Management of Environmental Quality: Volume 27 Issue 3

Hydrothermal coordination in power systems with large-scale integration of renewable energy sources

Anestis Anastasiadis, Georgios Kondylis, Georgios A Vokas, Panagiotis Papageorgas

The purpose of this paper is to examine the feasibility of an ideal power network that combines many different renewable energy technologies such as wind power, concentrated solar…

Water resources assessment in the region of Ben Azzouz (Hadjar Soud, North East Algeria)

Mani Hannouche, Amar Lebbad, Tahar Wafa

The purpose of this paper is to give a better knowledge of water resources in the region of Ben Azzouz, and to improve the actual water management through harmonization between…

Respirometric index as a tool for biogas generation production from poultry manure

Stefano Antognoni, Marco Ragazzi, Gabriela Ionescu, Giorgia Passamani, Simone Zanoni, Elena C. Rada, Vincenzo Torretta

In the EU, over the past three decades, poultry production has been growing around the 5 percent per year. This increase determined a higher volume of livestock and poultry…

Characterization of diatomite from Sig region (West Algeria) for industrial application

Hazem Meradi, L'Hadi Atoui, Lynda Bahloul, Kotbia Labiod, Fadhel Ismail

Diatomite also known Kieselguhr, is a non-metallic mineral composed of the skeletal remains of microscopic single-celled aquatic algae called diatoms. The purpose of this paper is…

Process enhancement for maximization of methane production in codigestion biogas plants

Andrea G Capodaglio, Ezio Ranieri, Vincenzo Torretta

– The purpose of this paper is to develop improvements in the efficiency of the codigestion process.

Chemometric modeling to predict aquatic toxicity of benzene derivatives in Pimephales Promelas

Nadia Ziani, Khadidja Amirat, Djelloul Messadi

– The purpose of this paper is to predict the aquatic toxicity (LC50) of 92 substituted benzenes derivatives in Pimephales promelas.

Chemometric modeling to predict retention times for a large set of pesticides or toxicants using hybrid genetic algorithm/multiple linear regression approach

Khadidja Amirat, Nadia Ziani, Djelloul Messadi

– The purpose of this paper is to predict the retention times of 84 pesticides or toxicants.

Assessment and management of water resources in the watershed of the middle Seybouse (Northeast Algeria)

Nabil Brahmia, Salah Chaab, Aziez Zeddouri

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the assessment of water resources in the Seybouse middle sub-basin. Analyses of water and various current uses are used to draw attention…

Environmental implication of the Algerian traditional house

Sabrina Kacher, Hanane Zermout

The control of the environmental impacts of buildings and constructions has certainly progressed in recent years in Europe, but very little in Algeria. The purpose of this paper…