Semiconductor industry requires ultrapure chemicals to manufacture microelectronic devices. Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most demanded chemical by the semiconductor industry and ultrapurification processes are needed to achieve the electronic grade requirements for this chemical. Among all the ultrapurification alternatives, reverse osmosis emerges as the most desirable option according to e...

A versatile method was developed for the quantitative analysis of semi-volatile linear aliphatic hydrocarbons in the n-C10 to n-C32 range and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in hydraulic fracturing wastewaters using solid-phase extraction (SPE) on disposable octadecyl-bonded silica (C18) cartridges followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Matrix spikes revealed SPE recovery r...

Recent studies show that osmotically driven membrane processes may be a viable technology for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, and power generation. However, the absence of a membrane designed for such processes is a significant obstacle hindering further advancements of this technology. This work presents the development of a high performance thin-film composite membrane for forwa...

Ad-hoc overlay networks are increasingly used for sharing static bulk content but their promise for scaling the delivery of on-demand, realtime content is yet to be tapped. In this paper, we show that overlay networks could be used efficiently to distribute popular real-time streaming media on-demand to a large number of clients. We propose and evaluate OSMOSIS a cache-and-relay end-system mult...

The demand is rising for desalination technologies to treat highly saline brines arising from hydraulic fracturing processes and inland desalination. Interest is growing in the use of electrical desalination technologies for this application. The hybridization of electrodialysis (ED) with reverse osmosis (RO) allows high salinities (beyond the range of RO alone) to be reached while avoiding the...

China is a country with vast territory, but economic development and population growth have reduced the usable land resources in recent years. Therefore, reclamation by pumping and filling is carried out in eastern coastal regions of China in order to meet the needs of urbanization. However, large areas of reclaimed land need rapid drainage consolidation treatment. Based on past researches on h...

Thermo-osmosis is a coupled phenomenon describing the fluid flow induced by thermal gradient. Recent studies on thermo-osmosis in clays and within thermal, hydraulic mechanical analysis have revealed importance of this physical processes geo-energy geo-environmental applications. This paper presents series molecular dynamics simulations interfacial water behaviour at vicinity silicate layers to...