Engineering publications
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Building a Safer Future: Response to Consultation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-07-29)This document provides responses and commentary to selected issues within the MHCLG’s consultation document Building a Safer Future, Proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system – published June 2019. -
SSPD 2016 Conference Ebook
(Curran Associates Inc, 2016-09-22)We warmly welcome you to this year’s SSPD Conference in the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. This event is the 6th conference of the Sensor Signal Processing for Defence series and provides a chance to present, listen ... -
The University Defence Research Collaboration In Signal Processing: 2013-2018
(2018)Signal processing is an enabling technology crucial to all areas of defence and security. It is called for whenever humans and autonomous systems are required to interpret data (i.e. the signal) output from sensors. ... -
Submission of evidence : Review of building regulations and fire safety
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018)This document provides a collective response from several University of Edinburgh academics to the questions posed as part of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Call for Evidence, Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. The ... -
Protocols for the Equitable Assessment of Marine Energy Converters
(The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, 2011-04)This book contains the suite of protocols for the equitable evaluation of marine energy converters (based on either tidal or wave energy) produced by the EquiMar consortium led by the University of Edinburgh. These protocols ... -
Neural networks for modelling the final target cost of water projects
(Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 2012-09)Producing reasonably accurate cost estimates at the planning stage of a project important for the subsequent success of the project. The estimator has to be able to make judgement on the cost influence of a number of factors ... -
Long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada: A waste management overview
(white paper report, 2009)Long-term care (LTC) facilities are growing in number in the province of Ontario. Typically, Canadian LTC facilities house an average of over 100 residents. Environmental concerns associated to waste management in LTC ... -
Potential Risks to International Joint Ventures In Developing Economies: The Ghanaian Construction Industry Experience
(Construction Publishing House, Hanoi, 2011-11)International construction companies are increasingly entering into joint ventures with local companies in developing countries to explore perceived profitable opportunities overseas. Joint ventures generally offer a number ... -
Creating FDTD models of commercial GPR antennas using Taguchi’s optimisation method
(Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2011-03-17)Very few researchers have developed numerical models of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) that include realistic descriptions of both the antennas and the subsurface. This is essential to be able to accurately predict responses ... -
Micropollutant Sorption to Membrane Polymers: A Review of Mechanisms for Estrogens
(Elsevier, 2011)Organic micropollutants such as estrogens occur in water in increasing quantities from predominantly anthropogenic sources. In water such micropollutants partition to surfaces such as membrane polymers but also any other ... -
The effect of wind speed fluctuations on the performance of a wind-powered membrane system for brackish water desalination
(Elsevier, 2011)A wind-powered reverse osmosis membrane (wind-membrane) system without energy storage was tested using synthetic brackish water (2750 and 5500 mg/L NaCl) over a range of simulated wind speeds under both steady-state and ... -
Renewable energy powered membrane technology: Salt and inorganic contaminant removal by nanofiltration/reverse osmosis
(Elsevier, 2011)The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of fluctuating energy and pH on retention of dissolved contaminants from real Australian groundwaters using a solar (photovoltaic) powered ultrafiltration – ... -
Removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in water recycling process using reverse osmosis systems
(Elsevier, 2011)A detailed investigation was carried out to evaluate the occurrence, persistence and fate of a range of micropollutants at different processing points at a full-scale water recycling plant (WRP) in Queensland, Australia. ... -
Sorption of pesticide endosulfan by electrodialysis membranes
(Elsevier, 2011)Endosulfan (ES) is a micropollutant found in reverse osmosis concentrates from water reuse applications. Electrodialysis (ED) can remove and recover charged solutes from such concentrates. While polar compounds cannot ... -
Design considerations for a solar-powered desalination system for remote communities in Australia
(Elsevier, 2002)Water in many areas of Australia is scarce and of poor quality. In some areas high levels of treatment are required either due to contamination of waters or due to high salinity. Nanofiltration (NF) and low-pressure reverse ... -
Photovoltaic-powered desalination system for remote Australian communities
(Elsevier, 2003)This paper reports on the design and successful field testing of a photovoltaic (PV)-powered desalination system. The system described here is intended for use in remote areas of the Australian outback, where fresh water ... -
Natural organic matter removal by nanofiltration: effects of solution chemistry on retention of low molar mass acids versus bulk organic matter
(Elsevier, 2004)The main emphasis of this study is the difference in behaviour between those two organic types. Stirred cell experiments were used to investigate charge and size effects in the rejection behaviour of bulk natural organics ... -
System design and performance testing of a hybrid membrane — photovltaic desalination system
(Elsevier, 2005)In some areas limited water resources combined with the fast growing population are leading to a crucial situation because of the increase in water demand. Besides, an estimated one billion people are living both without ... -
Removal and fouling mechanisms in nanofiltration of polysaccharide solutions
(Elsevier, 2005)Tubular membrane filtration is an important process when feed waters with a relatively high solids content are filtered. Such solids would normally have to be removed in a pre-treatment stage if spiral wound modules are ... -
Cost factors and chemical pretreatment effects in the membrane filtration of waters containing natural organic matter
(Elsevier, 2001)This paper compares the membrane processes available for water treatment. Membranes have the advantage of currently decreasing capital cost, a relatively small footprint compared to conventional treatment, generally a ...
