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A NEW ADSORPTION--CATALYTIC COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH APPLICATION TO REMOVAL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC) EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ESPECIALLY WHERE LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF VOC ARE PRESENT IN HIGH FLOWS OF OFF-GAS WILL BE INVESTIGATED IN THIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE BENEFITS OF LOW EQUIPMENT COSTS, SIMPLE OPERATION, LOW ENERGY UTILIZATI ...

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 ...

APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILLION TONS OF HYDROCARBON VAPORS ARE RELEASED ANNUALLY IN PETROLEUM STORAGE AND TRANSFER OPERATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE DESIGN AND LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION OF A PILOT MEMBRANE SYSTEM ABLE TO CONCENTRATE AND RECOVER THESE VAPORS FROM STORAGE TANK OFF GASES. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM, EXISTING MEMBRANES WILL BE EVALUATED WITH MODEL GAS MIXTURES IN THE LABORATORY. THESE DATA ...

AS A BY-PRODUCT OF U.S. PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRODUCTION, 43 MILLION TONS/YEAR OF WASTE PHOSPHOGYPSUM ARE PRODUCED. SULFUR, COSTING PHOSPHATE PRODUCERS $880 MILLION/YEAR, IS LOCKED IN THIS PHOSPHOGYPSUM WASTE, WHICH IS DUMPED IN LANDFILL. SCIENCE VENTURES HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW HIGH-SPEED CHEMICAL PROCESS TO SOLVE THIS MAJOR ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM. THE FLASC PROCESS WOULD REC ...

EFFECTIVE, LOW-COST AND RETROFITTABLE NOX EMISSION CONTROLS ARE NEEDED TO ALLOW THE WIDESPREAD USE OF COAL WHILE NOT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE ENVIRONMENT. REBURNING, OR IN-FURNACE NOX REDUCTION (IFNR) IS A RELATIVELY ECONOMICAL AND RETROFITTABLE NOX REDUCTION TECHNIQUE. HOWEVER, THIS TECHNIQUE IS RESTRICTED IN APPLICATION BY THE LIMITED TIME WITHIN THE FURNACE FOR IFNR FUEL DISPERSION, REACTION WIT ...