approach-multiple linear regression, Pearson correlation, significance level, analysis of variance (ANOVA) , correlation coefficient R, the value of (t) and the determination coefficientR2.The results demonstrated that NO2 is strongly corelated with traffic intensity, consequently, it could be considered as a pollution indicator of urban air linked to vehicle traffic. The interest of such analysis an interpretation methodology lies in the possibility to predict and, therefore, to prevent ai pollution by targeting the means required to reduce or top it.
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Literature cited 1: Kartz, M. et al.1970. Measuring air pollutants: A guide to choosing methods. World Health Organization, Geneva.130 pp. Afnor, 1996.Airquality environment -pp 35-38.
Literature cited 2: Afnor, 1991Gas analysis.ir quality (vol1). pp 178-179. Reynald, Lev.2007.SPSSprogramming and data Managment: A guide for SPSS Inc.Chicago III.

ID: 65283
Title: Removal of Nickel from electroplating effluent treatment plant sludge using Helianthus annuus L.
Author: M.J.Suresh and P.Rajiv
Editor: Dr. Jyoti Verma
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 145-151 2019.
Subject: Removal of Nickel from electroplating effluent treatment plant sludge using Helianthus annuus L.
Keywords: Helianthus annuus, Nickel,Pytoremediation, Sludge
Abstract: Pollutants from the industries are a major concern rather than those from regular human activities. In particular, non-degradable pollutants and heavy metals are released into the environment through untreated waste water and effluents. There are 70% of nickels present in electroplating sludge. Different concentrations of electroplating effluent treatment plant (ETP) sludge and chelating agent (EDTA) were mixed with red soil. The pH, nitrogen, potassium , phosphate and heavy metals of raw sludge, red soil and ETP treated sludge was analysed. Phytoremediation studies were carried using H.annuus on pre-treated sludge. The moderate shoot, root length and dry and fresh weight of H.annuus were observed. Nickel level and other physico-chemical properties were analysed in post-harvested pre-treated sludge. A significant level of nickel production was observed from this investigation. Thus, the research work concluded that H.annus was the best server in the removal of heavy metal (nickel) from the sludge.
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ID: 65282
Title: Seasonable and spatial deviation of groundwater quality in Tannery villages of Ambur, Vellore
Author: S.Vasanthan and A. Murugesan
Editor: Richa Misra
Year: 2019
Publisher: Kalpana Corporation
Source: ENVIS, CES & EWRG, CES
Reference: Indian Journal of Environmental Protection Vol 39 (5) May. 19 page 395-404 2019.
Subject: Seasonable and spatial deviation of groundwater quality in Tannery villages of Ambur, Vellore
Keywords: Heavy metals, groundwater ,Tannery,Ambur,Pollution indices, risk assessment
Abstract: The present study regulates the richness of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Fe, Ni, Al, Co, Mn and Pb) and study of physico-chemical parameters in the groundwater (pre-and post-monsoon) of the Ambur region and estimates the pollution indices and risk assessment to assess the correctness of groundwater for human consumption. The suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation has been measured in north and eastern part of Vellore district. In two different seasons (pre and post-monsoon), 7 groundwater samples collected in the same location during March 2017 and October 2017 near tanneries in different villages in Ambur taluk, Vellore district. Tamil Nadu. In the majority of the groundwater samples, the concentration of heavy metals exceeds the desirable limits of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), 2012whereas average Cr concentration in 0.759 and 0.675 mg/L during pre an post-monsoon season, respectively, which in above the BIS permissible limit (0.05 mg/L) perhaps due to chromium rich salts. The calculated pollution indices, namely contamination index (CI) and index of environmental risk (IER) for the heavy metals propose that the majority of the studied groundwater samples are in the highly contaminated zone. Though, all the samples close to tannery and followings fall in the highly contaminated zone indicating their unsuitability for drinking and agricultural activity purposes.
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