Award Data

THERE HAS BEEN RECENT INTEREST IN THE SMALL SCALE PRODUCTIONOF LIQUIDS FROM COAL BY MILD GASIFICATION WHICH CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CURRENT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. WHILE MOST WORK ON MILD GASIFICATION IS ADDRESSING DENSE PHASE REACTORS OR LARGE PARTICLES, SEVERAL LABORATORIES REPORT THAT FLASH PYROLYSIS USING SMALL PARTICLES IN DISPERSED-PHASE REACTORS PRODUCES A HIGHER YIELD (SOMETIMES TWO TO T ...

THE U.S. EPA ESTIMATES THAT 290 MILLION TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE ARE PRODUCED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. THE MOST PROMISING METHOD FOR THE PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF ORGANIC WASTES IS HIGH-TEMPERATURE INCINERATION. WHILE SOLAR INCINERATION OFFERS SIGNIFICANT PROMISE AS A WASTE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS A STRONG NEED FOR ON-LINE AND IN-SITU DIAGNOSTICS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESS AND FOR EVENTUAL ...

SPENT POTLINING FROM INDUSTRIAL PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION CELLS IS A DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL BECAUSE OF ITS CYANIDE CONTENT. OVER 100,000 TONS OF THIS MATERIAL ARE ANNUALLY LANDFILLED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO AVOID THE FORMATION OF CYANIDE DURING THE OPERATION OF THE CELLS. EMEC CONSULTANTS PROPOSETO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITIONS AT WHICH CYANIDES FORM AND MIGRATE WITHIN ...

THE AIM OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO MODIFY THE "INTERNAL TIN"PROCESS TO PROVIDE AN ECONOMICAL, HIGH JC, NB3SN MATERIAL WITH LOW LOSSES IN PULSED FIELD APPLICATIONS. IT WILL BE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES TO COMPETE WITH THE OVERSEAS SUPPLIERS OF BRONZE PROCESSED MATERIAL WHICH HAS A HIGHER COST AND LOWER PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY. IGC/ASI HAS BEEN DEVELOPING THE INTERNAL TIN PROCESS FOR THEMANUF ...

AS RESULT OF A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CARRIED OUT OVER A PERIOD OF MANY YEARS, IGC/ASI HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE "INTERNAL TIN" MATERIAL IN LONG PIECE LENGTHS WITH FILAMENTSOF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS. HOWEVER, A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY OF NB3SN TO PERFORM RELIABLY IN A RANGE OF DIFFERENT MAGNET DESIGNS EXISTS IN THE MINDS OF MANY MAGNET BUILDERS, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO COMME ...

A UNIQUE GAS TURBINE/VOC INCINERATION SYSTEM BASED ON CATALYTICALLY STABILIZED (CST) INCINERATION IS PROPOSED, OFFERING BOTH VERY LOW NET CONSTS AND ULTRA HIGH DESTRUCTIONOF ORGANICS IN ANY ORGANIC FUME OR AIR STREAM, INCLUDING THOSE LADEN WITH PARTICULATES (WHETHER ORGANIC, SUCH AS COTTON OR GRAIN DUSTS, OR INORGANIC SUBMICRON PARTICLES). THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED DISTRUCTION COMPARED TO A ...

THE PROJECT IS DIRECTED TOWARD ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF USING RESIDUALS FROM THE AFBC PROCESS AS A SOURCE OF LIME IN PRODUCING A SYNTHETIC AGGREGATE. THE SPENT BED MATERIAL FROM THE FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS WILL BE MIXED WITH PULVERIZED COAL FLY ASH AND OTHER RESIDUALS AND PROCESSED IN A UNIQUE FASHION TO PRODUCE THE AGGREGATE. THE UNIQUE ASPECT INVOLVES THE USE OF A VACUUM EXTRUDER TO PRODUCE A HI ...

THE DISPOSAL OF ALL TYPES OF WASTES, MUNICIPAL, MEDICAL, ANDINDUSTRIAL, IS A SIGNIFICANT AND INCREASING PROBLEM FACING THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT TODAY. MOST OF THE WASTE BEING GENERATED IS CURRENTLY BEING LANDFILLED; HOWEVER, AS MANY ASONE-THIRD OF THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE LANDFILLS COULD REACH CAPACITY IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AS THE CAPACITY OF THE LANDFILLS DECREASES AND THE LANDFILLING CONSTS INCREASE, ...