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The contamination of drinking, recreational, and agricultural water sources in developed and/or developing countries, including the United States, necessitate a fast, reliable detection method. The use of biological weapons by terrorists to contaminate water supplies is a more recent development that poses additional challenges since such agents are difficult to observe at the time of initial dep ...

There is unmet need for rapid, cost effective in vitro methods to identify chemicals that pose a hazard to the human brain. A number of in vitro assays utilizing primary cells have been tested in an effort to devise effective models to prioritize chemicals for further in depth toxicity studies. However, isolation of primary human neural tissue is cost and labor intensive, and cannot be produced in ...

Opportunity - Wet weather pollution is reported to be the largest water quality problem in the nation with an estimated solution at $400 billion with a regulation driven market for cities and industries to control stormwater and sewer overflows. Studies show that flow control to attenuate hydraulic rates by utilizing available storage will optimize treatment capacity and reduce downstream water q ...

Down to Earth Energy will scale up and commercialize reusable and recoverable solid, porous acid and base catalysts for biodiesel production using biochar generated from agricultural and forestry residues (i.e., a sustainable biomass). The Phase I feasibility study using an acid catalyst made from biochar (peanut hulls, pine pellets, and pine chips) showed high efficiency methylation of fats and o ...

The contamination of water resources (drinking, recreational, and agricultural) in developed and/or developing countries, including the United States, necessitates a fast, reliable water safety detection method. The potential use of biological weapons by terrorists to contaminate water supplies is a more recent development that poses additional challenges because such agents are diffi ...

Down to Earth Energy will scale up and commercialize reusable and recoverable solid, porous acid and base catalysts for biodiesel production using biochar generated from agricultural and forestry residues (i.e., a sustainable biomass). The Phase I feasibility study using an acid catalyst made from biochar (peanut hulls, pine pellets, and pine chips) showed high efficiency methylation of fats and o ...

Wet weather pollution is reported to be the largest water quality problem in the nation. In a regulation-driven market, a solution is estimated to be $400 billion for cities and industries to control stormwater and sewer overflows. Studies show that flow control to attenuate hydraulic rates by utilizing available storage will optimize treatment capacity and reduce downstream water qual ...

The need for a cost effective and cleaner method for MSW disposal hardly needs emphasizing. With EnerTech's slurry carbonization technology, liquid fuels, with a extremely low chlorine content, can be produced from RDF and are suitable for clean combustion in pulverized coal boilers. Objective of Phase I and II research is to accumulate necessary engineering data, from continuous pilot plants, t ...

IRON AND SULFUR BACTERIA ARE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BIO FOULING OF WELL SCREENS, PUMPS, TREATMENT AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, AND IN EXTREME CASES, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS ARE HIGH-PUMPING COST, RAPID PUMP AND VALVE DETERIORATION, CORROSION OF ALL FERROUS MATERIAL IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER, INCREASED DISEASE RISK (SHIELDING, NURTURING MEDIA), AND BAD TASTE ODOR AND COLOR. THE PROBLEM ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF INCINERATORS CAN BE IMPROVED BY RETROFITTING THEM WITH A PULSE COMBUSTER WHICH WILL EXCITE ACOUSTIC PULSATIONS WITHIN THE SYSTEM. BASED UPON EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY RELATED STUDIES, THESE PULSATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE MIXING RATE BETWEEN THE FUEL AND OXIDIZER, ANDTHE BURN RATE OF WASTE; IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO ...