A Novel Treatment Process for Odor Control at Wastewater Treatment Plants

9714988 Cooper这一奖项旨在支持一项探索性研究，研究利用电子加速器产生的带电电子束产生的电离辐射来控制并可能消除废水处理厂污泥管理过程中产生的有害气味。研究人员将使用弗吉尼亚岛迈阿密污水处理厂的电子束研究装置进行研究。这项探索性工作将涉及将几种化合物的水溶液置于150万电子伏特加速器产生的辐射下，这些化合物被确定为在处理污泥过程中产生有害气味的原因。要研究的化合物包括有机和无机硫化物、硫醇和萜烯。获得该奖项的提案是根据NSF 95-27“资助提案指南”中的探索性研究小额资助特别指南（SGER）提交的。这项研究是在1997年2月的基韦斯特研讨会上提出的，该研讨会根据NSF 95-25059进行，讨论了由带电电子束产生的电离辐射的潜在额外用途，作为充分利用这种环境技术处理废水和工艺残留物的一步。本项目还涉及国家自然科学基金（NSF）资助项目（95-08728）关于污水处理过程中影响气态大气污染物产生和排放的理化因素的研究***

9714988 Cooper This is an award to support exploratory research on the potential use of ionizing radiation produced by a beam of energized electrons from an electron accelerator to control and possibly eliminate production of nuisance odors from conduct of sludge management processes at wastewater treatment plants. The investigator will conduct the research using an electron beam research unit at the Miami Wastewater Treatment Plant on Virginia Key. The exploratory work will involve subjecting water solutions of several of classes of chemical compounds identified as responsible for nuisance odors produced during treatment of sludges to radiation produced by a 1.5 Million Electron Volt accelerator. Compounds to be investigated include organic and inorganic sulfides, mercaptans and terpenes. The proposal leading to this award was submitted and under Special Guidelines for Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) in NSF 95-27, Grant Proposal Guide. This research was suggested at the Key West workshop in February of 1997 conducted under NSF 95-25059 that addressed potential additional uses of ionizing radiation produced by a beam of energized electrons as a step toward full utilization of this environmental technology in treatment of wastewater and process residues. This project also relates to research under NSF Award No. 95-08728 on physical and chemical factors that influence production and emission of gaseous air pollutants from wastewater treatment processing of treatment-derived sludges ***