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Ballast water discharge may contaminate receiving waters, creating an extremely pervasive problem in which control/mitigation after introduction is very expensive. Thus, prevention is paramount. This project will develop an automated, modular, pilot-scale add-on ballast treatment system based on the electrocatalytic onsite H2O2 solution generation technology demonstrated in Phase I. Phase II effor ...

Ballast water discharge may contaminate receiving waters, creating an extremely pervasive problem in which control/mitigation after introduction is very expensive. Thus, prevention is paramount. This project will develop an automated, modular, pilot-scale add-on ballast treatment system based on the electrocatalytic onsite H2O2 solution generation technology demonstrated in Phase I. Phase II effor ...

This project will utilize photolithography and microfabrication in the assembly of a Cr(VI) monitoring device that is compact, portable, and cost effective. The proposed sensor will be a self-contained laboratory that samples, analyzes, and stores the results of onsite testing under a variety of sampling conditions. The device will rely on the pressure-driven introduction of aqueous samples that w ...

This project will utilize photolithography and microfabrication in the assembly of a Cr(VI) monitoring device that is compact, portable, and cost effective. The proposed sensor will be a self-contained laboratory that samples, analyzes, and stores the results of onsite testing under a variety of sampling conditions. The device will rely on the pressure-driven introduction of aqueous samples that w ...

The objective of this project is to develop advanced heterogeneous catalysts for catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) of volatile or toxic organic compounds present in industrial wastewater. Inclusion of catalysts in wet air oxidation systems increases complete destruction of organic compounds and reduces the severity of the operation conditions, resulting in a substantial decrease in processing cos ...

Metals in aqueous effluents are of regulatory interest due to their varied potential environmental and health effects. Monitoring such effluents typically requires sampling, digestion, and analysis by atomic absorption or inductively coupled plasma. The proposed innovation, a new form of spectrometry, will be able to quantify the metals in aqueous effluents to 100 ppb in real time. Some industries ...

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Recent studies have shown that certain fluorosurfactants are toxic to aquatic life and tend to accumulate in the blood of animals and humans because they are persistent chemicals. As a consequence of this discovery, 3M decided to phase out some of their fluorosurfactants in May 2000. Among the phased-out products are 44 fire-fighting foams and foam components. At the present time, there is no repl ...