ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE pot

... Francis Group, LLC MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES 629 one of the most toxic of all radionuclides and presents a serious potential hazard. Various methods of treatment, such as co-precipitation ... that many of the tanks boil, making the provi- sion of elaborate off-gas cleaning systems necessary. Some high level waste tanks have ruptured, but since they are constructed...

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... disposal of solids. Prior to that it was “out -of- sight, out -of- mind.” With ever growing amounts of solid waste as detailed in the discussion on sources, and con- cerns about pollution of ground and ... Institute for Solid Waste of the American Public Works Association and the Office of Solid Waste Management of the Environmental Protection Agency. 7...

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... terms of number of individuals, biomass, and energy equivalence, of the quantity of herbivorous ani- mals present or produced over a period of time, the ener- getic cost of producing and maintaining ... are long-lived, slow-growing and have low rates of population increase, and by herbivores that are smaller, more numerous and faster-growing than their food plants. I...

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... Faith, W.L. and A.A. Atkisson, Air Pollution, 2nd Ed., Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1972. Ferrand, E.F., Effects of Air Pollutants, The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, ... Blue Men, Little, Brown and Co., New York, 1953. Salvato, J., Environmental Health, The Encyclopedia of Environmental Sci- ence and Engineering, 4th Ed., Gordon and...

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... solids in the feed and the forma- tion of tar-like coke deposits on the catalyst tended to cause a gradual build-up of pressure drop over they catalyst bed and 3) because of the relatively ... REFORMATE GENERAL FLOWSHEET - CRUDE OIL PROCESSING LEGEND A - CRUDE DISTILLATION B - CATALYTIC REFORMER C - BTX EXTRACTION D - GASOLINE POOL E - PYROLYSIS F G H I...

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... (potentiation and summation) and antagonism are poorly understood phenomena and greatly confuse the understanding and prediction of the toxic effects of industrial effluents. The majority of ... insecti- cides have long been known to be potent stimulators of mammalian drug-metabolizing enzymes (Hart and Fouts, 1963; Hart, Shultice and Fouts, 1963). Buhler (1966) sele...

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... terms of the percentage by volume of com- bustible gas present in a mixture of the gas and air. Table 1 below lists these limits for some of the more common gases and vapors for conditions of ... significant devel- opments and applications of complex theories and experi- ments. Some aspects were reaction kinetics under runaway conditions and multiphase critical flashin...

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... pK H 2 CO 3 pK 1 pK 2 H + H 2 CO 3 C T CO 3 OH – TRUE H 2 CO 3 HCO 3 P log CONCENTRATION (MOLAR) pH a -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 * – -2 FIGURE 4 Logarithmic concentration—pH equilibrium diagram for the aque- ous carbonate system open to the atmosphere. ... of E H It is essential to distinguish between the concept of a poten- tial and the...

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... designed to process liquids and solids or sludges. It is essential that in-plant waste management and control techniques be utilized if cost-effec- tive methods of liquid and solids treatment are to ... requirements for the management and treatment of small quantities of hazardous wastes. 9 The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compen- sation and Liabilities A...

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... purification and recycling the air and wastewater streams for atmosphere revitalization and water recovery and manage- ment. The high cost of transporting mass into orbit, approxi- mately $22,000/kg, ... water and air revi- talization systems. Less attention has been paid to the treat- ment of solid waste, as this will only be required for long space voyages and for long...

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