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ประสิทธิภาพตัวกลางดูดซับสำหรับกำจัดสารหนูจากน้ำบาดาลในพื้นที่จังหวัดระยอง, วรรณพศุกร์ สิทธิผล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาประสิทธิภาพตัวกลางดูดซับสำหรับกำจัดสารหนูจากน้ำบาดาล โดยศึกษาตัวกลางดูดซับ 3 กลุ่ม คือ วัสดุโครงข่ายโลหะอินทรีย์ วัสดุที่มีทางการค้า และวัสดุทางการเกษตร โดยถ่านกัมมันต์ทางการค้าชนิดเกล็ด (Granular activated carbon, GAC) ถูกนำมาปรับสภาพด้วยสารปรับสภาพ 2 ชนิด ได้แก่ การเคลือบด้วย Zeolitic idazolate framework และเหล็กไนเตรท ส่วนถ่านมันสำปะหลังถูกปรับสภาพพื้นผิวด้วยเหล็กไนเตรท จากการศึกษาประสิทธิภาพการดูดซับสารหนูเบื้องต้นเพื่อคัดเลือกวัสดุที่มีความเหมาะสมในการนำไปใช้งานในระบบคอลัมน์พบว่า ถ่านกัมมันต์ทางการค้าชนิดเกล็ดที่ปรับสภาพด้วยเหล็กไนเตรท (GAC-120-250Fe) มีความเหมาะสมในการนำไปใช้งานในระบบคอลัมน์เนื่องจากมีความสามารถในการดูดซับสารหนูได้เพียงพอ มีความแข็งแรงของโครงสร้างอนุภาค และมีการชะละลายเหล็กและสารอินทรีย์ละลายน้ำต่ำ ผลการศึกษาจลนพลศาสตร์และไอโซเทอร์มการดูดซับสารหนูของ GAC-120-250Fe พบว่า สอดคล้องกับสมการอันดับสองเทียมและสมการของฟรุนดลิช ตามลำดับ การวิเคราะห์การชะละลายของเหล็กและสารอินทรีย์ละลายน้ำพบว่าค่าทั้งสองมีค่าต่ำกว่ามาตรฐานน้ำบาดาลดื่มได้ ส่วนการศึกษาการดูดซับในระบบคอลัมน์พบว่า การเพิ่มความสูงของชั้นตัวกลางดูดซับส่งผลให้เวลาในการผลิตน้ำจนถึงความเข้มข้นเบรกทรู (Breakthrough) เพิ่มมากขึ้นและเป็นไปตามสมการของโบฮาร์ท-อดัมส์ โดยเส้นกราฟเบรกทรูที่ได้จากการทดลองสอดคล้องกับแบบจำลองของโทมัส ค่าอัตราการใช้ตัวกลางดูดซับ (Usage rate) และค่าเวลาสัมผัส (EBCT) ที่ให้ประสิทธิภาพการดูดซับสารหนูสูงสุดได้แก่ 286.2 มิลลิลิตรต่อกรัม และ 15.7 นาที ตามลำดับ ที่อัตราเร็วการไหลที่ 0.51 เซนติเมตรต่อนาที

Implementation And Usage Of Low-Cost Turbines For Power Generation In Water Networks, Luis Javier Ortiz Osornio

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The following APP is part of an investigation and development, carried out to design, and implement a hydroelectric turbine of horizontal axis, in order to generate electrical energy in rural areas, utilizing existing infrastructure or natural waterways such as irrigation canals, piping, rivers and streams. Every industrialized country, as well as, most of the developing nations, have a stake in agriculture and thus access to the infrastructure required for irrigation purposes. Artificial irrigation canals offer advantages such as a clean continuous flow, with the possibility of flow regulation: this together with their vast availability as agricultural infrastructure constitute the main …

Barriers To Technology Adoption In The Water Treatment Industry, Ian Adams

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This honors project focuses on barriers to technology adoption in the drinking water treatment industry. The scope of this project considers these barriers as they relate to general technology and with a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twins. To better understand these barriers, prior research and case studies are analyzed. The case studies include reports provided by Fontus Blue, a water treatment software provider based in Akron, Ohio. The case studies exhibit the benefits and challenges of integrating new technology, including AI systems. With the context of these case studies in mind, a survey was distributed to …

Emergency Water Treatment Methods Through The Adaptation Of Natural Disaster Building Debris, Benjamin Colston

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The primary objective of this research was to determine whether concrete slag acquired from building debris in a disaster can be utilized to remove pathogens biochemically through changes in pH or physically through filtration. Direct Plate Enumeration testing was completed for different water samples to compare the general activity of bacterial growth as an indication of pathogenic potential. Throughout each experiment, the pH of different water samples was monitored and consistently indicated that water samples in contact with concrete pieces (concrete water samples) would exhibit a higher pH than samples with no exposure to concrete (control water samples). Compared to …

Biodegradation Of Rubber Particles In Soil: Using Acclimated Bacteria Isolated From Kansas Soil To Degrade Cryogrinds In Slurry, Shane Graham

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This study investigated the viability of bioremediating rubber cryogrind using enriched indigenous bacteria. To begin the experiment, soils from three highway roadside locations in Kansas, KS 96 and West, KS 400 and 143^rd, and 199^th, were collected and transported to the lab to be studied. An initial soil characterization was run on the soil samples using distilled (DI) water mixture and 0.01 M CaCl₂ to assess conductivity. The soils were tested to gather a baseline of the relationship between pH and conductivity and the impact of its distance from the roadside. Bacteria were isolated from …

Cruser Place Green Streets Plan, Neal Friedman

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects

Combining green and complete street design techniques leads to multiple environmental, social and economic benefits that often enhance each other's effectiveness. In urban areas confronting increased pressures of sea level rise, green streets, which incorporate landscaped features or vegetative areas to manage stormwater within the right of way, can be crucial pieces of pedestrian oriented urban design and multimodal planning frameworks that consider and plan for diverse, complementary transportation options. This plan works with the Colonial Place and Riverview Civic League as well as the Norfolk Preservation Collective to come up with green street design recommendations in order to strengthen …

Evaluation Of Production-Well Performance In Response To Formation Clogging And Rehabilitation For The Keweenaw Bay Tribal Fish Hatchery, Brock O. Howell

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Temporally, the KBIC (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community) Hatchery wells have manifested general trends of declining specific capacity and higher energy consumption due to mineral precipitation in and around the production wells. Monitoring data, laboratory water analyses, and downhole video logging have confirmed that naturally occurring minerals are precipitating and clogging the screens and, likely, the surrounding formations. The reduction in fluid pressures in and around the well-screens from active pumping wells is typical but, ultimately alters the geochemical and physical conditions such that dissolved minerals precipitate on and around the well-screens, therefore, effectively clogging the well. The clogging from mineral …

Resistome And Mobilome In Surface Runoff From Manured Soil As Affected By Setback Distance, Noelle Mware, Maria C. Hall, Selvakumar Rajendran, John E. Gilley, Amy Schmidt, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Yifan Zhang, Xu Li

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Land application of livestock manure introduces antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) into the soil environment. The objectives of this study were to examine the changes of resistome and mobilome in runoff and soil as a function of setback distance, i.e., the distance between manured soil and surface water, and to quantify the contributions of manure and background soil to the ARGs and MGEs in surface runoff. The resistome and mobilome in runoff and soil from a field-scale plot study were characterized using a high throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (HT-qPCR) array. It was estimated that a …

Emission Of Volatile Organic Compounds From Land-Applied Beef Cattle Manure As Affected By Application Method, Diet, And Soil Water Condition, Bryan L. Woodbury, John E. Gilley, David B. Parker, David B. Marx

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Land application of beef cattle manure may result in the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC). This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of diet, land application method, soil water condition, and time since manure application on VOC emissions. Manure was collected from feedlot pens where cattle were fed diets containing 0%, 10%, or 30% wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS). The effects of manure application method (surface-applied or incorporated) and soil water condition (saturated or wet) on VOC emissions were measured over a 48 h period. Heptanoic, hexanoic, isobutyric, and isovaleric acids contributed 23.5%, 17.6%, 9.26%, and 3.39% …

Geospatial Synthesis Of Biogeochemical Attributions Of Porphyrins To Oil Pollution In Marine Sediments Of The Gulf Of México, Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, José Vinicio Macías-Zamora

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Porphyrins are highly persistent in the environment and represent a helpful biogeochemical attribute to assess the spatial distribution of the effects of oil spills on ecosystems and their resilience. In areas prone to natural and human-originated oil spills, the measurement of VO– and nickel– porphyrins in marine–sediment samples can identify the effects of oil pollution across spatiotemporal scales. The goal is to explore whether or not these compounds can be useful indicators of the geospatial attributions of oil contamination in the surficial sediments. We hypothesize that the geospatial gradients of porphyrins in marine sediments from petroleum spills and seepage activities—related …

The Brazilian Soil Spectral Service (Braspecs): A User-Friendly System For Global Soil Spectra Communication, José A. M. Demattê, Ariane Francine Da Silveira Paiva, Raul Roberto Poppiel, Nícolas Augusto Rosin, Luis Fernando Chimelo Ruiz, Fellipe Alcantara De Oliveira Mello, Budiman Minasny, Sabine Grunwald, Yufeng Ge, Eyal Ben Dor, Asa Gholizadeh, Cecile Gomez, Sabine Chabrillat, Nicolas Francos, Shamsollah Ayoubi, Dian Fiantis, James Kobina Mensah Biney, Changkun Wang, Abdelaziz Belal, Salman Naimi, Najmeh Asgari Hafshejani, Henrique Bellinaso, Jean Michel Moura-Bueno, Nélida E. Q. Silvero

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Although many Soil Spectral Libraries (SSLs) have been created globally, these libraries still have not been operationalized for end-users. To address this limitation, this study created an online Brazilian Soil Spectral Service (BraSpecS). The system was based on the Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BSSL) with samples collected in the Visible–Near–Short-wave infrared (vis–NIR–SWIR) and Midinfrared (MIR) ranges. The interactive platform allows users to find spectra, act as custodians of the data, and estimate several soil properties and classification. The system was tested by 500 Brazilian and 65 international users. Users accessed the platform (besbbr.com.br), uploaded their spectra, and received soil organic …

Unmanned Aerial System-Based Data Ferrying Over A Sensor Node Station Network In Maize, Jasreman Singh, Yufeng Ge, Derek M. Heeren, Elizabeth Walter-Shea, Christopher M. U. Neale, Suat Irmak, Mitchell S. Maguire

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

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High Throughput Analysis Of Leaf Chlorophyll Content In Sorghum Using Rgb, Hyperspectral, And Fluorescence Imaging And Sensor Fusion, Huichun Zhang, Yufeng Ge, Xinyan Xie, Abbas Atefi, Nuwan Wijewardane,, Suresh Thapa

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Background: Leaf chlorophyll content plays an important role in indicating plant stresses and nutrient status. Traditional approaches for the quantification of chlorophyll content mainly include acetone ethanol extraction, spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. Such destructive methods based on laboratory procedures are time consuming, expensive, and not suitable for high-throughput analysis. High throughput imaging techniques are now widely used for non-destructive analysis of plant phenotypic traits. In this study three imaging modules (RGB, hyperspectral, and fluorescence imaging) were, separately and in combination, used to estimate chlorophyll content of sorghum plants in a greenhouse environment. Color features, spectral indices, and chlorophyll fluorescence …

Maize Response To Irrigation And Nitrogen Under Center Pivot, Subsurface Drip And Furrow Irrigation: Water Productivity, Basal Evapotranspiration And Yield Response Factors, Ali T. Mohammed, Suat Irmak

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Information and data about quantification and comparison of crop water productivity indices for various irrigation levels and methods and nitrogen (N) application timings “simultaneously” under the same conditions do not exist. Unprecedented and extensive field experiments were conducted for maize (Zea mays L.) in 2016 and 2017 under center pivot (CP), subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) and furrow irrigation (FI) methods with full irrigation treatment (FIT), 80% FIT, 60% FIT and rainfed treatment (RFT) with three N application timings. N treatments were: (i) traditional (TN), (ii) non-traditional-1 (NT-1) and (iii) non-traditional-2 (NT-2). Irrigation yield production functions (IYPF); evapotranspiration-yield production functions …

Sources Of Variability And Uncertainty In Food-Energy-Water Nexus Systems, Heydi Calderon-Ambelis, Deepak R. Keshwani

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

A nexus approach contributes to the strategic allocation of resources to secure food, energy, and water for the world population. Integrated models considering the complex interactions across food, energy, and water (FEW) enhance decision-making and strategic planning towards resilience. However, a significant number of the existing integrated models leave unaddressed the inherent variability and uncertainty present in the FEW sectors. Here, we review the importance of characterizing variability over spatial and temporal scales and the importance of decreasing the uncertainty present within a FEW nexus systems. The review also discusses existing modeling tools that address variability and uncertainty on single …

Modeling Water Quantity And Quality Nonlinearities For Watershed Adaptability To Hydroclimate Extremes In Agricultural Landscapes, Juan Carlos Jaimes-Correa, Francisco Muñoz-Arriola, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Changing water supplies and demands, inherent to climate fluctuations and human activities, are pushing for a paradigm shift in water management worldwide. The occurrence of extreme hydrometeorological and climate events such as extended wet periods and droughts, compounded with contaminants, impair the access to water resources, demanding novel designs, construction, and management across multiple hydrologic scales and biogeochemical processes. A constraint to studying hydrologic and biogeochemical disturbances and improving best management practices for water quantity and quality at the watershed scale resides in the suitable monitoring, data availability, and the creation of frameworks. We hypothesize that streamflow and contaminants, simulated …

Comparison Effect On Biogas Production From Vegetable And Fruit Waste With Rumen Digesta Through Co-Digestion Process, Anika Tasnim, Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun, Md Anwar Hossen, Md Towfiqur Rahman, Md Janibul Alam Soeb

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Biogas is the best renewable energy as it can be produced from any biomass for example any plant or living organism. The purpose of this research was to produce biomethane from co-digestion of vegetable and fruit waste with rumen digesta through anaerobic digestion process. In this research, two trials of experiment were conducted. Each trial has three different sample with different mixing ratios. Raw materials used in the experiment was rumen digesta of goat and cow, potato, capsicum, cucumbers, onions, radish, cauliflower, carrot, leafy vegetables, apple, banana, and papaya. In each sample, 1200 gram of raw materials were used. Hydraulic …

Influences Of Artificial Light On Mating Of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens): A Review, Md Rabiul Awal, Md Masudur Rahman, Md Abdur Razzak Choudhury, Md Mehedi Hasan, Md Towfiqur Rahman, Md Fuad Mondal

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is a potential insect species which can convert biodegradable materials and some indigestible organic waste into valuable biomass. Because of having good quality of fat and protein, its production and use in animal feed are being extended day by day. To fulfill the future demand re-searchers are trying to find out the successful mass rearing techniques of H. illucens in laboratory or indoor condition. However, the most critical part of H. illucens mass production is obtaining successful mating. This insect is very sensitive to light. It prefers direct sunlight for its …

Causes Influencing Construction Waste Generation During The Design Process: An Analytical Study, Aya Saad, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman

Architectural Engineering

Despite the social and economic contributions of the construction industry towards achieving sustainable development objectives, it has an adverse effect on the environment such as the generation of waste, water, and energy consumption. Construction waste (CW) is the loss of materials that are produced during or after the construction process and has no remaining value. Several countries promote waste elimination plans at early stages to reduce CW at its source. The Egyptian government is expanding its investments in new mega projects and infrastructure facilities like new administrative capital, bridges, roads, energy projects which resulted in increasing the rate and amount …

Inspiring Young Students To Pursue Engineering, Tami M. Brown-Brandl, Brian Steward

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Imagine elementary school students understanding inputs and outputs, choosing appropriate sensors, and programming an autonomous robot. Imagine middle school students learning about PID control and creating advanced programs for sensor-based decision making. Imagine high school students using CAD to design drive trains, manufacturing parts with CNC machine tools, using finite element analysis to adjust the design, ordering custom components from a machine shop, using image processing for target recognition, and applying path planning and motion control. We have witnessed all of these skills. They happened outside of traditional classrooms, and they were all student-driven.

Yes, it’s true, and it’s amazing. …

การบำบัดน้ำเสียแอมโมเนียมความเข้มข้นสูงโดยเม็ดตะกอนจุลินทรีย์แบบใช้อากาศ, สิริณิศา สุขวิบูลย์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้ศึกษาการสร้างเม็ดตะกอนจุลินทรีย์แบบใช้อากาศและอัตราการบำบัดของน้ำเสียที่มีแอมโมเนียมสูง ผลการทดลองพบว่าเกิดเม็ดตะกอนจุลินทรีย์แบบใช้อากาศในน้ำเสียแอมโมเนียมสูง (200 mg-N/l) มีลักษณะใกล้เคียงกันกับน้ำเสียแอมโมเนียมต่ำ (50 mg-N/l) ระบบมีค่าดัชนีปริมาตรตะกอนเฉลี่ย (SVI) ในถังปฏิกรณ์ที่ 1 และ 2 เท่ากับ 23.07±3.1 และ 20.46±2.7 มิลลิลิตรต่อกรัมตามลำดับ ค่าปริมาณของแข็งแขวนลอย (MLSS) ในถังปฏิกรณ์ที่ 1 และ 2 เท่ากับ 10,784±608 และ 11,067±678 มิลลิกรัมต่อลิตรตามลำดับ ความเข้มข้นตะกอนก้นถังในถังปฏิกรณ์ที่ 1 และ 2 เท่ากับ 33,732±2468 และ 34,696±1741 มิลลิกรัมต่อลิตรตามลำดับ พบขนาดเม็ดตะกอนในถังฏิกรณ์ที่ 1 และ 2 เท่ากับ 3.4±0.9 และ 4.5±1.0 มิลลิเมตร ความหนาแน่นของตะกอนจุลินทรีย์เท่ากับ 1.166±0.01 กรัมต่อมิลลิลิตร โครงสร้างตะกอนอัดแน่นและมีการกระจายตัวทั่วถังปฏิกรณ์ทั้งสองถังเมื่อเดินระบบเป็นระยะเวลา 85 วัน เม็ดตะกอนจุลินทรีย์แบบใช้อากาศที่เกิดขึ้นสามารถบำบัดน้ำเสียแอมโมเนียมความเข้มข้น 200 mg-N/l ภายใน 2 วัน อัตราการบำบัดเป็นไปตาม Monod’s kinetic โดยมีค่าอัตราการบำบัดแอมโมเนียมสูงสุด (Km) เท่ากับ 33.9±3.3 มิลลิกรัมไนโตรเจนต่อลิตรต่อชั่วโมงและความเข้มข้นแอมโมเนียมที่อัตราการย่อยสลายครึ่งหนึ่งของอัตราการย่อยสลายสูงสุด (Ks) เท่ากับ 67.9±15.9 มิลลิกรัมต่อลิตร

On A New Framework For Detecting, Classifying, And Forecasting Floods For Large-Scale Flood Risk Analysis, Equisha Glenn

Dissertations and Theses

Increasing trends in flooding events are projected to continue as climate changes have increased the chance of extreme weather events. Given the significant, damaging impacts of extreme floods, the ability to effectively model floods is crucial for risk management and mitigation of the impacts of these extreme flooding events. This dissertation presents a new framework for detecting and predicting large-scale flood risk in the United States using climate information. This methodology categorizes regional, simultaneous floods into an index that is used to forecast the risk of extreme flooding a season ahead. The index proposed herein, named the Spatial Flood Index …

Data Fusion And Synergy Of Active And Passive Remote Sensing; An Application For Freeze Thaw Detections, Zahra Sharifnezhadazizi

Dissertations and Theses

There has been a recent evolvement in the field of remote sensing after increase of number satellites and sensors data which could be fused to produce new data and products. These efforts are mainly focused on using of simultaneous observations from different platforms with different spatial and temporal resolutions. The research dissertation aims to enhance the synergy use of active and passive microwave observations and examine the results in detection land freeze and thaw (FT) predictions. Freeze thaw cycles particularly in high-latitude regions have a crucial role in many applications such as agriculture, biogeochemical transitions, hydrology and ecosystem studies. The …

Crop Water Deficits And Their Season-Ahead Climate Determinants Across The United States, Siena W. Dante

Dissertations and Theses

The agricultural sector in the United States provides an essential food and revenue source and it faces severe challenges due to increasing climate variability, which reduces reliable access to water needed for the crops. Unreliable access to water and the potential for drought result in major economic losses to the sector as well as potentially significant environmental damage. It is thus necessary to mitigate the effects of drought as well as to develop agricultural practices that include preparedness strategies for droughts. To develop these strategies, comprehensive information about droughts must be available early enough to consider before the growing season. …

Allocative Efficiency Of Grid Farming In Urban Green Built Environments, Aaryan Manoj Nair

Publications and Research

As of a 2019 study conducted by the National Urban Gardening Program (National Urban Gardening Program), urban farming accounts for approximately 19% of the total national farming output and is expected to triple to almost 45% by 2025. There is intensive research being conducted on aspects of reduced recidivism, communal health benefits, natural carbon capture systems, improved urban ecology and the necessity for reducing the carbon footprint of food, (informally dubbed “food miles”) there is little substantive research on optimization, and maximation of crop productivity in hyper-urban areas. The article attempts to study allocative efficiency in hyper urban built environments.

The Improvement Of The Regional Regulatory Governance System For Radiation Risk Management: Spatial Analysis On Radiation Hazards In South Korea, Sangwon Lee, Jaewon Lim, Chan Goo Yi

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, nuclear regulators have strength-ened safety standards or decided to decommission the nuclear power plant. The vast majority of radiation is from nuclear power plants, so safety measures are also concentrated in nuclear power plants. Radioactive materials located much closer to the people are scattered around the nation. However, it is difficult for citizens to predict the radiation risk around them because regulatory agencies do not provide adequate information on radiation. The main goal of this study is to analyze the spatial distribution patterns of radioactive materials that serve as indicators for potential …

Green Infrastructure In Parking Lot Retrofits, Delaney Sall, Julie Wildschut

Student Papers and Reports

The built environment poses significant risks to surrounding ecosystems. Impervious surfaces like roofs, roads, and parking lots do not allow rainwater to gradually filter into the soil. Instead, runoff often flows directly into storm drains and waterways —causing flooding, erosion and pollution.

One way to mitigate these negative impacts is the installation of Green Infrastructure (GI), a variety of practices designed to infiltrate runoff into the soil, filter out pollutants, and provide habitat for native species.

Because of the way urban areas developed, most commercial parking lots lack GI. If a property owner wants to use their space to …

Building Performance - Societal Drive, Programme And Symposium, Joseph Little, Patrick Daly

Articles

Society is increasingly looking at the construction industry to mitigate the environmental crisis and solve the housing crisis through wholesale embrace of three broad sets of challenges. The MSc in Building Performance (Energy Efficiency in Design) (MSc BP(EED)) was created in 2017 to provide significant upskilling in the knowledge, skills, and software applications of building design professionals so that they can meet these challenges, while creating compliant, sustainable, super-low energy, new and renovated buildings. The delivery of the programme supports upskilling of employed building design professionals at Masters level, encouraging a minority to develop their capacity and interest in research …

Source Apportionment Of Fine Particulate Matter Down To Nanoparticle In Bangkok By Positive Matrix Factorization (Pmf) Model, Thanaphum Manjantrarat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research study investigated the sources of particulate matter with sizes ranging from less than 0.1 to larger than 10 microns in Bangkok by installing Nanosampler at three measurement stations (Ari, Din Daeng, and Bang Na) for one year (January 2021-December 2021). The collected samples were analyzed for ion species, carbon species, and elemental components to identify the chemical composition. The results were then used to classify the sources of air pollution using the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) model. The study indicated that particulate matter levels are highest from December to March and lowest from April to November. The average …

การรับรู้ความพร้อมของครัวเรือนในการจัดการน้ำอุปโภคบริโภคในช่วงอุทกภัย กรณีศึกษาจังหวัดนครสวรรค์, สุธัญญา เกษสุริยงค์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

อุทกภัยของจังหวัดนครสวรรค์เกิดขึ้นบ่อยครั้งซึ่งจะส่งผลกระทบต่อปริมาณและคุณภาพน้ำอุปโภคบริโภคช่วงอุทกภัย ผู้วิจัยจึงเห็นความสำคัญการรับรู้ความพร้อมด้านการจัดการน้ำอุปโภคบริโภคช่วงอุทกภัยเพื่อลดปัญหาการขาดแคลนน้ำและความเสี่ยงต่อการเกิดโรคที่มีสาเหตุมาจากน้ำ งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาสถานการณ์การจัดการน้ำอุปโภคบริโภคช่วงอุทกภัย 2) ศึกษาปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการรับรู้ความพร้อมของครัวเรือนในการจัดการน้ำอุปโภคบริโภค 3) ศึกษากลุ่มโรคของชุมชนจากผลกระทบของอุทกภัย เพื่อลดปัญหาผลกระทบด้านสุขภาพช่วงอุทกภัย กรณีศึกษาพื้นที่ประสบอุทกภัย ได้แก่ อำเภอชุมแสง อำเภอลาดยาว และอำเภอท่าตะโก จังหวัดนครสวรรค์ เก็บข้อมูลโดยใช้แบบสอบถามกลุ่มตัวอย่างจำนวน 400 ครัวเรือน รวมทั้งการสัมภาษณ์หน่วยงานภาครัฐผู้ที่เกี่ยวข้อง งานวิจัยทำการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลแบบสอบถามโดยใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนาและวิเคราะห์ความถดถอยแบบโลจิสติก (Logistic Regression Analysis) ผลการศึกษาพบว่า 1.ปริมาณน้ำอุปโภคบริโภคมีเพียงพอ โดยได้รับความช่วยเหลือจากหน่วยงานรัฐภายใน 1 ถึง 2 วันหลังเกิดอุทกภัย ครัวเรือนมีการปรับปรุงคุณภาพน้ำได้แก่ การต้มให้เดือด แกว่งสารส้ม และตั้งไว้ให้ตกตะกอน ตามลำดับ การรับรู้ด้านความสะอาดน้ำช่วงอุทกภัย พบว่าน้ำมีความสะอาด การรับรู้พื้นที่อยู่อาศัยมีความเสี่ยงระดับปานกลาง ผู้ตอบแบบสอบถามมีความกังวลต่อการเกิดอุทกภัยระดับมาก ร้อยละ 25.5 เห็นว่า ไม่มีการให้บริการจัดการขยะในช่วงอุทกภัย การรับรู้ปัญหาการเจ็บป่วยระดับมาก ซึ่งโรคที่พบมากที่สุด คือ โรคผิวหนัง เกิดจากการขาดแคลนน้ำสะอาดสำหรับอุปโภคและการสัมผัสน้ำปนเปื้อน 2.ปัจจัยความสัมพันธ์กับการรับรู้ความพร้อมในการจัดการน้ำช่วงอุทกภัย ได้แก่ ระดับการศึกษา รายได้ของครัวเรือน จำนวนสมาชิก การรับรู้ข่าวสาร ประสบการณ์ในอดีตทำให้เกิดความเคยชินกับสถานการณ์ นำมาซึ่งข้อเสนอแนะต่อครัวเรือนและหน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้อง ควรมีการส่งเสริมการปฏิบัติด้านสุขอนามัยที่ดีของชุมชนและวางแผนตรวจสอบคุณภาพน้ำเป็นระยะ เพื่อเป็นการบรรเทาผลกระทบต่อสุขภาพอนามัยของประชาชน