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  • Characterization of tar generated from the mixture of municipal solid waste and coal pyrolysis at 800 oC 
    Tursunov, O.; Suleimenova, B.; Kuspangaliyeva, Botagoz; Inglezakis, Vassilis J.; Anthony, Edward J.; Sarbassov, Yerbol (Elsevier, 2020-03-02)
    Nowadays, comprehensive perception of the tar characteristics generated from municipal solid waste (MSW) and coal to guide pyrolysis or gasification gas yield upgrading and cleaning has attracted massive research attention. ...
  • Characterization of two-phase flow in a typical metrological test flow loop. 
    Egbue, Jude (Cranfield UniversitySWEE, 2022-09)
    The understanding of the flow behaviour such as the flow regimes is important in multiphase flow metering for verification of the test meters especially during the reproducibility tests, as the meter could be transferred ...
  • Characterizing outdoor air using microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) 
    Garcia Alcega, Sonia; Coulon, Frederic (Apple Academuc Press, 2018-11-02)
    Exposure to bioaerosols containing airborne microorganisms and their by-products from outdoor environments such as industrial, urban or agricultural sites is of great concern as it is linked to adverse health effects in ...
  • Chemical characterisation of water-soluble ions in atmospheric particulate matter on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia 
    Farren, Naomi J.; Dunmore, Rachel E.; Mead, Mohammed Iqbal; Mohd Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul; Abu Samah, Azizan; Phang, Siew-Moi; Bandy, Brian J.; Sturges, William T.; Hamilton, Jacqueline F. (European Geosciences Union (EGU) / Copernicus Publications, 2019-02-06)
    Air quality on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia is influenced by local anthropogenic and biogenic emissions as well as marine air masses from the South China Sea and aged emissions transported from highly polluted ...
  • Chemical pollution: a growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity 
    Naidu, Ravi; Biswas, Bhabananda; Willett, Ian R.; Cribb, Julian; Singh, Brajesh Kumar; Nathanail, C. Paul; Coulon, Frederic; Semple, Kirk T.; Jones, Kevin C.; Barclay, Adam; Aitken, Robert John (Elsevier, 2021-05-12)
    Anthropogenic chemical pollution has the potential to pose one of the largest environmental threats to humanity, but global understanding of the issue remains fragmented. This article presents a comprehensive perspective ...
  • Chemically graded Fe–Al/steel samples fabricated by laser metal deposition 
    Lotfian, Saeid; Rolink, Gesa; Weisheit, Andreas; Palm, Martin (Cambridge University Press, 2017-01-30)
    By laser metal deposition (LMD) samples from Fe–28Al (at.%) have been built on iron and various steels. Chemically graded iron aluminium and Fe–28Al/steel samples were fabricated with intended concentration gradients by ...
  • Chemically reactive membrane crystallisation reactor for CO2–NH3 absorption and ammonium bicarbonate crystallisation: Kinetics of heterogeneous crystal growth 
    Bavarella, Salvatore; Brookes, Adam; Moore, Andrew; Vale, Peter; Di Profio, Gianluca; Curcio, Efrem; Hart, Phil; Pidou, Marc; McAdam, Ewan J. (Elsevier, 2019-11-22)
    The feasibility of gas-liquid hollow fibre membrane contactors for the chemical absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) into ammonia (NH3), coupled with the crystallisation of ammonium bicarbonate has been demonstrated. In this ...
  • Chemically reactive membrane crystallisation reactor for CO₂ separation and ammonia recovery. 
    Bavarella, Salvatore (2018-10)
    This thesis introduces an integrated system comprised of a thermal stripper and a hollow fibre membrane contactor (HFMC) for concentration of ammonia (NH₃ ) from wastewater and control of chemically mediated membrane ...
  • China's soil and groundwater management challenges: Lessons from the UK's experience and opportunities for China 
    Coulon, Frederic; Jones, Kevin; Li, Hong; Hu, Qing; Gao, Jingyang; Li, Fasheng; Chen, Mengfang; Zhu, Yong-Guan; Liu, Rongxia; Liu, Ming; Canning, Kate; Harries, Nicola; Bardos, Paul; Nathanail, C. Paul; Sweeney, Rob; Middleton, David; Charnley, Maggie; Randall, Jeremy; Richell, Martin; Howard, Trevor; Martin, Ian; Spooner, Simon; Weeks, Jason; Cave, Mark; Yu, Fang; Zhang, Fang; Jiang, Ying; Longhurst, Philip J.; Prpich, George; Bewley, Richard; Abra, Jonathan; Pollard, Simon J. T. (Elseveir, 2016-03-10)
    There are a number of specific opportunities for UK and China to work together on contaminated land management issues as China lacks comprehensive and systematic planning for sustainable risk based land management, ...
  • Chlorine disinfection of drinking water assessed by flow cytometry: new insights 
    Cheswick, Ryan; Moore, Graeme; Nocker, Andreas; Hassard, Francis; Jefferson, Bruce; Jarvis, Peter (Elsevier, 2020-07-10)
    The efficacy of chlorine disinfection was assessed for the first time over a range of disinfection conditions using flow cytometry (FCM) to provide new insights into disinfection processes. Inactivation was assessed for ...
  • Chlorine removal from the pyrolysis of urban polyolefinic waste in a semi-batch reactor 
    Torres, Daniel; Jiang, Ying; Sanchez Monsalve, D. A.; Leeke, Gary (Elsevier, 2020-12-11)
    The pyrolysis of urban chlorine-containing polyolefinic plastic waste with simultaneous retention of HCl is investigated. Different chemical removers based on sodium, calcium and zinc bases, and different adsorbents based ...
  • The circular economy transformation of airports: an alternative model for retail waste management 
    Tjahjono, Michelle; Ünal, Enes; Tran, Trung Hieu (MDPI, 2023-02-20)
    Airport terminals worldwide generate approximately 6 million tons of passenger waste annually. Increased awareness of climate change and global interventions for environmental sustainability requires a reassessment of ...
  • Citric acid aerospace stainless steel passivation: a green approach 
    Bragaglia, Mario; Cherubini, Valeria; Cacciotti, Ilaria; Rinaldi, Marianna; Mori, Stefano; Soltani, P.; Nanni, F.; Kaciulis, S.; Montesperelli, G. (Unknown, 2015-09)
    Passivation is a common treatment to maximize the corrosion resistance of stainless steel. Nitric acid is generally used and involves several ecological problems, citric acid could be a promising and environmentally friendly ...
  • Cladosporium species: the predominant species present on raspberries from the U.K. and Spain and their ability to cause skin and stigmata infections 
    Farwell, Lauren Helen; Deakin, Greg; Harris, Adrian Lee; Fagg, Georgina; Passey, Thomas; Verheecke-Vaessen, Carol; Magan, Naresh; Xu, Xiangming (MDPI, 2023-01-17)
    Raspberry (Rosales: Rosaceae) production in the U.K. has moved rapidly in the last 10 years to under polythene, combined with a reduced availability of broad-spectrum fungicides. Hence, the incidence of previously less ...
  • Clarifying the absence of evidence regarding human health risks to microplastic particles in drinking-water: High quality robust data wanted 
    Gouin, Todd; Cunliffe, David; De France, J.; Fawell, John; Jarvis, Peter; Koelmans, A. A. (Bart); Marsden, Peter; Testai, Emanuela E.; Asami, Mari; Bevan, Ruth; Carrier, R.; Cotruvo, Joseph; Eckhardt, Alexander; Ong, ‪Choon Nam (Elsevier, 2020-10-07)
    In a recently published article, Leslie and Depledge (2020) raise concerns regarding statements on the risk that microplastic particles represent to human health and which have been attributed to reports published by both ...
  • Clay swelling: role of cations in stabilizing/destabilizing mechanisms 
    Chen, Wen L.; Grabowski, Robert C.; Goel, Saurav (ACS, 2022-01-17)
    The stepwise hydration of clay minerals has been observed repeatedly in studies, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Previous numerical studies confirmed the presence of one-water layer (1W) and two-water layer ...
  • Cleaner technologies to combat heavy metal toxicity 
    Rebello, Sharrel; Sivaprasad, M. S.; Anoopkumar, A. N.; Jayakrishnan, Lekshmi; Aneesh, Embalil Mathachan; Narisetty, Vivek; Sindhu, Raveendran; Binod, Parameswaran; Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan; Pandey, Ashok (Elsevier, 2021-07-10)
    Heavy metals frequently occur as silent poisons present in our daily diet, the environment we live and the products we use, leaving us victims to various associated drastic health and ecological bad effects even in meagre ...
  • Cleaning of ceramic membranes for produced water filtration 
    Zsirai, T.; Qiblawey, Hazim; Buzatu, Pompilia; Al-Marri, M.; Judd, Simon J. (Elsevier, 2018-03-09)
    The application of ceramic microfiltration membranes to the tertiary treatment of produced water from an Arabian Gulf oilfield has been studied using a dedicated pilot plant. Studies were based on a previously published ...
  • Climate change and water in the UK – past changes and future prospects 
    Watts, Glenn; Battarbee, Richard W.; Bloomfield, John P.; [...]; Daccache, Andre; Hess, Tim; Knox, Jerry; Weatherhead, E. Keith (SAGE, 2015-02-09)
    Climate change is expected to modify rainfall, temperature and catchment hydrological responses across the world, and adapting to these water-related changes is a pressing challenge. This paper reviews the impact of ...
  • Climate change impact modelling needs to include cross-sectoral interactions 
    Harrison, P. A.; Dunford, Robert W.; Holman, Ian P.; Rounsevell, M. D. A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-05-23)
    Climate change impact assessments often apply models of individual sectors such as agriculture, forestry and water use without considering interactions between these sectors. This is likely to lead to misrepresentation of ...

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