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This project¿s intent is to enhance the Green Building Studio web service to incorporate various data and analyses that enable architects and other building designers to design sustainable buildings much more cost effectively. Today¿s building designers are struggling to design sustainable buildings and this solution is designed to make that task much easier. This enhanced service will be call ...

Electoronic waste (e-waste) is one of the most rapidly growing waste problems worldwide. Improper handling of e-waste results in vast amounts of toxic waste being sent to landfill and leaching into the water supply. Due to these concerns e-waste recycling is a rapidly growing industry. Unfortunately, most current e-waste recycling processes rely on either manual hand sorting or differental dens ...

Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the most rapidly growing waste problems worldwide. Improper handling of e-waste results in vast amounts of toxic waste being sent to landfills, consequently leaching into the water supply. Due to these concerns, e-waste recycling is a rapidly growing industry. Unfortunately, most current e-waste recycling processes rely on either manual hand sort ...

In this research project, Green Building Studio, Inc., will enhance its Web service (Green Building Studio) to incorporate various data and analyses that enable architects and other building designers to design sustainable buildings in a more cost-effective manner. Today’s building designers often struggle to design sustainable buildings, and this project is designed to help simplify their task ...

APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION TONS OF HYDROCARBON VAPORS ARE RELEASED ANNUALLY IN PETROLEUM STORAGE AND TRANSFER OPERATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE DESIGN AND LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION OF A PILOT MEMBRANE SYSTEM ABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND RECOVER THESE VAPORS FROM STORAGE TANK OFF GASES. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM, EXISTING MEMBRANES WILL BE EVALUATED WITH MODEL GAS MIXTURES IN THE LABORATORY. THESE DATA ...

EFFECTIVE, LOW-COST AND RETROFITTABLE NOX EMISSION CONTROLS ARE NEEDED TO ALLOW THE WIDESPREAD USE OF COAL WHILE NOT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT. REBURNING, OR IN-FURNACE NOX REDUCTION (IFNR) IS A RELATIVELY ECONOMICAL AND RETROFITTABLE NOX REDUCTION TECHNIQUE. HOWEVER, THIS TECHNIQUE IS RESTRICTED IN APPLICATION BY THE LIMITED TIME WITHIN THE FURNACE FOR IFNR FUEL DISPERSION, REACTION WIT ...

THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL SURFACTANT FLUSHING AND WASHING AS A LOW-COST, LOW-IMPACT, LOW-RISK, EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THE REMOVAL AND ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE: DEMONSTRATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN IONIC SURFACTANT SOLUTION AT CONCENTRATIONS ABOVE THE CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION ...

A NEW ADSORPTION--CATALYTIC COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH APPLICATION TO REMOVAL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ESPECIALLY WHERE LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF VOC ARE PRESENT IN HIGH FLOWS OF OFF-GAS WILL BE INVESTIGATED IN THIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE BENEFITS OF LOW EQUIPMENT COSTS, SIMPLE OPERATION, LOW ENERGY UTILIZATI ...

AS A BY-PRODUCT OF U.S. PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRODUCTION, 43 MILLION TONS/YEAR OF WASTE PHOSPHOGYPSUM ARE PRODUCED. SULFUR, COSTING PHOSPHATE PRODUCERS $880 MILLION/YEAR, IS LOCKED IN THIS PHOSPHOGYPSUM WASTE, WHICH IS DUMPED IN LANDFILL. SCIENCE VENTURES HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW HIGH-SPEED CHEMICAL PROCESS TO SOLVE THIS MAJOR ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. THE FLASC PROCESS WOULD REC ...

A low-impact delivery system for in-situ treatment if contaminated sediment is proposed. Unlike most conventional delivery systems that rely on injection or mechanical mixing of sediment, the proposed approach make use of natural mixing (bioturbation) processes to work treatment materials into the biologically-active zone. To accomplish this, agglomerates will be developed with the following pro ...