A planing hull high-speed ferry with a stepped hull becomes a well-liked mode of water transportation for archipelago countries. On the other hand, the shape of steps on the bottom hull has not been recently taken int...
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This study aims to implement remote sensing to determine water quality parameters. Based on the water quality parameters measurements on February 5, 2021, and the LANDSAT 8 satellite images reflectance values, statist...
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Open loop geothermal energy systems (GES) extract groundwater through an extraction well, pass the water through a heat exchanger to remove or add heat, then reinject the cooled or heated water into the aquifer. Becau...
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) mediated indirect photodegradation can play an important role in the degradation of aquatic contaminants. Predicting the rate of this process requires knowledge of the photochemically pr...
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) mediated indirect photodegradation can play an important role in the degradation of aquatic contaminants. Predicting the rate of this process requires knowledge of the photochemically produced reactive intermediates (PPRI) that react with the compound of interest, as well as the ability of individual DOM samples to produce PPRI. Key PPRI are typically identified using quencher studies, yet this approach often leads to results that are difficult to interpret. In this work, we analyze the indirect photodegradation of atorvastatin, carbamazepine, sulfadiazine, and benzotriazole using a diverse set of 48 waters from natural and engineered aquatic systems. We use this large data set to evaluate relationships between PPRI formation and indirect photodegradation rate constants, which are directly compared to results using standard quenching experiments. These data demonstrate that triplet state DOM (3DOM) and singlet oxygen (1O2) are critical PPRI for atorvastatin, carbamazepine, and sulfadiazine, while hydroxyl radical (OH) contributes to the indirect photodegradation of benzotriazole. We caution against relying on quenching studies because quenching of 3DOM limits the formation of 1O2 and all studied quenchers react with OH. Furthermore, we show that DOM composition directly influences indirect photodegradation and that low molecular weight, microbial-like DOM is positively correlated with the indirect photodegradation rates of carbamazepine, sulfadiazine, and benzotriazole. This study highlights limitations in conventional approaches used to identify key photochemically produced intermediates involved in the indirect photodegradation of organic contaminants.
Northeastern(NE) Thailand is well recognized as the land for rice cropping and consequently, it is potentially contaminated with chemicals from soil fertilization, pest/weed control, and urban *** Mun River basin in N...
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Northeastern(NE) Thailand is well recognized as the land for rice cropping and consequently, it is potentially contaminated with chemicals from soil fertilization, pest/weed control, and urban *** Mun River basin in NE Thailand principally is comprised of rice paddies and sedimentation in the river has been pronounced, but the studies on sediment source identification are limited. The current study aims to identify sediment sources in the Mun River basin and discuss possible impacts on ecosystems attributed to exposure to polluted sediment. The assessment relies upon physicochemical properties and heavy metal contents(iron(Fe), manganese(Mn), copper(Cu), chromium(Cr), nickel(Ni),and Zinc(Zn)) in the fine-grained sediment(<63 μm) taken from the Mun River basin and the Chi River in the dry season of 2020-2021. The findings revealed that the heavy metals in the sediment had not accumulated to levels of concern. Most sediment was from natural sources, including Fe-and Mn-rich sediment, Cr-dominant sediment, and Ni-and Cu-rich sediment. Fe-and Zn-rich sediment was, however, found in the urban watershed of Lam Ta Klong, and it could originate from mixed urban sources. Ferich sediment was predominant in the Mun River basin, which and could be a significant sink and source of toxic elements from agricultural and urban discharges. It is suggested that the toxic compounds in the sediment should be consistently monitored, whereas ecological and health risk assessment should be focused on the mobile forms.
Concrete,as the most widely used construction material,is inextricably connected with human *** conceptual and methodological progress in concrete science,concrete formulation for target properties remains a challengi...
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Concrete,as the most widely used construction material,is inextricably connected with human *** conceptual and methodological progress in concrete science,concrete formulation for target properties remains a challenging task due to the ever-increasing complexity of cementitious *** the ability to tackle complex tasks autonomously,machine learning(ML)has demonstrated its transformative potential in concrete *** the rapid adoption of ML for concrete mixture design,there is a need to understand methodological limitations and formulate best practices in this emerging computational ***,we review the areas in which ML has positively impacted concrete science,followed by a comprehensive discussion of the implementation,application,and interpretation of ML *** conclude by outlining future directions for the concrete community to fully exploit the capabilities of ML models.
Modelling the erosional behavior of rock cores in hollow cylinder tests is a formidable task because it involves coupled hydro-mechanical processes. In a recent work of the authors, we proposed semi-analytical hydro-m...
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Modelling the erosional behavior of rock cores in hollow cylinder tests is a formidable task because it involves coupled hydro-mechanical processes. In a recent work of the authors, we proposed semi-analytical hydro-mechanical framework for modelling erosion at laboratory scale through the hollow cylinder test. The model was based on the kinematic formulation of classic hydro-mechanical models a lso known as volumetric sand production models. The original formulation was constructed to include variable confining stress and flowrate conditions. In this new formulation, a power law dependency of the erosion coefficient λ with stress is incorporated to investigateits dependency on the variable external radial stress boundary condition reflected on the sand production curve. This is a significant update with respect to the previous formulation that assumed a constant sand production coefficient. Results show an improved performance with respect to experimental results. This model can be used to systema tically calibrate sand production coefficients for different types of rocks. Copyright 2024 ARMA, American Rock Mechanics Association.
Five anaerobic sequential batch reactors (SBR), SBR 1−SBR 5 run in parallel were examined for biogas output trends under varying hydraulic retention times (HRT). SBR 1 was run without biomass for 1 month to study elec...
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Adsorption is regarded as one of the most promising and straightforward strategies for reducing organic pollutants from wastewater effluents. The use of adsorbents from economical raw materials, even those from waste,...
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