Bioretention Cell Design and Construction Specifications

Abstract The main goal of this chapter is to present the main concepts and principles for the microbial desalination process. Also, a rational explanation of the electrochemical behaviour of the microbial desalination cell (MDC) setup under different experimental conditions is presented. The final section of the chapter shows the design and construction of an MDC pre-pilot unit, as well as the main results of desalination and water treatment capacity for the scaled-up device.

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Analysis of Bioretention Cell Design Elements Based on Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST)

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.779-780.1369 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 779-780 ◽

pp. 1369-1375 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hong Wu Wang ◽

Yun Feng Mao ◽

Yuan Gao ◽

Jin Hong Fan ◽

Shan Fa Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sensitivity Analysis ◽

Performance Metrics ◽

Soil Depth ◽

Infiltration Rate ◽

Fast Method ◽

Cell Design ◽

Design Elements ◽

Bioretention Cell ◽

Native Soil ◽

Hydrologic Performance

Sensitivity analysis of bioretention cell design elements can provide a theoretical basis for the design and construction of a bioretention cell. This study uses the storm management model (SWMM) and the bioretention infiltration RECARGA to generate runoff and outflow time series for calculation of hydrologic performance metrics. The hydrologic performance metrics include: the overflow ratio, groundwater recharge ratio, ponding time and underdrain flow ratio. The FAST method is chose to analyze sensitivity of design elements for two types of bioretention cell, one without underdrain and the other with underdrain. The results show that the surface area is the most sensitivity to most the hydrologic metrics for both types of bioretention, while the planting soil depth and the gravel depth are the two least sensitive elements. The saturated infiltration rates of planting soil and native soil are another two sensitive elements for bioretention cells without underdrain, but the saturated infiltration rate of planting soil and underdrain size are another two sensitive design elements for bioretention cells with underdrain.Keywords: Global sensitivity analysis; bioretention cell; design elements; FAST

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Contrast and Resolution in Alfresco Microscopy and Thick Specimens

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100096102 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 570-571

Author(s):

J. R. Sellar ◽

J. M. Cowley

Keyword(s):

Solid Material ◽

Cell Design ◽

Current Interest ◽

High Voltage Electron Microscopy ◽

Voltage Electron ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Environmental Cell ◽

Scanning Transmission ◽

Conventional Transmission Electron Microscope ◽

Transmission Microscope

Current interest in high voltage electron microscopy, especially in the scanning mode, has prompted the development of a method for determining the contrast and resolution of images of specimens in controlled-atmosphere stages or open to the air, hydrated biological specimens being a good example. Such a method would be of use in the prediction of microscope performance and in the subsequent optimization of environmental cell design for given circumstances of accelerating voltage, cell gas pressure and constitution, and desired resolution.Fig. 1 depicts the alfresco cell of a focussed scanning transmission microscope with a layer of gas L (and possibly a thin window W) between the objective O and specimen T. Using the principle of reciprocity, it may be considered optically equivalent to a conventional transmission electron microscope, if the beams were reversed. The layer of gas or solid material after the specimen in the STEM or before the specimen in TEM has no great effect on resolution or contrast and so is ignored here.

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