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IT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT TO CONDUCT FEASIBILITY RESEARCH ON HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR FIELD MONITORING OF COMPONENTS FOUND IN WATER IN THE LOW, PART PER BILLION LEVELS. THESE ASSAY SYSTEMS, BASED ON ENZYME CYCLING TECHNIQUES, WILL THEN BE INCORPORATED INTO AN IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY FORMAT. THE MODEL SYSTEM SELECTED FORTHIS STUDY IS P-DICHLORBENZENE. THIS COMPOUND IS F ...

THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP A BIOREGENERATING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF AN ADSORBENT, SELECTED MICROORGANISMS, AND A COMMON HOUSE PLANT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY REMOVING A VARIETY OF COMMON ORGANIC VOLATILE COMPOUNDS COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT. PROPOSED STUDIES WILL EVALUATE AND COMPARE BOTH NATURAL AND SYNTHETICADSORBENTS, VARIOUS MICROORGANISMS, AND VARIOUS DE ...

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THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH CONVERSION OF COAL INTO A LIQUID FUEL BY UTILIZING ENZYMES TO ENHANCE THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN THE LARGE MOLECULES IN COAL. THE ADVANTAGES IN THIS APPROACH TO COAL DEGRADATION ARE THAT HIGH TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR PRODUCING SOLUBLE FUEL PRODUCTS. THE REACTIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS RATHER THAN IN WATER AS IS DONE WITH MOST ...

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 ...

MANY LOW RANK COALS (ESPECIALLY LIGNITES) HAVE ONLY MARGINALLY HIGH SULFUR CONTENTS, RESULTING IN EMISSIONS OF 2 TO 3 POUNDS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO2) PER MILLION BTU. THIS SULFUR IS PRESENT IN ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS OF PYRITIC, SULFATIC, AND ORGANIC SULFUR. THEREFORE, PHYSICAL CLEANING METHODS ARE TYPICALLY NOT APPLICABLE. HOWEVER, THESE COALS HAVE HIGH OXYGEN CONTENTS, AND MUCH OF THIS OXYGEN IS P ...

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The treatment and disinfection of water for drinking continues to be a major public health issue. It is clear that disinfection methods involving chlorine compounds result in the formation of byproducts that constitute a health risk. The proposed work addresses the removal of the disinfection byproducts (DBPs), especially the haloacetic acids, or their humate and fulvate precursors by using an i ...

70 Integrated MPI and Java for Scientific and Commercial Parallel and Distributed Applications--MPI Software Technology, Inc., 1 Research Blvd. Suite 201, Starkville, MS 39759-9741; (601) 320-4300 Mr. George Crawford, Principal Investigator Dr. Anthony Skiellum, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82434 Amount: $75,000 A Department of Energy mission is to develop advanced software too ...

50815-98-I High Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors for DNAPLs--Dakota Technologies, Inc., 2301 12th Street, North, Suite E, Fargo, ND 58102-1805; (701) 237-4908 Mr. Randy W. St. Germain, Principal Investigator Dr. Gregory D. Gillispie, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-98ER82564 Amount: $75,000 Chlorinated organic solvents in the form of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) continuou ...