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There is a need to increase yield and reduce waste in most sawmills. The conversion of waste stream material into higher valued products offers simultaneous solutions to both needs. However, few recovery operations exist and data for study cannot be found. Consequently, few sawmills believe that converting waste stream material into higher valued products offers a solution. Millions of recoverable ...

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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In order to meet increasing demands for high quality mussels, a new technology of mussel raft aquaculture is developing in Maine, where there is a need to improve site selection, and develop best management practices for mussel farms. Through a combination of modeling and field data collection, we will develop an expert system for the optimization of mussel raft aquaculture. In Phase II, we will p ...

In order to meet increasing demands for high quality mussels, a new technology of mussel raft aquaculture is developing in Maine, where there is a need to improve site selection, and develop best management practices for mussel farms. Through a combination of modeling and field data collection, we will develop an expert system for the optimization of mussel raft aquaculture. In Phase II, we will p ...

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 ...

Bovine mastitis is a major economic loss for the dairy industry and indirectly a human hazard because treatment selects for antibiotic resistant bacteria. We propose to develop an novel anti-microbial therapy for dry cow mastitis based on Nisin that would break farmer's dependence on antibiotics that are currently used to treat human disease. Nisin is a potent bacterocin that has been safely used ...

Johne's disease, caused by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. para), is a chronic inflamatory bowel disease of ruminants. recent literature has fueled an as-yet unresolved debate about whether this organism is also the eitiological agent of at least some proportion of Crohn's Disease in humans. Detection of the organism in stool is difficult due to slow growth and fastidious nature of M. para, ham ...

According to the 1990 census, the average household per capita income in Washington, Waldo, Hancock counties in Maine were $9,607, $11,047, $12,347 respectively. About 25% of the household incomes in Washington county were under $10,000; 15% of Maine overall. Maine's agricultural industry and dependence on tourism economy results in more seasonal part-time work and higher unemployment rates than t ...

Semi-refined carrageenan (SRC) is a minimally processed form of carrageenan that requires less energy to make, but has the same food efficacy as the traditional, more highly refined form. Only Eucheuma(tropical red seaweeds) weeds, which yield strong gelling kappa and iota types of carrageenan have been successfully used to produce marketable SRC. To date, Gigartina and Chondrus (cold water red se ...