Search Results - "Silva, Manoj"
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Destruction of emerging organophosphate contaminants in wastewater using the heterogeneous iron-based photo-Fenton-like process
Published in Journal of hazardous materials letters (01-11-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Organophosphates are an emerging contaminant that can be successfully removed using advanced oxidation processes.•Photo-Fenton-like…”
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Experimental Insights into the Genesis and Growth of Struvite Particles on Low-Solubility Dolomite Mineral Surfaces
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (17-10-2019)“…Low-solubility Mg2+-containing mineral surfaces, including periclase (MgO) and magnesite (MgCO3), can act as sustainable sources of Mg2+ ions to yield green…”
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Heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like degradation of emerging pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewater using Cu-doped MgO nanoparticles
Published in Applied catalysis. A, General (25-01-2022)“…A facile thermal decomposition method was utilized to synthesize mesoporous Cu-doped MgO nanoparticles. These Cu-MgO nanoparticles were shown to be efficient…”
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Phosphate removal from simulated wastewater using industrial calcium-containing solid waste
Published in Journal of environmental chemical engineering (01-12-2021)“…Anthropogenic solid waste can serve as a reactive substrate to adsorb and immobilize PO43- to enhance the sustainability of the water-energy-food nexus due to…”
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Heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like degradation of emerging pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewater using Cu-doped MgO nanoparticles
Published in Applied catalysis. A, General (21-12-2021)“…In this study, a facile thermal decomposition method was utilized to synthesize Cu-doped MgO nanoparticles possessing mesoporosity. These mesoporous Cu doped…”
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Mesoporous Fe-doped MgO nanoparticles as a heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like catalyst for degradation of salicylic acid in wastewater
Published in Journal of environmental chemical engineering (01-08-2021)“…Mesoporous Fe-doped MgO nanoparticles were synthesized using a facile sol-gel method and utilized for photo-Fenton-like degradation of salicylic acid (SA). The…”
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Multifunctional Urea Cocrystal with Combined Ureolysis and Nitrification Inhibiting Capabilities for Enhanced Nitrogen Management
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (05-08-2019)“…The novel ternary Zn(II)-thiourea–urea ionic cocrystal [Zn(thiourea)(urea)Cl2], (ZnTU) has been prepared by both solution and mechanochemical processes and…”
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Water Adsorption on Hydroxyapatite and Struvite as a Function of Relative Humidity: Application of BET and Freundlich Adsorption Models
Published in ACS earth and space chemistry (17-02-2022)“…Anthropogenically derived phosphate-bearing crystalline materials serve as reactive surfaces for nutrient recycling to the environment. The reactivity of these…”
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Water Sorption on Formic Acid-Modified Hydroxyapatite as a Function of Relative Humidity: Simulated Environmental Aging Effects on Hygroscopicity and Nutrient Release
Published in ACS earth and space chemistry (15-12-2022)“…Phosphate minerals play an important role in the natural cycle of phosphorous, both in the solid form used in agricultural applications and as aerosolized…”
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Natural and Tailored Magnesium-Based Materials for Adsorptive Nutrient Recovery and Catalytic Wastewater Treatment
Published 01-01-2022“…Nutrient recovery and water reuse are two important challenges for the 21st century that are closely interlinked in the food-energy-water nexus. Two…”
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Mesoporous Fe-doped MgO nanoparticles as a heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like catalyst for degradation of salicylic acid in wastewater
Published in Journal of environmental chemical engineering (01-05-2021)“…Mesoporous Fe-doped MgO nanoparticles were synthesized using a facile sol-gel method and utilized for photo-Fenton-like degradation of salicylic acid (SA). The…”
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Relative Humidity Facilitated Urea Particle Reaction with Salicylic Acid: A Combined In Situ Spectroscopy and DFT Study
Published in ACS earth and space chemistry (16-07-2020)“…Population growth is necessitating a significant increase in crop production, while regulations require less use of nitrogen (N) (as fertilizers, such as urea)…”
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Mechanochemically synthesized gypsum and gypsum drywall waste cocrystals with urea for enhanced environmental sustainability fertilizers
Published in Journal of environmental chemical engineering (01-08-2020)“…•Nitrogen efficiency of mineral fertilizers is of utmost importance for energy use.•Urea cocrystals with gypsum were synthesized mechanochemically.•Drywall…”
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Analysis and derivation of optimum operating conditions of Lapple cyclone separator by using CFD
Published in 2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) (01-04-2016)“…Cyclones are one of the most extensively used gas cleaning equipment in the industry. Current empirical model based cyclone designs and performance prediction…”
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Useful and easy-to-use interactive voice for emergency data exchange
Published in Info (Cambridge, England) (2013)“…Purpose – Telephone calls are the predominant telecommunication mode in Sri Lanka. Consequently, leveraging voice-based applications for disaster communication…”
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Mean Opinion Score performance in classifying voice-enabled emergency communication systems
Published in 2012 International Conference on Computer & Information Science (ICCIS) (01-06-2012)“…Freedom Fone (FF) is an easy to use Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System that integrates with Global System for Mobile (GSM) telecommunications [1]. Sahana…”
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Interactive voice uncertainties for emergency communication suspends automation
Published in 2012 Ninth International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE) (01-05-2012)“…Freedom Fone (FF) is an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System that integrates with the Global System for Mobile (GSM) telecommunications [1]. Sahana is a…”
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