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A NEW METHOD FOR REMOVING ACID RAIN PRECURSORS FROM COAL-FIRED BOILERS HAS BEEN CONCEIVED. THE CONCEPT INVOLVESA TAIL-END SCRUBBER RETROFIT FOR INSTALLATION IN PLANTS WHICH PRE-DATE THE 1970 CLEAN AIR ACT. THE CONCEPT IS HIGHLY INNOVATIVE AND HAS MANY ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER SORBENTINJECTION PROCESSES. HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS BETWEEN SO2 AND CALCIUM-BASED SORBENTS ARE AFFECTED BY THE MASS TRANSFER B ...

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BASIC BIO SYSTEMS, INC., PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE A NOVEL APPROACH TO OIL SPILL CLEANUP UTILIZING A NATURAL, OAT-DERIVED DISPERSANT. PROTEINACEOUS OAT FRACTIONS DEVELOPED BY BASIC BIO SYSTEMS, INC. HAVE THE ABILITY TO ABSORB SEVERAL TIMES THEIR WEIGHT OF A WIDE RANGE OF COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING HYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS SUCH AS OILS. INADDITION, THESE FRACTIONS CAN FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVE EMULSIFIERS, FORMIN ...

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT REQUIREMENTS WILL SOON MANDATE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION PLANTS NATIONALLY FOR BOTH TURBIDITY (POTENTIAL DISEASE TRANSMITTING PARTICLES) AND FOR DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS CONTROL (POTENTIAL CARCINOGENS). IMPROVED CHEMICAL COAGULATION DOSE AND OPTIMIZATION ARE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR ACHIEVING BOTH OF THESE OBJECTIVES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN EXISTING ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF INCINERATORS CAN BE IMPROVED BY RETROFITTING THEM WITH A PULSE COMBUSTER WHICH WILL EXCITE ACOUSTIC PULSATIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. BASED UPON EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY RELATED STUDIES, THESE PULSATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE MIXING RATE BETWEEN THE FUEL AND OXIDIZER, ANDTHE BURN RATE OF WASTE; IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO ...

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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A NOVEL EMISSION CONTROL PROCESS FOR CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS PRODUCES NO TOXIC OR CORROSIVE SECONDARY GASES. CATALYTIC ADSORBENT MATERIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DESTROY LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON IN GASEOUS EFFLUENTS WITHOUT THE RELEASE OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND CHLORINE GAS. INSTEAD THE ADSORBENT WILL FIX THE CHLORINE ATOMS AS HARMLESS NONVOLATILE CHLORIDE SALT AT TEMPERATURES W ...

A UNIQUE GAS TURBINE/VOC INCINERATION SYSTEM BASED ON CATALYTICALLY STABILIZED (CST) INCINERATION IS PROPOSED, OFFERING BOTH VERY LOW NET CONSTS AND ULTRA HIGH DESTRUCTIONOF ORGANICS IN ANY ORGANIC FUME OR AIR STREAM, INCLUDING THOSE LADEN WITH PARTICULATES (WHETHER ORGANIC, SUCH AS COTTON OR GRAIN DUSTS, OR INORGANIC SUBMICRON PARTICLES). THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED DISTRUCTION COMPARED TO A ...