Electron Beam Sterilization of Infectious Hospital Waste

该奖项是为了支持第一阶段 研究确定 使用电子的可行性 医院消毒梁 废物。 该提案导致 该奖项是在 对NSF 91-20的响应，小型 企业创新研究 （SBIR）。这个项目涉及 可行性的确定 电子束积分 加速器变成了医院的废物 处理溪流，粉碎 适当介绍的废物 梁，和配置 整体设计、资本和 运营成本。 为了成本效益，化学 现在使用的物理程序 消毒灭菌 医院垃圾一般 要求隔离传染性 非传染性废物。 结果 这项研究预计将 确定技术可行性 所提概念和 可能继续执行的基础 这项研究成为了 第二阶段。

This award is to support Phase I research to determine the feasibility of using an electron beam for sterilization of hospital wastes. The proposal leading to this award was submitted in response to NSF 91-20, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). This project involves determination of the feasibility of integrating an electron beam accelerator into a hospital's waste handling stream, shredding the waste for appropriate presentation to the beam, and configuration of the overall design, capital and operating costs. For cost-effectiveness, chemical and physical procedures now used for disinfection and sterilization of hospital wastes generally require separation of infectious from noninfectious wastes. Results of this research are expected to determine the technical feasibility of the proposed concept and the basis for potential continuation of this research into a subsequent Phase II.