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A RESEARCH PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO EVALUATE THE SUITABILITY OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SMART SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR BOTH OF THEFOLLOWING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT APPLICATIONS: MANAGEMENT OF AGING DEGRADATION OF SAFETY SYSTEM TEMPERATUREAND PRESSURE SENSORS IN CONVENTIONAL LWRS SMART TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SENSORS FOR ADVANCED LWRS. THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS BOTH THE CALIBRATION DRIFT AND RESPONSE TIME DEGRADA ...

THE REMOVAL OF FINE PARTICULATES FROM FLUE GAS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN EMIT MORE THAN 0.2 LB/M-BTU OF FUEL FIRED. MANY OF THESE INCINERATORS HAVE LITTLE OR NOHEAT RECOVERY AND DISCHARGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUE GAS TO THE ATMOSPHERE. COLLECTION OF THE SO-CALLED RESPIRABLE DUSTS, CONSISTING OF PARTICLES BELOW ABOUT 10 MICRONS IS QUIT ...

A SOURCE ANALYZER IS DESCRIBED THAT CAN MONITOR STACKS AND PROCESS STREAMS AND EXERCISE COMPUTER FEEDBACK CONTROL TO OPTIMIZE COMBUSTION OR OTHER PROCESSES TO MINIMIZE POLLUTION. THE PROPOSED MONITOR EMPLOYS THE OPTICAL TECHNIQUE OF IR GAS FILTER CORRELATION FOR ALL SPECIES, USESEXTRACTIVE SAMPLING BY MEANS OF A PROBE, IS SMALL IN SIZE, RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, AND CAN BE CONTROLLED BY AN INTERNALO ...

INCINERATION OF MOST INDUSTRIAL WASTES, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, RESULTS IN THE EMISSION OF POTENTIALLY TOXIC TRACE METAL AEROSOLS. MOST OF THE TRACE METAL SPECIES IN THE WASTE FEED, SUCH AS LEAD, CROMIUM, MERCURY AND ARSENIC, COMPLETELY VOLATILIZE IN THE COMBUSTION ZONE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CONDENSE AND CONCENTRATE IN THE SUBMICRON-SIZEDASH PARTICLES (FUME). THIS SIZE FRACTION CANNOT BE REMO ...

MANY U.S. MUNICIPALITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INTEGRATING RECYCLING PROGRAMS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR SOLID WASTE INORDER TO MINIMIZE LANDFILL REQUIREMENTS. THE SUCCESS OF THESE RECYCLING PROGRAMS IS STRONGLY DEPENDENT UPON THE MARKETABILITY OF THE MATERIALS SET ASIDE FROM THE WASTE STREAM FOR RECYCLING. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKETING RECYCLED GLASS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENTUP ...

IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CROSS-LAPPED, NEEDLEPUNCHED, POLYPROPYLENE, PILE-SURFACED CARPETING, THERE IS UNAVOIDABLEEDGE TRIM WASTE DUE TO THE INHERENT NATURE OF THE CROSS-LAPPING AND NEEDLEPUNCHING PROCESSES. THIS WASTE IN ITS PRESENT FORM IS USELESS TO ANYONE AND IS PRESENTLY BEINGDISPOSED OF BY DUMPING INTO A LANDFILL SITE BY A DISPOSAL COMPANY. TYPICAL SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS WAST ...

THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL SURFACTANT FLUSHING AND WASHING AS A LOW-COST, LOW-IMPACT, LOW-RISK, EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THE REMOVAL AND ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN SOIL. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE: DEMONSTRATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN IONIC SURFACTANT SOLUTION AT CONCENTRATIONS ABOVE THE CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION ...