Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Gas Chromatograph andHeadspace Sampler

多个项目将使用所要求的气相色谱仪。首先，一个在非常高的热流率下确定基本质量传输参数的项目将使用该设备。该项目旨在为间歇给料回转窑焚烧炉中的烟尘形成问题提供基本的见解。第二个项目涉及开发一种用于降解短链氯代烃污染物的流通式生物反应器。第三个项目涉及对受污染地区进行土壤气体调查，以评估其是否适合就地生物降解。目前，这一关键环境领域的基础实地工作极其有限。两个小项目也将使用这些设备。第一个将尝试在常规技术之前很好地预测厌氧消化器中的颠覆。第二个项目将涉及分离能够降解目前被认为是不可生物降解的化合物的细菌菌株，特别是几种短链氯代烃。这台设备将显著提高研究组进行各种基本测量的能力，并有望对大学对环境研究的贡献产生强大的积极影响。

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.