Trends in Environmental Sustainability and Green Energy: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering ... in Earth and Environmental Sciences)

This book offers a collection of papers presented at the 2023 6th International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE 2023), held during July 21-23, 2023 in Jeju Island, Korea. Recent studies, promising ideas and new challenges are discussed among environmental engineers, economists and social scientists, demonstrating new paradigms for problem solving and decision making. The book provides researchers and practitioners in the field of in green energy and environmental science with the latest, cutting-edge thought and research in the field. It will appeal to readers interested in these fields, especially those who are looking for new ideas and research directions. Preface Conference Committees Contents Wastewater Treatment, Water Quality Analysis, and Water Resource Management Black Iron Electrode/Persulfate System: A Reduction Method for Ammonia, Oil and Grease, TSS, and COD Content of Septage Wastewater via Electrocoagulation 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Electrocoagulation (EC) Reactor 2.2 Electrocoagulation with Persulfate Additive 2.3 Electrocoagulation Analysis 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Analysis of Potable Water Supply Scenarios Using WEAP Software and Applied to the Cities of Moquegua and Ilo 1 Introduction 2 Method 2.1 Methodology and Tools 2.2 Study Area 2.3 Description of the WEAP Hydrological Model 2.4 Collection of Meteorological Information and Records 2.5 Input Data to the WEAP Model 2.6 WEAP Software Application 2.7 Simulation of the Hydrological Model 3 Results 3.1 Calibration of the Hydrological Model 3.2 Water Balance of Water Supply in Current Scenario 3.3 Water Balance Projected to a Horizon of 50 Years (Year 2070) of Water Supply for Cities of Moquegua and Ilo 4 Validation 5 Conclusions References A Swift, Straightforward, and Innovative Approach for Detecting Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in Aquatic Matrices Using Direct Immersion (DI) Three-Phase Single-Drop Microextraction (SDME) Coupled In-Line with Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Chemicals and Materials 2.2 Instrumentation 2.3 DI-SDME-CE Procedure 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Enrichment Factor of Three-Phase LLLE System 3.2 Acceptor Phase (Drop Size) 3.3 Organic Phase (Extraction Solvent) 3.4 Agitation Speed 3.5 Extraction Time 3.6 Analytical Performance 4 Conclusions References Adsorption of Chromium(VI) from Simulated Wastewater Using Colocasia esculenta Leaf and Petiole Fibers 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Characterization of Adsorbents 2.2 Preparation of Cr(VI) Standard Solution 2.3 Preparation and Modification of Adsorbent 2.4 Adsorption Procedure 2.5 Statistical Tools and Treatment 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 FT-IR Analysis of Biosorbents 3.2 Effect of Contact Time 3.3 Comparative Study on the Four Studied Adsorbents 4 Conclusion References Debris Flow Modeling Using FLO-2D for Hazard Identification in the Rio Seco Creek 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Methodology and Tools 3 Results and Analysis 3.1 Event Occurred on February 2, 2017 3.2 Return Period (Tr = 100 Years) 3.3 Return Period (Tr = 500 Years) 4 Validation 5 Conclusions References Ecological Environment Protection and Disaster Management The Status and Practices of WEEE Management: A Case Study in Thailand 1 Introduction 2 Thailand’s WEEE-related Legislation 3 Status of WEEE Management in Thailand 4 A Case Study of WEEE Management Practices 4.1 Pre-steps of WEEE Processing 4.2 WEEE Processing 4.3 Safety, Environment, and Social Responsibility 5 Conclusions References Analysis of Severity of Forest Fires Through Spectral Indices in Altiplanic Zones of Peru 1 Introduction 1.1 Description of the Study Area 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussions 3.1 Vegetal Cover 3.2 Fire Severity 3.3 Vegetative Recovery 4 Conclusions References Natural Disaster Management Using Machine Learning for Resilient Electrical Grids 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 3 Materials and Methods 3.1 Data Set 3.2 Preprocessing Techniques 3.3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Renewable Energy Power Generation and Clean Energy Technology Validation of a Model for Predicting the Performance of Evacuated Tube Solar Collectors Based on Internal Parameters of Heat Pipes 1 Introduction 1.1 Thermal Performance of the Heat Pipe 2 Multivariate Polynomial Regression Model 3 Experimental Setup 4 Experimental Results 5 Multivariate Polynomial Regression Analysis Results 5.1 The Performance of the Tube Influenced by Both the Merit Number and the Surface Area of the Insertion 5.2 Efficiency of the Evacuated Heat Pipe as a Function of the Working Fluid’s Boiling Point and Surface Area of the Insert 6 Conclusion References Deep Learning-Based Approach for Short-Term Solar Power Forecasting 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Results 4 Conclusion References A Pilot–Scale Continuous Torrefier for Bagasse Quality Improvement in a Biomass Powerplant 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Method 2.1 Equipment and Procedure 2.2 Experiment Setup 2.3 Analysis of Torrefaction Performance 2.4 Ultimate Analysis and High Heating Value 3 Results and Discussions 3.1 Analysis of Bagasse Properties 4 Conclusion References Evaluation of Bio-Oils Produced from Rapid Heating Pyrolysis of Palm Kernel Shell-Polymer Waste Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Materials 2.2 Pyrolysis Experiments 2.3 Engine Combustion and Emissions Tests 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Effects of Waste Polymer Composition on Bio-Oil Yield and Quality 3.2 Engine-Out Responses Across Engine Operational Speed Range 3.3 Reduced ESC Emissions 3.4 Empirical Correlations 4 Conclusions References Mixed Schiff Base and 8-hydroxyquinoline Complexes with Manganese, Iron and Zinc– Synthesis, Characterization and Properties 1 Introduction 2 Experimental 2.1 Synthesis of Schiff Base Ligand (L) 2.2 Procedure for the Synthesis of Metal Complexes with Mixed Ligands: 2.3 Gravimetric Estimation of Metals in the Complexes 2.4 The Gravimetric Estimation of Water of Crystallization 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusion References New Nanocomposite Anticorrosion Materials Based on Copper Ions for Resource and Energy Saving 1 Introduction 2 Experiment and Result 3 Summary References Author Index