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SLUDGE RECLAMATION USING COUPLED-TRANSPORT MEMBRANES

Award Information

Agency:
Environmental Protection Agency 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
317 		Program Year/Program:
1984 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
317 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
BEND RESEARCH, INC.
64550 RESEARCH RD BEND, OR 97701
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1984
Title: SLUDGE RECLAMATION USING COUPLED-TRANSPORT MEMBRANES
Agency: EPA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $99,761.00
 

Abstract:

IN 1980 THE METALS AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES GENERATED OVER SEVEN MILLION TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AT A COST OF $100TO $400/TON. THESE SLUDGES, WHICH CONTAIN SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MIXED HEAVY METALS, PRESENT A SERIOUS DISPOSAL PROBLEM AND REPRESENT A WASTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF METAL SUCH AS NICKEL, CHROMIUM, AND TANTALUM CONTAINED IN THESE SLUDGES IS HIGH, PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVE FOR THEIR RECOVERY. IT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMICAL, ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CERTAIN METAL VALUES IN A USABLE FORM FROM THESE INDUSTRIAL SLUDGES, THEREBY CONSERVING VALUABLE RESOURCES AND CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF WASTE ULTIMATELY GENERATED. SINCE A CLEAN SEPARATION OF THE VARIOUS METALS IS THE CRITICAL STEP IN ACHIEVING THIS OBJECTIVE, THE BULK OF PHASE I RESEARCH WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD EVALUATING A NEW MEMBRANE-SEPARATION PROCESS KNOWN AS "COUPLED TRANSPORT" FOR THE CONTINUOUS SEPARATION OF METALS FROM WASTE SLUDGES. ONCE EFFECTIVE SEPARATION HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED, THE COUPLED-TRANSPORT PROCESS CAN BE COMBINED WITH EXISTING, WELL-ESTABLISHED RECOVERY TECHNIQUES TO PRODUCE A COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CONVERTING CERTAIN WASTE SLUDGES INTO USABLE MATERIALS.

Principal Investigator:

Walter C. Babcock
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Bend Research Inc.
6455 Research Road Bend, OR 97701

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No