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FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL DUCT INJECTION PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF SO2 AND NOX FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT FLUE GASES. IN THIS PROCESS, A MIXTURE OF LIME AND A PROPRIETARY SORBENT ISINJECTED EITHER DRY OR IN THE FORM OF A SLURRY INTO THE FLUEGAS DUCT BETWEEN THE AIR PREHEATER AND PARTICULATE COLLECTION DEVICE. LIME REMOVES SO2 AND THE PROPRIET ...

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATING TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE IS AN ENDURING ONE. PRINTED MATERIAL IS READILY AVAILABLE BUT IS INEFFECTIVE IF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS TOO CONDENSED AND IS IGNORED IF TOO DETAILED. A COMPUTERIZED VERSION OF SUCH MATERIAL WILL FARENO BETTER UNLESS IT CAN BE PUT INTO A FORM WHERE JUST THE RIGHT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THE RIGHT LEVEL OF DE ...

LEARNING DISABLED (LD) ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF LD YOUTH IS A LACK OF JOB-SPECIFIC SOCIAL SKILLS. THE CHALLENGE TO DEVELOP THESE SKILLS IN LD YOUTH IS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS RESEARCH PROPOSALWHICH WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPUTER-BASED INT ...

A NOVEL PROCESS AND FORMULATION ARE PROPOSED FOR PRETREATMENT OF PLASTIC SURFACES. THE FORMULATIONS ARE INEXPENSIVE NONTOXIC AND NONPOLLUTING. WHEN PLASTIC PARTS ARE IMMERSED IN THE FORMULATIONS, THE SURFACES OF PLASTICS WILL BECOME RECEPTIVE TO WATERBORNE PAINTS. THE ADHESION OFWATERBORNE PAINTS IS EXPECTED TO BE BETTER THAN THAT OBTAINED WITH SOLVENTBORNE PAINTS. MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF SOLVENTBO ...

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CARBON ADSORPTION IS A WIDELY USED TECHNIQUE TO REMOVE AND CONCENTRATE VOCS FROM DILUTED AIR AND WATER STREAMS. PERIODICALLY CARBON BEDS ARE REGENERATED WITH STEAM. THE RESULTS OF THIS REGENERATION AFTER COOLING, IS A CONCENTRATED MIXTURE OF HAZARDOUS COMPOUNDS AND WATER. COMMON AND PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME STREAM CONDENSATES ARE THOSE CONTAINING MIXTURES OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS AND WATER-MISCIBLE ...

CFCS EMITTED AS PURGE STREAMS FORM LARGE INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATORS ARE A CONSIDERABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AND AN ECONOMIC LOSS. MEMBRANE ORGANIC VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEMS APPEAR TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THESE STREAMS. A MEMBRANE UNIT COULD RECOVER CFC FOR REUSE IN THE REFRIGERATOR, AND PRODUCEA CFC-DEPLETED AIRSTREAM FOR VENTING. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM, EXISTING MEMBRANES WOULD BE FABRICATED INTO HIGH-PR ...

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COAL COMBUSTION FLUE GAS THAT IS DESULFURIZED WITH LIME OR LIMESTONE RESULTS IN 30-35 MILLION TONS PER YEAR OF GYPSUM- LIKE WASTE. THIS PRESENTS A DISPOSAL PROBLEM WHICH COULD BEELIMINATED BY THE CONVERSION INTO MARKETABLE COMMODITIES. SCIENCE VENTURES HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW HIGHSPEEDCHEMICAL PROCESS TO SOLVE A RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. THEIR FLASK PROCESS RECOVERS SULFUR VALUES FR ...