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Microplastics in sewage sludge: effects of treatment
(American Chemical Society, 2016-12-12)
Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTPs) are receptors for the cumulative loading of microplastics (MPs) derived from industry, landfill, domestic waste water and storm water. The partitioning of MPs through the settlement ...
An end-user led approach for assessing the feasibility of small-scale wind energy projects
(NUI Galway, 2017-06-18)
The successful realization of a wind energy project,
i.e. a wind farm, wind plant or, in its simplest form, a single
wind turbine generator, WTG, strongly depends on accurate
assessment of wind energy resources at the ...
Autonomous hvac control, a reinforcement learning approach
(Springer Verlag, 2015-08-29)
Abstract—Recent high profile developments of autonomous
learning thermostats by companies such as Nest Labs and
Honeywell have brought to the fore the possibility of ever greater
numbers of intelligent devices permeating ...
Evaluating long-term performance of low-cost adsorbents using small-scale adsorption column experiments
(Elsevier, 2016-05-31)
This study investigated a novel method of predicting the long-term phosphorus removal performance of large-scale adsorption filters, using data derived from short-term, small-scale column experiments. The filter media ...
Finite element simulation of fretting wear and fatigue in thin steel wires
(Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2013-05-09)
This paper studies the effect of fretting on fatigue life reduction of thin steel wires, using the frictionally-induced multiaxial contact stresses obtained from a finite element wear model, validated in previous work. The ...
Use of amendments in a peat soil to reduce phosphorus losses from forestry operations
(Elsevier, 2015-10-18)
Forestry harvesting on peats is known to result in significant losses of soil phosphorus (P) to adjacent waters, and the issue is becoming an increasingly serious concern as peatland forest stocks mature and reach harvestable ...
A critical analysis of plastic flow behaviour in axisymmetric isothermal and Gleeble compression testing
(Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2010-08-16)
Coupled thermo-mechanical finite element modelling of both isothermal axisymmetric compression and compression testing using the Gleeble thermo-mechanical simulator has been carried out in order to compare the levels of ...
A methodological framework to determine optimum durations for the construction of soil water characteristic curves using centrifugation
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-12-30)
During laboratory assessment of the soil water characteristic curve (SWCC), determining equilibrium at various pressures, is challenging. This study establishes a methodological framework to identify appropriate experimental ...
UL - NUI Galway Alliance Second Annual Research Day - Book of Abstracts
(2012)
This is a book of abstracts from the UL - NUI Galway Second Annual Research Day, held in University of Limerick on 3 April 2012. It is a collaboration between the Faculty of Science & Engineering, UL, and the College of ...
Turbocharging the journey into the liminal space and beyond
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2017-03-06)
In the last decade, tertiary educational environments accommodated increasing student numbers (Reidy, 2015) while remaining competitive in differentiating their programmes in an arena of MOOCs (Alraimi, Zo, & Ciganek, ...