Presentation Year

2015

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Joanna MurphyEnvironmental Resources EngineeringUndergraduate Student,Rebecca RansomEnvironmental Resources EngineeringGraduate Student,Laurel SmithEnvironmental Resources EngineeringUndergraduate Student,Andrea AchilliEnvironmental Resources EngineeringFaculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Direct contact membrane distillation is a thermally driven separation process that can be used for treating wastewater. A solution of hot water and a solution of cold water are placed in direct contact on opposite sides of a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, causing the contents to separate into distilled water and brine. Due to these properties, DCMD has potential to be used on a larger scale, transforming impaired water bodies into viable sources of drinking water. This particular project is a bench-scale DCMD system and will be used to treat leachate from a landfill in Eureka, before being sent to University of Nevada-Reno to be coupled with a membrane bioreactor.

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Yes

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67

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