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THE PLANNED WORK IS AN INVESTIGATION OF HIGH ENERGY PERMANENT MAGNET SEPARATOR DESIGNS WHOSE EXPRESS PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE AN EFFICIENT MEANS FOR SLURRY REACTOR WAX/CATALYST SEPARATION IN THE FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS USING AN IRON-BASED CATALYST. THESE STUDIES WILL INVOLVE MAGNETIC CIRCUIT MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION AS WELL AS BENCH-TYPE RUNS WITH SLURRY REACTOR WAXES/CATALYSTSO AS TO DETERMINE THE ...

VARIOUS ACTIVITIES (EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, RESEARCH) GENERATE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAW DATA. HOWEVER, DATA IS COLLECTED IN A DISJOINTED AND ISOLATED FASHION (I.E., ACTS, LITERATURE) CREATING BARRIERS IN DATA ACCESS AND DISSEMINATION. THERE IS A CONSENSUS AMONG FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS, THAT NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD BE GREATLY IMPROVED IF ...

REMOVAL OF TOXIC METALS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF INCREASING NATIONAL IMPORTANCE, AS A RESULT OF INCREASING CONCERN FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND INCREASINGLY STRINGENT WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS. CHROMATOCHEM, INC., HAS DEVELOPED AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW LEVELS OF TOXIC METAL IONS FROM WASTEWATER STREAMS, USING SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE) ...

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT SULFUR IN COAL SUPPRESSES DIOXIN FORMATION FROM CHLORINE COMPOUNDS DURING COAL COMBUSTION. THEREFORE, COFIRING COAL WITH HIGH CHLORINE, MUNICIPAL REFUSE DERIVED FUELS (RDF) OR PAPER INDUSTRY WASTES SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPRESSING DIOXIN FORMATION FROM THESE FUELS. SINCE SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) EMISSIONS MUST ALSO BE CONTROLLED IT ISDESIRABLE TO COMBINE DIOXIN A ...

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THE NEED FOR A PORTABLE REMOTE METHANE DETECTION INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. THE KEY FEATURE OF THIS DEVICE WOULD BE TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY METHANE GAS AT A SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM THE GAS. THE AAILABILITY OF THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT WOULD INCREASE COAL MINE PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF MINING OPERATIONS. BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS ENVI ...

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THE HUMANE GENOME PROJECT HAS THE DESIRED GOAL OF DETERMINING THE ENTIRE HUMAN GENETIC CODE (DNA) CONSISTING OF 3 BILLION NUCLEOTIDE BASES. BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED SIZE OF THE GENOME DATABASE(S), NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT PROVIDE COST-EFFECTIVE AND TIME-EFFECTIVE SEARCHING, INTERPRETATION, AND ANALYSIS WILL BE REQUIRED. ONE VERY PROMISING APPROACH TO THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE APPLICATION OF GRAMMARS T ...

THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON DESIGNING A STABLE AND ROBUST MICROSENSOR PROBE FOR DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE, AND ELIMINATES ALL KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS USED AT VARIOUS LABORATORIES. TO INTERPRET THE DIELECTRIC SPECTRA, DECONVOLUTION METHODS ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO ESTIMATE THE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION AND THE SURFACE CHAR ...