Accelerated Carbonation Technology (ACT); Carbon-Negative aggregates; Permeable Pavement Systems (PPS); Small Island Developing States (SIDS); Stormwater

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Monrose, John and Hills, Colin (2017) Novel permeable pavement systems utilising carbon-negative aggregate. In: NexGen Technologies for Mining and Fuel Industries (NxGnMiFu-2017). Allied Publishers PVT.LTD, New Delhi, India, pp. 683-696. ISBN 9789385926402

Anaerobic baffled reactor, Bioenergy, Domestic wastewater treatment, Methane

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Akunna, Joseph and Cheddie, Denver (2017) Municipal wastewater treatment and associated bioenergy generation using anaerobic granular bed baffled reactor. The Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, 45 (1). pp. 11-19. ISSN 1000-7924

Back-propagation; Neural network; Permeable pavement; sustainable drainage, training algorithms, urban runoff treatment, water quality models

Tota-Maharaj, K., Prasad, T.D. and Scholz, M. (2011) Applications of back propagation neural networks in predicting nutrient effluent concentrations from permeable pavements. In: Urban Water Management: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of CCW1 2011. Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. ISBN 978-0953914081

Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Production, Environment, Economics, Developing Countries, Costs, Impacts

Ngene, Stanley, Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Eke, Paul and Hills, Colin (2016) Environmental and economic impacts of crude oil and natural gas production in developing countries. International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment, 1 (3). pp. 64-73. (doi:https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijeee.20160103.13)

Darrieus, green energy, straight bladed, sustainable design, vertical axis wind turbine, wind power

Tota-Maharaj, K., Ramkissoon, R. and Manohar, K. (2012) Economical Darrieus straight bladed vertical axis wind turbine for renewable energy applications. Journal of the Energy Institute, 85 (3). pp. 156-162. ISSN 1743-9671 (Print), 1746-0220 (Online)

Drainage; Health; Low-Cost Technologies; Refugees; Wastewater Management

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran (2016) Challenges of poor surface water drainage and wastewater management in refugee camps. Environmental and Earth Ssciences Research Journal, 3 (4). pp. 53-60. ISSN 2369-5668 (Print), 2369-5676 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.18280/eesrj.030402)

Effluent Dominated Hydrosystems (EDHs); Wastewater infrastructure; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Anaerobic digestion; Stormwater; Water reuse; Small island developing states (SIDS)

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Hills, Colin and Cheddie, Denver (2017) Low cost urban wastewater infrastructure for environmental sustainability across Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS). In: NexGen Technologies for Mining and Fuel Industries (NxGnMiFu-2017). Allied Publishers PVT. LTD, New Delhi, India, pp. 697-705. ISBN 9789385926402

Escherichia coli, faecal Streptococci, hydroxyl radical, microbial pollutants, photochemical bacterial inactivation, total coliforms, water quality, water reuse

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Scholz, Miklas (2013) Combined permeable pavement and photocatalytic titanium dioxide oxidation system for urban run-off treatment and disinfection. Water and Environment Journal, 27 (3). pp. 338-347. ISSN 1747-6585 (Print), 1747-6593 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2012.00350.x)

Forward osmosis, Desalination, River water, Draw solution; Semi-permeable membrane

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran (2017) Evaluating the performance of low-energy feed forward osmosis system for desalination using impaired and saline water sources. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Environmental Engineering. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press, Vilnius, Lithuania, pp. 1-9. ISSN 2029-7092 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.091)

Permeable pavements, Photocatalyst, Titanium dioxide, Water decontamination, Atmospheric pollution

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Coleman, Nichola (2017) Developing novel photocatalytic cementitious permeable pavements for depollution of contaminants and impurities in urban cities. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Environmental Engineering. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGUT) Press, Vilnius, Lithuania, pp. 1-9. ISSN 2029-7092 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.053)

Retaining wall; Concrete block; Retaining force; Horizontal re-bar

Manohar, Krishpersad, Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Panchoo, Roshan (2017) Retaining force augmentation of retaining walls. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS), 33 (1). pp. 269-278. ISSN 2313-4410 (Print), 2313-4402 (Online)

Surface Water Drainage, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran (2016) WASH in Emergencies Problem Exploration Report Surface Water. Technical Report. ELRHA.

adsorption, biofilm, geomembrane, sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS), stormwater harvesting

Parneet, Paul and Tota-Maharaj, Kiran (2015) Laboratory studies on granular filters and their relationship to geotextiles for stormwater pollutant reduction. Water, 7 (4). pp. 1595-1609. ISSN 2073-4441 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/w7041595)

geotextile, geofilter, granular-filtration, stormwater management, sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS), low impact development (LID)

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Paul, Parneet (2015) Investigating the influence of geotextile layers as biofilm granular filters to treat stormwater. Urban Water Journal, 12 (7). pp. 559-569. ISSN 1573-062X (Print), 1744-9006 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2014.916726)

geothermal (ground source) heat pump, permeable pavement system, water recycling, energy, sustainability, energy efficiency ratio

Tota-Maharaj, K., Grabowiecki, P. and Scholz, M. (2009) Energy and temperature performance analysis of geothermal (ground source) heat pumps integrated with permeable pavement systems for urban run-off reuse. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2 (3). pp. 201-213. ISSN 1939-7038 (Print), 1939-7046 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/19397030903151296)

infrastructure, stormwater management, sustainable development

Tota-Maharaj, K. and Cheddie, D. (2015) Implementation and operation of coconut fiber/husks stormwater filters as sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for rural communities across the Caribbean. In: International Low Impact Development Conference 2015. LID: It Works in All Climates and Soils. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, USA, pp. 105-114. ISBN 9780784479025 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479025.010)

permeable pavement, storm water management, neural networks, water quality models, urban drainage, geothermal heat pump

Tota-Maharaj, K. and Scholz, M. (2011) Artificial neural network simulation of combined permeable pavement and earth energy systems treating storm water. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 138 (4). pp. 499-509. ISSN 0733-9372 (Print), 1943-7870 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000497)

permeable pavement, sustainable urban drainage, urban runoff, pavement design, ground-source heat pumps, geothermal paving

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Paul, Parneet (2015) Sustainable approaches for stormwater quality improvements with experimental geothermal paving systems. Sustainability, 7 (2). pp. 1388-1410. ISSN 2071-1050 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su7021388)

permeable pavements, geothermal heat pumps, GHP, urban water, eco-efficiency, sustainability, water recycling, renewable energy, pervious pavements, urban stormwater management, sustainable development, green economics, urban runoff, public health risks, flood risk

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Scholz, Miklas (2009) Permeable (pervious) pavements and geothermal heat pumps: addressing sustainable urban stormwater management and renewable energy. International Journal of Green Economics, 3 (3/4). pp. 447-461. ISSN 1744-9928 (Print), 1744-9936 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2009.031334)

permeable pavements, ground-source heat pumps, urban runoff, stormwater reuse, geothermal energy balance, Runge-Kutta

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Scholz, Miklas and Coupe, Stephen J. (2011) Modelling temperature and energy balances within geothermal paving systems. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 12 (2). pp. 315-344. ISSN 1468-0629 (Print), 2164-7402 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2011.9695248)

pervious permeable pavements, geothermal heat pump, urban runoff, water reuse, microbial diversity

Tota-Maharaj, K., Scholz, M., Ahmed, T., French, C. and Pagaling, E. (2010) The synergy of permeable pavements and geothermal heat pumps for stormwater treatment and reuse. Environmental Technology, 31 (14). pp. 1517-1531. ISSN 0959-3330 (Print), 1479-487X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09593331003782409)

refugee camps, drainage, stormwater management, modelling

Ajibade, Oluwatoyin Opeyemi, Tota-Maharaj, Kiran, Hills, Colin and Macleod, Cecilia (2019) Modelling of a sustainable refugee camp drainage system for storm water management. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, 5 (12). pp. 2150-2161. ISSN 2053-1400 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ew00350a)

solar photosensitised, river water treatment, Caribbean

Tota-Maharaj, K. and Meeroff, D.E. (2013) Evaluation of solar photosensitised river water treatment in the Caribbean. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2013:487890. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1110-662X (Print), 1687-529X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/487890)

wastewater, treatment, bioenergy, bioelectricity, microbial fuel cell (MFC) Small island developing state (SIDS)

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Paul, Parneet (2015) Performance of pilot-scale microbial fuel cells treating wastewater with associated bioenergy production in the Caribbean context. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 6 (3). pp. 213-220. ISSN 2008-9163 (Print), 2251-6832 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-015-0169-x)

water demand, stochastic nature, probability distribution function, log logistic distribution, Minitab, Anderson Darling

Surendran, Seevali and Tota-Maharaj, Kiran (2015) Log logistic distribution to model water demand data. Procedia Engineering, 119. pp. 798-802. ISSN 1877-7058 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.940)

water demand; stochastic nature; probability distribution function; log logistic distribution; Minitab; Anderson Darling

Surendran, Seevali, Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Chen, Hua-Peng (2016) Validation of log logistic distribution to model water demand using UK and North American data. In: 8th International Perspective on Water Resources and the Environmen, 4th - 6th January, 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

water quality, urban pollution, Escherichia coli, heat transfer, biodegradation, pervious pavement

Tota-Maharaj, Kiran and Scholz, Miklas (2010) Efficiency of permeable pavement systems for the removal of urban runoff pollutants under varying environmental conditions. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 29 (3). pp. 358-369. ISSN 1944-7442 (Print), 1944-7450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.10418)