Browsing Department of Civil Engineering by Author "Sattler, Melanie L."
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Adsorption Curve Fits For Landfill VOCs On Bituminous Coal Based And Coconut Shell Based Activated Carbon
Athappan, Annaprabha (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)This study explores adsorption as a method of controlling hazardous gas emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWL). In particular, the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) para, meta, and ortho-xylene, ethylbenzene ... -
AERMOD MODELING OF AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM BACKUP GENERATOR USE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
Abayomi, Temitope; 0000-0002-7131-9153 (2017-12-07)Generator emissions contribute to increase in air pollution. In developing countries with inadequate electricity supply, many people rely on back-up generators for long-term electricity supply. Nigeria is the second biggest ... -
AIR DISPERSION MODELING OF MULTIPLE NATURAL GAS WELL PADS AT DIFFERENT TERRAIN CONDITIONS AND DETERMINATION OF INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING FUNCTION EXPONENT
Khalaj, Fatemeh (2016-05-12)Natural gas production and development has been widely spreading all over the United States. Texas has been leading the nation in natural gas production by holding approximately twenty three percent of the nation’s natural ... -
Assessing Control Strategies For Ground Level Ozone
Sule, Neelesh Vijay (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2009-09-16)Developing cost effective control strategies for ozone has been a challenge to air quality modelers. Conventionally, the control strategies are applied across-the board to the region. The main aim of this research was to ... -
A Comparative Study Of Carbon Nanotubes And Granular Activated Carbon: Physicochemical Properties And Adsorption Capacities
Gangupomu, Roja Haritha (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-09-17)Adsorption technologies with activated carbon have proven their prominence in wide variety of industrial applications for the removal of pollutants from gaseous streams for generations. Nanoadsorbents due to their unique ... -
Comparison Of Adsorption Capacities Of Nanoadsorbents With Conventional Activated Carbon For Volatile Organic Compounds
Deshmukh, Namrata Baburao (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)This research explores the potential for using single wall carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) for adsorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) categorized as hazardous air pollutants and which contribute to ground level ozone ... -
COMPARISON OF METHANE PRODUCTION FROM HOUSEHOLD WASTE
Baniya, Sunita; 0000-0002-6711-4702 (2016-05-11)Anaerobic digestion is a biochemical process in which various microorganisms transform complex organic compounds to methane, along with carbon dioxide, water vapor and a small amount of other trace gases in absence of ... -
Comprehensive neural network forecasting system for ground level ozone in multiple regions
Eapi, Gautam Raghavendra (2015-12-07)A comprehensive neural network daily maximum 8 hour-ozone forecasting model was developed based on five years of data (2010-2014) collected from 50 monitoring sites from the Dallas Fort Worth, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, ... -
Determination Of Safe Buffer Width Of Roadway To Protect Human Health Form Harmful NOx Exposure
Bhatt, Hetal H (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)According to the 2004 EPA Trends Report, US on-road transportation sources emit 36% of nitrogen oxides (NOx), 63% of carbon monoxide (CO), and 29% of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This research determines a safe roadway ... -
Development Of Linear Regression Model For Predicting Water Quality Parameters From Anaerobic Treatment Of Vinasse
Rahman, Shammi (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)One of the most prominent biofuels today is ethanol. The production of ethanol from biomass, whether from sugar crops, starch crops, dairy products, or cellulosic materials, results in the production of a high-strength ... -
Development Of Statistical Models For Predicting Leachate Parameters From Simulated Landfills
Bhatt, Arpita Hetal (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-10-22)Leachate generation and management is recognized as one of the greatest problems associated with environmentally sound operation of landfills, as leachate can cause major pollution problems to surrounding soil, ground ... -
Development of the Urban Passenger Transportation Life Cycle Inventory for Comparison Across Modes Model (TransportLifeCAMM)
Hernandez Ruiz, Alma Angelica (2018-12-06)Against the backdrop of the increasingly complex urban passenger transportation challenges associated with megacities during the 21st century, and the effort to find the most sustainable modes of transportation for them, ... -
Dispersion Modeling of Emissions from Natural Gas Compressor Stations
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ECONOMICAL DESIGN OF COLD-RESISTANT BIOGAS DIGESTERS FOR DEGRADING HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Baniya, Sunita; 0000-0002-6711-4702 (2019-05-14)Energy is a basic tool for social and economic development. However, approximately 90% of rural households in low-income countries still rely on unprocessed traditional biomass fuel as the major source of daily energy. ... -
Effect Of Termite Gut Microbe TAV5 On Methane Production From Municipal Solid Waste Degradation
Rahimi, Hoda (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2015)Methane from anaerobic processes is being increasingly utilized as an alternative energy source in developed countries, via large projects that extract methane from landfills or wastewater treatment plants. Anaerobic ... -
EFFECT OF TERMITE GUT MICROORGANISM TAV5 RATIOS ON LIGNIN DEGRADATION AND METHANE GENERATION FROM PAPER, YARD, AND WOOD WASTE
Rahimi, Hoda; 0000-0002-2317-8317 (2019-05-08)Methane from anaerobic processes is being increasingly utilized as an alternative energy source in developed countries, via large projects that extract methane from landfills or wastewater treatment plants. Anaerobic ... -
Effectiveness Of Signal Coordination As An Emission Reduction Measure For Vehicles
Parikh, Rajashi I (Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)Air Pollution is a significant health and environmental concern. Vehicular emissions are major contributors to many air pollution problems. There is growing interest in reducing carbon dioxide emission because of the ... -
ENHANCING ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE IN LANDFILL COVER SOIL
Parsaeifard, Niloofar; 0000-0001-5718-8479 (2019-05-13)Methane (CH4) is one of the major greenhouse gases (GHG) generated in landfills and has a global warming effect 28 times more than carbon dioxide (CO2). Therefore, decreasing methane emissions into the atmosphere from ... -
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Commercial Space Transportation Activities in the United States
Neumann, Shelia Scott; 0000-0003-1114-7748 (2018-04-20)The Commercial Space Transportation (CST) activities in the United States are increasing and have increased over 50% in the last year. The launches in the United States for commercial purposes are expected to increase ... -
Feasibility Studies To Support Landfill Gas Recovery In Ghana
Jangikhatoonabad, NedaAccording to World Bank Ghana generates 0.09 kg of solid waste per person per day, where there are only 4 engineered landfills in the country. In 2010, Ghana contributed to 0.13% of global greenhouse gases emissions, 10% ...