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APOGEE CORPORATION IS ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF DEVELOPING A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POTABLE WATER AT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH CAPACITY AND LOW COST TO BE SUITABLE IN FARM PRODUCTION. WE HAVE CONCEIVED OF AN INNOVATIVE DESALINATION PROCESS NAMES ECS ABD PROVIDED A PROOF OF CONCEPT AND DEMONSTRATED TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A PRACTICAL DEVICE. THIS DEVICE WILL BE OPERATING IN A DYNAMIC MOD ...

This Phase II proposal is targeted towards development of novel process technology for profitable utilization of fruit and vegetable wastes. The technology will be used to recover valuable organic soluts, such as flavor and fragrance chemicals, from aqueous waste streams. In Phase I we addressed the recovery of onion flavor from an aqueous waste stream generated during the production of onion oi ...

THE COQUILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CEDC), A FOR-PROFIT WHOLLY OWNED ENTITY OF THE COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE, INTENDS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE CRANBERRY GROWING METHODS FOR THE COQUILLE INDIAN TRIBE. ECOL0GICALLY SENSITIVE MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN "ORGANIC," DEPENDING UPON THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH. THE TRIBE OWNS 1100 ACRES IN THE V ...

WE PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RADIO-FREQUENCY VACUUM DRYER THAT UTILIZES AN OVERMODED RESONANT CAVITY TO COUPLE POWER TO WOOD. THE DEVICE WILL BE MUCH MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT THAN CAPACITOR-PLATE DEVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN USE. THE INCREASE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMPARED TO CAPACITOR-PLATE DEVICES IS GREAT ENOUGH THAT THE INITIAL COST OF OUR PROPOSED DRYER WILL BE RECOVERED IN JUST A FEW YEA ...

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RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HICHEM CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES. DISPOSAL OF USED TIRES IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY USA, SINCE MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION TIRES ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE TIRES ARE DISPOSED IN LANDFILLS. PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES HELPS TO RECOVER AND REUSE MOST OF THE VALUABLE CHEMICAL AVAILABLE IN TIRES. PYROLYSIS OF S ...

SNOW AVALANCHES THREATEN LIFE, PROPERTY, FORESTS, AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AVALANCHE DESTRUCTION OF CRITICAL AREAS IS PREVENTED BY RELEASING SMALLER AVALANCHES UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEM (ATACS), AN AVALANCHE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY USING A NON-EXPLOSIVE, LOW FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC METHOD TO RELEASE AVALANC ...

THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS (NON-TIMBER COMMDITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM THE FOREST) REPRESENT A MAJOR NEW DIRECTION FOR TIMBER-DEPENDENT RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL AREAS WITH ACCESS TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE FOREST RESOURCES. THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT NEW ECONOMIC AVENUES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. A FOREST FARMING P ...