Materials, Energy, Water and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Life cycle analysis of potential municipal solid wastes management scenarios in Tanzania: the case of Arusha City
(Springer Nature, 2021-01-07)The municipal solid wastes (MSW) management technologies in most cities of developing countries pose a continuous risk of contaminating the environment and affecting human health adversely; often because MSW technologies ... -
Predicting land use/cover changes and its association to agricultural production on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2021-01-11)Increasing demand for food production results in Land use and land cover (LULC) changes, which afflicts the provision of ecosystem services in high mountain areas. This work used time-series LULC and selected spatial metrics ... -
Betanidin isomerisation and decarboxylation, thermodynamic and charge transfer dye properties towards dye sensitised solar cells application
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021-01-25)Along with attractiveness of natural dyes for solar technologies, the instability is a well‐known drawback of the dyes, which impedes their usage for dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) application. The planar isomer appeared ... -
Effects of Climate Smart Agricultural practices and Planting Dates on Maize Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Semi-Arid Tanzania
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2020-05-15)The shift of growing season’s onset due to rainfall and seasonal variability are among the climate change impacts affecting agricultural productivity in semi-arid. Previous studies have also noted the seasonal variations ... -
High energy density materials based on fluorinated bridged trinitromethyl azo triazole derivatives: a quantum chemical study of thermodynamic and energetic properties
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-10-19)High energy density materials (HEDM) have gained extensive attention due to their energetic properties and safety issues. Nitro and fluoro groups, among others, have become viable substituents on the triazole framework ... -
Two-stage banana leaves wastes utilization towards mushroom growth and biogas production
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-11-20)Banana leaves wastes (BL) were subjected to fungal treatment using Pleurotus ostreatus to produce edible mushrooms and biogas in the anaerobic digestion process. Effects of fungal treatment on mushrooms production, lignin ... -
Theoretical and Experimental Performance Analysis of a Novel Domestic Biogas Burner
(Hindawi, 2020-09-16)The inefficient indoor burning of fuelwood on traditional cookstoves generates pollutants, primarily carbon monoxide and many other human health-damaging emissions. It is from this risk that it is necessary to have an ... -
Open-Source Software Application for Hydrogeological Delineation of Potential Groundwater Recharge Zones in the Singida Semi-Arid, Fractured Aquifer, Central Tanzania
(MDPI, 2020-05-17)This study attempted to delineate and map potential groundwater recharge zones of the Singida, semi-arid, fractured crystalline basement aquifer using open source remote sensing and GIS software. Various thematic maps ... -
Experimental Study of a Lab Scale Hybrid Fixed Bed Gasifier
(Science Publishing Group, 2020-02-04)Thermo-chemical conversion technologies (incineration, gasification and pyrolysis) have emerged as potential technologies for municipal solid waste management (MSWM). This is happening due to the increase of the need for ... -
Performance investigation of the slaughterhouse wastewater treatment facility: a case of Mwanza City Slaughterhouse, Tanzania
(Water Practice & Technology, 2020-09-28)The present study engaged onsite operations and laboratory analysis for Mwanza City Slaughterhouse (MCS) wastewater to improve the efficiency of wastewater treatment of a newly installed facility. The MCS wastewater treatment ... -
Fast Rate Production of Biodiesel from Neem Seed Oil Using a Catalyst Made from Banana Peel Ash Loaded with Metal Oxide (Li-CaO/Fe2 (SO4)3)
(Hindawi, 2020-08-27)Biodiesel is a possible remedy to the present toxic, finite sources and ever-diminishing crude fuels. Nonedible and locally available (Azadirachta indica) neem seed oil (NSO) as a second-generation feedstock was transformed ... -
Highly porous biomass-based capacitive deionization electrodes for water defluoridation
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2019-12-09)The high concentration of fluoride (F−) in water sources is the main challenge in major fluoride belts. Though capacitive deionization (CDI) with porous carbon electrodes is the promising alternative in removing charged ... -
Quantitative assessment of metal contamination and associated pollution risk in sediments from the Mara River in Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-10-21)For most rivers in sub-Saharan Africa, information about pollution indices related to sediments is sparse. Sedimentological research of rivers that empty into Lake Victoria is highly patchy and wide apart. The present study ... -
Assessment of the impact of groundwater pumpage on water supply sustainability in Zanzibar, Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-10-23)In the present study, a 42-year record of rainfall and temperature from Airport and a 43-year rainfall record from Kizimbani meteorological station were analyzed to understand how these climatic variables are affecting ... -
A study on Pb removal kinetics using modified agricultural wastes from Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-10-29)Lignocellulosic materials, abundant and renewable materials, are gaining popularity as metal scavenging agents because of their high sorption capacities, relatively low cost and environmental-friendliness. However, there ... -
Effect of industrial dust deposition on photovoltaic module performance: Experimental measurements in tropical region
(NM-AIST, 2020-02)Dust particles accumulation affects photovoltaic module transmittance of photovoltaic solar cell glazing, and thus leading to substantial reduction of conversion efficiency owing to lower irradiance reaching the surface. ... -
Cryptogamic packed biofilter as potential adsorbent for co2, h2s and nh3 impurities from biogas
(NM-AIST, 2020-07)The presence of elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and trace impurities in biogas affect its caloric value as well as causes corrosion and are extremely toxic. There are various methods ... -
Removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas using red rock materials
(NM-AIST, 2020-03)In this study, the potential of red rock materials for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas was studied. The rock samples were collected, sieved and organized in various particle size ranges such as 0.32 - 250 µm, ... -
Theoretical and experimental studies of imidazolium based ionic liquids for supercapacitors application
(2020-03)The theoretical study of neutral ion pairs of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMIM][BF4]) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([EMIM][NTf2]) has been performed. The formation ... -
Charge enhanced capacitive deionization electrodes for deionized water production
(NM-AIST, 2020-05)The deionized (DI) water of high purity standards is used in several industrial processes to manufacture products and technologies for high end applications. Deionized water is used in industrial processes such as to ...
