New Generation Responsive Membranes for Water Treatment

CBET-0651646Ranil Wickramasinghe 科罗拉多州立大学用于水处理的新一代响应膜开发先进的硅水洗涤工艺...所提出的膜改性似乎是一种良好且新颖的方法，适用于石油和天然气勘探过程中产生的水的预期应用。这是一个重大问题，PI 完全有能力开展有用的研究来解决这一问题。所提出的实验解决了需要考虑的关键问题。尽管分子建模对于探索系统性能与聚​​合物结构和密度之间的某些趋势关系很有用，但一些评估者对模型能否直接应用于识别最适合该技术实际应用的系统特性持怀疑态度。 PI 有一个可靠的计划来招募和培训代表性不足的少数族裔学生来参与该项目。此外，改性膜的开发可能会提供有用的信息，对其他潜在的技术应用有价值。

CBET-0651646Ranil WickramasingheColorado State UniversityNew Generation Responsive Membranes for Water Treatment Development of an Advance Aqueous Scrubbing Process for the Si...The proposed modification of membranes appears to be a good and novel approach for the intended application to waters produced during oil and gas exploration. The problem is a significant one, and the PIs are well positioned to conduct useful research to address it. The proposed experiments address the key issues that need to be considered. Although molecular modeling will be useful for exploring certain trends relationship between system performance and polymer structure and density, some evaluators are quite skeptical that the modeling can be applied directly to identify the system properties that are optimal for the practical application of the technology. The PIs have a credible plan to recruit and train underrepresented minority students to work on the project. Also, the development of the modified membranes is likely to provide useful information that could be valuable for other potential applications of technology.