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A1-CHEM FUELS, INC. HAS A PATENT PENDING FOR AN ELECTROTHER-MAL DEVICE TO PRODUCE MEDIUM TO HIGH BTU FUEL GAS FROM WASTEHYDROCARBON SOURCES. THIS UNIT OPERATES BY PRODUCING A HIGH-VOLTAGE ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTRIC DISCHARGE ACROSS THE INTERFACE BETWEEN A WASTE HYDROCARBON AND WATER. THE EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FAST PYROLYSIS OF ...

The occurrence of causative agents such as Cryptosporidium parvum and other pathogens in water supplies presents a critical issue. Transmitted through water and animals, these organisms provide a reservoir of infection, which results in the excretion of the environmentally stable cysts or oocysts that are impervious to inactivation by many drinking water disinfectants. Cryptosporidium infections a ...

DUE TO THE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON AIR QUALITY, THE ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTION AGENCY IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CONTROLLING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL TRUCKS AND BUSES. IN 1991 AND 1994 NEW, AND VERY STRINGENT, FEDERAL EMISSIONS STANDARDS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT. AMONG THE ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO PERMIT COMPLIANCE WITH THESE STANDARDS IS THE DIESEL EMISSION OXIDIZER (DEO) APPROACH. THE DEO IS ...

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THE PRINCIPAL SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE FOR A BC-CONTROLLER WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPLY AND CONSTANTLY UPDATE THE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS (BC) TO AN ON-LINE PLANT ANALYZER, ENABLING IT TO FAITHFULLY TRACK A NUMBER OF THE CONTINUOUSLY MEASURED PLANT PARAMETERS. THE BC-CONTROLLER SAMPLES PLANT MEASUREMENTS FROM THE PLANT COMPUTER MEMORY. THE PLANT ANALYZER, IN TURN, PROVIDES D ...

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This Phase I project will develop a multianalyte biosensor field screening instrument (MBFI). The MBFI has the potential to reduce the annual cost of environmental analyses in the United States by more than $20 million and to reduce the analysis turnaround time from approximately 19 days to less than 15 minutes. The major barrier to the development of a biosensor instrument for environmental mea ...

FUSION SYSTEMS HAS DEVELOPED A MERCURY-FREE, HIGH COLOR RENDERING, EFFICIENT LAMP USING PROPRIETARY BUT BENIGN LAMP FILLS. THEY PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE VARIATIONS OF THE LAMP SYSTEM PARAMETERS WITH THE DUAL GIALS OF FURTHER INCREASING SYSTEM EFFICIENCY BY 1.5 X AND TO IMPROVE LAMP STARTING DOWN TO MINUS 40C. BOTH FACTORS ARE CRITICAL TOWARD ACHIEVING COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. THE NEW LAMP IS A MICROWAVE ...

IONICS RESEARCH INC. (IRI) HAS DETERMINED THAT UNCOATED CAPILLARY COLUMNS CAN BE USED TO CONCENTRATE ORGANICS FROM WATER. THE METHOD IS EXCEEDINGLY SIMPLE AND RAPID (10 MINUTES PER 100 ML), YET EFFECTIVE. IRI PLANS TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS TECHNIQUE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT SUITABLE FOR THA NALYSIS OF ORGANICS AT THE PART-PER-TRILLION LEVEL IN WATER AND WASTEWATER. SUCH AN ...

Stamp sands (a waste tailing product) from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan copper mining days were examined in the Phase I portion of this study for its application possibilities in the asphalt roofing shingle market as a laptop granule. Through rigorous testing we found the larger particle size portion of the byproduct to be economically and environmentally applicable as roofing granules (G-sand) ...