Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DX204779.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2007. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D., Environmental Science)--University of Idaho, June 2009. / Major professor: J.D. Wulfhorst. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online (PDF file) by subscription or by purchasing the individual file.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110).

Cette these presente l'evolution temporelle des concentrations en metaux lourds (pb, cd, zn et cu) mesurees dans les neiges de Summit (Groenland central) deposées entre 1773 et 1992. Les resultats obtenus mettent en evidence que les activites industrielles ont largement pollue la troposphere de l'hemisphere nord a l'echelle globale. Pour le plomb, nous confirmons et completons pour la premiere fois l'augmentation d'un facteur 200 depuis les niveaux naturels (il y a 8000 ans) observé pour les neiges du milieu des années 1960, mise en evidence par c. Patterson et ses collègues en 1969. L'augmentation observee pour les autres metaux (8 fois pour cd, 5 et 4 fois pour zn et cu) montre pour la première fois l'émergence de la source anthropique sur la période 1773-1970. Malgrè la décroissance très nette des concentrations en plomb (6.3 fois), en cadmium (2,3 fois) et en zinc (1.7 fois) observée sur la periode 1970-1992, les teneurs actuelles en métaux lourds des neiges du Groenland central sont encore supérieures aux concentrations observées pour les glaces de l'Holocène, ce qui prouve que les cycles atmosphériques biogéochimiques sont toujours largement dominés par les émissions d'origine humaine.

There has always been a desire to develop industrial processes that minimize the resources they use, and the wastes they generate. The problem is when new guidelines are forced upon long established processes, such as solvent based coating operations. This means instead of integrating an emission reduction technology into the original design of the process, it is added on after the fact. This significantly increases the costs associated with treating emissions. In this work the ultimate goal is the design of an “add-on” abatement system to treat emissions from solvent based coating processes with high destruction efficiency, and lower costs than systems in current use. Since emissions from processes that utilize solvent based coatings are primarily comprised of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the treatment of these compounds will be the focus. VOCs themselves contain a significant amount of energy. If these compounds could be destroyed by simultaneously extracting the energy they release, operational costs could be substantially reduced. This thesis examines the use of model-based design to develop and optimize a VOC abatement technology that uses a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for energy recovery. The model was built using existing HYSYS unit operation models, and was able to provide a detailed thermodynamic and parametric analysis of this technology. The model was validated by comparison to published literature results and through the use of several Design of Experiment factorial analyses. The model itself illustrated that this type of system could achieve 95% destruction efficiency with performance that was superior to that of Thermal Oxidation, Biological Oxidation, or Adsorption VOC abatement technologies. This was based upon design criteria that included ten year lifecycle costs and operational flexibility, as well as the constraint of meeting (or exceeding) current regulatory thresholds.

There has always been a desire to develop industrial processes that minimize the resources they use, and the wastes they generate. The problem is when new guidelines are forced upon long established processes, such as solvent based coating operations. This means instead of integrating an emission reduction technology into the original design of the process, it is added on after the fact. This significantly increases the costs associated with treating emissions. In this work the ultimate goal is the design of an “add-on” abatement system to treat emissions from solvent based coating processes with high destruction efficiency, and lower costs than systems in current use. Since emissions from processes that utilize solvent based coatings are primarily comprised of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the treatment of these compounds will be the focus. VOCs themselves contain a significant amount of energy. If these compounds could be destroyed by simultaneously extracting the energy they release, operational costs could be substantially reduced. This thesis examines the use of model-based design to develop and optimize a VOC abatement technology that uses a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for energy recovery. The model was built using existing HYSYS unit operation models, and was able to provide a detailed thermodynamic and parametric analysis of this technology. The model was validated by comparison to published literature results and through the use of several Design of Experiment factorial analyses. The model itself illustrated that this type of system could achieve 95% destruction efficiency with performance that was superior to that of Thermal Oxidation, Biological Oxidation, or Adsorption VOC abatement technologies. This was based upon design criteria that included ten year lifecycle costs and operational flexibility, as well as the constraint of meeting (or exceeding) current regulatory thresholds.

Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Michigan.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (University of Texas Digital Repository, viewed on Sept. 9, 2009). Vita. Includes bibliographical references.