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60104 Asbestos abatement costs, associated with the DOE¿s national weapons¿ complex clean-up efforts, may amount to $300-500 million, while nationally, asbestos abatement may cost more than $100 billion over the next 25 years. Abatement methods have changed little in the past 20 years, and there is a need for a cheaper, faster, and safer abatement method. This project will design, buil ...

60311 There are economic and environmental justifications for replacing conventional distillation processes with simpler membrane separations in certain applications. However, at present, there are no commercial membranes able to withstand the aggressive conditions associated with important industrial chemicals, including hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, and ozone. Prototype, chemic ...

60395 Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from gasoline refueling facilities continue to be an energy, safety, and environmental issue. In such applications, it is desired to vent the air in the system and keep the VOC behind. This project will develop a reverse separation membrane (RSM) system that allows for rapid venting of air while retaining the gasoline in underground storag ...

Many refinery product streams, particularly those from Ultra Low Hydrodesulfurisation units, are prone to haze due to water emulsions. Haze is also problematic for biodiesel production, as hazy fuel cannot be used until the haze settles or is removed, which creates costly scheduling and shipping delays. This project will develop a novel membrane process for the removal of dissolved and dispersed ...

WITH A VARIABLE-SPEED GENERATION (VSG) SYSTEM, A WIND TURBINE CAN TURN AT ANY SPEED AND STILL PRODUCE CONSTANT FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE POWER WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE GRID. THE PRIMARY BENEFITS OF VSG INCLUDE INCREASED ENERGY PRODUCTION, INCREASED POWER CAPACITY, SOFT-STARTS, CONTROL OF TORQUE PERTURBATIONS, DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL BRAKING, AND POWER FACTOR CONTROL. ALL OF THE MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR ...

Compared with conventional processes used to produce many oxygenated chemicals, processes based on the selective catalytic oxidation of alkanes to produce oxygenates could yield enormous economic, energy, and environmental benefits. However, commercial development of such processes has been hindered, in part, because the excessive heat released by alkane oxidation causes over-oxidation (burning) ...

IN PHASE I, A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE WILL BE PREPARED FOR A ONE TON PER HOUR (TPH) SKID-MOUNTED INSTRUMENT-CONTROLLED COAL CLEANING PILOT UNIT TO BE BUILT AND OPERATED IN PHASE II. THE PILOT UNIT WILL CONSIST OF A MODIFIED AIR SWEPT RING/ROLLER PILOT MILL WITH ATTACHED MAGNETIC SEPARATOR. THE UNIT IS DESIGNED FOR SEPARATION OF PYRITES AND OTHER MINERALS FROM THE INTERNA ...

60585 Fischer Tropsch (F-T) synthesis is a promising process for producing high quality, environmentally clean, diesel fuels. However, the separation of catalyst fines from the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reactor product stream has been a major impediment to applying the technology for the conversion of hydrocarbon resources such as coal and petroleum coke to clean burning fuels. This project w ...

CURRENT MODELS AND DATA SHOW THAT HIGH ENERGY GAS FRACTURING (HEGF) HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS A STIMULATION TOOL IN SHALLOW GAS STORAGE WELLS. IN THESE WELLS THE IN SITU STRESSES ARE SUFFICIENTLY LOW FOR THE PROCESS TO GENERATE ADEQUATE GAS VOLUMES AND TO CREATE AN EFFECTIVE MULTIPLE FRACTURE NETWORK. TO ADDRESS THIS OPPORTUNITY, HEGF FIELDING TECHNIQUES MUST BE SIMPLIFIED AND COSTS REDUCED TO PROV ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIONS THAT WILL ENABLE MODULAR CLASSROOM BUILDERS TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY PERFOORMANCE OF THEIR CLASSROOM MODULES WHILE ADDING ONLY REASONABLE FIRST COSTS TO THE PROJECT. TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE DETAILED COMPUTER SIMULATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED ON THE VARIOUS INNOVATIONS TO GAUGE THEIR IMPROVEMENTS OVER BASELINE STATISTICS GATHERED FROM E ...