Evaluation of Liner Materials for PCB Wastes
Hazardous wastes can be controlled through the installation of liner materials in a solid waste landfill. The application of liner…
Performance of Activated Sludge Processes and Reliability-Based Design
Since 1970 explicit performance standards have been placed on most activated sludge processes in the U.S. The Federal Water Pollution…
Cogeneration Used in a Modern Wastewater Treatment Facility
With the advent of energy crises and the problem of energy shortages projected for years ahead, a major effort was…
5-MW Refuse to Electricity Facility in the City of Santa Monica
Southern California Edison Company plans to construct an operate an intermediate commercial facility in Santa Monica, California, to convert 200…
Efficiencies of Advanced Waste Treatment Obtained with Upgraded Trickling Filters
Public law 92-500 in 1972 set a national goal of secondary treatment for all domestic wastewater discharges. Secondary treatment was…
Operational Fine-Tuning for Energy Conservation in Wastewater Plants
The key link between a valid design concept for energy efficient wastewater treatment and the realization of that goal is…
Solubility of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Capacitor Fluid in Water
A quantitative method to determine the solubility of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and used capacitor fluid in water was developed employing…
Adsorption of Water-Soluble Polychlorinated Biphenyl Aroclor 1242 and Used Capacitor Fluid by Soil Materials and Coal Chars
Adsorption of the water-soluble PCBs Aroclor 1242 and a used capacitor fluid (impregnated with Aroclor 1242) by five earth materials…
Industrial Waste Survey in a Metropolitan Area
An industrial waste survey is one component of a comprehensive industrial waste control program. Communities throughout California and the nation…
Private Public Cooperation of Effective Energy Conservation
Increasing energy prices have impacted all sectors of American society including such vital services as water supply and wastewater treatment….
Testing and Evaluation of Air Classifier Performance
This paper introduces a new parameter for describing air classifier performance, “Total Efficiency”, found by first calculating the fractions recovered…
Bioremediation of Coal Tar Contaminated Soil in a Slurry Bioreactor
Until recently, the remediation of most contaminated sites in Canada was achieved by excavating the contaminated soil and transporting it…