Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
This paper presents the results of the spike tests performed in the alternative water supply pilot testing program for the City of Pembroke Pines. It establishes the effectiveness of a protocol that can be used to gain further insight on the rejection capacities of RO membranes. An in-depth study of the molecular descriptors affecting rejection by RO membranes is presented and used in the development of a discriminant function analysis. This analysis proved to be an effective way to predict the passage of Emerging Substances of Concern (ESOCs) through RO membrane. Further, a principal component (PC) analysis was performed to determine which factors accounted the largest variation in RO permeability. Additionally, this paper defines the groundwork for a discriminant analysis model that, if further developed, could serve as an important tool to predict the rejection capabilities of RO treatment when handling with ESOCs.
Extent
xiii, 161 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Pleitez, Herrera Fernando J, "Predicting removal efficiency of reverse osmosis membranes with respect to emerging substances of concern using a discriminant function analysis" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 613.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/613
Identifier
FADT3355869
Comments
by Fernando J. Pleitez Herrera.|Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012.|Includes bibliography.|Mode of access: World Wide Web.|System requirements: Adobe Reader.|by Fernando J. Pleitez Herrera.