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Predicting removal efficiency of reverse osmosis membranes with respect to emerging substances of concern using a discriminant function analysis
| Title: | Predicting removal efficiency of reverse osmosis membranes with respect to emerging substances of concern using a discriminant function analysis. |
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| Name(s): |
Pleitez Herrera, Fernando J. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xiii, 161 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This paper presents the results of the spike tests performed in the alternative water supply pilot testing program for the City of Pembroke Pines. It establishes the effectiveness of a protocol that can be used to gain further insight on the rejection capacities of RO membranes. An in-depth study of the molecular descriptors affecting rejection by RO membranes is presented and used in the development of a discriminant function analysis. This analysis proved to be an effective way to predict the passage of Emerging Substances of Concern (ESOCs) through RO membrane. Further, a principal component (PC) analysis was performed to determine which factors accounted the largest variation in RO permeability. Additionally, this paper defines the groundwork for a discriminant analysis model that, if further developed, could serve as an important tool to predict the rejection capabilities of RO treatment when handling with ESOCs. | |
| Identifier: | 820723879 (oclc), 3355869 (digitool), FADT3355869 (IID), fau:3958 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Fernando J. Pleitez Herrera. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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| Subject(s): |
Membranes (Technology) Water -- Purification -- Reverse osmosis process Industrial water supply -- Florida -- Pembroke Pines Water -- Pollution Chemoinformatics |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355869 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
