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Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis For Sustainable Utilization Of Inorganic Salts From The Reverse Osmosis Concentration Of Real Landfill Leachate, Hao-Ran Yang, Chi-Qian Zhang, Bing Li, Jia-Cheng Yang, Yu-Ming Zheng, Mohammad Younas, Zhi-Hua Zheng Mar 2023

Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis For Sustainable Utilization Of Inorganic Salts From The Reverse Osmosis Concentration Of Real Landfill Leachate, Hao-Ran Yang, Chi-Qian Zhang, Bing Li, Jia-Cheng Yang, Yu-Ming Zheng, Mohammad Younas, Zhi-Hua Zheng

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Developing an effective resource utilization method for landfill leachate reverse osmosis concentrate (LLRC) remains a challenge because of the high concentrations of inorganic salts and refractory organic compounds. This study applied a bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BMED) to separate inorganic salts from real LLRC while simultaneously reclaiming inorganic acids and bases. The performance of BMED was affected by operating parameters, such as operating voltage, membrane surface flow velocity, and initial acid-base concentration. With optimized operating parameters, the reclaimed acid-base concentrations, desalination rate, and current efficiency were higher with less energy consumption. Ultimately, 0.41 mol/L acids and 0.40 mol/L bases were reclaimed …


Electromagnetic Wave Propagation For Industry And Biomedical Applications, Fred Lacy Jun 2021

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation For Industry And Biomedical Applications, Fred Lacy

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Superconductors have a wide array of applications, such as medical imaging, supercomputing, and electric power transmission, but superconducting materials only operate at very cold temperatures. Thus, the quest to engineer room temperature superconductors is currently a hot topic of research. To accomplish this mission, it is important to have a complete understanding of the material properties that are being used to create these superconductors. Understanding the atomic and electromagnetic properties of the prospective materials will provide tremendous insight into the best choice for the materials. Therefore, a theoretical model that incorporates electromagnetic field theory and quantum mechanics principles is utilized …


International Journal Of Electrical And Computer Engineering, Fred Lacy Feb 2021

International Journal Of Electrical And Computer Engineering, Fred Lacy

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A superconductor has the ability to conduct electricity perfectly and exclude magnetic fields from its interior. In order to understand electromagnetic characteristics of superconductors, their material properties need to be examined. To facilitate this understanding, a theoretical model based on concepts of electromagnetics is presented to explain the electrical and magnetic properties of superconductors. The permittivity response is the key aspect of the model and it describes the electrical resistance response and why it vanishes at the material’s critical temperature. The model also explains the behavior of magnetic fields and why they cannot exist inside superconducting materials. The theoretical concepts …