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Environmental Fuel Research, LLC (EFR-LLC), has demonstrated the technical feasibility of separating fats, oils, and greases (FOG) from grease trap waste (GTW) and converting FOG to biodiesel that can meet ASTM specifications. GTW is a dirty and low-value waste from the food service industry that is high in FOG and currently is treated as a liability. The EFR-LLC process uses a bubble column react ...

The United States produces significant quantities of waste materials that are discarded. These wastes include organic components of municipal solid waste (MSW), biosolids from wastewater treatment plants and agricultural wastes. The release of these materials and their byproducts into the environment can have serious consequences, such as pollution of ground and surface water resources and spread ...

Video Demonstration of the Phase I Prototype: http://youtu.be/vS0XzzPl3iU Purpose: This project will develop and test Happy Atoms, a physical modeling set and an interactive iPad app for use in high school chemistry classrooms. Happy Atoms is designed to facilitate student learning of atomic modeling, a difficult topic for chemistry high school students to master. Standard instructional practice ...

Not Available A new device technology is proposed which exploits an etching technology capable of creating through wafer channels in silicon using a controllable etch process. The deep channel etching can be used to build trench capacitors, transformers, power diodes

Not Available This research will result in an expert system that can be used by KSC engineers to facilitate insight responsibilities associated with current and future NASA-KSC projects. System performance data will be analyzed and interpreted using appropriate statist

IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE RAPID, INEXPENSIVE, ON-SITE TREATMENT AND CLEANUP OF SOILS CONTAMINATED BY PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS AND SOLVENTS. TREATED SOILS SHOULD BE SUITABLE FOR REPLACEMENT IN THEIR OWN EXCAVATION, AND THE TREATMENT PROCESS SHOULD NOT GENERATE ANY SECONDARY WASTES. IN ADDITION, TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE SIMPLE, ROBUST, EFFIENENT, RELIABLE, AND CAPABLE OF TREATING ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR AN ELECTRONIC ORIENTATION, MOBILITY AND SAFETY SYSTEM FOR WHEELCHAIR BOUND HANDICAPPED PERSONS. THE DEVICE IS PROJECTED TO SERVE TWO MAJOR FUNCTIONS: 1) AS A TEACHING ANDCOMMUNICATIONS TOOL FOR PROFESSIONALS TO TRAIN PERSONS WITH SINGULAR, MULTIPLE, AND/OR SEVERE DISABILITIES; 2) AS A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY MOBILITY AID USABLE BY PERSONS WITH THESE ...

FOSSIL FUEL FIRED VITRIFICATION TECHNOLOGY IS RECEIVING INCREASED EMPHASIS AS A POTENTIALLY ATTRACTIVE MEANS FOR OXIDIZING ORGANIC MATERIALS AND IMMOBILIZING THE HEAVY METAL CONSTITUENTS IN HAZARDOUS FLYASHES AND DUSTS. SINCE VITRIFICATION IS A HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS, THERE IS SOME VOLATILIZATION OF HEAVY METALS AND CARRY-OVER OF THIS MATERIAL, ALONG WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF OTHER INORGANIC CONSTI ...