Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Gas Chromatograph andHeadspace Sampler

各种项目将使用所要求的气相色谱仪。首先，一个确定非常高热流率下基本质量输运参数的项目将使用该设备。本项目旨在为间歇式回转窑焚化炉的烟气形成问题提供基本的见解。第二个项目涉及开发用于降解短链氯化烃污染物的流式生物反应器。第三个项目涉及污染地区的土壤气体调查，以评估其就地生物降解的适宜性。目前，在这一关键环境领域的基础野外工作极为有限。两个小型项目也将使用这些设备。第一种方法将尝试在传统技术之前预测厌氧消化器的扰动。第二个项目将涉及分离能够降解目前被认为不可生物降解的化合物的细菌菌株，特别是几种短链氯化碳氢化合物。该设备将显著提高研究小组进行各种基础测量的能力，并有望对大学对环境研究的贡献产生强烈的积极影响。

A variety of projects will use the requested gas chromatograph. First, a project to determine fundamental mass transport parameters under very high heat flux rates will use the equipment. This project is designed to provide fundamental insight into the problem of puff formation in batch-fed rotary kiln incinerators. The second project involves the development of a flow-through bioreactor for degrading short chain chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants. A third project involves soil gas surveys of contaminated regions to assess their suitability for in situ biodegration. Fundamental field work in this critical environmental area is extremely limited at present. Two minor projects will also utilize the equipment. The first will attempt the prediction of upsets in anaerobic digesters well in advance of conventional techniques. The second project will involve the isolation of bacterial strains capable of degrading compounds currently regarded as non-biodegradable, specifically several short chain chlorinated hydrocarbons. This equipment will significantly improve the research group's ability to make a variety of basic measurements, and it is expected to make a strong positive impact on the university's contributions to environmental research.