In order to mitigate climate change, there is a desperate need to reduce CO2 emissionsfrom different sources. CO2 capture and sequestration will play an important role in thesereductions. This report is focused on the capture of CO2 from flue gas emitted by a coalfired power plant, which is also described in this report. From the available technologies,post combustion capture with chemical absorption is chosen. It is already been shown byprevious work that it is possible to capture CO2 by this method; this report goes a stepahead to simulate this process. Various methods available are described briefly alongwith the justification why 30% (wt) MEA is used as solvent for this kind of process. Afirst approach is made towards the simulation of the process using Aspen Plus 2006. Themass balance and the energy required for the process have been calculated. Forsimulation the help was taken from Aspen Plus 2006 documentation, also previous workassisted in performing it. The results obtained can be used as the base for optimizing thesimulation. / Uppsatsnivå: D

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:42:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TaisaCMD_DISSERT.pdf: 2778077 bytes, checksum: 8a36ea6ad5a2dd95751172ec12102ec7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-10 / Muitos mecanismos provocados pela a??o humana v?m gerando um aumento na queima de combust?veis f?sseis e processos qu?micos (produtos org?nicos, carv?o, madeira, ?leo diesel, gasolina e outros derivados de petr?leo) e, consequentemente, h? um aumento na emiss?o de CO2 na atmosfera. Uma das alternativas para a captura desse poluente ? o processo de adsor??o, o qual pode ajudar na redu??o do CO2. As hidrotalcitas ou hidr?xidos duplos lamelares (HDL s) est?o dentre esses materiais estudados, j? que apresentam alta estabilidade e uma boa porosidade, tornando-se assim um promissor adsorvente de gases poluentes. Os HDL s formam um grupo de argilas do tipo ani?nico que consiste em camadas positivamente carregadas de ?xido de metal (ou hidr?xido de metal) com intercamadas de ?nions. Foi constatado que ?nions que possuem duas cargas negativas, estabilizam muito mais que ?nions monovalentes, sendo o carbonato o mais est?vel dos ?nions divalentes. Neste trabalho, foi proposta uma modifica??o na s?ntese direta atrav?s da co-precipita??o a pH constante utilizando sais de c?tions divalentes (Mg2+) e trivalentes (Al3+) reportados na literatura. Durante a s?ntese dos HDL s retirou-se o carbonato, bem como, utilizou-se um copol?mero como um template para o alargamento das lamelas. As amostras foram caracterizadas utilizando as t?cnicas de DRX, TG/DTG, FTIR, MEV/EDX, MET e adsor??o e dessor??o de N2. Os dados obtidos indicam que a estrutura, mesmo ap?s a modifica??o, apresentou resultados condizentes com os encontrados na literatura. Dentre as v?rias aplica??es dos HDL s foi realizado o estudo da adsor??o do CO2. A capacidade de adsor??o do material foi testada de acordo com o tempo de contato entre o adsorvente e o adsorbato, sendo esperado que os materiais tratados com template apresentassem um maior desempenho

A necessidade atual do mercado brasileiro para aumentar a oferta de gás incentiva a comunidade científica nacional no desafio de desenvolvimento de novas rotas tecnológicas, visando aumentar o aproveitamento do gás natural. Tal desafio é acompanhado por uma demanda mundial dos países signatários do Protocolo de Quioto (ratificado em 2005) para a redução das emissões de gases de efeito estufa. Apesar de o Brasil não apresentar nenhuma meta de redução, no primeiro período deste Protocolo (2008 a 2012), o setor do petróleo (atividade de E&P), através de suas companhias operadoras, que atuam no país, já estabeleceram metas corporativas para emissão evitada de gases de efeito estufa, em suas instalações de produção (maior predominância das unidades marítimas de produção). O presente trabalho aborda a análise técnica e econômica de um processo proposto de separação e captura de dióxido de carbono (CO2), através de estudo de caso (Primeira e Segunda Proposição) de simulação de processo, em uma instalação marítima de produção de petróleo, comparativamente a sua ausência (Caso Base). A Primeira Proposição considera a separação e a captura do CO2 oriundo tanto do gás natural produzido, quanto do gás de queima de uma turbina a gás. A Segunda Proposição considera a separação e a captura do CO2 oriundo somente do gás natural produzido. Até o momento, no Brasil, ainda não foram desenvolvidas tecnologias adequadas para a captura do CO2, em instalações marítimas de produção de petróleo. Adicionalmente a regulação atual (Portaria nº104/2002 da ANP) limita o potencial de utilização do CO2 que existe na composição do gás natural comercializado no país, pelo fato de não diferenciar em sua especificação técnica, os usos deste importante combustível. Os resultados obtidos nesta tese, com a utilização de simulador de processo de uso comercial mostraram emissões evitadas de CO2 para atmosfera de 55 % (caso Segunda Proposição que apresentou maior viabilidade econômica), em relação ao resultado obtido para o Caso Base. Este relevante resultado equivale a uma emissão evitada de aproximadamente 241 x 103 t/ano, para uma única unidade piloto proposta. De acordo com o estudo de análise econômica apresentado, a Segunda Proposição (VPL US$ 15,3 x 106) foi melhor do que a da Primeira Proposição (VPL: US$ 13,9 x 106) ambos usando o Caso Base como referência. Dentre os ganhos esperados com o uso desta nova tecnologia destacam-se: redução do consumo interno e das perdas de gás natural, emissão evitada de CO2 e hidrocarbonetos para a atmosfera, além do aumento das práticas de armazenamento de gás e CO2, em reservatórios geológicos depletados de petróleo. Estima-se que num cenário futuro, com a implantação deste novo processo proposto, em instalações marítimas de produção de petróleo, uma relevante contribuição de emissões evitadas de gases de efeito estufa possa ocorrer na área de E&P de petróleo no Brasil. / The current Brazilian market needs to increase the natural gas supply to incentive the national scientific community to the challenge of developing new technologies routes aiming increase the utilization of the produced natural gas. Such challenge is followed by a world demand from signatory countries of the Kyoto Agreement (ratified in 2005) to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. In spite of, the Brazil does not have any reduction goal, in the first period (2008 to 2012) the oil sector (E&P activity), by their oil operators companies that works in our country, has already established corporative goals to avoided greenhouse gas emissions in their production facilities (bigger predominance of offshore production unities). The present work approaches the economic and technical evaluation of a carbon dioxide (CO2) separation and capture proposal process (First and Second Proposal Case) comparatively your absence (Base Case). The First Case consider the CO2 separation and capture both the produced gas and exhausted gases of one turbine driven by gas. The Second Case consider only the CO2 separation and capture from the produced gas. At the present, in Brazil, it has not been developed yet suitable technologies, for such use, and the CO2 is normally disposal to the atmosphere. Moreover, the present Regulation (104/2002 ANP Decree) limit the potential of CO2 use existing in the gas composition that is marketed in the country, due to not differentiate the uses of this important fuel. The results obtained of this thesis, by using a process simulator of commercially use showed CO2 avoided emissions of 55 % to the atmosphere (Second Proposal Case that shows the best economic evaluation) related to the result obtained from the Base Case. This relevant result is equivalent in mass flow, to the avoidance emission of roughly 241 x 103 tons per year, for a single pilot unity proposal. According the economic evaluation study, the Second Proposal Case (VPL:US$ 15,3 x 106) was better than the First Case (VPL: US$ 13,9 x 106), using the Case Base as reference. Within the benefits expected with the use of this new technology are the following: reduction both the internal gas consumption and natural gas losses (atmospheric disposal), emissions avoided of CO2 and hydrocarbons, beyond the increase of CO2 and gas storage practices in offshore depleted oil fields. It is estimated, in future scenery, with the implantation of this new proposal process in offshore production unities, relevant contribution of avoided greenhouse gases emissions can occur in oil E&P tasks in Brazil.

Submitted by Inácio de Oliveira Lima Neto (inacio.neto@inpa.gov.br) on 2018-06-15T13:00:49Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação_Leticia_O_Cobello.pdf: 2075449 bytes, checksum: de333b58c6dd546f46f5557c3c15e328 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-15T13:00:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação_Leticia_O_Cobello.pdf: 2075449 bytes, checksum: de333b58c6dd546f46f5557c3c15e328 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-08 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The real carbon sink represented by Amazon forest and the autotrophic feedback respiration in trees facing the climate change are emergency questions to be answeredand it can help to better characterize the carbon balance in tropical forests. It is well known that plants as primary producer presents low efficiency rates of CO 2 assimilation via photosynthesis. Considering this, a large amount of carbon (approximately 70%) can be lost to respiration processes and it can represent a potential carbon loss that is reemitted as CO 2 to the atmosphere. It is clearly known and well accepted at plants physiology area of knowledge that trunks significantly contribute for the plants CO 2 emissions, in rates that can be greater than the leaves emissions by unit area. Considering this, the aim of this study was to provide information about the intern transport of CO 2 in plants and the routes of this carbon emitted by respiration. To conduct this research three trees were monitored at the “terra firme” forest at the central Amazon, by collecting data of: stem CO 2 efflux (E A ), stem temperature, crown temperature and sap velocity. As results, evidences of the control that temperature shows by mediating the inner water transport, and consequently on E A were found. It was also possible to show the differences between day and night time for all the measured variables obtained for all the trees that composed this study. Mainly, the contribution of this study is a holistic aspect in what concerns the E A that is an important component of the carbon cycle in plants. The interactions and also the mechanisms that controls the respiration processes which doesn’t works separately, could be characterized by the importance that temperature shows to the inner water transport and the connections of this mechanism with the respiration processes at the trees. / O esclarecimento da real capacidade de sequestro de CO 2 pelas florestas e os feedbacks da respiração das plantas frente à mudança no clima global são de suma importância para tornar conhecido o balanço de carbono nas florestas tropicais. Sabe-se que as plantas, enquanto produtoras primárias, apresentam baixas taxas de aproveitamento de CO 2 na assimilação via fotossíntese para a formação de folhas, galhos, troncos e raízes. Este baixo aproveitamento reflete em estimativas de que até 70% do total de CO 2 absorvido na fotossíntese não é assimilado na formação ou na manutenção de tecidos celulares e,portanto, é reemitido pelo processo de respiração. Na área de conhecimento de fisiologia vegetal é esclarecido e aceito que o tronco das árvores contribui significativamente para o total de CO 2 emitido pelas plantas em taxas que, por unidade de área, podem inclusive superar a respiração nas folhas. Dessa forma, este estudo teve como finalidade promover o melhor entendimento sobre o transporte interno do CO 2 bem como os possíveis destinos desse carbono na fisiologia das plantas. Para tanto, foram monitorados em três árvores de floresta de terra firme na Amazônia central, os seguintes parâmetros: efluxo de CO 2 na superfície do tronco (E A ), temperatura do tronco, temperatura da copa e a velocidade de transporte de seiva inorgânica. Como resultado, foram encontradas evidências da importância que as variações de temperatura na copa exercem sobre a regulação da variável velocidade de transporte de seiva, o que consequentemente implica em variações no E A . Também foi possível demonstrar as diferenças entre dia e noite que ocorrem para as variáveis que foram coletadas em todas as árvores que compuseram o estudo. Sobretudo, os resultados gerados no presente estudo contribuem para promover uma abordagem holística do ciclo do carbono, em se tratando do produto do processo de respiração, relacionado à dinâmica da água nas árvores estudadas. Dessa forma, as interações e mecanismos que regulam os processos biológicos que não funcionam de forma isolada e compartimentalizada foram descritas sob a perspectiva das variações simultâneas da temperatura da copa das árvores e da velocidade de transporte de seiva no xilema produzindo efeito na regulação dos destinos do CO 2 resultante da respiração celular.

Submitted by PPG Engenharia e Tecnologia de Materiais (engenharia.pg.materiais@pucrs.br) on 2018-10-10T14:17:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o mestrado_rafa p?s banca - final.pdf: 6925259 bytes, checksum: 04c8ab3a00fa276e3a89008c46ce0d72 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br) on 2018-10-16T16:50:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o mestrado_rafa p?s banca - final.pdf: 6925259 bytes, checksum: 04c8ab3a00fa276e3a89008c46ce0d72 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-16T16:55:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertac?a?o mestrado_rafa p?s banca - final.pdf: 6925259 bytes, checksum: 04c8ab3a00fa276e3a89008c46ce0d72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-05 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / Ionic liquids (ILs) grafting in inorganic solids sorbents is a promising alternative to replace the usual separation process of carbon dioxide from natural gas currently performed using amines. ILs presents unique properties such as, low environmental impact, non-corrosion and process efficiency. The ILs 1,3-bis(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)imidazolium chloride and 1-methyl-3-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)imidazolium chloride were immobilized in MCM-41 and MCMRH silica. The MCMRH was synthesized from rice husk. ILs chemical immobilization was carried out by grafting method, where covalent bonds are formed between silane and hydroxyl groups present in the support. Syntheses were carried out in toluene under nitrogen atmosphere to prevent the hydrolysis and condensation of methoxy groups in the silane structure. CO2 sorption capacity and selectivity for CO2/CH4 were evaluated after synthesis. ILs in concentrations of 10 and 20% were tested. The samples characterization by XPS, NMR, FTIR and TGA confirmed the formation of the proposed IL structures. Sorption and selectivity results showed that the immobilization reduces the CO2sorption capacity, however the selectivity of the materials was higher in relation to the pristine silica. Supports immobilized with ILs 1-methyl-3- (3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) imidazole chloride presented better performance. The observed selectivity increase was 25% when 10% of IL was supported on MCMRH silica. / A imobiliza??o de l?quidos i?nicos ? LIs em suportes inorg?nicos ? uma alternativa ao uso de aminas no processo de separa??o e captura do di?xido de carbono contido no g?s natural, pois possui vantagens ligadas ao aumento de vida ?til de equipamentos, efici?ncia de processo e impacto ambiental. Os LIs cloreto de 1,3-bis(3-trimetoxisililpropil)imidazol e cloreto de 1-metil-3-(3-trimetoxisililpropil)imidazol foram imobilizados na s?lica comercial MCM-41 e na s?lica sintetizada a partir da casca de arroz nomeada neste trabalho como MCMRH. A imobiliza??o qu?mica dos LIs foi realizada atrav?s da forma??o de liga??es covalentes entre grupos silanos na estrutura do l?quido i?nico e grupos hidroxila presentes nos suportes. As s?nteses foram realizadas em tolueno sob condi??es inertes para controle da hidr?lise e condensa??o de grupos metoxi na estrutura dos silanos. Ap?s a sua s?ntese, os suportes imobilizados com LIs tiveram sua capacidade de sor??o de CO2 e seletividade em rela??o a CO2/CH4 avaliadas. LIs em concentra??es de 20 e 10% foram testadas. A caracteriza??o das amostras por XPS, RMN, FTIR e TGA confirmaram a forma??o das estruturas dos LIs propostos e os resultados de sor??o e seletividade mostraram que a imobiliza??o reduz a capacidade de sor??o em rela??o ao CO2, entretanto a seletividade dos materiais foram maiores em rela??o aos suportes antes da imobiliza??o. Os suportes imobilizados com o LIs cloreto de 1-metil-3-(3-trimetoxisililpropil)imidazol tiveram melhor desempenho em rela??o aos demais, o aumento de seletividade observado foi de 25% no melhor caso, onde 10% de LI foi suportado na s?lica MCMRH.

The changing climate and damaging effects of CO2 on the environment has led to awareness throughout the construction industry of the need to deliver more sustainable solutions. The use of geosynthetics as a sustainable construction solution was demonstrated by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) in a report entitled Sustainable Geosystems in Civil Engineering Applications (WRAP, 2010). The WRAP report presented a series of case studies in which geosynthetic solutions provided both cost and CO2 savings in comparison to non-geosynthetic solutions. However, in what is a huge field the report concentrated on specific areas relative to the calculation methods or on the potential construction applications. This EngD research built on this work by WRAP and aimed to establish a rigorous framework for the comparison of CO2 emissions between geosynthetic and non-geosynthetic solutions. This EngD research reviewed CO2 calculation methodologies and techniques to produce a rigorous framework that could be adopted in comparative CO2 studies between geosynthetic and non-geosynthetic solutions. It was demonstrated on three case studies looking at geosynthetics in the function of containment, drainage, and reinforcement, highlighting the possible CO2 benefits of employing geosynthetics. The development of the case studies and framework highlighted the need for accurate embodied carbon data. There was an absence of geosynthetic specific embodied carbon values in the commonly employed databases. The EngD research sought to address this and through some experimental work in collaboration with geosynthetic manufacturers calculated embodied carbon values for four types of geosynthetics.

Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Química. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2012

Carbon dioxide (CO2) inhalation lowers brain pH and induces anxiety, fear, and panic responses in humans. In mice, CO2 produces freezing and avoidance behavior that has been suggested to depend on the amygdala. However, a recent study in humans with bilateral amygdala lesions revealed that CO2 can trigger fear and panic even in the absence of amygdalae, suggesting and important role for extra-amygdalar brain structures. Because the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) contributes to fear- and anxiety-related behaviors and expresses acid sensing ion channel-1A (ASIC1A), we hypothesized that the BNST plays an important role in CO2-evoked fear-related behaviors in mice. We found that BNST lesions decreased both CO2-evoked freezing and CO2-conditioned place avoidance. In addition, we found that CO2 inhalation caused BNST acidosis, and that acidosis was sufficient to depolarize BNST neurons and induce freezing behavior; both responses depended on ASIC1A. Finally, disrupting Asic1a specifically in the BNST reduced CO2-evoked freezing whereas viral vector mediated expression of ASIC1A in the BNST of Asic1a-/- and Asic1a+/+ mice increased CO2-evoked freezing. Together, these findings identify the BNST as an extra-amygdalar fear circuit structure important in CO2-evoked fear-related behavior. Genetic disruption of the acid-sensing ion channel-1A (ASIC1A) in mice results in deficits in several fear- and anxiety-related behaviors. These deficits have been largely attributed to the loss of ASIC1A in neurons. However, recent studies have identified ASIC1A in several types of non-neuronal cells, including glia. To test the hypothesis that it is the loss of ASIC1A in neurons that results in the behavioral deficits seen in Asic1a-/- mice, we generated SynCre+Asic1aloxP/loxP mice, in which ASIC1A is disrupted specifically in neurons. To validate these mice, we confirmed by PCR that the Asic1a floxed allele was disrupted in brain, but not tail DNA. We further detected a reduction in ASIC1A protein in the SynCre+Asic1aloxP/loxP mice by western blotting and ASIC1A immunohistochemsitry. Further characterization of cre expression with a Rosa26 cre reporter mouse revealed that cre expression did not occur in all neurons, but verified that cre expression was neuron-specific. This neuron-specific knockout of ASIC1A led to behavioral deficits in several models of fear and anxiety, including cued and context fear conditioning, predator odor-evoked freezing and CO2-evoked freezing. Together, these findings suggest that it is ASIC1A in neurons that mediates these fear- and anxiety-related behaviors. Trimethylthiazoline (TMT), a predator odor isolated from fox feces, elicits freezing and avoidance responses in rodents. This TMT-evoked freezing behavior depends on the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), a brain region thought to contribute to anxiety in both humans and mice. Because the acid-sensing ion channel-1A (ASIC1A) is robustly expressed in the BNST and has been previously implicated in TMT-evoked freezing, we hypothesized that the BNST might be a site of ASIC1A action in the TMT-evoked freezing response. Consistent with previous studies, we found that TMT-evoked freezing depended both on the olfactory bulb and on ASIC1A. Viral-mediated disruption of ASIC1A in the BNST reduced TMT-evoked freezing, whereas, viral mediated expression of ASIC1A in the BNST of Asic1a-/- mice increased TMT-evoked freezing. We further observed that TMT exposure induces a modest acidosis, likely due to TMT-induced respiratory suppression. However, this respiratory suppression was not unique to odors that evoke freezing, suggesting that it does not drive the TMT-evoked freezing response. Together, these findings suggest that the BNST is a key site of ASIC1A action in TMT-evoked freezing. Regulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is critical to insure that the brain has adequate resources to maintain normal function. One of the strongest regulators of CBF is carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 and acidosis are thought to induce vasodilation and increase CBF by initiating nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, though the mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. Recent unpublished studies have suggested that the acid-sensing ion channel-1A (ASIC1A) plays a role in hypercapnia-induced vasodilation. Therefore, we hypothesized that CO2-induced NO production would depend on ASIC1A. We found that CO2 induced robust NO production in Asic1a+/+ but not Asic1a-/- mice. To test the role of neuronal ASIC1A in CO2-induced NO production, we generated SynCre+Asic1aloxP/loxP mice, in which ASIC1A is disrupted specifically in neurons. We found that CO2 did not induce significant NO production in the SynCre+Asic1aloxP/loxP mice, suggesting that it is ASIC1A in neurons that mediates this response. Together, these studies suggest that ASIC1A may mediate neurovascular coupling and regulate CBF.

Although projected terrestrial CO2 levels will not reach 1000 μmol moI-1 (0.1%) for many decades, CO2 levels in growth chambers and greenhouses routinely exceed that concentration. CO2 levels in life support systems in space can exceed 10,000 μmol moI-1 (1%) CO2. Numerous studies have examined CO2 effects up to 1000 μmol mol-1, but theoretical and some experimental evidence indicates that the beneficial effects of CO2 continue past 1000 μmol mol-1 and are near-optimal for wheat at about 1200 μmol mol-1. We studied the effects of near-optimal and superoptimal CO2 levels (>1200 μmol mol-1) on yield of two cultivars of hydroponically grown wheat in 12 trials. Increasing CO2 from suboptimal to near-optimal (350 to 1200 μmol mol-1) increased vegetative growth by 25% and seed yield by 15% in both cultivars. Yield increases were primarily the result of an increased number of heads m-2. Further elevation of CO2 to 2500 μmol mol-1reduced seed yield by 22% in cv. 'Veery-10' and by 15% in cv. 'USU-Apogee'. Superoptimal CO2 did not decrease the number of heads m-2, but reduced seeds per head by 10% and mass per seed by 11%. CO2 toxicity occurred over a wide range of light levels. Subsequent trials revealed that superoptimal CO2 in the 2 weeks before and after anthesis mimicked the effect of constant superoptimal CO2. Furthermore, near-optimal CO2 in the 2 weeks before and after anthesis mimicked the effect of constant near-optimal CO2. Nutrient concentration of leaves and heads was not affected by CO2. The yield decreases may be a response mediated by ethylene.

Background: Indoor air contaminants generally have a greater impact on health than outdoor air contaminants, which increases the importance of a dependable, accessible, and minimally impactful method for measuring indoor air exchange rates. Objective: Evaluate the use of naturally generated CO2 as a tool to measure indoor ventilation. Methods: Indoor CO2 levels were measured over seven sample intervals in an airtight one-bedroom apartment with two residents. High frequency noise was removed from the measurements with Fourier, Kalman, LOESS, and rolling average filters. Root-mean squared errors (RMSE) between filtered and measured CO2 were calculated and compared for each sample interval and filter pair. A multivariable linear regression was used to assess differences between digital filters. Local minima and maxima were identified to calculate air exchange rates. The R statistical software was used for all data management and analysis. Results: The RMSE for all filter types had geometric standard deviations between one and two, indicating that all filters were stable across sample intervals. Results of the multivariable linear regression indicate that the RMSE of the Fourier filter were significantly lower than those of the Kalman filter with a P-value ofConclusions:The Fourier filter performed best based on visual analysis and RMSE comparisons. All filters except for the rolling average filter identified the majority of primary local minima/maxima effectively.