Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Clifford, Eoghan"
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Development of filtration technologies for effective, cost-efficient and robust water treatment
Grace, Maebh A. (2016-08-12)The provision of high quality, potable water in a sustainable and effective manner is a key challenge for water engineers, scientists, and policy makers. Urbanisation and industrial development, along with population ... -
Development of new benchmarking systems for wastewater treatment facilities
Doherty, Edelle (2017-06-30)In the European Union, the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) of 1991 sets out the requirements for the collection, treatment and discharge of wastewater, to protect the environment from the adverse effects of ... -
Environmental assessment of freshwater aquaculture in Ireland
Cooney, Ronan (NUI Galway, 2020-12-11)Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production activity in the world and has been for the last several decades. With over 60% of wild fish stocks at or below their maximum sustainable yield, it is expected that to ... -
Evaluation of modified flow-through pulsed UV technology for bacterial inactivation with comparison to a standard continuous-flow low pressure UV system
Fitzhenry, Kelly (NUI Galway, 2019-01-24)Approximately 8,000 million litres of milk were processed by the Irish dairy industry in 2017. The most recent data indicates that industry water consumption rates average 2.5m3/m3 of milk processed and 14.9 m3/tonne ... -
FastDetect: Design of a performance monitoring methodology based on data analytics for large-scale water distribution systems in industrial settings
Hashim, Hafiz (NUI Galway, 2022-03-25)Large non-residential buildings can contain complex and often inefficient water distribution systems. As requirements for water increase due to water scarcity and industrialization, it has become increasingly important to ... -
Linking microbiology and performance of slow sand filters for wastewater treatment
Gibbs, Joseph (NUI Galway, 2018-10-08)Slow Sand Filtration (SSF) is biologically mediated method of water treatment dependent upon the natural development of a complex microbial community within the filter-bed. Due to increasing water scarcity worldwide, the ... -
The microbial ecology of novel horizontal flow biofilm reactors (HFBRs) used to treat methane, hydrogen sulphide and ammonia contaminated airstreams at 10°C
Gerrity, Seán (2015-05-29)Ammonia (NH3), hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and methane (CH4) are three problematic gaseous emissions that are regularly encountered in agricultural, industrial and municipal waste sectors. Methane is an important greenhouse ... -
Modelling the response of influent volumes of wastewater treatment plants under current and future conditions for effective wastewater management in combined sewerage systems
Saikia, Sukanya D. (NUI Galway, 2023-09-28)Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are critical infrastructure globally and are essential to protect public health and the environment. With factors such as population growth, urbanisation, increase in water consumption ... -
Novel methods for the planning and design of greenways for cycling
Manton, Richard (2016-05-12)There is a crisis in transport internationally as the continuing proliferation of car-use undermines environment, society and economy. Cycling has gained considerable attention in policy and academia in recent years as one ... -
Optimisation of a Novel Horizontal Flow Biofilm Reactor (HFBR) for the Removal of Nuisance Gases
Kennelly, Colm Brendan (2013-09-17)Significant health and environmental concerns can arise from emissions of greenhouse and noxious and odorous gases that are generated in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), landfills, and agricultural processing and ... -
Paralympic tandem cycling and hand-cycling: Computational and wind tunnel analysis of aerodynamic performance
Mannion, Paul (NUI Galway, 2019-03-27)There are several key resistive forces affecting the speed of cyclists; namely aerodynamic resistance, gravity induced by road gradients, rolling resistance, and drive train and wheel bearing resistances. Of these, in most ... -
Phosphorus recovery through adsorption using iron modified cellulose
Silva Simplicio, Walquiria (NUI Galway, 2020-04-24)Phosphorus is an important non – renewable resource, widely used as fertiliser to maintain high crop yields. As the global phosphate reserves will be exhausted in 40 – 150 years, there is a need to explore alternatives to ... -
Small-scale and decentralised wastewater treatment plant optimisation through real-time control
Fox, Shane (2018-01-15)There is increasing (and sometimes contradictory) demand on operators of small and decentralised wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to improve biological nutrient removal and energy efficiency. However such WWTPs can be ... -
A study of carbonation in stabilised peat
Duggan, Alan (2016-09-02)In addition to the traditional drivers of cost and timely delivery, embodied energy (EE) and embodied carbon (EC) have emerged as major considerations in all aspects of large construction projects. This is due to stricter ... -
Treatment of wastewater using an innovative biofilm reactor -- the air suction flow biofilm reactor
Forde, Paul (3-03-14)The role of wastewater treatment infrastructure in protecting water resources and thus as a vital part of a country's infrastructure cannot be overemphasised. Failure to sufficiently treat wastewater threatens human health, ...