PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS IN NAMAKKAL DISTRICT OF TAMILNADU STATE

ABSTRACT Groundwater quality studies were carried out in and around Namakkal District, Tamilnadu. The objective of this study is to identify the quality of groundwater especially in the town and rural areas where groundwater is used for domestic and agriculture purposes. Fifteen locations of ground water samples were collected and studied for a month of June-2014 and October-2014. The present investigation is focused on the determination of PhysicoChemical parameters such as temperature, taste, turbidity, electrical conductivity, pH, hardness, total solids, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, chlorides, sulphate, nitrate, fluorides, dissolved oxygen, sodium, potassium and E.coli. Groundwater suitability for domestic and irrigation purposes was examined by using WHO and BIS standards, which indicate the Groundwater of few areas, were not much suitable for drinking purposes

Ubiquitous robust communications for emergency response using multi-operator heterogeneous networks

A number of disasters in various places of the planet have caused an extensive loss of lives, severe damages to properties and the environment, as well as a tremendous shock to the survivors. For relief and mitigation operations, emergency responders are immediately dispatched to the disaster areas. Ubiquitous and robust communications during the emergency response operations are of paramount importance. Nevertheless, various reports have highlighted that after many devastating events, the current technologies used, failed to support the mission critical communications, resulting in further loss of lives. Inefficiencies of the current communications used for emergency response include lack of technology inter-operability between different jurisdictions, and high vulnerability due to their centralized infrastructure. In this article, we propose a flexible network architecture that provides a common networking platform for heterogeneous multi-operator networks, for interoperation in case of emergencies. A wireless mesh network is the main part of the proposed architecture and this provides a back-up network in case of emergencies. We first describe the shortcomings and limitations of the current technologies, and then we address issues related to the applications and functionalities a future emergency response network should support. Furthermore, we describe the necessary requirements for a flexible, secure, robust, and QoS-aware emergency response multi-operator architecture, and then we suggest several schemes that can be adopted by our proposed architecture to meet those requirements. In addition, we suggest several methods for the re-tasking of communication means owned by independent individuals to provide support during emergencies. In order to investigate the feasibility of multimedia transmission over a wireless mesh network, we measured the performance of a video streaming application in a real wireless metropolitan multi-radio mesh network, showing that the mesh network can meet the requirements for high quality video transmissions

Removal of Ni (II) from aqueous solutions by adsorption onto <i style="">Cajanus cajan L </i>Milsp seed shell activated carbons

414-420The adsorptive removal of Ni(II) from aqueous solution using Cajanus cajan L Milsp seed shells activated carbon (CCC) and polypyrrole coated Cajanus cajan L Milsp seed shells activated carbon (PPy/CCC) has been carried out under various experimental conditions. Quantity of Ni(II) uptake at 50 mg of activated carbon is 25.75 mg/g for CCC and 29.60 mg/g for PPy/CCC. Adsorption data are modeled with Freundlich, Langmuir and Temkin adsorption isotherms. Thermodynamics parameters, such as Ho, So, and Go have been calculated and the findings indicate that the adsorption is spontaneous and endothermic. Enthalpy change values range from 8.90 kJ/mol to 23.04 kJ/mol, and based on these values the adsorption of Ni(II) by CCC could be a physisorption. A mechanism involving intra particle diffusion and surface adsorption has been proposed for the adsorption of Ni(II) onto the adsorbent. Adsorbent used in this study is also characterized by FT-IR and SEM before and after the adsorption of metal ions

Statistical Study on Physicochemical Characteristics of Groundwater in and around Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India

Groundwater samples collected at different locations in and around Namakkal were analyzed for their physicochemical characteristics. Ten locations of groundwater samples were collected and studied for every two month for the period June-2007 to December-2007. The present investigation is focused on the determination of physicochemical parameters such as temperature, taste, turbidity, electrical conductivity, pH, hardness, total solids, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, chlorides, sulphate, nitrate, fluorides, dissolved oxygen, sodium, potassium and E.coli bacterium. Groundwater suitability for domestic and irrigation purposes was examined by using WHO and BIS standards, which indicate the groundwater in a few areas, were not much suitable for domestic and agriculture purposes. Thus the objective of this study is to identify the quality of groundwater especially in the town and near by town where groundwater is used for domestic and agriculture purposes is discussed

Kinetic, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic studies on the removal of Cr(VI) by activated carbon prepared from Cajanus Cajan(L) Milsp seed shell

This paper presents the feasibility of the removal of hexavalent chromium ions from aqueous solutions by using activated carbon prepared from Cajanus Cajan(L) Milsp. It was carbonized and activated by treating it with concentrated sulfuric acid followed by heating for 5 h at 500oC. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out as a function of pH, contact time, initial concentration of the adsorbate, adsorbent dosage and temperature. The experimental data fi tted well to the Freundlich isotherm. The thermodynamic parameters such as ΔHo, ΔSo, and ΔGo were calculated, which indicated that the adsorption was spontaneous and endothermic in nature. The adsorbent used in this study was characterized by FT-IR and SEM before and after the adsorption of metal ions. The results indicate that Cajanus Cajan(L) Milsp can be employed as a low cost alternative and commercial adsorbents in the removal of chromium (VI) from water and waste water

Anomaly detection and mitigation for disaster area networks ⋆

Abstract. One of the most challenging applications of wireless networking are in disaster area networks where lack of infrastructure, limited energy resources, need for common operational picture and thereby reliable dissemination are prevalent. In this paper we address anomaly detection in intermittently connected mobile ad hoc networks in which there is little or no knowledge about the actors on the scene, and opportunistic contacts together with a store-and-forward mechanism are used to overcome temporary partitions. The approach uses a statistical method for detecting anomalies when running a manycast protocol for dissemination of important messages to k receivers. Simulation of the random walk gossip (RWG) protocol combined with detection and mitigation mechanisms is used to illustrate that resilience can be built into a network in a fully distributed and attack-agnostic manner, at a modest cost in terms of drop in delivery ratio and additional transmissions. The approach is evaluated with attacks by adversaries that behave in a similar manner to fair nodes when invoking protocol actions.