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NOX EMISSIONS FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES ARE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES SUCH AS ACID RAIN, VEGETATION DAMAGE, SMOG AND CHANGES IN THE OZONE LAYER. A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES DIRECTED AT REDUCING NOX EMISSIONS WOULD BENEFIT FROM REAL TIME NOX EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SINCE THIS WOULD ALLOW FEEDBACK CONTROL OF THE PROCESS. CURRENT INSTRUMENTATION ALLOWS COST EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF VERY L ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

LOW COST, REMOTE SENSING OF PARTICLE-LADEN PROCESS STREAMS REQUIRES CONTINUING INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE THE NEEDS OF FOSSIL ENERGY AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONSPARTICULATE EMISSIONS CONTROL WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH PROCESS OPTIMIZATION IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE ENTERING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATION. ON-LINE ANAL-YSIS AND FEEDBACK CONTROL DEVELOPMENT WILL PERMIT ...

ORGNAIC VAPOR-LADEN INDUSTRIAL AIRSTREAMS ARE A GROWING POL-LUTION PROBLEM AND A WASTE OF RESOURCES. THE METHODS NOW AVAILABLE FOR TREATING THESE AIRSTREAMS ARE INADEQUATE, ESPECIALLY WHERE CHLOROFLUOROCARBON SOLVENTS ARE INVOLVED. THE USE OF MEMBRANES TO RECOVER ORGANIC VAPORS FROM CONTAMI-NATED AIR HAS BEEN STUDIED AT MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND RE- INC. SINCE 1982, AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED LABORATOR ...

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THE MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF THE VARIOUS PROCESSES SUGGESTED BY RECYCLING METALLURGICAL DUST HAVE BEEN THE HIGH CAPITAL COST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE NEED FOR LARGE QUANTITIES OF DUST FOR THE PROCESSES TO BE ECONOMICAL. ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST IS NOT AMENABLE TO THESE PROCESSES BECAUSE IT IS GENERATED IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, DISTANT FROM INDUSTRIAL CENTERS WHERE REGIONA ...