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WASTEWATER PURIFICATION VIA IMPELLER FLUIDIZED MICROEMULSION LIQUID MEMBRANES

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10736
Amount: $49,317.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
8435 Brecksville Rd
Cleveland, OH 44141
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Michael Petrik
 Principal Investigator
 (216) 368-4238
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Abstract

THE APPLICATION OF IMPELLER FLUIDIZED MICROEMULSION LIQUID MEMBRANES TO THE SEPARATION OF CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS HEAVY METALS AND ORGANICS FROM WASTEWATER IS PROPOSED. THE IMPELLER FLUIDIZER DEVELOPED BY HELIPUMP CORPORATION IS A SELF-PUMPING, DURABLE, AND INEXPENSIVE FLUIDIZER DESIGN WHICH PROVIDES HIGHER MASS TRANSFER AND THROUGHPUT RATES THAN TYPICAL FLUIDIZERS. LIQUID MEMBRANES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED PREVIOUSLY FOR THE SEPARATION OF METALS (CU, U, CO, NI, ZN), ORGANICS (ACETIC ACID, PHENOL), AND RECENTLY AMINO ACIDS (PHENYLALANINE) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS. THE RESEARCHERS PROPOSE TO EMPLOY A LIQUID MEMBRANE IN AN IMPELLER FLUIDIZER TO PURIFY WASTEWATER OF PROTOTYPICAL CONTAIMINANTS (PHENOL, AMMONIA, COPPER AND MERCURY). IN ADDITION, MICROEMULSIONS WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF COARSE EMULSIONS IN FORMULATING THE LIQUID MEMBRANE DUE TO THEIR INHERENT ADVANTAGES. THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNIQUE WILL RESULT IN REDUCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT COSTS, WHILE INCREASING PRODUCTION CAPACITY.

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