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Issues related to the circumstances or condition of the earth's natural surroundings.
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air stripping
Environment; Pollution
"Air stripping is the transferring of volatile components of a liquid into an air stream. It is a environmental engineering technology used for the purification of ...
algal photosynthesis
Environment; Pollution
"The process by which green plants, algae, diatoms, and certain forms of bacteria make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of chlorophyll, using ...
cryophilic
Environment; Pollution
Cryophilic refers to "(microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees celsius cryophilic bacterium"
nitrification
Environment; Pollution
"Nitrification is the biological oxidation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrite followed by the oxidation of the nitrite to nitrate. The transformation of ammonia to nitrite is ...
secondary sludge
Environment; Pollution
"Sludge that includes activated sludge, mixed sludge, and chemically precipitated sludge." Secondary sludge is product from secondary wastewater treatment process.
plug flow
Environment; Pollution
"The flow of a body of ice or viscous fluid with no shearing between adjacent layers; idealized flow without any mixing of particles of fluid."
plug flow reactor (PFR)
Environment; Pollution
"A plug flow reactor (PFR) is a type of chemical reactor where the influent is pumped into the pipe. Chemical reactions occur through the length of the PFR and the reaction ...
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