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A NEW METHOD OF APPLYING THIN, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILMSTO A SUBSTRATE AS A REPLACEMENT FOR CONTINUOUS STRIP ELECTROPLATING (CSEP) IS DESIRABLE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT AS A MEANS OF LIMITING CHEMICAL AND METALLIC CONTAMINATION OF WASTEWATER AND THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF TREATMENT. AVCA CORPORATION HAS DONE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK ON A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THIN FILMS BY LEVI ...

THE AIR WE BREATHE IS POLLUTED MAINLY BY THE FACTORIES AND VEHICLES THAT ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. THE CONTINUED RESEARCH FOR BETTER CONTROL OF THE FACTORS THAT EFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY,MUST BE INTENSIFIED. BEHNKEN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. PERSONNELHAVE DISCOVERED A CONCEPT THAT OFFERS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TOWARD ELIMINATING AIR POLLUTION FROM TH ...

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SAFE, COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO CHLORINE TREATMENT OF DRINKING WATER FOR DISTRIBUTION AND DISINFECTION HAVE BEEN SOUGHT FOR SOME TIME. CHLORINE DIOXIDE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO CHLORINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF EVEN POOR QUALITY WATER SUPPLIES AND THE REDUCTION OF POTENTIAL CANCER CAUSING CHLORINATED ORGANICS. ITS WIDESPREAD USE HAS BEEN INHIBITED BY THE COSTS AND/OR COMPLEXITY OF ITS PRODUCTIO ...

THERE ARE NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES REQUIRING THAT MATERIAL BE HEATED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COOLED. IF MOST OF THIS HEAT IS RECOVERED AND RECYCLED TO THE OVEN, THE NET POWER INPUT TO THE OVEN COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED. THE KEY TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS IS AN INCREASE OF THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT BETWEEN GAS AND MATERIAL SO THAT THE HEAT EXCHANGERS ARE RESASONABLY COMPACT. SIMPLE EXPERIMEN ...

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ENTRY, TRANSFER, PROCESSING, AND ARCHIVE OF LOCALIZED AVIATION, HYDROLOGICAL, AND COOPERATIVE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS REMAINS A LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS. EXISTING COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY FOR LOW COST, POCKET COMPUTERS INCLUDESDISPLAY, PROGRAMMING, STORAGE, AND INTERFACE CAPABILITIES TO ECONOMICALLY AUTOMATE THESE OBSERVATIONS. DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRED INCLUDE: APPLICATION SOFTWARE WHICH BOTH PROMPTS ...

CURRENT METHODS FOR APPLYING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, SUCH AS FERTILIZERS, HERBICIDES, AND PESTICIES, REQUIRE PREMIXING OF CONCENTRATED CHEMICALS WITH WATER AND POSE PROBLEMS OF DISPOSING OF THE UNUSED MIXED CHEMICALS AND THE PREMIX TANK WASH SOLUTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER. IN ADDITION, CURRENT SPRAYERS CANNOT ADJUST CONCENTRATIONS FOR CHANGES IN SPRAYER SPEED. THE OBJECTIVE OF MA ...

A HIGH EFFICIENCY ACTIVATED CARBON GRANULE WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT. THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS HIGH EFFICIENCY GRANULE IS A SUPERACTIVATED CARBON WITH A BET SURFACE AREA IN EXCESS OF 3000 M(2)/GM USING THE STANDARD PROCEDURE BY BRUNAUER, EMMETT, AND TELLER, AND AN IODINE NUMBER GREATER THAN 3000 MG/G. TWO GRANULATIN TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE EXPLORED: SPHERICAL AGGLOMERATION AND EXT ...

THE 1986 AMENDMENTS TO THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT REQUIRES 99.9% INACTIVATION OF GIARDIA WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT UTILIZE SURFACE WATER WILL HAVE TO USE OZONE OR CHLORINE DIOXIDE TO BE COST EFFECTIVE IN MEETING THE NEW REGULATION. ]THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO EVALUATE THE PROCEDURES FOR ELIMINATION OF CHLORITE ION AND CHLORATE ION BY-PRODUCTS WHEN CHLORINE DIOXIDE IS USED IN D ...