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