US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Resolution of Spent Liquor Environmental Degradation from Straw Pulping with Returning Lignin Biomass to Depleted Soils

9906679库珀描述：该奖项是为了支持一个合作项目，由哈里森库珀博士，邦蒂富应用研究公司，邦蒂富，犹他州，威廉潘博士，华盛顿州立大学，普尔曼，华盛顿和阿德尔卡迈勒伊斯梅尔博士，中央冶金研究和发展研究所和M。El-Toni，埃及开罗艾因夏姆斯大学土壤科学系。他们计划研究造纸厂木质素生物质的分离和木质素生物质用于土壤富集的利用，同时减少废液污染问题。库珀和伊斯梅尔博士将设计一个小规模的木质素分离处理装置。El-Toni博士将研究添加木质素对不同类型土壤的物理和化学性质的影响，并将建立测试平台，用于测试所产生的材料作为农业领域的土壤富集。在潘博士的技术支持下，将进行使用木质素生物质添加剂的温室生长试验和土壤生物学试验。根据初步实验室测试结果和温室测试结果，美国和埃及合作者将设计一个测试商业数量的试验工厂。范围：拟议的项目是基于CMRDI（埃及）和美国同行过去的成就。库珀博士和潘博士分别是著名的废液处理和土壤处理研究专家。佛罗里达大学的哈桑El-Shall博士将担任该项目的顾问，他演示了木质素分离的基本概念。埃及的对应方在工艺开发和土壤处理之间保持平衡。埃及和美国的研究人员过去也曾合作过，很可能在这个项目中成功合作。库珀和埃尔-应具有实施制造相关项目的专业知识，他们将为项目带来实用和基础知识。该项目对埃及具有高度相关性和高度优先性，因为预计该项目可提高农业生产力，并产生一个处理造纸工业废物的新行业。一名美国研究生将参加该项目，并获得国际科学活动的经验。该提案符合INT的目标，即支持在共同感兴趣的领域进行合作研究。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金方案的支持，该方案向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

9906679CooperDescription: This award is to support a collaborative project by Dr. Harrison Cooper, Bountiful Applied Research Corporation, Bountiful, Utah, Dr. William Pan, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington and Drs. Adel Kamal Ismael, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute and M. El-Toni, Department of Soil Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. They plan to study the separation of paper mill lignin biomass and the utilization of the lignin biomass for soil enrichment and, simultaneously, for reduction of the spent liquor pollution problem. Drs. Cooper and Ismael will design a small scale lignin separation processing unit. Dr. El-Toni will study the effect of adding the lignin on the physical and chemical properties of different types of soils, and will build the testbed for testing the resulting material as soil enrichment in agricultural fields. Greenhouse growth test and soil biology tests using lignin biomass additives will be carried out with technical support from Dr. Pan. Based on the results of the initial laboratory tests and the greenhouse test results, a pilot plant for testing commercial quantities will be designed by the US and Egyptian collaborators. Scope: The proposed project is based on past accomplishments of CMRDI (Egypt) and the US counterparts. Drs. Cooper and Pan are well-known experts in spent liquor treatment and soil treatment research respectively. Dr. Hassan El-Shall, University of Florida, who will be an advisor to the project, demonstrated the basic concept of lignin separation. The Egyptian counterparts are balanced between process development and soil treatment. The Egyptian and American researchers have also collaborated in the past, and are likely to collaborate successfully in this project. Cooper and El-Shall have the expertise of implementing manufacturing related projects, and they will bring to the project practical as well as fundamental knowledge. This project is highly relevant and of high priority for Egypt, as it is anticipated that it could lead to improvement of agricultural productivity and to a new industry for handling industrial waste from the paper industry. A US graduate student is to participate in this project and to gain experience in international scientific activities. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting collaborative research in areas of mutual interest. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.