Ahmet Altin

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University

Electrokinetic remediation is a very effective method to remove metal from fine-grained soils having low adsorption and buffering capacity. However, remediation of soil having high alkali and adsorption capacity via the electrokinetic method is a very difficult process. Therefore, enhancement techniques are required for use in these soil types. In...

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An alternative type of photoelectro-Fenton (PEF) process has been proposed to remove COD, color and phosphate from the landfill leachates. The process was improved by combining the different type of electro-Fenton (EF) process with UV irradiation. The efficiency of the process and settling characteristics of waste sludge produced from the process w...

The fundamental information for selecting and designing the most efficient treatment method of hos - pital waste is obtained by means of waste composition analysis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physical and elemental composition of waste in four hospitals in Sivas, Turkey. The results should help us select and design proper...

Toxic metals from industrial wastewaters are an important environmental issue. The use of supported liquid membrane processes has gained momentum in recent years, as it allows the reuse of water and toxic metals. The aim of this study is to investigate the active transport of silver ion through a supported liquid membrane (micro-porous Fluoropore P...

Education plays a crucial role in addressing health challenges faced by industrial workers. To enhance health literacy and promote healthier lifestyles among this demographic, our project utilizes a mobile application, blending education with entertainment—an approach we term edutainment. The Kikeva mobile application was developed to deliver healt...

In this chapter, the current pollution status of MP/NPs in the abiotic environments was revealed in terms of surface and groundwater, ocean and sea, soil and air environments. In addition, information was given about the degradation and transportation processes of MP and NPs in the relevant abiotic environmental conditions.

Ceramic industry; It is an industry that produces products such as ceramic tiles, ceramic sanitary ware (sanitary ware) and bricks. Turkey's ceramic industry coating material exports are 18.4 billion dollars, and ceramic sanitary ware exports are approximately 8.8 billion dollars. Türkiye is the fifth largest country in ceramic sanitary ware export...

This book chapter addresses soil pollution due to metals from a different perspective, enriches our knowledge on the subject, touches on the issues that need to be considered in scientific research to be carried out in the field. These chapters are structured with the subheadings of “Introduction”, “Sampling Methods”, “Monitoring Methods”, “Analysi...

Toxic chemicals from polluted seas can enter the human body through seafood consumption and cause health problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of selected heavy metals and trace elements among fishermen who frequently consumed seafood and controls who consumed seafood less frequently in four provinces on the shores of the Sea o...

A lab-prepared cellulosic oil sorbent—used for oil spill cleanup—was pyrolyzed in a quartz, pipe-type horizontal furnace at different temperatures to recover energy and material. Model sorbent was exposed to different oils (diesel and two different motor oils) to simulate oil spill cleanup prior to pyrolysis. The pyrolysis products were analyzed us...

Çevresel bozulma ve iklim değişikliği, ekonomik gerileme, sosyal huzursuzluk ve siyasi istikrarsızlık döngüsünü tetikleyen ulusala/uluslararası boyuttaki güvenlik problemleri ve çatışmalarda çok önemli bir parametre haline gelebilir. Günümüzde Afrika, Asya ve Latin Amerika'nın bazı bölgeleri başta olmak üzere dünyanın çeşitli bölgelerinde sosyal dü...

The effectiveness of the nano/bio process was investigated as a remediation option for co-contaminated soils. Nano/bio process is a hybrid treatment method that may be defined as the use of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) and bioremediation approaches subsequently/concurrently. Different bioremediation approaches (bioattenuation, biostimulation,...

Heavy metal contamination brought about by industrialization severely affects soils and groundwater sources. Elevated heavy metal concentrations in soils can cause toxic effects on living organisms by direct exposure or by entering into the food chain. Immobilization is a soil remediation method that aims to decrease the mobility and bioavailabilit...

The co-contamination of soils with heavy metals and organic contaminants is a problem that requires a different and innovative approach to remediate these kinds of sites. The different nature of these two contaminant groups makes the problem complicated. Recently, zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) application has been integrated with bioremedia...

Central Asia is a term that defines a very large region including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North-West China, and Mongolia, known as the Land of Turks. The water needs of the population within the borders of Central Asia are met by more than 6000 lakes of various sizes and rivers pouring into these lakes. Climate...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and has been affecting the world since the end of 2019. The disease led to significant mortality and morbidity in Turkey, since the first case was reported on March 11th, 2020. Studies suggest a positive association between air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The aim of the p...

Rapid industrialization and excessive human population growth may cause deterioration in marine water quality and biodiversity. Heavy metals are one of the most common pollutants in the seas and marine organisms, including demersal and pelagic fish, can accumulate them from the environment. Assessment of the ecological risk of heavy metals from fis...

The purposes of this study is to show the corporate characteristics of companies which have been operating in the fields of small-scale treatment plants’ (SSTPs’) design, construction, and installation processes, and to exhibit findings/perceptions of company employees on issues such as the initial investment and operating costs, common production...

Selected heavy metal-trace element (Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se, Sr, and V) levels were determined by the ICP-MS method in whole-blood samples of fishermen and control group who accommodate in four provinces of the Marmara Sea. Mercury (1.267 ± 1.061 µg/L to 0.796 ± 0.853 µg/L) and lead (17.8 ± 9.0 µg/L to 12.0 ± 6.83 µg/L) levels were highe...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and has been affecting the world since the end of 2019. Turkey is severely affected with the first case being reported on March 11 th 2020. Ambient particulate matter (PM) samples in various size ranges were collected from 13 sites including urban and urban background locations a...

Objective: In recent years, thanks to improving technology and economic conditions urban wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) constructions have accelerated. Wastewater characteristics and treatment requirements usually are taken into account for the planning of wastewater treatment plants. But, operation costs also are important as the least investme...

Respiratory quotient (RQ) is a parameter proposed as a tool for practical and online monitoring of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation. Various environmental factors and remediation conditions affect RQ values. Occasionally, actual RQ values deviate from theoretical RQ values of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation. In addition, different RQ calcu...

Supported liquid membrane process usually is used for recovering or enrichment of valuable metals in the industrial waste-water. But, even if the metals in the wastewater was separated with high chemical selectivity, it cannot be enough concentrated since separation performance of supported liquid membrane (SLM) process is limited by concentration...

Hastaneler, belirli kalitede ve hijyende suyun kesintisiz şekilde ve yüksek miktarda sağlanması gereken kurumlardır. Ancak, su temininde güçlük yaşanan ve su kalitesi düşük olan yerleşim merkezlerinde, yeterli kalitede ve miktarda su temini hastaneler için önemli bir maliyet kalemi haline gelmiştir. Bunun yanı sıra, hastane atıksuları yapısında çok...

The aim of the study is to select a cellulosic waste material from paper industry solid wastes and process it for sorbent production. Four different solid wastes were collected from a local paper production facility and rejects were selected due to its sorption capacity and processability. Oil sorption experiments were conducted according to the AS...

Nutrient enhancement of bioremediation with nitrogen, namely biostimulation, increases process performance. Selection of a proper nitrogen source is critical for bioremediation applications. In this study, the effects of different nitrogen sources on biodegradation of C10 – C25n-alkane compounds in diesel fuel spiked soil were revealed, and the mos...

The present study aims to examine the electro-Fenton/electro-coagulation (EF/EC) process for the treatment of wastewater generated from Kraft pulp and paper mills. As a result of the experimental studies, the optimum operating parameters of the EF/EC process have been identified as follows: current = 1.0 A, initial H2O2 concentration = 1000 mg/l an...

Hospitals are institutions that require high quantities of water in a certain quality and hygiene without interruption. However, in settlements where water supply is difficult and water quality is low, sufficient quality and quantity of water supplying has become an important cost item for hospitals. Besides, there are many macro and micro pollutan...

NOVELTY - Production of oil derived sorbent material from paper plant waste comprises cleaning the waste material, drying the material to be cleaned, embossing the dried material, drying the stuffed material and determining the packing density of the material before application. USE - Method of producing oil derived sorbent material from paper pla...

Electrodialysis (ED) and electrodialysis reversal (EDR) processes have been often used for separation of ions in dilute solutions. In this study, the performance of ED and EDR processes has been examined in the removal of copper from the dilute solutions. First, applied voltage, initial concentration, flow rate, type of electrolyte and the effect o...

Central Asia, known as the Turkish territory, is the term which defines a wide region including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North-western China and, Mongolia. Central Asia borders cover more than 6,000 large and small lakes and rivers where the water needs of the population is supplied from these resources. In this...

One of the most widespread environmental problems is petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in soil and groundwater environments. Among the components of petroleum hydrocarbons, n-alkanes constitutes highest proportion and are the most readily biodegraded components. Bioremediation is a low cost and environmentally friendly technology in order to cle...

Öz Bu çalışmanın amacı, medya okuryazarlığı, özdeşleşme ve televizyon eğilimi kavramlarını ilişkilendirmek, ergenlik çağındaki çocuklarının televizyon eğilimi, özdeşleşme ve medya okuryazarlığı seviyelerini inceleyerek sosyal yapının bu kavramlar üzerindeki etkilerini saptamak, sosyal yaşantılarında değişiklik olup olmadığını tespit etmek, değişim...

While remediating a polluted site, the physical and chemical properties of soil is very important as it affects the degree of the treatment and which method to choose. Electokinetic remediaton is an emerging technology which relies on the application of direct current on soil. Use of electrokinetics has been studied by several authors but there are...

In this study, the utilization of dried activated sludge for removal of Cd2+ from aqueous solution in a batch system was investigated. Initial pH, biosorbent dosage, contact time, and initial metal concentration parameters were selected to determine optimal process conditions. The biosorption mechanism was examined by SEM, FTIR and EDX results. The...

ÖZET: Dünya'da içmesuyu kaynaklarının büyük bir bölümünü yeraltısuyu rezervleri oluşturmaktadır. Ancak bu rezervler kirlenmelere karşı oldukça hassastır. Bir yeraltısuyu akiferinin kirlenmesi durumunda, düşük akım hızları nedeniyle, akiferin kendini yenilemesi oldukça zordur. Bu açıdan bakıldığında, hem toprak ve hem de yeraltısuyu kirliliğinin, üz...

In this study, secondary school students’ awareness of environmental issues and problems and the level of their active participation in environmental activities have been identified, and the effects of some factors as family school and media on their environmental awareness and active participation have been investigated.The study was carried out i...

The number of environmentally conscious individuals in society can be raised by increasing environmental education quality in primary schools. Starting studies about environment in the childhood years is very important. In this study, the knowledge and skill levels of primary school students in Zonguldak about waste recycling was determined, and th...

In order to control the effects or possible effects of industrial activities to environment, and improve the environmental performances, ISO 14001 standards series are prepared by ISO. ISO14001 is used for establishing an environmental management system (EMS) for business companies and carrying out other steps of the standard in planning process. S...

A survey is carried out on the expectations for the certification process of the companies having ISO 14001 certificate in different sectors, and on meeting of such expectations. The survey results are evaluated by a correlation analysis. At the end of the study, it is determined that meeting the expectancies are grouped into four success levels su...

The metropolitan city of Kayseri is an ever growing settlement in central Turkey where the climate is semi-arid. The total population of the metropolitan is about 912 000 by the year 2010. Annually about 57.482.766 million cubicmeter of water for domestic use in the municipality is supplied by the Directorate of Water and Sewage Administration of t...

Selective removal of cadmium from wastewaters is very important, because cadmium is toxic for the environment and for human health. This work is a comprehensive study on the selective removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solutions by using a co-current flow flat sheet supported liquid membrane system. 4.4 × 10−4 M Cd(II) concentration was used as a feed...

Kurtboğazı Dam is one of the most significant sources of drinking water sources for Ankara City. In this study, hydro-geochemical properties and pollution sources of surface waters feeding into the dam are determined. In addition, important environmental problems such as squatter’s houses and wastewater discharges within protection zones of watersh...

In this study, water pollutions of the Black Sea in the Turkish costal region, particularly in the Zonguldak region, located in the western part of Turkey (southern part of the Black Sea), were investigated. Zonguldak province is a highly populated and industrialized region with two iron and steel factories, coal mining and a coal-powered energy pl...

In this study, the effects of the acceptor phase and the donor phase properties on sodium ion transport were examined in bulk liquid membrane systems. In the experiments, toluene and a mixture of toluene–dichloromethane (90–10%, v/v) containing 1×10−3M DB18C6 (dibenzo18crown6) was used as the membrane. In order to examine the effects of different t...

The effectiveness of the electrokinetic remediation enhanced with acetic acid (AcH) in sandy soils polluted from a zinc production plant was investigated. Best removal efficiencies were obtained by using 3 molar AcH in the cathode chamber and applying 20 volt constant potential. For these conditions, lead (II) removal efficiencies for sandy soils w...

In this study, the hydrogeological and pollution characteristics of surface water, tap water and local spring water along 40 km coastal regions in Zonguldak city and its surrounding province having approximately 175 thousands population were examined. In addition, pollution loads of domestic and industrial wastewater and their effects to surface wa...

In this study of wastewater treatment, the effect of flow‐rate, BOD5 and other design parameters (MLSS, mean cell‐residence time, etc.) on aeration tank dimensions, investment amount and energy cost has been investigated. The relations among these parameters are represented with mathematical equations, which could be useful in new plant design and...

The problem of noise in the industries around Sivas has been examined in this study; and noise measurement and survey studies have been carried out at concrete traverse, cement, iron and steel and textile factories located in this region. A questionnaire was completed by 256 workers during this study in order to determine the physical, physiologica...

The characteristics of the flow-rate and pollution parameters of the domestic wastewater of a medium-size city (Sivas, Turkey) have been investigated. The design and the operating parameters of a wastewater treatment plant appropriate to such a settlement were also studied. Daily and monthly flow-rate measurements and wastewater samples were taken...

The objective of this study was twofold. The first one was to determine the quantity and characteristics of wastewaters of hospitals in Sivas, Turkey and the second to define the parameters, which are important to design the treatment plants and to find out alternative treatment methodologies as well as other hospital plants with similar wastewater...

In this study; It was aimed that the determination of hospital wastewater amounts and characteristics in Sivas city. In addition, based on the results, the design parameters for the hospital wastewater or similar to this type of wastewater have been searched in order to get design information for wastewater treatment plants. COD, BOD5, SS, TKN, TP,...