SOIL REMINERALIZATION THROUGH THE ADDITION OF VOLCANIC ROCK MINING WASTE WITH SEWAGE SLUDGE FROM A DAIRY INDUSTRY: A SMALL-SCALE FIELD EXPERIMENT WITH BLACK OATS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2020) (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Amanda Silva ◽  
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Adilson Dalmora ◽  
Beatriz Firpo ◽  
Rubens Kautzmann ◽  
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The present study focuses on the agronomic efficacy evaluation of volcanic rock mining waste and the sewage sludge from a dairy industry as a fertilizer for an acid soil, and to evaluate its nutrients and toxic potentially elements. The waste samples were collected from a volcanic rock mining and a dairy industry located in the southern region of Brazil. X-ray diffraction technique was employed to identify the mineralogical phases present in the rock dust. Rock and sludge major elements composition were analyzed after fusion along with LiBO2 followed by X-Ray Fluorescence. Toxic potentially elements content was measured according to United States Environmental Protection Agency 3050b method. The sludge and rock were applied to small-scale field experiment in which black oats was then sown. Four treatments were compared: (T1) 3,240 kg ha-1 of sewage sludge, (T2) 1,620 kg ha-1 of sewage sludge with 6,000 kg ha-1 of rock, (T3) 12,000 kg ha-1 of rock and control, which did not receive any type of input. Changes in soil properties and the nutritional status of the black oats were monitored after ninety days. The addition of the sludge combined with rock dust led to substantial increases in black oats leaves nutrient concentrations (mainly Ca, K, P and Zn) and in soil available K and P. In addition, the potentially toxic elements levels of both wastes are low and therefore the risks of environmental contamination are considerably reduced. Keywords: dairy industry sewage sludge; volcanic rock mining waste; natural soil fertilization.

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 543-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Ishida ◽  
Wataru Fujito ◽  
Hiroto Yamashita ◽  
Makoto Naoi ◽  
Hirokazu Fuji ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 820-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Boccotti ◽  
Pasquale Filianoti ◽  
Vincenzo Fiamma ◽  
Felice Arena

1955 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. MacKinnon ◽  
J. R. Brett

A small-scale field experiment was conducted to investigate the migration of Pacific salmon fry through an impounded water basin, 2.4 acres in area. Pink, chum, coho, spring and sockeye fry were released at the upstream end. During nine days of operating a trap placed below the outlet dam, only pink and chum fry appeared. One-quarter of the total of these latter species moved through the impoundment and were recaptured. The migration of the fry was mainly confined to a period 11/2 hours after sunset to 11/2 hours before sunrise. The rate of migration of fry through the impoundment differed significantly from the movement of floats also released above the basin.


Author(s):  
Paolo Boccotti ◽  
Felice Arena ◽  
Vincenzo Fiamma ◽  
Alessandra Romolo ◽  
Giuseppe Barbaro

Author(s):  
Felice Arena ◽  
Giovanni Malara

This paper investigates random Froude-Krylov (FK) force on a rectangular structure. It is a key parameter in the design process of some maritime structures. Indeed, the exciting force on a large floating body is commonly determined by a contribution due to the incident wave field (FK) and by a contribution due to the diffraction of sea waves. The work is based on results of a small-scale field experiment at NOEL (Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory) in Reggio Calabria, Italy. First, field experiment is described, with characteristics of the selected sea states. Then, FK forces are analytically derived in the context of linear random waves. Frequency spectrum of the FK force is derived and it is discussed the occurrence of zeros in frequency domain. Extreme FK forces are determined by Quasi-Determinism theory. The theory enables to derive the analytical expression of the FK force when a large wave (either a large crest height or a large crest-to-trough wave height) occurs at any given point of the wave field, in a fixed time instant. Time domain representation allows investigating the wave force and extreme wave pressure. It is shown that the wave force is highly width dependent in time domain. Further, time histories are not quasi-impulsive. This characteristic is well-rendered in large structures (large with respect to the dominant wave length), where the wave group crossing gives rise to a time history “protraction” in time domain. In the last part of the paper theoretical results are supplemented by comparison with experimental data.


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