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Title: A Quantitative Analysis of Swimming Pool Recirculation System Efficiency in Returning Water to the Treatment System
Author: Madding, Nathan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: While chemical reactors have been studied extensively, little work had been done in understanding the recirculation system efficiency of swimming pools. It was proposed by Gage and Bidwell (1926) that recirculation in swimming pools was described ...

Title: Advancing Green Stormwater Infrastructure Through Understanding the Influences of Social Factors
Author: Qi, Jingyi
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is a nature-inspired engineering solution to stormwater management that has gained increasing attention over the last two decades. While the technical evidence supporting the efficacy and efficiency of GSI is ...

Title: An Integrative Approach to Identify and Assess Streams Susceptible to Antibiotic Discharges
Author: Kamanmalek, Sara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management, Hydrology
Description: Occurrences of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance have been reported in various environmental settings, posing a global concern due to associated human and ecological risks. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to develop a holistic a...

Title: An Optimization Study of a Customized Kinetic Façade System Using Regression Model
Author: IM, OKKYUN
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Building
Description: There has been a considerable interest in the development and installation of the building facade system using a dynamic motion which is called a kinetic facade system. Since the kinetic facade system can respond to the change of the external weat...

Title: Bromide Removal from Drinking Water Sources Impaired by Energy Wastewater Discharge Using Electrically Conductive Membrane
Author: Das, Samonty
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Bromide accelerates the formation of carcinogenic disinfection by-products (DBPs) during drinking water disinfection when it reacts with dissolved organic matter and disinfectants. The objective of this study is to develop an effective process to ...

Title: CHARACTERIZING WATER QUALITY AND HYDROLOGY IN FLOW FROM OUTLETS
Author: Thergaonkar, Pranay
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: During a storm event, stormwater runoff is generated, and some discharge enters outlet pipes that lead to flow in outlet channels. With the increase in flow of discharge, the volume of stormwater entering the channel increases. These discharges fr...

Title: Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide Quenching with Activated Carbon and Mineral Catalysts
Author: Gleason, Justine
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Advanced oxidation is an advanced water treatment process used for treating impaired drinking water sources, among other applications. Commonly, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used with ultraviolet (UV) light to create hydroxyl radicals that oxidize ...

Title: Conditioning of Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts for Improved Hydrogen Generation on P3HT:PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Photocathodes
Author: Ivins, Reynolds
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Environmental engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: This work aims to design, develop, and investigate the capacity of a metal catalyst-coated organic photoelectrode to produce molecular hydrogen when illuminated in acidic media. 3-5 nm platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) were synthesized, treated to re...

Title: Coordinated optimal control of smart buildings and PV systems in active distribution networks
Author: Kodanda Pani, Naveen Kumar
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Driven by economic and environmental policies, there is an increase in distributed energy resources (DER) penetration, such as wind farms and rooftop solar panels in the electrical grid system. With advancement in smart technology such as smart me...

Title: Decision Analysis and Policy Formulation for Technology-Specific Renewable Energy Targets
Author: Okioga, Irene
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Government policy, Environmental engineering
Description: This study establishes a decision making procedure using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a U.S. national renewable portfolio standard, and proposes technology-specific targets for renewable electricity generation for the country. The study pr...

Title: Development of a Methanotrophic Alternative Daily Cover to Reduce Early Landfill Methane Emissions
Author: Adams, Bryn
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Microbiology, Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: Final covers, especially when supplemented with gas collection, are highly engineered systems to prevent landfill methane release into the atmosphere. However, some methane production begins even before open cells are covered and often well before...

Title: ENHANCED REMOVAL OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-SIZED MICROSPHERES FROM RECREATIONAL WATER THROUGH FILTRATION
Author: Lu, Ping
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: Cryptosporidium species are the cause of cryptosporidiosis, which has symptoms such as watery diarrhea, dehydration, fever, nausea, body fatigue, and abdominal cramps. Infants, the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems are m...

Title: EVALUATING POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS IN URBAN STREAMS BASED ON PRECIPITATION, NETWORK OF STORMWATER BMPs, AND IMPERVIOUS COVER
Author: Venugopal, Manish
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Environmental engineering, Water resources development--Management
Description: The increase in impervious surfaces accompanying urban development in the recent decade has caused an increase in the volume of stormwater runoff and pollutant loads flowing downstream to receiving waters. In response to increased volumes of impai...

Title: Electrochemical Mineralization of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Author: Pulikkal, Vivek
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are fluorinated organic compounds with broad applications in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) for firefighting, lubricants, waterproof and stain-resistant products. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic...

Title: Emerging Challenges in Landfill Leachate Quality and Ability of Fungal Bioreactors to Address Them
Author: Rezaei Adaryani, Amirhossein
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Landfill sites, that are the ultimate depository of solid waste stream in most societies, have the potential to generate leachate containing a complex mixture of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) such as pharmaceutical compounds, plasticizer...

Title: Evaluation of Multiple Feedstocks for Codigestion
Author: Chouinard, Tracy
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Microbiology, Environmental engineering
Description: In the U.S., a move toward the use of anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies for solid waste management has been slow. However, recently, a number of factors have coalesced to renew interest in AD because of its potential to produce renewable energ...

Title: Evaluation of Reclaimed Drywall for Soil Amendment and Carbon Sequestration
Author: Besnard, Fabien
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering
Description: Construction and demolition (C&D) activities produce 170 million tons of waste annually (US EPA 2009), 15% of which are drywall. Drywall from construction activities, virgin material too small to be reused and often disposed in landfills, is estim...

Title: Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling of the Performance of Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Brine/Coal Fly Ash Co-Disposal
Author: He, Rui
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental management, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: The coal-fired steam electricity plants are interested in finding efficient ways to manageby-products from the combustion process out of environmental and regulatory considerations. As one of the major solid by-products, the coal fly ash (CFA) is ...

Title: HYDROLOGICAL AND WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A RAPIDLY URBANIZING SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT WATERSHED
Author: Gagrani, Vijaya
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences, Human ecology--Study and teaching
Description: The purpose of this dissertation research was to assess the change in hydrological and watershed processes influencing water quality in a rapidly urbanizing SE Piedmont watershed. Specifically, this dissertation research assessed the effectiveness...

Title: IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROBE RECOVERY AND DETECTION IN WATER SAMPLES: MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO METHOD OPTIMIZATION
Author: Kimble, Gina
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Environmental engineering, Environmental sciences
Description: The accurate recovery and detection of microbes from water samples is important for the protection of public health. However, not all microbes behave similarly, not all water samples have comparable physical properties, and the constituents presen...