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Description:: Transitioning energy systems from a reliance on fossil fuels to low carbon energy sources is an essential solution for climate change mitigation. However, the industrial sector, which is directly responsible for more than a quarter of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, continues to use fossil fuels for energy and feedstocks....
Subject:: Sustainability, Energy, and Engineering
Creator:: Schoeneberger, Carrie
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 08/23/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_1000099 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16649

Description:: Conventionally cross-linked polymers, which comprise the vast majority of commercial thermosets, cannot be decross-linked after curing or flow upon heating. Therefore, they cannot be effectively recycled into high-value products at end-of-life. Their lack of recyclability is due to the permanent cross-links, which restrict the flow of the chains in the...
Keyword:: Dynamic, Polymers, Sustainability, Plastics, Recycling, and Crosslinking
Subject:: Materials Science, Sustainability, and Chemical engineering
Creator:: Bin Rusayyis, Mohammed Abdulaziz
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_986182 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16581

Description:: Drinking water treatment residuals (DWTRs) are waste materials generated during the clarification process of drinking water treatment. The application of DWTRs as sorbent materials offers an opportunity to reuse and add value to these materials. For instance, as metal sorbents, DWTRs could be used as active capping materials to remediate...
Subject:: Environmental science, Environmental engineering, and Sustainability
Creator:: Wallace, Samuel McDonald
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/16/2023
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_934733 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16295

Description:: With the rapid growth of demand for data center services, the energy and water use of data centers has become a critical concern in the contexts of energy use, climate change, and freshwater conservation. Therefore, understanding, quantifying, and optimizing the use of energy and water resources in data centers has...
Keyword:: Data Center, Data-Driven Modeling, Thermodynamics, Information Technology, Energy-Water Nexus, and Energy and Sustainability
Subject:: Statistics, Sustainability, and Energy
Creator:: Lei, Nuoa
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 06/22/2022
Date Created:: 2022-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15929 and etdadmin_upload_879204

Description:: This dissertation examines how the maintenance and adaptation of heritage monuments and ritual traditions have contributed to the sustainability of communities on the islands of Inishark and Inishbofin along the west coast of Ireland. My analysis combines archaeological investigation of a pilgrimage tradition on Inishark, from its origins in the...
Keyword:: Ireland, Pilgrimage, Sustainability, Archaeology, Early Medieval, and Heritage
Subject:: Religion, Sustainability, and Archaeology
Creator:: Lash, Ryan P
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_655026 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14564

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