Renovation of the Environmental Engineering BioProcessing Laboratory

环境工程生物处理实验室改造

• 批准号: 9602662
• 负责人: Robert Arnold
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-12-01 至 2000-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9602662&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Renovation; Environmental; Engineering; BioProcessing; Laboratory

The treatment of large quantities of water and wastewater has relied for decades upon the use of inexpensive biological reactors in centralized treatment facilities. More frequently the treatment of contaminated soils is accomplished by microbial treatment technologies by developing conditions for microbial degradation of pollutants in soils, or by stimulating in-situ degradation of microbes capable of degrading target pollutants in contaminated soils, and ground water aquifers by injecting chemical or microorganisms. Several groups at the University of Arizona are involved in basics and applied research in which new microbial- based techniques and processes are developed to reduce remediation costs and the time required for cleanup. Currently groups participating in this research, representing the disciplines of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Soil, Water and Environmental Science, are dispersed among several locations. Funds from the ARI Program and the University will be used to renovate an existing laboratory to consolidate support facilities into a single Environmental Engineering BioProcessing Laboratory (EEBL). The targeted space for the EEBL is located in the basement of the Civil Engineering Building constructed in the early 1970's. Existing conditions make the laboratory unsuitable to conduct modern research. Renovations will consist of: installing lab benches, modifying electrical and plumbing systems, and improving the HVAC. New built-in facilities will include: a fume hood, a walk in refrigerator, a water softening system, acid and base storage cabinets, and a volatile chemical storage cabinet. Centralizing environmentally related bioreactor work into a single facility will provide an important resource for researchers interested in microbial processes. The project will be instrumental in promoting collaborative interactions among faculty and students interested in bioremediation and other microbial-based processes, and ultimately produce high quality research in environmental microbiology and bioprocessing and general biotechnology activities at the University.

几十年来，大量水和废水的处理依赖于在集中处理设施中使用廉价的生物反应器。更常见的是，污染土壤的处理是通过微生物处理技术来完成的，方法是开发土壤中污染物的微生物降解条件，或通过注入化学物质或微生物来刺激能够降解污染土壤中目标污染物的微生物的就地降解，以及地下水含水层的原位降解。亚利桑那大学的几个小组参与了基础和应用研究，在这些研究中，开发了基于微生物的新技术和工艺，以减少补救成本和清理所需的时间。目前，参与这项研究的小组分散在几个地点，代表着化学工程、环境工程和土壤、水与环境科学等学科。来自ARI计划和该大学的资金将用于翻新现有的实验室，将支持设施整合为一个单一的环境工程生物处理实验室(EEBL)。EEBL的目标空间位于20世纪70年代初建造于S的土木工程大楼的地下室，现有条件使该实验室不适合进行现代研究。翻新将包括：安装实验室工作台，修改电气和管道系统，以及改善暖通空调。新的内置设施将包括：通风柜、步入式冰箱、软化水系统、酸和碱储存柜以及挥发性化学品储存柜。将与环境有关的生物反应器工作集中在一个设施中，将为对微生物过程感兴趣的研究人员提供重要的资源。该项目将有助于促进对生物修复和其他基于微生物的过程感兴趣的教职员工和学生之间的合作互动，并最终产生环境微生物学和生物加工以及大学一般生物技术活动的高质量研究。