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Early Wildfire Detection By Air Quality Sensors On Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Optimization And Feasibility, Doaa Rjoub
Early Wildfire Detection By Air Quality Sensors On Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Optimization And Feasibility, Doaa Rjoub
Masters Theses
“Millions of acres of forests are destroyed by wildfires every year, causing ecological, environmental, and economical losses. The recent wildfires in Australia and the Western U.S. smothered multiple states with more than fifty million acres charred by the blazes. The warmer and drier climate makes scientists expect increases in the severity and frequency of wildfires and the associated risks in the future. These inescapable crises highlight the urgent need for early detection and prevention of wildfires. This work proposed an energy management framework that integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with air quality sensors for early wildfire detection and forest monitoring. …
Laboratory Study Of The Effects Of Flexible Vegetation On Solute Diffusion In Unidirectional Flow, Sha Lou, Hao Wang, Hongzhe Liu, Guihui Zhong, Larisa Dorzhievna Radnaeva, Elena Nikitina, Gangfeng Ma, Shuguang Liu
Laboratory Study Of The Effects Of Flexible Vegetation On Solute Diffusion In Unidirectional Flow, Sha Lou, Hao Wang, Hongzhe Liu, Guihui Zhong, Larisa Dorzhievna Radnaeva, Elena Nikitina, Gangfeng Ma, Shuguang Liu
Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications
Background
Flexible vegetation is an important part of the riverine ecosystem, which can reduce flow velocity, change turbulence structure, and affect the processes of solute transport. Compared with the flow with rigid vegetation, which has been reported in many previous studies, bending of flexible vegetation increases the complexity of the flow-vegetation-solute interactions. In this study, laboratory experiments are carried out to investigate the influence of flexible vegetation on solute transport, and methods for estimating the lateral and longitudinal diffusion coefficients in the rigid vegetated flow are examined for their applications to the flow with flexible vegetation.
Results
The experimental observations …
Large-Scale Variation In Wave Attenuation Of Oyster Reef Living Shorelines And The Influence Of Inundation Duration, Rebecca L. Morris, Megan K. La Peyre, Bret M. Webb, Danielle A. Marshall, Donna M. Bilkovic, Just Cebrian, Giovanna Mcclenachan, Kelly M. Kibler, Linda J. Walters, David Bushek, Eric L. Sparks, Nigel A. Temple, Joshua Moody, Kory Angstadt, Joshua Goff, Maura Boswell, Paul Sacks, Stephen E. Swearer
Large-Scale Variation In Wave Attenuation Of Oyster Reef Living Shorelines And The Influence Of Inundation Duration, Rebecca L. Morris, Megan K. La Peyre, Bret M. Webb, Danielle A. Marshall, Donna M. Bilkovic, Just Cebrian, Giovanna Mcclenachan, Kelly M. Kibler, Linda J. Walters, David Bushek, Eric L. Sparks, Nigel A. Temple, Joshua Moody, Kory Angstadt, Joshua Goff, Maura Boswell, Paul Sacks, Stephen E. Swearer
Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications
One of the paramount goals of oyster reef living shorelines is to achieve sustained and adaptive coastal protection, which requires meeting ecological (i.e., develop a self-sustaining oyster population) and engineering (i.e., provide coastal defense) targets. In a large-scale comparison along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, the efficacy of various designs of oyster reef living shorelines at providing wave attenuation was evaluated accounting for the ecological limitations of oysters with regards to inundation duration. A critical threshold for intertidal oyster reef establishment is 50% inundation duration. Living shorelines that spent less than half of the time ( …
Reduction Of Energy Consumption Through Pump Efficiency Analysis, Riley Dodds
Reduction Of Energy Consumption Through Pump Efficiency Analysis, Riley Dodds
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Water scarcity, global warming, lack of fossil fuels, and future Green Act goals and legislature are at the forefront of policy change and election discussion within the United States. As civil engineers these topics are heavily discussed and challenged within the field and new solutions along with innovations are in constant demand. Within the community of Akron, the Akron Water Supply Water Plant continues to actively innovate and solve numerous concerns ranging from the quality of water to the overall operating costs. Energy consumption cost Akron Water Supply over $952,914.32 and 14,411,960 of kilowatts per hour of electrical energy to …
Modeling And Prioritizing Interventions Using Pollution Hotspots For Reducing Nutrients, Atrazine And E. Coli Concentrations In A Watershed, Olufemi P. Abimbola, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Tiffany Messer, Elaine Berry, Anna Van Griensven
Modeling And Prioritizing Interventions Using Pollution Hotspots For Reducing Nutrients, Atrazine And E. Coli Concentrations In A Watershed, Olufemi P. Abimbola, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Tiffany Messer, Elaine Berry, Anna Van Griensven
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Excess nutrients and herbicides remain two major causes of waterbody impairment globally. In an attempt to better understand pollutant sources in the Big Sandy Creek Watershed (BSCW) and the prospects for successful remediation, a program was initiated to assist agricultural producers with the implementation of best management practices (BMPs). The objectives were to (1) simulate BMPs within hotspots to determine reductions in pollutant loads and (2) to determine if water-quality standards are met at the watershed outlet. Regression-based load estimator (LOADEST) was used for determining sediment, nutrient and atrazine loads, while artificial neural networks (ANN) were used for determining E. …
Assessing Different Plant-Centric Water Stress Metrics For Irrigation Efficacy Using Soil-Plant-Atmosphere-Continuum Simulation, Jingwen Zhang, Kaiyu Guan, Bin Peng, Ming Pan, Wang Zhou, Robert F. Grant, Trenton E. Franz, Daran Rudnick, Derek M. Heeren, Andrew Suyker, Yi Yang, Genghong Wu
Assessing Different Plant-Centric Water Stress Metrics For Irrigation Efficacy Using Soil-Plant-Atmosphere-Continuum Simulation, Jingwen Zhang, Kaiyu Guan, Bin Peng, Ming Pan, Wang Zhou, Robert F. Grant, Trenton E. Franz, Daran Rudnick, Derek M. Heeren, Andrew Suyker, Yi Yang, Genghong Wu
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Understanding plant water stress (PWS) in the soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum (SPAC) that connects water supply from soil, water demand from atmosphere, and plant self-regulation is a prerequisite for efficient irrigation in response to water scarcity. Currently, PWS can be defined in various ways, for example, based on environmental factors and/or plant-centric metrics. The environment-based metrics usually do not take plants into consideration. Regarding the existing plant-centric metrics, their interconnections and abilities to capture the physical water constraints from both soil water supply and atmospheric water demand are still unclear. This research investigates the theoretical foundations behind different PWS metrics, and assesses their …
Antibiotic Resistance Genes In Swine Manure Slurry As Affected By Pit Additives And Facility Disinfectants, Maria C. Hall, Jon Duerschner, John E. Gilley, Amy Schmidt, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, Kent M. Eskridge, Xu Li
Antibiotic Resistance Genes In Swine Manure Slurry As Affected By Pit Additives And Facility Disinfectants, Maria C. Hall, Jon Duerschner, John E. Gilley, Amy Schmidt, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Daniel D. Snow, Kent M. Eskridge, Xu Li
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Manure storage facilities are critical control points to reduce antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in swine manure slurry before the slurry is land applied. However, little is known about how exogenous chemicals entering the manure storage facilities may affect the fate of ARGs. The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of six commonly used pit additives and four facility disinfectants on the concentration of ARGs in swine manure slurry. Bench scale reactors, each containing approximately 50 L of liquid swine manure, were dosed with additives or disinfectants and were sampled for 40 days. Seven antibiotic resistance genes along …
Differential Survival Of Non-O157 Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia Coli In Simulated Cattle Feedlot Runoff, Lisa M. Durso, John E. Gilley, Daniel N. Miller
Differential Survival Of Non-O157 Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia Coli In Simulated Cattle Feedlot Runoff, Lisa M. Durso, John E. Gilley, Daniel N. Miller
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Environmental survival time is important when evaluating adverse health outcomes from foodborne pathogens. Although outbreaks associated with manure-impacted irrigation or runoff water are relatively infrequent, their broad scope, regulatory importance, and severe health outcomes highlight the need to better understand the environmental survival of manure-borne pathogens. Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) are excreted in feces and persist in the environment until they die or recolonize a new host. Surface waters contaminated with manure-borne STEC can infect humans through drinking and recreational water use or irrigated crops that are minimally cooked. In this study, manure-impacted water microcosms mimicking beef cattle feedlot …
Editorial: Predictive Modeling Of Human Microbiota And Their Role In Health And Disease, Hyun-Seob Song, Stephen R. Lindemann, Dong-Yup Lee
Editorial: Predictive Modeling Of Human Microbiota And Their Role In Health And Disease, Hyun-Seob Song, Stephen R. Lindemann, Dong-Yup Lee
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
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The Nanotheranostic Researcher’S Guide For Use Of Animal Models Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Brandon Z. Mcdonald, Connor C. Gee, Forrest M. Kievit
The Nanotheranostic Researcher’S Guide For Use Of Animal Models Of Traumatic Brain Injury, Brandon Z. Mcdonald, Connor C. Gee, Forrest M. Kievit
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is currently the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, with an estimated global cost of USD 400 billion annually. Both clinical and preclinical behavioral outcomes associated with TBI are heterogeneous in nature and influenced by the mechanism and frequency of injury. Previous literature has investigated this relationship through the development of animal models and behavioral tasks. However, recent advancements in these methods may provide insight into the translation of therapeutics into a clinical setting. In this review, we characterize various animal models and behavioral tasks to provide guidelines for evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of …
Frontier: Discipline-Based Education Research To Advance Authentic Learning In Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux
Frontier: Discipline-Based Education Research To Advance Authentic Learning In Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Heidi A. Diefes-Dux
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Discipline-based education research (DBER) is research activity aimed at investigating “learning and teaching in a discipline from a perspective that reflects the discipline’s priorities, worldview, knowledge, and practices” for the purpose of producing research-based evidence to improve education in that discipline. DBER arose out of concerns about the quality of post-secondary science education. Physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, geosciences, and astronomy education each have unique DBER histories in the U.S. that date back to the late 1800s or early 1900s when colleges and university systems were expanding and formalizing. The DBER fields accelerated in the 1950s and 1960s as a result …
Combining Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction And Anammox For Treatment Of Nitrate-Rich Wastewater: A Short Review, Xinyi Zou, Chongjun Chen, Changhong Wang, Qun Zhang, Zhuowei Yu, Haiping Wu, Chao Zhuo, Tian C. Zhang
Combining Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction And Anammox For Treatment Of Nitrate-Rich Wastewater: A Short Review, Xinyi Zou, Chongjun Chen, Changhong Wang, Qun Zhang, Zhuowei Yu, Haiping Wu, Chao Zhuo, Tian C. Zhang
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications
Treatment of nitrate-rich wastewater is important but challenging for the conventional biological denitrification process. Here, we propose combining the electrochemical reduction and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) processes together for treatment of nitrate-rich wastewater. This article reviews the mechanism and current research status of electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonium as well as the mechanism and applicability of the anammox process. This article discusses the principles, superiorities, and challenges of this combined process. The feasibility of the combined process depends on the efficiency of electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonium and the conditions in the anammox process to use the reduced ammonium …
Chlorination As Drinking Water Disinfection Technique And Disinfection By Products: A Scientometric Analysis, Sapna Ramchandra Shinde, Sayali D. Apte Dr, Kanchan C. Khare Dr, Philipp Otter Mr
Chlorination As Drinking Water Disinfection Technique And Disinfection By Products: A Scientometric Analysis, Sapna Ramchandra Shinde, Sayali D. Apte Dr, Kanchan C. Khare Dr, Philipp Otter Mr
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2015, defined to achieve a better and more sustainable future, contains goal number 6 related to safe and affordable drinking water facility for all till 2030. The rural and remote areas in the developing countries predominantly face the scarcity of pathogen free drinking water leading to water borne diseases and deaths due to consumption of contaminated water indicating a need of advancement in the drinking water disinfection techniques. The paper discusses scientometric analysis of publication trends in chlorination as a popular disinfection techniques and research related to the Disinfection By Products (DBPs) that are produced …
Low-Level Groundwater Atrazine In High Atrazine Usage Nebraska Counties: Likely Effects Of Excessive Groundwater Abstraction, Moses New-Aaron, Olufemi Abimbola, Raheleh Mohammadi, Oluwaseun Famojuro, Zaeema Naveed, Azar Abadi, Jesse E. Bell, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Eleanor G. Rogan
Low-Level Groundwater Atrazine In High Atrazine Usage Nebraska Counties: Likely Effects Of Excessive Groundwater Abstraction, Moses New-Aaron, Olufemi Abimbola, Raheleh Mohammadi, Oluwaseun Famojuro, Zaeema Naveed, Azar Abadi, Jesse E. Bell, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Eleanor G. Rogan
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
Recent studies observed a correlation between estrogen-related cancers and groundwater atrazine in eastern Nebraska counties. However, the mechanisms of human exposure to atrazine are unclear because low groundwater atrazine concentration was observed in counties with high cancer incidence despite having the highest atrazine usage. We studied groundwater atrazine fate in high atrazine usage Nebraska counties. Data were collected from Quality Assessed Agrichemical Contaminant Nebraska Groundwater, Parameter–Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM), and water use databases. Descriptive statistics and cluster analysis were performed. Domestic wells (59%) were the predominant well type. Groundwater atrazine was affected by well depth. Clusters consisting …
Improvements In Sub-Catchment Fractional Snowpack And Snowmelt Parameterizations And Hydrologic Modeling For Climate Change Assessments In The Western Himalayas, Vishal Singh, Francisco Muñoz-Arriola
Improvements In Sub-Catchment Fractional Snowpack And Snowmelt Parameterizations And Hydrologic Modeling For Climate Change Assessments In The Western Himalayas, Vishal Singh, Francisco Muñoz-Arriola
Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications
The present work proposes to improve estimates of snowpack and snowmelt and their assessment in the steep Himalayan ranges at the sub-catchment scale. Temporal variability of streamflow and the associated distribution of accumulated snow in catchments with glacier presence in the Himalayas illustrates how changes in snowpack and snowmelt can affect the water supply for local water management. The primary objective of this study is to assess the role of elevation, temperature lapse rate (TLR), and precipitation lapse rate (PLR) in the computation of snowpack (or snowfall) and snowmelt in sub-catchments of the Satluj River basin. Modeling of snowpack and …
Dynamics Of Simultaneous Nitrite Ion And Ammonia Chlorination In Complex Water Quality Matrices And Their Impact On Chlorine Residual Speciation During Disinfection, Shirin Estahbanati
Dynamics Of Simultaneous Nitrite Ion And Ammonia Chlorination In Complex Water Quality Matrices And Their Impact On Chlorine Residual Speciation During Disinfection, Shirin Estahbanati
Dissertations and Theses
Although chlorination of ammonia and nitrite ions have been studied comprehensively, the kinetics of chlorination in water matrices containing ammonia in the presence of nitrite ion have not been fully understood. The coexistence of the two nitrogen compounds is a phenomenon most often encountered during biological nitrification of municipal wastewaters. The spatial variation of the nitrogen species generates unpredictable complications in the effectiveness of chlorination as the disinfection process. The focus of the research study was the examination of chlorine residual speciation and the fate of ionic nitrogen species, i.e. nitrite and nitrate ions, under various experimental conditions. The experimental …
Case Study Of Gravity-Fed Mountain Spring Tap System In Ha Leronti, Lesotho, Africa, Sarah Peterson
Case Study Of Gravity-Fed Mountain Spring Tap System In Ha Leronti, Lesotho, Africa, Sarah Peterson
Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports
Water security has been declining rapidly in Lesotho, Africa in recent years. Lack of water has led to food insecurity, livestock deaths, and the spread of disease. Rural Basotho depend on rainfall to sustain their livelihoods; however, precipitation variability has recently increased due to climate change. For those who reside in the highlands of Lesotho, mountain springs can be a clean source of water. The tap system in the village of Ha Leronti relies on gravity to distribute water from two mountain springs to the ten village taps and nearby school campus. However, it is incapable of transporting the basic …
The Influence Of Channel Deepening On Tides, River Discharge Effects, And Storm Surge, S. A. Talke, Ramin Familkhalili, D. A. Jay
The Influence Of Channel Deepening On Tides, River Discharge Effects, And Storm Surge, S. A. Talke, Ramin Familkhalili, D. A. Jay
Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications
We combine archival research, semi-analytical models, and numerical simulations to address the following question: how do changes to channel geometry alter tidal properties and flood dynamics in a hyposynchronous, strongly frictional estuary with a landward decay in tidal amplitudes? Records in the Saint Johns River Estuary since the 1890s show that tidal range has doubled in Jacksonville, Florida. Near the estuary inlet, tidal discharge approximately doubled but tidal amplitudes increased only ∼6%. Modeling shows that increased shipping channel depths from ∼5 to ∼13m drove the observed changes, with other factors like channel shortening and width reduction producing comparatively minor effects. …
Characterizing Seagrass Effects On Hydrodynamics Of Waves And Currents Through Field Measurements And Computational Modelling, Ramin Familkhalili, Navid Tahvildari
Characterizing Seagrass Effects On Hydrodynamics Of Waves And Currents Through Field Measurements And Computational Modelling, Ramin Familkhalili, Navid Tahvildari
Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications
Low-lying coastal and estuarine areas are among the most populated regions globally, have high economic significance, and are increasingly threatened by climate change, sea level rise, nuisance flooding, and extreme storms. Nature-based coastal protections are sustainable and sea-level resilient alternatives compared to traditional solutions such as dikes and seawalls. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) or seagrasses can provide coastal flood and erosion protection by attenuating storm wave and current energy and stabilizing seabed sediments. However, more research is needed to understand the interactions between flow, SAVs, and sediments. These dynamic interactions affect flow at different scales and seagrass productivity. In this …
Development Of Novel Polymeric Materials For Their Application In Monitoring And Remediation Of Environmental Pollutants, Rishabh Shah
Development Of Novel Polymeric Materials For Their Application In Monitoring And Remediation Of Environmental Pollutants, Rishabh Shah
Theses and Dissertations--Chemical and Materials Engineering
Remediation of environmental pollutants from water is one of the major challenges in the 21st century. Utilizing novel polymeric materials to accomplish this challenge has garnered a lot of interest in recent times. Flexibility in synthesizing as well as functionalizing makes them attractive for their application in pollutant remediation. This work is based on development and characterization of novel crosslinked polymeric as well as linear polymeric materials from biphenyl-based monomers, biphenyl based crosslinker and a temperature responsive monomer (Nisopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm)) for their application in remediation of toxic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and iron oxide nanoparticle …
Evaluating And Predicting The Risk Of Algal Blooms In A Freshwater Lake Through A 4-Dimensional Approach: A Case Study On Lake Mitchell, Sumit Kumar Ghosh
Evaluating And Predicting The Risk Of Algal Blooms In A Freshwater Lake Through A 4-Dimensional Approach: A Case Study On Lake Mitchell, Sumit Kumar Ghosh
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Excessive algal growth in freshwater lakes can negatively impact ecosystems, recreation, and human health. Though algae are a natural part of freshwater ecosystems, elevated nutrient loading from anthropogenic and natural sources can lead to algal blooms. Both algae and blue-green algae (BGA) are responsible for algal blooms; however, BGA (cyanobacteria) is more dangerous. The first objective of this research was to prepare a conceptual model to understand how various environmental variables affect algae. This conceptual model was used to choose the environmental variables that help increase or decrease algae in the water environment. The second objective was to develop empirical …
Exposure Assessment Of Emerging Contaminants: Rapid Screening And Modeling Of Plant Uptake, Majid Bagheri
Exposure Assessment Of Emerging Contaminants: Rapid Screening And Modeling Of Plant Uptake, Majid Bagheri
Doctoral Dissertations
"With the advent of new chemicals and their increasing uses in every aspect of our life, considerable number of emerging contaminants are introduced to environment yearly. Emerging contaminants in forms of pharmaceuticals, detergents, biosolids, and reclaimed wastewater can cross plant roots and translocate to various parts of the plants. Long-term human exposure to emerging contaminants through food consumption is assumed to be a pathway of interest. Thus, uptake and translocation of emerging contaminants in plants are important for the assessment of health risks associated with human exposure to emerging contaminants. To have a better understanding over fate of emerging contaminants …
Impact Of Blended Salt Anti-Icers/Deicers On Properties Of Asphalt Binders, Nurudeen A. Abidoye
Impact Of Blended Salt Anti-Icers/Deicers On Properties Of Asphalt Binders, Nurudeen A. Abidoye
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
Anyone who has ever attempted to remove a layer of ice from a roadway or sidewalk by plowing or shoveling knows it is no easy task when the ice is firmly bonded to the asphalt/concrete surface. Winter anti-icing/deicing operations are moral choices that mankind has made to combat winter storms. This research is aimed at evaluating the macro and nano structural impacts of (anti-icing/de-icing) salt on aged and unaged asphalt binders. The macro structural impacts focused on the rheological and creep properties, and the nano structural impacts focused on the surface topography, adhesion force, and modulus of asphalt binders. Rheological …
Assessment Of Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells Degradation Due To Water Ingress Effect On The Cds Buffer Layer, Deewakar Poudel, Benjamin Belfore, Shankar Karki, Grace Rajan, Sina Soltanmohammad, Angus Rockett, Sylvain Marsillac
Assessment Of Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ Solar Cells Degradation Due To Water Ingress Effect On The Cds Buffer Layer, Deewakar Poudel, Benjamin Belfore, Shankar Karki, Grace Rajan, Sina Soltanmohammad, Angus Rockett, Sylvain Marsillac
Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications
The effect of water ingress on the surface of the buffer layer of a Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) solar cell was studied. Such degradation can occur either during the fabrication process, if it involves a chemical bath as is often the case for CdS, or while the modules are in the field and encapsulants degrade. To simulate the impact of this moisture ingress, devices with a structure sodalime glass/Mo/CIGS/CdS were immersed in deionized water. The thin films were then analyzed both pre and post water soaking. Dynamic secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) was performed on completed devices to analyze impurity diffusion …
Removal Of Ferrous And Arsenic From Contaminated Groundwater By Co-Precipitation Coupling With Membrane Separation Process, Bonita Pen
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
This work aimed to treat contaminated groundwater with arsenic and ferrous iron pollutants to be drinking water standard following by WHO by co-precipitation process and membrane separation process. The relative effect of different solid media types (scouring sponge, scouring pad, plastic ring, and activated carbon foam) and operating conditions on oxygen mass transfer coefficient (KLa) and hydrodynamic bubble parameters was studied. The optimization process of ferrous oxidation and arsenic removal was observed by Design of Experiment (DOE) with Central Composition Design of Response Surface Methodology (CCD-RSM). Lastly, separation process was experimented with conventional process and membrane technology, i.e., settling process, …
วิธีการจัดการของเสียแผงพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ชนิดผลึกซิลิกอนจากโรงไฟฟ้าพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ที่เหมาะสมสำหรับประเทศไทย, อิงฉัตร สุภาพยาม
วิธีการจัดการของเสียแผงพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ชนิดผลึกซิลิกอนจากโรงไฟฟ้าพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ที่เหมาะสมสำหรับประเทศไทย, อิงฉัตร สุภาพยาม
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
นับตั้งแต่ปี พ.ศ. 2545 ประเทศไทยเริ่มมีการลงทุนผลิตไฟฟ้าจากแผงพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ และมีการติดตั้งใช้งานเพิ่มขึ้นต่อเนื่องโดยเฉพาะแผงในกลุ่มผลึกซิลิกอน ในอนาคตประเทศไทยมีแนวโน้มที่จะเผชิญกับปัญหาจากของเสียแผงในปริมาณมาก ดังนั้นงานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อการคาดการณ์ปริมาณของเสียแผง และประเมินแนวทางการจัดการของเสียแผงชนิดผลึกซิลิกอน ผลการดำเนินงานพบว่าปริมาณของเสียแผงสะสมที่จะเกิดขึ้น ในปี พ.ศ. 2582 จากทั้ง 2 มุมมอง (1. แผงหมดอายุการใช้งานเมื่อครบ 20 ปี 2. แผงที่ชำรุดรวมกับแผงหมดอายุการใช้งานเมื่อครบ 20 ปี) มีปริมาณอยู่ในช่วง 237,394 - 322,856 ตัน ซึ่งเป็นกระจกมากเกินครึ่งของปริมาณของเสียที่เกิดขึ้นสะสมอยู่ในช่วง 163,921 – 222,932 ตัน สำหรับวัสดุพอลิเมอร์ (วัสดุห่อหุ้ม แผ่นปิดด้านหลัง และซิลิโคน) มีปริมาณรวมกันอยู่ในช่วง 31,384 – 42,682 ตัน และจากการประเมินแนวทางการจัดการทั้ง 3 (1.แนวทางที่ใช้ในปัจจุบัน 2.แนวทางการบดหยาบ 3.แนวทางการอบแยก) พบว่าทุกแนวทางมีรายได้มากกว่าต้นทุนการจัดการเบื้องต้น แสดงให้เห็นถึงความเป็นไปได้ของระบบเศรษฐกิจหมุนเวียน และในแนวทางการอบแยกที่มีการใช้ความร้อนจะทำให้เกิดการสลายตัวของวัสดุพอลิเมอร์ ในรูปค่าความร้อนของเชื้อเพลิง โดยวัสดุห่อหุ้มมีค่าความร้อนมากที่สุดอยู่ในช่วง 38.46 – 40.54 เมกะจูลต่อกิโลกรัม (มีค่าใกล้เคียงกับไบโอดีเซล 40.2 เมกะจูลต่อกิโลกรัม) มีโอกาสที่จะนำเอาพลังงานที่เกิดขึ้นกลับคืนมาใช้ในกระบวนการ เพื่อช่วยลดการใช้เชื้อเพลิง และจากการนำกลับของวัสดุในปริมาณที่มากที่สุด จะช่วยชดเชยผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมที่เกิดขึ้น ถือเป็นเครดิตที่เกิดขึ้นจากการประเมินผลกระทบสิ่งแวดล้อม
Effects Of Configuration And Operating Conditions On Turbidity Removal Of Jet Clarifier, Ploypailin Romphophak
Effects Of Configuration And Operating Conditions On Turbidity Removal Of Jet Clarifier, Ploypailin Romphophak
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
In water treatment, flocculation creates large and weighty flocs enough to be removed by the downstream processes of sedimentation and filtration. Among the various existing technologies, the jet clarifier is considered as an effective and compact system as it couples flocculation and clarification in a single unit. For the design of jet mixing, much experimental work has been done and many correlations have been proposed. However, these correlations are case specifics, and, to date, there is no comprehensive view for the flocculation aspect. In order to evaluate the performance of the jet clarifier for turbidity removal and understand hydrodynamics to …
ผลของซิลิกาฟูมและแคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตโพลีคาร์บอกซิเลทอีเทอร์ต่อสมบัติทางกายภาพของปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอย, กฤตภาส สุวรรณมณี
ผลของซิลิกาฟูมและแคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตโพลีคาร์บอกซิเลทอีเทอร์ต่อสมบัติทางกายภาพของปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอย, กฤตภาส สุวรรณมณี
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาการใช้เถ้าลอยร่วมกับแคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตโพลีคาร์บอกซิเลทอีเทอร์และซิลิกาฟูมผสมทดแทนปูนซีเมนต์ โดยเถ้าลอยที่ใช้ในการศึกษานี้มาจากห้าโรงไฟฟ้าถ่านหินที่ประเทศญี่ปุ่น นำมาคัดขนาดอนุภาคคือ น้อยกว่า 45 µm ระหว่าง 45 – 75 µm และ 75 – 150 µm โดยงานวิจัยได้แบ่งออกเป็น 2 ช่วงการทดลองคือ การศึกษาผลของเถ้าลอยต่างแหล่งกำเนิดและขนาดอนุภาคต่อสมบัติทางกายภาพของปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอย และการศึกษาปริมาณการใช้แคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตโพลีคาร์บอกซิเลทอีเทอร์และซิลิกาฟูมร่วมกับปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอยต่อสมบัติทางกายภาพของปูนซีเมนต์ผสม โดยการศึกษาสมบัติทางกายภาพเพื่อการนำมอร์ตาร์ผสมไปใช้ประโยชน์ ได้แก่ ระยะเวลาก่อตัว การไหลแผ่ กำลังรับแรงอัด และกำลังรับแรงดัด จากการศึกษาพบว่าการใช้เถ้าลอยชนิด FA1 ขนาดอนุภาคน้อยกว่า 45 µm ทดแทนปูนซีเมนต์อัตราส่วนร้อยละ 10 โดยน้ำหนัก ทำให้มอร์ตาร์มีค่าการไหลแผ่ กำลังรับแรงอัด และกำลังรับแรงดัดที่ใกล้เคียงกับมอร์ตาร์ธรรมดาที่สุดในช่วงอายุ 28 วัน แต่มีความแข็งแรงที่ช่วงอายุต้นต่ำกว่ามอร์ตาร์ธรรมดา นอกจากนี้การใช้แคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตปริมาณร้อยละ 1 โดยน้ำหนัก ผสมร่วมกับปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอย ทำให้มอร์ตาร์มีค่าความแข็งแรงช่วงต้นใกล้เคียงมอร์ตาร์ธรรมดามากที่สุด และการใช้ซิลิกาฟูมปริมาณร้อยละ 5 โดยน้ำหนัก พบว่าส่งผลให้มอร์ตาร์มีค่ากำลังรับแรงอัดและแรงดัดในช่วงต้นที่เพิ่มขึ้นจนมีค่าใกล้เคียงกับมอร์ตาร์ธรรมดา และในช่วงอายุปลายพบว่ามอร์ตาร์ผสมเถ้าลอยและซิลิกาฟูมมีค่ากำลังรับแรงอัดอยู่ที่ 66.02 MPa ดังนั้นทั้งแคลเซียมซิลิเกตไฮเดรตโพลีคาร์บอกซิเลทอีเทอร์และซิลิกาฟูมมีความเหมาะสมที่สามารถเพิ่มกำลังรับแรงอัดช่วงต้นและพัฒนาสมบัติทางกายภาพของปูนซีเมนต์ผสมเถ้าลอยให้มีสมบัติที่ใกล้เคียงกับปูนซีเมนต์ปอร์ตแลนด์ธรรมดาได้เพื่อให้สามารถนำปูนซีเมนต์ผสมไปใช้ในงานก่อสร้างทั่วไปได้
การศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อพฤติกรรมการคัดแยกขยะมูลฝอยในครัวเรือนและผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมจากการจัดการขยะมูลฝอย : กรณีศึกษาโครงการอาคารชุดบ้านเอื้ออาทรบางโฉลง นิติบุคคล 1 จังหวัดสมุทรปราการ, ปกรณ์เกียรติ หมื่นสิทธิโรจน์
การศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อพฤติกรรมการคัดแยกขยะมูลฝอยในครัวเรือนและผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมจากการจัดการขยะมูลฝอย : กรณีศึกษาโครงการอาคารชุดบ้านเอื้ออาทรบางโฉลง นิติบุคคล 1 จังหวัดสมุทรปราการ, ปกรณ์เกียรติ หมื่นสิทธิโรจน์
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
ขยะมูลฝอยเป็นหนึ่งในปัญหาสำคัญด้านการจัดการสิ่งแวดล้อมที่ส่งผลกระทบต่อคุณภาพชีวิตของมนุษย์ทั่วโลก รวมถึงประเทศไทย งานวิจัยนี้จึงมุ่งศึกษาแนวทางในการจัดการขยะมูลฝอยที่เหมาะสมสำหรับชุมชนศึกษาและชุมชนอื่นที่มีลักษณะใกล้เคียงกัน โดยการศึกษานี้ประยุกต์ทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผนและแบบจำลองสมการโครงสร้าง สำหรับการศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อพฤติกรรมการคัดแยกขยะมูลฝอยในครัวเรือนและการแทรกแซงเพื่อการปรับเปลี่ยนพฤติกรรม อีกทั้ง ยังศึกษาผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมโดยใช้การวิเคราะห์การไหลของวัสดุและการประเมินวัฏจักรชีวิตของขยะพลาสติก PET และ PE ที่มีมูลค่าทางเศรษฐกิจและมีปริมาณมาก ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ปัจจัยด้านความรู้เป็นปัจจัยที่ส่งผลกระทบมากที่สุด รองลงมาคือการคล้อยตามบุคคลอ้างอิง จึงเลือกใช้โปสเตอร์ให้ความรู้และโปสเตอร์ที่แสดงถึงการมีส่วนร่วมของคนในชุมชนเป็นการแทรกแซง ผลการศึกษาไม่พบความแตกต่างที่มีอย่างสำคัญของการใช้โปสเตอร์ทั้ง 2 ลักษณะ และผลการศึกษาผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมจากการจัดการขยะมูลฝอยของชุมชนพบว่า สถานการณ์ปัจจุบัน (S0) ชุมชนมีสัดส่วนการรีไซเคิล PET และ PE เท่ากับ 15.81 และ 2.54% ตามลำดับ และมีสัดส่วนการฝังกลบ PET และ PE เท่ากับ 84.19 และ 97.46% ตามลำดับ นอกจากนี้ สถานการณ์จำลองที่เป็นตั้งโรงงานคัดแยกขยะ (S4) สามารถลดผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมจาก S0 โดยรวมได้ โดยเฉพาะด้านศักยภาพในการเกิดภาวะโลกร้อนที่ลดลงถึง 1.4 เท่าของ S0 แสดงให้เห็นว่าการคัดแยกขยะเป็นสิ่งสำคัญ ดังนั้น จึงได้จัดทำข้อเสนอแนะ 5 ประการ ได้แก่ (1) การส่งเสริมกิจกรรมที่มีชุมชนเป็นฐาน (2) การสร้างความเข้าใจให้แก่ประชาชน รวมถึงมีการสื่อสารอย่างสม่ำเสมอ (3) สร้างบุคคลต้นแบบและบรรยากาศที่เป็นส่งเสริมการคัดแยกขยะมูลฝอยในครัวเรือน (4) จัดหาหรือพัฒนาโครงสร้างพื้นฐานให้เพียงพอ และ (5) สร้างแรงจูงใจในรูปแบบต่าง ๆ
Linear Generators In Wave Energy Conversion: Performance, Feasibility, And Location Study, Luis Fernandez De Valderrama
Linear Generators In Wave Energy Conversion: Performance, Feasibility, And Location Study, Luis Fernandez De Valderrama
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
As the energy demand increases and climate change becomes a major problem, the solution to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change involves increasing the use of sustainable and renewable sources to generate electricity. However, developed renewable sources have inconveniences that make them incapable of generating the totality of the electricity that a country demands. Wave energy is an alternative renewable energy source that can help mitigate the inconveniences of other renewable sources and decrease the emission of greenhouse gases.
This study aims to find the potential of linear generators in wave energy by analyzing the …