Physical model testing for coastal structures
01/03/2019
Physical model testing is an essential step in the process of designing coastal structures such as breakwaters, dikes, bed protections and storm surge barriers. The lecture will give an overview of physical model facilities, measurement techniques, examples of applied research projects and innovations in projects for the design of coastal structures. The lecture is focused on coastal structures projects in laboratory facilities at Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands, including the wave flume with the highest human-made waves in world.
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CO2 capture and utilisation via aqueous mineral carbonation
12/11/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Eric Kennedy (University of Newcastle).
Mineral carbonation has the potential to store billions of tonnes of CO2 safely and permanently. The purpose of our research is to investigate the potential of transforming CO2 into stable solid carbonates. The presented study is part of a major research project being conducted at the University of Newcastle to investigate mineral carbonation from laboratory to pilot scale. A research pilot plant is currently in operation at the University of Newcastle, where a 30 L batch reactor commenced operation in 2016. One important aim of this work is to compare pilot plant results to
laboratory data obtained under similar reaction conditions. CO2 can be captured from gas streams by use of solutions augmented with reactive alkaline minerals. These minerals dissolve in contact with the CO2-saturated solution which, in the case of
heat-activated serpentine, yield aqueous magnesium bicarbonate. Decarbonation, or the controlled removal of CO2 from these resultant aqueous solutions, increases pH engendering supersaturation sufficient for precipitation of magnesium carbonates. The precipitation of magnesium carbonates in effect sequesters the captured gaseous CO2
in solid mineral form. This staged pathway to mineralisation of CO2 emissions thus relies on the operation of separate but linked mineral dissolution and precipitation process units. The overall process, configured to incorporate recovery or recycling of liquid and gas streams, can be operated under relatively mild conditions.
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Waste of energy – application technologies
04/09/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof.ssa Malgorzata Wzorek (Opole University of Technology -Poland)
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La ricerca nell’ingegneria idraulica dei sistemi naturali
04/17/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Francesco Gallerano (Faculty of Engineering - "Sapienza" University of Rome)
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Urban Flood Modeling
05/24/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Je Yin (East China Normal University)
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Detection and Interpretation of Time Evolution of Coast Environments through Integrated DinSAR, GPS and Geophysical Approaches
05/24/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Qing Zaho (East China Normal University)
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Compund flood risk from storm surge and rainfal in coastal China
05/24/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Jiayi Fan (East China Normal University)
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Re-engineering the Integrated Biorefinery: Upstream Approaches to Biofuel Upgrading
05/30/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof.ssa Jillian Goldfarb, Assistent Professor in Biological and Environmental Enginering (Cornell Univesity)
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Hydrometeorological Extremes and Tropical Cyclones
06/24/2019
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Hydrometeorological Extremes and Tropical Cyclones
06/24/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Gabriele Villarini, Director of IIHR-Hudroscience & Engineering of Iowa University
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Sthocastic simulation of time irreversible processes
09/17/2019
The Seminar will be held by Prof. Demetris Koutsoyiannis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Grece,
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