Department of Environmental Research
Research Activities
- Water and wastewater treatment (advanced oxidation process, Fenton, photo-Fenton, filtration and other new technologies)
- Waste management
- Recycling and reuse of used chemicals to reduce the environmental impact of color-related industries
- Development of new environmentally friendly materials and technologies for sustainable development
- Design and make of various reactors for wastewater treatment.
- Air pollution (modeling, monitoring and application)
- Renewable energies
- Synthesis of novel nano materials as adsorbent and catalyst (e.g. nano particles, nano tubes and nano layers) for removal of recalcitrance chemicals from wastewater (e.g. organic dyes and surfactants)
- Potentials
- Research on new technologies to solve environmental problems of color-related industries.
- Reducing the environmental impact of color industries by optimization process through development of new environmental friendly materials and technologies.
- Reducing the environmental impact of color industries by recovery and reuse of resources
- Design and modeling of treatment plantsfor Water, Air and Soil.
- Making absorption systems and catalytic / photocatalytic oxidation reactors.
- Development of new environmental friendly materials and technologies for sustainable development
- Design and make of water and wastewater treatment systems in laboratory, pilot and industrial scales.
- Implementation of waste management and recycling systems for hazardous laboratory and industrial materials.
Some of the Current Research Projects
- Organic dye removal from aqueous solution using magnetic nanopowders based on iron oxides
- Optimization of active site distribution in environmental catalysts, poisoned by organo-silica compounds, for total oxidation of VOC
Some of the Completed Research Projects
- Colored Wastewater Treatment by a Combination Process of Ozonation and UV Irradiation
- Study of Isotherm and Kinetics of Dye Adsorption onto Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
- A New Mathematical Model to Simulate Acidic Colored Pollutants Adsorption Phenomena from Wastewater based on Fluid-Particle Reaction Kinetics Models
- Dye Removal from the Coloured Wastewaters by Nanofiltration System
- The Hydrogen Peroxide Catalytic Oxidation of a Reactive Dye over Bentonite Modified with Al, Cu, Fe Salts
- Mathematical Modeling of Catalytical Total Oxidation Process of VOC Solvents Emitted from Paints and Coatings by Scale up of Laboratory Data to Pilot and Industrial Units
- Dye Removal from the Coloured Wastewater Using Adsorption Process on to Alkali Modified Activated Carbon
- Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibition of Monomeric and Gemini Cationic Surfactants on Mild Steel in Acidic Solution
- Organic Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution using Magnetic Nanopowders based on Iron Oxides
- Textile Wastewater Treatment by Advanced Oxidation Methods, Part 1, Ozonation
- Degradation of Dyes in Wastewater Using Titania Nanoparticles Photocatalysis Process
- Decolorization of Colored Wastewater Using Photo- Fenton Process
- Environmental Assesment of Gas Urban Network and Installation in Goulestan Province with View of their Construction and Cathodic Protection Materials
- Study the Environmental Effect and Corrosion of Water Transfer Flanges
- Manufacture of Activated Carbon from Agricultural Wastes for the Removal of Dyes from Industrial Wastewater
- Color Road Map in The Cosmetic Industries
- Environmental Situation of The Coloration Centers in Chahar mahal and Bakhtiari
- Organization and Optimization of Color Separation at Bus Stops in Passenger Terminals
- Investigation of the Effect of Cationic anionic Surfactants on the Rheological and Corrosion Properties of Drilling Mud
- Reactive Dye Removal from Wastewater by Fenton Process
- Evaluation of Nano Silver Effect on Corrosion Resistance Coatings in Industrial Wastewater Environment
- Application of Surface Modified Copper Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles to Remove Dyes from Wastewater
- Study of Emitted Aromatic Pollutants Removal with The Application of Nano Titanium Dioxide on Wall Coatings
- The Corrosion Inhibition Study of Cationic Gemini Surfactants on Mild Steel in Sulfamic Acid Solution
- Specifying Effective Parameters of Scale up Method for Industrial Reactor Design to Produce Red 254 Pigment with a Modern Method
- Removal of Organic and Metallic Colored Pollutants from Wastewater with Nano- Perlite
- Study of Effect of Nitrate Compounds of Soil on The Gas Pipeline Coatings
- Removal of Dyes from Wastewater by Alginate Containing Magnetic Nanoparticle
- Removal of Dyes Used in Printing Industry from Wastewater by Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles
- Dye Removal Using Poly (Amido Primary Secondary Amine) Polymer from Binary System Wastewater Contained Direct and Acid Dyes
- Anionic Dyes Removal from Wastewater using Nano Chitosan Particles
Facilities and Equipment
- Total Organic Carbon analyzer
- Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Flame/Furnace)
- COD spectrophotometer and reactor
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer (single beam)
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer (double beam)
- Ion chromatograph
- BOD track and incubator
- Turbidimeter
- Jar Test
- Centrifuge
- pH meter
- Conductometer
- Shaker
- Balance
Faculty Members
No | Name | Title | |
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1 | Dr. Masoud Etezad | Assistant Professor | etezad-ma@icrc.ac.ir |
3 | Dr. Niaz Mohammad Mahmoodi | Associate Professor | mahmoodi@icrc.ac.ir |
2 | Dr. Mohammad Ebrahim Olya | Assistant Professor | olya-me@icrc.ac.ir |