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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA
DATE:01/16/81
PP.OFILE NUMBER: oio«.
PROJECT SPONSOR:
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
WASHINGTON
DC
CONTRACTOR: ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION
ADDRESS: 5390 CHEROKEE AVE.
CITY/ST: ALEXANDRIA VA
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. V. KROMREY
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE--
CONTRACT NUMBER: EP-78-C-02-4632
PROJECT TITLE--
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
TYPE: FUELS
DEVELOPMENT OF COATINGS FOR PROTECTION OF COAL DURING TRANSPORT AND
STORAGE.
DOE: 091228
COAL IN STOCKPILES OR IN RAIL CARS IS SUBJECT TO ADVERSE EFFECTS
• FROM EXPOSURE TO WIND AND RAIN. DUST EMISSION AND LEACHATE FORMATION
ARE THE MOST SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS EXPOSURE.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
AND ECONOMICS OF COATING COAL STORES TO PREVENT MOISTU2E PENETRATION
AND AIR CIRCULATION. FORMULATIONS OF COATING MIXES ARE PREPARED AND
PROMISING COMPOSITIONS ARE TESTED FOR RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES, TENSILE
AND COMFRESSIVE STRENGTH, THERMAL COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION, WATER
PERMEABILITY AND GRINDABILITY. TEST PANELS ARE CONSTRUCTED FOR
EVALUATION OF THE COATINSS ON A COAL SURFACE. AN APPLICATION DEVICE
CAPABLE OF APPLYING ONE GALLON PER MINUTE OF COATING MATERIAL IS TO
BE CONSTRUCTED. THIS UNIT WILL BE USED TO COAT LARGE PANELS FOR OUT-
DOOR UEATHERINS TESTS AND LONGER TERM OBSERVATION. AN ECONOMIC
ANALYSIS WILL DETERMINE THE COST OF APPLYING COATINGS TO RAIL CARS
AND COAL STOCKPILES OF VARIOUS SIZES. A COST/BENEFIT STUDY WILL
ESTABLISH THE RELATIVE MERITS OF VARIOUS COATING ALTERNATIVES TO
PROVIDE THE DESIRED DEGREE OF PROTECTION AT THE LOWEST COST. EFFORTS
PROPOSED FOR FY 79 INCLUDE FURTHER EVALUATION OF COATINGS ON TEST
PANELS AND SMALL STOCKPILES. AN APPLICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF APPLY-
INS 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF COATINS MIX WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. A FIELD
TEST ON A STOCKPILE OF UP TO 50,000 TONS WILL BE CONDUCTED. A DETAIL-
ED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BASED UPON DATA FROM. THE LARGER SCALE OPERATIONS
KILL BE PERFORMED.
KEYWORDS: COAL; TRANSPORT; STORAGE; STOCKPILES; WEATHERING; LEACHING;
DUSTS; COATINGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; ECONOMICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EVALUATION? RUNOFF; PARTICLES; RAIL TRANSPORT!
HADE H. FONDER
CCEA FSOG3AM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oio«. - CONTINUED
CONTROL.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA
DATE:Dixie/si
PROFILE NUMBER: 00955
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
. ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 1663
CITY/ST: LOS ALAMOS NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. U'EWERKA
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-36
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
5.0 FY 197S
TYPE: FUELS
TRACE ELEMENT CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOVAL/RECOVERY FROM COAL AND COAL
WASTES.
DOE: 064071
THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES BOTH FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS TO
ASSESS THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE TRACE CONTAMINANTS IN THE
DRAINAGE FROM STORED COAL AND COAL WASTE DUMPS, TO IDENTIFY THE TRACE
ELEMENTS AND ORGANIC COMPONENTS OF GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN,
AND TO DEFINE SUITABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY WHERE NEEDED
TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THESE FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
KEYWORDS: COAL PREPARATION; ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; REMOVAL; COAL;
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ASHES; LEACHING; RUNOFF; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
SULFATES; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MINERAL WASTES; POLLUTION
CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATERS;
STOCKPILES.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA
DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00857
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. M. COLE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: FUELS
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL COAL CLEANING: GENERAL.
DOE: 130103
THE OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) TO FOLLOW RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMON-
STRATION PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE REMOVAL- OF ASH AND/OR SULFUR FROM
COAL AND THE POTENTIAL SUBSEQUENT USE OF THE TREATED COAL AS BOILER
FUEL; (2) TO ASSESS POTENTIAL APPLICATION TO THE TVA POWER GENERATION
SYSTEM; AND (3) TO RECOMMEND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TVA PARTICIPATION IN
RESEARCH ALT) DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY PROMISING
TECHNOLOGIES. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
RELATED TO THE ABOVE COAL CLEANING TECHNOLOGIES ARE EVALUATED AND THE
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING -THE CLEANED COALS IN
THE TVA POWER SYSTEM IS ASSESSED. REVIEU AND EVALUATION OF COAL
CLEANING PROCESSES ANT) THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF CLEANED FUELS TO
THE TVA POWER SYSTEM ARE ON-GOING FUNCTIONS OF ENERGY RESEARCH. AS
ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE WASHA3ILITY Or COALS SUPPLIED TO
PARADISE STEAM PLANT. RESULTS INDICATE THESE COALS CAN BE WASHED TO
MEET A 5.2 LB S02/MM BTU EMISSION STANDAP.D WITH APPROXIMATELY A 10X
BTU LOSS. STATUS REPORTS WILL BE PREPARED AS APPROPRIATE. AN INTERNAL
TVA REPORT ASSESSING WASHABILITY OF PARADISE COALS 1$ AVAILABLE FROM
ENERGY RESEARCH UPON REQUEST.
KEYWORDS: COAL; CLEANING; DEASHING; DESULFURIZATION; TECHNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT; ECONOMICS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; BOILER FUEL;
WASHING; SULFUR; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE i ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00758
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER: • TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY. AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA; K. L. 03LE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: 3.0 FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: FUELS
MONTHLY TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSES OF COAL BURNED AT TVA FOSSIL PLANTS.
DOE: 130083
AM EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM IS REPORTED WHICH IS DESIGNED TO
OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COAL BURNED BY TVA
FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE TRACE ELEMENTS AND
OTHER MAJOR ELEMENTS. SUCH INFORMATION WOULD BE VALUABLE IN TERMS OF
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON PRECIPITATOR PERFOR-
MANCE, EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON SLAGGING PROPERTIES, EFFECTS OF
COAL COMPOSITION ON RELIABILITY, AND EFFECTS OF COAL COMPOSITION ON
PLANT GAS EMISSIONS AND PLANT ASH FOND EFFLUENTS. ALSO, THESE DATA
WOULD ALLOU TVA TO PICK THE MOST FEASIBLE SITE FOR A METAL RECOVERY
PROCESS SHOULD SUCH AN EFFORT EVER BE UNDERTAKEN. THE SCOPE OF THE
PROJECT CONSISTS OF COLLECTING COMPOSITE MONTHLY COAL SAMPLES FOR ONE
YEAR FROM ALL TVA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND HAVING THESE SAMPLES
ANALYZED FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 CHEMICAL SPECIES.
KEYWORDS: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL;
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; TRACE AMOUNTS; ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE; FUELS;
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORSJ FLUE GAS5 LIQUID WASTES; PONDS.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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REPORTS
CCEA - PROJECT PROFILE SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATIVE J ABSTRACT DATA
lE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00670
PROJECT SPONSOR:
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: LOS ALAMOS
MANAGER:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
KM
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
PHYS. CHEM. & METALL
LOS ALAMOS KM
E. M. WEWERKA
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
1.0 FY FY77
TYPE: FUELS
TRACE ELEMENTS CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOVAL/RECOVERY FROM COAL AND COAL
WASTES
D0=: 084071
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS INVESTIGATION is TO
ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FROM TRACE OR
OR MINOR ELEMENTS WHICH ARE DISCHARGED OR EMITTED FROM STORED COALS
OR COAL PROCESSING WASTES AND TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MEASURES, SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. IN ADDITION,
EFFLUENTS FROM RAW AND CLEANED COALS WILL BE EXAMINED FOR EVIDENCE OF
CONTAMINATION BY ORGANIC COMPONENTS.
APPROACH: TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES, BOTH LABORATORY AND
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEIN3 CONDUCTED. APPROPRIATE COALS, COAL
WASTES, AND CLIMATIC AND STORAGE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED,
AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FROM THE FIELD. THE
TRACE ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND ORGANIC MATTER OF THESE MATERIALS ARE
BEING CHARACTERIZED, AND A PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF"THE
COMPONENTS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN WILL BE MADE. IN ADDITION, THE
EFFECTS OF WEATHERING AND AQUEOUS LEACHING ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS IN
THE VARIOUS COALS AND COAL WASTES ARE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE
FIELD AND UNDER SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE LABORATORY.
RESULTS: THIS INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DELINEATE BOTH THE
CHARACTER AND EXTENT OF SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FROM THE
TRACE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COALS AKD COAL PROCESSING WASTES.
THE LATTER STAGES OF THE PROSSAM WILL BE DIRECTED TO IDENTIFYING
METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION FROM THE TRACE
ELEMENTS AND ORGANIC MATTER IN COALS AND COAL WASTES. FINALLY,
METHODS WILL BE EVALUATED FOR ECONOMICALLY RECOVERING USEFUL
MINERALS OR TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL REFUSE MATERIALS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00670 - CONTINUED
1. FY 76-FY 76T, COAL TYPES, STORAGE CONDITIONS, AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL PARAMETERS IDENTIFIED . '
2. FY 77, LABORATORY STUDIES OF WEATHERING AND LEACHING OF
SELECTED COALS CONDUCTED AND FIELD STUDIES INITIATED
3. FY 78, FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO BE STARTED
KEYWORDS: COAL; STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; POLLUTION CONTROL;
TRACE AMOUNTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WEATHER; LEACHING; OXIDATION;
STORAGE; CLIMATES; MATERIALS RECOVERY; ZINC; PROCESS CONTROL;
ECONOMICS; ALUMINIUM; IRON; COBALT; MANGANESE; WASTE MANAGEMENT
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00671
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: BITUMINOUS COAL RESEARCH, INC.
ADDRESS: 350 HCCKSERG ROAD
CITY/ST: MONSOEVILLE PA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. F. BOYERJ C. T. FORD TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EE77SOE44Z7 FUNDING: 0.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: FUELS
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING OH FUGITIVE ELEMENTS
DOE: 037810
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: BY VIRTUE OF ITS ORIGIN, COAL HAS BEEN FOUND TO
CONTAIN NEARLY EVERY NATURALLY OCCURRING ELEMENT. DURING COAL MINING,
PREPARATION, AND UTILIZATION THESE ELEMENTS MAY BE RELEASED TO THE
ENVIRONMENT. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE
EFFECT OF CONTROLLED COAL CLEANING ON FUGITIVE ELEMENTS PRESENT IN
RUN-OF-MINE COAL. THE SECOND PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO PREPARE A
COMPREHENSIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF COAL MINING,
PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND UTILIZATION ON THE TRACE ELEMENTS
FOUND IN COAL. THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF
ACCURATE ANALYTICAL METHODS THAT CAN BE USED BY COAL INDUSTRY AKD
COMMERCIAL LABORATORIES FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF SELECTED
TRACE ELEMENTS IN A VARIETY OF COALS.
APPROACH: THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING ON FUGITIVE ELEMENTS HILL BE
EVALUATED BY EXHAUSTIVELY STUDYING ZO SAMPLES OF ROM COAL OBTAINED
FROM VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
ALL ROM SAMPLES WILL BE SUBJECTED TO CONTROLLED COAL CLEANING AT THE
BCR LABORATORY. EACH COAL WILL BE CRUSHED TO A 1-1/4-INCH TOPSIZE,
SAMPLED, AND THEN SCREENED INTO 1-1/4 X 1/4-INCH, 1/4-INCH X 30-MESH,
AND MINUS 30-MESH FRACTIONS WHICH ARE TYPICAL OF PRESENT CLEANING
PLANT CIRCUITRY. THE 1-1/4 X 1/4-INCH AND THE 1/4-INCH X 30-MESH
FRACTIONS WILL BE GRAVITY SEPARATED AT THE FOLLOWING GRAVITIES: 1.35,
1.55, AW 1.80. THE MINUS 30-MESH MATERIAL WILL BE SEPARATED INTO
FOUR DISTINCT FRACTIONS, USIHS A HYDRAULIC CLASSIFIER. EACH FRACTION
PRODUCED BY THE COAL CLEANING TASK WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY GENERAL
CHEMICAL AKD TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS PETROGRAPHIC
ANALYSES WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND THE DATA WILL BE EVALUATED TO
DETERMINE THE TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN THE VARIOUS CLEAN COAL
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00671 - CONTINUED
AND REJECT FRACTIONS.
RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAIN FROM THIS STUDY WILL CONCERN THE
POTENTIAL FOR COAL CLEANING AS A STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING TRACE
ELEMENTS THAT OTHERWISE MAY BECOME AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM DURING
SUBSEQUENT UTILIZATION OF A PARTICULAR COAL.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 7/78, STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW •
Z. 7/79, ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE REPORT
3. 7/79, FINAL REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF COAL CLEANING CN
FUGITIVE ELEMENTS
KEYWORDS: TRACE AMOUNTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; COAL PREPARATION;
ELEMENTS; CLEANING; COAL MINING; TRANSPORT; BY-PRODUCTS; WASTE
PRODUCT UTILIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; AIR POLLUTION
ABATEMENT; COAL INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; TESTING
HADE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00391
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER: J. s. NADER TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. ROLLINS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: 2.0 FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
EVALUATION OF A SYSTEM FOR DIRECT OUTPUT OF POLLUTANT MASS EMISSION RATE
DATA
DOE: 071809
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO EVALUATE A
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MONITORING SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES SULFUR
DIOXIDE MASS EMISSION RATE DATA AS A DIRECT OUTPUT.
APPROACH: THE SYSTEM KILL BE OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS AT A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT AND A SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION
FACILITY. FIELD PERFORMANCE WILL BE VERIFIED BY COMPARING OUTPUT
DATA WITH THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY EPA REFERENCE METHOD TESTS.
RESULTS: CURRENTLY, FIELD EVALUATION AT THE POWER PLANT HAS BEEN
COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY MAJOR MALFUNCTIONS. THE SYSTEM'S ACCURACY WAS
FOUND TO BE ABOUT 17 PERCENT RELATIVE TO THE COMPLIANCE TESTS.
EVALUATION OF THE SULFURIC ACID PLANT IS IN PROGRESS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 11/76, COMPLETE EVALUATION OF H2S04 PLANT
KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS;
COMMERCIALIZATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; SULFURIC ACID;
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; PARTICLES;
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS! PERFORMANCE
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA
DATE:ci/16/31
.PROFILE NUMBER:
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER: WILLIAM F. HERGET
CONTRACTOR: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, INC.
ADDRESS-- P.O. BOX 2351
LA JOLLA CA
J. R. YODER
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-1793
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 5.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
DEVELOPMENT OF GFC INSTRUMENTS FOR GASEOUS POLLUTANT MEASUREMENTS
DOE: 071828
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO DESIGN, FABRICATE, FIELD TEST, AND REDUCE THE
DATA FOR TWO INFRARED GAS FILTER CORRELATION INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURE-
MENT OF EXTENDED AREA STATIONARY SOURCE GASEOUS POLLUTANT EMISSIONS.
ONE INSTRUMENT WILL OPERATE IN THE UP-LOOKING MODE (SINGLE-ENDED,
PASSIVE) TO SENSE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SULFUR DIOXIDE AGAINST THE COLD
SKY BACKGROUND. THE SECOND WILL OPERATE IN THE OPEN-PATH MODE
(DOUBLE-ENDED, ACTIVE) TO SENSE SULFUR DIOXIDE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE, AND
VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER AT GROUND LEVEL. THE DESIGN GOALS FOR EACM
INSTRUMENT ARE: SENSITIVITY: 50 PFM-METERS (NOMINAL); DYNAMIC RANGE:
TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE! AND TIME CONSTANT: VARIABLE FROM 1 TO 60
SECONDS.
APPROACH: TO MEASURE THE INFRARED RADIATION EMITTED OR ABSORBED BY
THE POLLUTANTS AND CORRELATING THIS RADIATION BY ALTERNATELY PASSING
IT THROUGH A GAS CELL CONTAINING A SAMPLE OF THE SPECIFIC POLLUTANT
TO BE DETECTED AND A REFERENCE CELL WHICH IS TRANSPARENT. THIS IS THE
GFC TECHNIQUE WHICH PROVIDES A HIGHLY SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT IN THE
PRESENCE OF INTERFERING SPECIES'. THE PASSIVE, UP-LOOKING INSTRUMENT
WILL MEASURE S02 AT 4.0 M'J M. THE ACTIVE INSTRUMENT WILL MEASURE S02
AT 8.6 MU M, H2S AT 7.9 MU M, AND VCM AT 10.9 MU M USING AN INFRARED
SOURCE AND A RETRCSEFLECTOR.
RESULTS: TO BUILD AND CALISRATE THE TWO INSTRUMENTS OVER THE NEXT 9
MCI-TTHS AND THEN TO FIELD TEST THEM IN THE VICINITY OF A COAL-BURNING
POWER PLANT.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/77, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;
GASEOUS WASTES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDES; VINYL MONOMERS;
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE=01/16/61
PROFILE NUMBER: 00^07 - CONTINUED
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS; DESIGN; FABRICATION
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00423
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:•
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER: WILLIAM F. HERGET TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: EPA/ESRL
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RES. TRI. PARK NC
PRINCIPAL INVES:'W. F. HERGET TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: s.o FY FY7?
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
CHARACTERIZATION OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES BY REMOTE
SENSING
DOE: 071930
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: USE GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING METHODS TO
DETERMINE SPECIES IDENTITY AND CONCENTRATION OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS
EMITTED BY POINT AND EXTENDED AREA STATIONARY SOURCES, AND DETERMINE
OPTIMUM SPECTRAL REGIONS FOP MONITORING SPECIFIC POLLUTANTS.
APPROACH: LONGPATH HIGH RESOLUTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY WILL BE USED
IN ABSORPTION AND EMISSION TO DETERMINE THE SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS EMITTED BY A VARIETY OF SOURCES. LABORATORY
SPECTRA OF VARIOUS SPECIES WILL BE OBTAINED TO ASSIST IN SPECIES
IDENTIFICATION AND CONCENTRATION DETERMINATIONS. LONGPATH GAS-FILTER
CORRELATION METHODS WILL ALSO BE USED.
RESULTS; MEASUREMENT USING A GRATING SPECTROMETER HAVE BEEN MADE
AT COAL-BURNINS FOXER PLANTS, INCINERATORS, GAS PURIFICATION PLANTS
AND CARSON BLACK PLANTS. THE GRATING SPECTROMETER HAS BEEN REPLACED
WITH A FOUSIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER TO GREATLY INCREASE SPECTRAL
RESOLUTION AND SENSITIVITY. A VARIETY OF SOURCES WILL BE STUDIED IN
FUTURE YEARS. ' '
KEYWORDS: ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; FINANCING; MOBILE POLLUTANT
SOURCES; STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES; AIR POLLUTION; GASES; CHEMICAL
REACTION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS;
DESIGN; FABRICATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; FLUID FLOW; SAMPLING;
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE i ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMSER: 0045Z
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: NEW YORK KY
MANAGER: J. R. HAUGH TELEPHONE: c(30i)-353-*V905
CONTRACTOR: ERDA/HSL
ACDRESS: 376 HUDSON STREET
CITY/ST: NEW YORK NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. P. HARDY, JR. TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HCUSE FUNDING: 46.5 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE BIOSPHERE
DOE: 091021
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE is TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE TRACE
METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS
WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON THE PATHWAYS TO MAN AND THE LEVELS IN DIET
AND KUttAN TISSUE.
APPROACH: HUMAN METABOLIC BALANCE EXPERIMENTS UTILIZING THE CADMIUM,
COPPER, MANGANESE, NICKEL, LEAD AND ZINC NATURALLY PRESENT IN THE
DIET ARE CARRIED OUT ON A COOPERATIVE BASIS WITH DR. HERTA SPENCER OF
THE HINES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL NEAR CHICAGO. TRACE
ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN VARIOUS TROPHIC LEVELS OF THE FOOD WEB
LEADING TO MAN WILL BE DETERMINED IN AN AREA WHERE A COAL-FIRED
FOSSIL-FUEL PLANT IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. SEDIMENT CORES FROM FOUR
LAKES WILL BE CHRONOLOGICALLY SECTIONED AND ANALYZED FOR TRACE METALS
TO OBTAIN A HISTORY OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION. THE CORES WILL BE
TAKEN BY THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION AS PART OF A JOINT
PROJECT.
RESULTS: THE CONTROLLED INTAKE AND EXCRETION EXPERIMENTS ARE DESIGNED
TO COMPARE TRACE ELEMENT BEHAVIOR UNDER VARIOUS INTAKE CONDITIONS
WITH REGARD TO ABSORPTION AND RETENTION PATTERNS. IDENTIFICATION OF
NATURAL PATHWAYS OF TRACE METALS IN AN AREA WHERE A COAL-FIRED PUNT
WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WILL ALLOW ASSESSMENTS TO BE MADE OF THE IMPACT
ON BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS WHEN THE PLANT OR SIMILAR PLANTS ARE IN
OPERATION. OBSERVED TIME TRENDS IN TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN
HUMAN TISSUES WILL BE COMPARED WITH AIR AND DIET MEASUREMENTS TO
ASSESS THE MORE IMPORTANT EXPOSURE ROUTE.
KEYWORDS: BIOSPHERE; TRACE AMOUNTS; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL FUELS;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; MAN;
METABOLISM; HEALTH HAZARDS; CADMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; LEAD;
WADE H.
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PROFILE NUMBER: oo$5z - CONTINUED
ZINC; FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION; LAND POLLUTION;
POLLUTION; FOOD; TISSUES
KADE H. PONDER
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TELEPHONE: F660-361&
PROFILE NUMBER: oo«3
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: NEW YORK NY
MANAGER: JOHN H. HARLEY
CONTRACTOR: ERDA
ADDRESS: 376 HUDSON STREET
CITY/ST: NEW YORK NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. A. WELFORD TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: 5.0 FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
DOCUMENTATION OF NATURAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN THE BIOSPHERE
DOE: 091022
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO DOCUMENT THE
NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE NUCLIDES IN MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT.
APPROACH: MEASUREMENTS OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES INCLUDING RAoiuM-226,
LEAD AND POLONIUM-210 IN WET, DRY, AND TOTAL FALLOUT IN THE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT WILL BE PERFORMED. ANALYSES WILL BE MADE OF WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION HUMAN BONES FOR RADIUM-226 AND STABLE CALCIUM. MEASURE-
MENT OF SAMPLES FROM AREAS AROUND COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS TO DOCUMENT
THEIR DISCHARGE OF NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.
RESULTS: THE EXPECTED DATA SHOULD ILLUSTRATE SEASONAL AND SPATIAL
VARIATIONS OF NATURAL RADIOSUCLIDES. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
BONE ANALYSES OFFER A RELATIVELY FAST AND INEXPENSIVE METHOD OF
LOCATING AREAS OF HIGH NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY FOR DETAILED STUDY.
KEYWORDS: BIOSPHERE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIATION
MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM 226; LEAD; POLONIUM 210; CALCIUM;
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; NATURAL OCCURRENCE;
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS;
MAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; TISSUES f
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01121
PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: TEMFE AZ
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. R. BUSECK TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
QUANTITATIVE ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL AIRBORNE PART-
ICLES.
DOE: 110037
THE GOALS OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE TO INVESTIGATE THE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL SU3MICRON PARTICLES AND TO RELATE THIS
COMPOSITION TO SOURCES, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES THESE PARTICLES UNDERGO. THE RESEARCH
PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO: (1) REFINE CORRECTION PROCEDURES DEVELOPED BY
THIS RESEARCH GROUP, COUPLING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE-ENERGY
DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS WITH ELECTRON MICROPRCBE ANALYSIS; m
CHARACTERIZE THE MAJOR TYPES OF INORGANIC AIRBORNE PARTICLES IN A
DESERT METROPOLITAN AREA (FKOENIX); (5) PINPOINT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
VARIOUS AREA EMISSION SOURCES (COAL BURNING POKER PLANTS IN NORTHEAST
ARIZONA) BY COMPARISON OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS FROM AMBIENT
AND SOURCE SAMPLES; AND (4) INVESTIGATE THE NATURE AND EXTENT Or
PARTICLE COATING AND AGGLOMERATION.
KEYWORDS: ARIZONA; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AIR
POLLUTION; PARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON
MICROPROSE ANALYSIS; AGGLOMERATION; AEROSOLS. '
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01087
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: •
CONTRACTOR: MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: KANSAS CITY no
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. A. MILNE; F. T. GREENE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDINS:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
FY 1978
DIRECT SAMPLING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GASEOUS SPECIES.
DOE: 095199
A RESEARCH PROGRAM IS REPORTED THAT IS DEVOTED TO IDENTIFYING THE
GASEOUS ALKALI METAL SPECIES THAT KAY PLAY A ROLE IN FIRESIDE
CORROSION, AND TO DEVELOPING DIRECT MASS SPECTROKETRIC PROBES FOR
SAMPLING SUCH SPECIES FROM BOTH IDEALIZED LABORATORY FLAMES AND
SMALL-SCALE COAL COM3USTORS. A KNOWLEDGE OF THE GASEOUS ALKALI METAL
SPECIES AND THEIR BEHAVIOR DURING PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION SHOULD
HELP ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISM OF FIRESIDE CORROSION. A BETTER UNDER-
STANDING OF THIS MECHANISM SHOULD ASSIST IN FINDING WAYS TO REDUCE
FIRESIDE CORROSION, THEREBY PERMITTING IMPROVED GARHCT EFFICIENCIES
AND GREATER BOILER AVAILABILITY. A MOLECULAR-BEAM MASS-SPECTROMETRIC
SAMPLING SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF MINOR SPECIES IN COAL DUST-AIR
FLAMES WAS DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, AND TESTED. INTERFERENCES CAUSED BY
IONIZATION BY PARTICULATES AND METASTABLE SPECIES WERE ELIMINATED,
AND THE SYSTEM CAPABILITY k'AS DEMONSTRATED BY SAMPLING ALKALI METAL
ANO OTHER SPECIES AS PARTS PER MILLION LEVELS FROM COAL DUST-AIR
FUMES. LIMITED ATTEMPTS KERE ALSO MADE TO IMPROVE LABORATORY COST-
DUST FEEDER AND BURNER DESIGNES. '.
KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; COAL; COMBUSTION PROPERTIES; ALKALI
METALS; CORROSIVE EFFECTS; TRACE AMOUNTS; CCMBUSTORS; CORROSION;
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MASS SPECTROSCOPY.
WADE H. PON'DER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00933
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ADDRESS: ioa. CONNER LAB
CITY/ST: BERKELEY CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. L. HAYES
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-
PROJECT TITLE:
FLY ASH PARTICLE CHEMISTRY.
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
DOE: 082007
THE CHEMISTRY OF FLY ASH PARTICLES PRODUCED BY COAL BURNING POWER
PLANTS HAS USUALLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED FROM DATA OBTAINED FROM MULTI-
PARTICLE BULK ANALYSES. WHILE SUCH AVERAGED VALUES ARE VERY USEFUL IN
DETERMINING QUANTITY AND OVERALL COMPOSITION, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AMONG INDIVIDUAL FLY ASH PARTICLES IS NOT REVEALED
BY THESE BULK ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES ANT) CAN ONLY BE EVALUATED BY THE
APPLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS METHODS. SCANNING
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY WITH X-RAY ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS CAN PROVIDE THE
REQUIRED LOCALIZATION AND PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION FOR DETERMINING
INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE MATRIX CHEMISTRY. THE RESULTS TO DATE INDICATE
SUBSTANTIAL SEGREGATION OF MATRIX ELEMENTS AMONG THE PARTICLES. THIS
NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF MATRIX ELEMENTS CAN ALTER THE
DISTRIBUTION OF MANY OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS FOUND IN FLY ASH SINCE IT
HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT SC3PTIVE BEHAVIOR OF THE TRACE ELEMENTS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC MATRIX COMPOSITION OF THE PARTICLES. TRACE
ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS HILL BE ELEVATED IN THESE PART.ICLES ABOVE THAT
ESTIMATED FROM MULTI-PARTICLE ANALYSIS. THE EXISTENCE OF HIGH CONCEN-
TRATION PARTICLES PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
FLY ASH EXPOSURE.
KEYWORDS: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;
PARTICLE SIZE; AEROSOLS; TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL FOXER
PLANTS; FLY ASH; TRACE AMOUNTS; DISTRIBUTION; CHEMISTRY; INHALATION.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00739
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR: NATL. BUREAU OF STANDARDS
ADDRESS: OFFICE OF ENV. MEAS.
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. C. GRAVATT
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
6.0 FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
ENERGY RELATED AIR POLLUTANT STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS.
DOE: 012004
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR THE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT
OF SULFUR DIOXIDE, NITROGEN DIOXIDE, CARSON MONOXIDE, PARTICULATES
AND OTHER POLLUTANTS LIKELY TO RESULT FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION. THE
METHODS EMPLOYED ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS
(SRMS) FOR USE IN THE VALIDATION OF POLLUTANT MEASUREMENT METHODS AND
INSTRUMENTS; AND (2) DEVELOP SRMS CHARACTERISTIC OF RAW MATERIALS
USED IN COMBUSTION PROCESSES IN ORDER TO VALIDATE MEASUREMENT
METHODS USED TO ANALYZE FUEL PRIOR TO COt-rEUSTION. BY ASSESSING THE
PERFORMANCE OF MEASUREMENT METHODS ON CERTIFIED SRMS WHOSE PROPERTIES
ARE ACCURATELY KNOWN, SOURCES OF ERROR IN THE MEASUREMENT METHODS CAN
BE IDENTIFIED AND THE EFFECTS OF ERROR CAN BE REDUCED. SEVERAL GAS
CYLINDER SRMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FOR S02, N02 AND NO AT STATIONARY
SOURCE CONCENTRATIONS. ADDITIONAL STATIONARY SOURCE SRMS WILL BE
ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. THE FEASIBILITY CF DEVELOPING CYLINDER SRMS FOR
AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF S02 AND NC2 IS BEIN3 INVESTIGATED.
PARTICULATE SRMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE A WELL CHARACTERIZED URBAN
PARTICULATE BULK SAMPLE, AEROSOL GENERATORS, FILM STANDARDS FOR X-RAY
FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS, AND A GLASS FIBER FILTER STANDARD CONTAINING
LEAD, SULFATE AND NITRATE. BOTH COAL CONVERSION AND OIL SHALE
MATERIALS ARE BEING EVALUATED AS BULK SRhS.
KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN
DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; AEROSOLS; STANDARDS; MEASURING METHODS;
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ERRORS; NITRIC OXIDE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE
ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; FILTERS; COAL; OIL SHALES; EVALUATION.
WADE H. FONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUTTER: 00741
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR: NATL. BUREAU OF STANDARDS
ADDRESS: OFFICE OF ENV. MEAS.
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. C. GSAVATT
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS
FY 1978
ORGANIC FINE PARTICULATE STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR ATMOSPHERIC
MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.
DOE: 012027
OUR OVER-ALL OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN ORGANIC FINE FARTICUUTE
STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL (SRM) FOR AKBIEHT AIR POLLUTION
MEASUREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THE OBJECTIVE
IS TO CHARACTERIZE THIS STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO ANTHROPOGENIC VS.
. NATURAL COMPONENTS. A RADIOCARBON MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE
APPLIED TO FINE PARTICLES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED. IN
COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. AND/OR EPA AT
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK ATMOSPHERIC FINE PARTICLES WILL BE COLLECTED.
CHEMICAL METHODS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SEPARATE THE INSOLUBLE
CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL. A HOMOGENEOUS SAMPLE (CANDIDATE SRM) OF
CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL WILL BE CHARACTERIZED FOR CARBON-14. SELECTED
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES WILL BE RUN BY 14-C AND EC-MS TO ESTABLISH
OR VALIDATE CARBONACEOUS POLLUTANT PARTICLE SOURCE DETECTION.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; PARTICLES; RADIOISOTOPES;
EARTH ATMOSPHERE; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; STANDARDS; AIR POLLUTION;
MONITORING; CARBON 14; GAS CHROMATCSSAFHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00045
PROJECT SPONSOR: EFA
' ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
CITY/ST: NC
MANAGER: j. H. WASSER TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: MASS. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ADDRESS; 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE
CITY/ST: CAMBRIDGE MA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. B. HOWARD TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803242 FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
COMBUSTION RESEARCH ON COAL NITROGEN AND PARTICULATE MATTER
DOE: 071345
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS WORK HAS TWO OBJECTIVES: m CHARACTER-
IZATION OF POM FROM DIFFUSION AND PREMIXED FLAMES. (2) DETERMINATION
OF KINETICS OF DEVOLATILIZATION OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS DURING THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS OF COAL.
APPROACH: TASK i: THE RESEARCH is CONCERNED WITH THE QUALITATIVE
AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF PARTICULATE ORGANIC
MATTER IN LABORATORY FLAMES. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO DETERMINE
WITHIN THE FLAME AND IN THE EXHAUST GASES (1) THE SIZE
DISTRIBUTION AND CONCENTRATIONS OF SCOT PARTICLES, (2) THE IDENTITIES
AND CONCENTRATIONS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, (3) THE RELATIONSHIP BETKEEN
SOOT AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS GENERATED IN THE FLAME. EXPERIMENTAL
METHODOLOGY USED INCLUDES PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE
DISTRIBUTION BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AND ANALYSIS OF FOLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBON BY GAS CHROMATCSRAPHIC MASS SPECTROMETRY AND
HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY. THE MAJOR EMPHASIS INVOLVES THE
APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR BEAM SAMPLER AND ON-LINE MASS SFECTROMETRY
FOR COMPLETE GAS PHASE ANALYSIS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS
OBTAINED BY SAMPLING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLAMES
AND LAMINAR PREMIXED FLAMES BY WATER-INJECTED SAMPLING PROBES. TASK
II: THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES ARE TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO THE EMISSION OF NOX FROM COAL-FIRED
COMPLICATES DEVELOPMENT OF LQ'A NOX BURNERS BECAUSE THE NITROGEN IN
CHAR MAY PERSIST INTO THE SECOND STAGE OF A STAGED CCKBUSTOR.
RESULTS: DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS LABORATORY FURNACES HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED FOR THE PYROLYSIS AND OXIDATION OF PULVERIZED COAL UNDER
CONDITIONS SIMULATING UTILITY BOILERS. RESULTS ON NITROGEN RETENTION
IN CHAR HAVE BEEN DETERMINED FOR TWO COALS AS A FUNCTION OF
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TEMPERATURE AND TIME. ALSO, THE CONVERSION OF THE FUEL NITROGEN TO
NOX HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS A FUNCTION OF FUEL/AIR RATIO FOR ONE
FURNANCE TEMPERATURE. FIVE ADDITIONAL COALS WILL BE STUDIED OVER A
WIDER RANGE OF TEMPERATURES AND DATA KILL BE OBTAINED OS THE GAS
PHASE CONSTITUENTS OF PYROLYSIS. THE COALS CHARS WILL BE
CHARACTERIZED TO DEVELOP MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA
TO OTHER CONDITIONS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
I. 8/75, COMPLETE EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS AND INITIAL TEST
2. 8/76, COMPLETE STUDY OF SCOT AND PCAH FORMATION IN TURBULENT
DIFFUSION FLAMES
3. 8/76, COMPLETE EVALUATION OF COMPOUND N BEHAVIOR FOR TWO
COMMON COALS
4. 10/77, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: NITROGEN OXIDES; SOOT; COAL; PYROLYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION
KINETICS; COMBUSTION KINETICS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; FLAMES; AEROSOLS;
EXHAUST GASES; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; FOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oiuo
PROJECT SPONSOR:
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INST.
PALO ALTO
CA
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS; 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-41967A
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
4.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS.
DOE: 130075
PROGRAMS ARE REPORTED THAT ARE DESIGNED TO CHARACTERIZE AND EVALUATE
FOSSIL-FUEL PLANT EFFLUENTS AND DEVELOP VARIOUS MECHANISMS TO TREAT
THE EFFLUENTS TO MEET PROMULGATED OR PROPOSED LIMITATION'S EMPHASIZING
EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE
PROJECT IS TO CHARACTERIZE EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS BY PERFORMING MANY DAYS OF SAMPLING. SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED
BOTH QUALITATIVELY AND QUANTITATIVELY. POWER PLANTS WITH DIFFERENT
COAL SOURCES WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIQUID WASTES; WASTE PROCESSING;
MONITORING; SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL.
WADE H. FONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 01149
PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. R. CROOKS
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-41967A
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: o.o FY i9?a
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM CAOL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS FOR EPA--
ASSESSMENT OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT BOILERS TASK.
DOE: 130040
THE AIR RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS A TRACE ELEMENTS AND HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS
TECHNOLOGY AND PASTICULATE TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM WHICH HAS AS ITS
OBJECTIVES THE TASK TO IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTER-
ISTICS CF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS LEAVING THE STACK OF A COAL-PIPED
UTILITY BOILER, TO RELATE THE FORMATION OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS TO
BOILER OPERATIONS, AND TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF A HIGHLY EFFICIENT
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND/OR A LIMESTONE SCRUBBER ON THE CONTROL
OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS. THE SCOPE OF THE TASKS INCLUDES SAMPLING THE
EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT BOILERS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIP-
ITATORS OR LIMESTONE SCRUBBER AND CORRELATING THE FLY ASH PARTICLE
SIZE, PARTICLE GEOMETRY AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PARTICUUTES
AND VAPOR PHASE TRACE ELEMENTS TO BOILER OPERATION. A SAMPLING
PROGRAM HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AT COLBERT AND KINGSTON. FINAL TESTING AT
WIDOWS CREEK WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1978.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; COAL; COMBUSTION
PRODUCTS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOSS; SCRUBBERS; SAMPLING; FLY ASH;
PARTICLE SIZE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TRACE AMOUNTS; QUANTITATIVE
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BOILERS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01079
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: TUCSON AZ
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. 0. L. WENDT TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
POLLUTANT CONTROL THROUGH STAGED COMBUSTION OF PULVERIZED COAL.
DOE: 095161
THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PULVERIZED COAL
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY WITH A VIEW TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF POLLUT-
ANTS EMITTED. EMPHASIS IS ON NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS, A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF WHICH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO OXIDATION OF CHEMICALLY BOUND
NITROGEN IN THE FUEL. STAGED COMBUSTION, IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE
COMBUSTION AIR IS REMOVED FROM THE KORMAL BURNER AIR AND ADDED AT
SOME DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM, APPEARS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE COMBUSTION
MODIFICATION, YET THE MAXIMUM EXTENT THAT FUEL NOX CAN BE CONTROLLED
BY THIS METHOD IS UNKNOWN. THE TWO SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ADDRESSED IN
THIS CONTRACT ARE: (1) TO-DETERMINE QUANTITATIVELY THOSE FACTORS THAT
INFLUENCE NOX EMISSIONS FROM PULVERIZED COAL COMBUSTION; AND (2) TO
DEFINE THE OPTIMUM STAGED COMBUSTION CONFIGURATION FOR LOW NOX
EMISSIONS. SUCCESS IN THIS RESEARCH WILL, THEREFORE, PROVIDE TECHNI-
CAL GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW INCREASED UTILIZATION Or COAL THROUGH
COMBUSTION WITHOUT EXCESSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
KEYWORDS: COAL FINES; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCT?; NITROGEN
OXIDES; COMEUSTORS; DESIGN; CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD; AIR POLLUTION
ABATEMENT.
KADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01043
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER;
CONTRACTOR; LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LAB
ADDRESS; CMBS, MS 734
CITY/ST-- LOS ALAMOS NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. WEKERKA
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE: . TYPE:
TELEPHONE--
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1978
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL OF RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS FROM COAL MINING PRO-
CESSING AND COMBUSTION.
DOE: 091336
THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK IS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND
HEALTH HAZARDS THAT MAY RESULT FROM LOW-LEVEL RELEASES OF RADIOACTIVE
SUBSTANCES DURING THE MINING, PROCESSING, AND COMBUSTION OF COAL AND
TO DEFINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES WHERE APPROPRIATE. •
THERE ARE THREE BASIC PARTS TO THE RESEARCH REQUIRED IN OHDER TO
ACHIEVE THE STATED TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES: (1) RESOLUTION Or THE
DISTRIBUTIONS) OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COAL
UTILIZATION CYCLE, (E) ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF
RADIONUCLIDE RELEASES ASSOCIATED WITH COAL USE, AND (3) IDENTIFICA-
TION OF CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES TO COUNTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AREAS
THAT ARE UNCOVERED, IF ANY.
KEYWORDS: COAL MINING; COAL; PROCESSING; COMBUSTION; ASHES; WASTE
DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; COAL LIQUEFACTION;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; STORAGE; GROUND WATER; SURFACE
WATERS; EVALUATION; COAL GASIFICATION.
UADE H. PONDER -
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01017
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR; MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECH.
ADDRESS: ROOM Eis-666
CITY/ST: CAMBRIDGE MA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. G. THILLY
CONTRACT NUMBER: EE-77-S-Oe-4267
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
9.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
HEALTH EFFECTS OF COMBUSTION-GENERATED SOOTS AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HY-
DROCARBONS.
DOE: 087765
THIS PROJECT HAS THE GOAL OF CHEMICALLY IDENTIFYING AND GENETICALLY
CHARACTERIZING EACH OF THE ORGANIC COMBUSTION PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON COAL AND COAL-
DERIVED FUELS. IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, SOME EIGHTY SEPARATE FOLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED IN KEROSENE SOOT (ABO'JT
EIGHTY PERCENT Or THE POLYCYCLIC FRACTION) WERE CHARACTERIZED FOR
THEIR ABILITY TO INDUCE FORWARD MUTATION TO DRUG RESISTANCE IN A
BACTERIAL ASSAY. THE MUTAGENICITY OF THE MIXED POLYCYCLIC FRACTION
COULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN TERMS OF STRICTLY ADDITIVE MUTAGENICITIES
OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHEMICAL COMPONENTS. THIS DEMONSTRATION PROMISES TO
SIMPLIFY THE TASK OF EVALUATING THESE COMPLEX MIXTURES AND TO PERMIT
COMPARISON OF NOVEL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION OF EFFLUENTS. THE PROJECT CONTINUES WITH THE MORE TECH-
NICALLY DEMANDING TASK OF EVALUATING OUR BACTERIAL MUTATION FINDINGS
IN OUR HUMAN CELL MUTATION ASSAY. OUR GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE THE FIRST
HUMAN CELL DATA BASE IN THE AREA OF FOSSIL-FUEL-RELAtED COMBUSTION
PRODUCTS AND TO DEVELOP AN EVEN MORE RAPID AND RELIABLE MEANS TO USE
DIPLOID HUMAN CELLS IN THE DETERMINATION OF GENETIC RISK TO HUMANS.
KEYWORDS: COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; SOOT; MUTAGEN SCREENING; POLYCYCLIC
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HEALTH HAZARDSJ-TOXICITY; CARBON COMPOUNDS;
COAL; CARCINOGENS; MUTAGENESIS; COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;
HUMAN POPULATIONS; LYMPHOCYTES; COMBUSTORS; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; AIR
POLLUTION; CELL CULTURES; GENETIC EFFECTS; FOSSIL FUELS; CHEMICAL
ANALYSIS.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00949
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 5507
CITY/ST: LIVERMORE CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. M. ONDOV
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-48
PROJECT TITLE--
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1973
TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
EMISSIONS FROM ADVANCED COMBUSTION AND ALTERNATIVE POLLUTION CONTROL
SYSTEMS.
DOE: 083019
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO DETERMINE THE PHYSICAL AND
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF EMISSIONS FROM
ADVANCED AND CONVENTIONAL COAL COMBUSTION SYSTEMS USED FOR ELECTRIC
POWER GENERATION. POLLUTANTS STUDIED INCLUDE MINOR AND TRACE
ELEMENTS, SULFUR SPECIES, RADIONUCLIDES AND TRACE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND INHALATION—LUNG DEPOSITION MODELS ARE
APPLIED TO THE EMPIRICAL DATA TO COMPARE DOSE IMPACTS OF COriEUSTION—
CONTROL SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES. THE APPROACH IS TO CARRY OUT IN SITU
PARTICLE—SIZING AND COLLECTION USING IN-STACK ANO AIRBORNE DOWNWIND
CASCADE IMPACTORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH INSTRUMENTAL AEROSOL MEASURE-
MENT SYSTEMS. GASES ARE COLLECTED USING IN-STACK AND AIRBORNE TRAPS.
THE PARTICLES AND GASES ARE ANALYZED FOR BULK TRACE ELEMENT USING
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS, AND ATOMIC
ABSORPTION. PARTICLE SIZES ARE DETERMINED BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.
CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF SULFUR IS DONE BY ESCA AST) CHEMICAL TECH-
NIQUES. ORGANIC ANALYSES ARE DONE BY GAS CHROMATOSRAPHY AND MASS
SPECTROMETRY TECHNIQUES.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANSPORT; AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; GASEOUS HASTES; TRACE AMOUNTS;
ELEMENTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SULFUR; AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;
RADIOISOTOPES.
WADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00872
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER: • TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC PRIORITY POLLUTANTS FROM COAL PILE DRAINAGE.
DOE: 130134
THE WATER RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM WHICH
HAS, AMONG OTHERS, AN OBJECTIVE TO EVALUATE THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
OF VARIOUS EFFLUENT DISCHARGES FROM A FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANT. THE
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO OBTAIN DATA ON THE ORGANIC
COMPOSITION OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE O'JS KNOWLEDGE
OF THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF THESE CONSTITUENTS. THE
SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES COLLECTING RUNOFF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL
TVA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AND HAVING THE SAMPLES ANALYZED BY
SPECIFIED PROCEDURES. THE SPECIFIC COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST WILL BE
DELINEATED BY CONTACTING THE EEI-UTILITY WATER ACT GROUP, PRIORITY
POLLUTANTS TASK FORCE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE INDUSTRY STANDS IN THEIR
NEGOTIATIONS AND COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH EPA. AFTER THE COMPOUNDS OF
INTEREST HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED RUNOFF SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED FOR
ANALYSIS. A REVIEW HAS INDICATED THAT EPA IS EXAMINING THIS EFFLUENT
STREAM WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SETTING STANDARDS ON PARTICULAR CHEMICAL
COMPOUNDS IN THIS RUNOFF.
KEYWORDS-. COAL; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMFOUOTS; WATER POLLUTION;
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SAMPLING; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; POLLUTION
REGULATIONS.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00686
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: JULIAN A. JONES ' TELEPHONE: F629-2915
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 1320 COMMERCE UNION
CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. S. RAY TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU FUNDING: o.o FY FY/7
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
FLY ASH CHARACTERIZATION AND DISPOSAL
DOE: 130035
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO CHARACTER-
IZE ASHES AND THEIR WASTE EFFLUENTS, EXAMINE FLY ASH HANDLING SYSTEMS
AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ASH HANDLING, AND DETERMINE PROMISING
COST-EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS TO REDUCE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS.
APPROACH: THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES SUMMARIZING AVAILABLE
INFORMATION ON COAL AND ASHES, WET AND DRY HANDLING SYSTEMS,
DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR
WATER REUSE; CHARACTERIZING COAL, ASHES, AND EFFLUENTS FROM TWO OR
MOSE TVA PLANTS; EVALUATIONS OF WET AND DRY HANDLING SYSTEMS; AND
DETERMINATION OF PROMISING HANDLING SYSTEMS.
RESULTS: PROVIDE INFORMATION ON COAL, ASHES, AND ASH EFFLUENTS FROM
COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS HAVING DIFFERENT COAL SOURCES AND BOILER
TYPES. PROVIDE EVALUATIONS OF HANDLING SYSTEMS AND STATE-Or-THE ART
METHODS OF DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 6/76, SUGARY OF DATA ON COAL AND ASH
2. 2/79, CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL, ASH, AND ASH EFFLUENTS
3. 12/77, STUDY ON DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH
4. 13/76, SUMMARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR WATER REUSE
5. 6/79, EVALUATION OF DRY AND WET FLYASH HANDLING SYSTEMS
6. 12/79, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: FLY ASH; WASTE DISPOSAL; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; USES;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS;
RESOURCE CONSERVATION; MATERIALS RECOVERY; WATER; TRACE AMOUNTS;
PUBLIC UTILITIES
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00683
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: ROBERT w. WOOD TELEPHONE: F233-5355
CONTRACTOR; AMES LABORATORY
ADDRESS; IOWA STATE UNIV.
CITY/ST: AMES IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. R. SHANKS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-T^OS-ENG-SZ FUNDING: 6.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE-- TYPE: EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SOLID WASTE AS A SUPPLEMENTAL FUEL
DOE: 087549
APPROACH: THE APPROACH IN THIS STUDY is TO MAKE USE OF STANDARD
SAMPLING PROCEDURES (EPA RECOMMENDED METHODS) WHERE FEASIBLE AND TO
DEVELOP NEW OR MODIFIED SAMPLING METHODS WHERE NEEDED TO MEASURE ALL
EMISSIONS FROM THE BOILER UNITS.
RESULTS-- IT is EXPECTED THAT IF THE STUDY SHOWS INSIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN POWER PLANT EMISSIONS WHEN WASTES ARE ADDED TO THE COAL
THAT THE TECHNIQUE CAN BE RECOMMENDED AS A DESIRABLE METHOD FOR
RESOURCE RECOVERY AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES. A SECOND RESULT
EXPECTED IS A MORE COMPLETE EVALUATION Or COAL-FIRED PLANTS WITH
PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE EMISSIONS OF HEAVY ORGANICS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 1/1/77, COMPLETE SAMPLING OF FIRST TRAVELING GRATE UNIT FOR
ALL GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
2. 2/1/77, RESULTS FOR COMPOSITION OF FUELS, ASH AND ALL
EMISSIONS EXCEPT HEAVY ORGANICS AVAILABLE', START SAMPLING
TANGENTIALLY FIRED BOILER UNIT
3. 1/1/78, COMPLETE SAMPLING OF TANGENTIALLY FIR:ED BOILER UNIT
FOR GASEOUS AKD PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RESULTS ON HEAVY
OSGANICS FROM TRAVELING GRATE UNIT AVAILABLE
4. 2/1/78, RESULTS OF MEASUREMENTS ON TANGENTIALLY FIRED BOILER
AVAILABLE EXCEPT FOR HEAVY ORGANICS; PRELIMINARY EVALUATION
OF RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TYPES OF BOILERS FOR
BURNING SOLID WASTES WITH COAL; MEASUREMENTS STARTED ON LARGE
TRAVELING GRATE UNIT WITH EMPHASIS ON EMISSION OF CARCINOGENS
AND OTHER HEAVY ORGANICS
5. 1/1/79, ALL CURRENTLY PLANNED MEASUREMENTS ON THE THREE
UNITS WILL BE COMPLETED AND A COMPARISON OF DATA FROM THE
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00683 - CONTINUED
TWO TRAVELING GRATE UNITS, THE TANSENTIALLY FIRED UNIT AND
THE ST. LOUIS FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE; A DECISION WILL BE
MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL DATA CN
CARCINOGENS'AND HEAVY ORGANICS FROM THE POWER PLANT AND IN
THE SURROUNDING AMBIENT AIR
6. 10/1/79, PROJECT COMPLETED AND PUBLICATION OF ALL RESULTS
UNLESS THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CARCINOGEN AND HEAVY
03GANICS MONITORING
KEYWORDS: CARCINOGENS; COAL; BOILER FUEL; SOLID WASTES; INCINERATORS;
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFUR CONFOUNDS; ORGANIC
ccMrO'jiras; POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH;
CKEJIICAL COMPOSITION; GASEOUS WASTES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MONITORING;
CARCINOGENS; HYDROCARBONS; DATA ACQUISITION
HADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oooio
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
CITY/ST: NC
MANAGER: J. H. TURNER
CONTRACTOR: NONE
ADDRESS: 2141 PATTERSON AVE
CITY/ST: ROANOKE VA
PRINCIPAL IN\'ES: J. MCKENNA
CONTRACT NUM3ER: 68 02 2143
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE:
TELEPHONE: 629-2925
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING;
0.0 FY 1977
EMISSIONS/EFFLUENTS MONITORING
DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY, HIGH THROUGHPUT BAGHOUSE
DOE:0713S2
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: EXAMINE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SMALL
FULL SCALE, REVERSE AIR BAGKOUSE OPERATED AT FILTRATION VELOCITIES UP
TO 9FPM ON A STOKER FIRED INDUSTRIAL BOILER.
APPROACH: u) OPERATE BAGKOUSE FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS
USING NOMEX, GORE-TEX, TEFLON, Am DRALON T FABRICS. (B) DETERMINE
FABRIC PERFORMANCE AKD LIFE (C) DETERMINE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COST
(0) RECORD ALL PERTINENT BOILER AKD FILTER SYSTEM OPERATING
PARAMETERS (E) CHARACTERIZE FIVE GAS STREAMS AND FLY ASH
RESULTS: SYSTEM SCHEDULED TO START 12/76. OPTIONS INCLUDE
TESTING ADDITIONAL FABRICS AND TESTING S02 REMOVAL CAPABILITIES.
PROJECT MILESTONES: i. 3/76, CONTRACT AWARDED 2. 12/76, BAGHOUSE ON
LINE 3. 12/77, REPORT ON FIRST YEAR'S OPERATION 4. 12/77, REPORT ON
SECOND YEAR'S OPERATION
KEYWORDS-- BOILERS; FLUE GAS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR'FILTERS;
PERFORMANCE TESTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; FILTRATION; REMOVAL
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00074
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK
CITY/ST:
MANAGER: JULIAN w. JONES
NC
TELEPHONE: F629-2489
CONTRACTOR: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: 205 SAMFORD HALL
CITY/ST: AUBURN AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: A. R. TARRIER5 B. H. SHAH
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-80«31
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
DEWATERING PRINCIPLES AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN STUDIES
DOE: 071372
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEVELOP MORE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE METHODS THAN
THOSE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUOUS TREATMENT OF FLUE GAS
CLEANING (FGC) WASTES. INITIAL EFFORTS ARE TO BE CONCENTRATED ON
APPLYING GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION TO RAPIDLY, INEXPENSIVELY DEWATER FGC
WASTES.
APPROACH: DEVELOP METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
AND BEHAVIOR OF FGC WASTES. DEVELOP PROCEDURES BASED ON THE MODELS
PRESENTED HEREIN TO ALLOW ACCURATE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY
SEDIMENTATION UNITS USED IN TREATING FGC WASTES. PERFORM BENCH SCALE
AND PILOT TESTS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING GRAVITY SEDIMEN-
TATION UNITS FOR TREATING FGC WASTES. PERFORM DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES
TO DETERMINE THE BEST DESIGN FOR CHANNEL PROMOTERS. BENCH SCALE AND
CONTINUOUS PILOT TESTS ARE TO BE PERFORMED TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBIL-
ITY OF SUCH DEVICES FOR IMPROVING DEWATERING EFFICIENCY-WHILE TREAT-
ING FGC WASTES. ASSESS FILTERAEILITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FGC
SLUDGES DEWATERED TO DIFFERENT DEGREES AND PUMPING REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE DIFFERENT SLUDGES. '
RESULTS: A GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION SYSTEM CAN NOW BE PROPOSED KHICH
SHOULD ALLOW RAPID DEWATERING OF FGC WASTE TO HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
(35 TO 50 PERCENT SOLIDS) WITHOUT THE NEED FOR CHEMICAL ADDITIVES
(FLOCCULANTS). THIS SYSTEM SEPARATES THE CLARIFICATION AND THICKENING
FUNCTIONS INTO TWO UNITS KHICH ARE MUCH SMALLER AND LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN CONVENTIONAL DEWATERING EQUIPMENT. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
CONCEPT IS UNDERWAY.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 8/78, ISSUE FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: FLUE GAS; PURIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WASTE
WADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00074 - CONTINUED
PROCESSING; SLUDGES; SEDIMENTATION; WATER REMOVAL; HASTE DISPOSAL;
FLOCCULATION; SEPARATION PROCESSES; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT;
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL! DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00073
PROJECT SPONSOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
EPA
RESEARCH TRIANSLE PK
JULIAN w. JONES
NC
TELEPHONE: F629-2489
CONTRACTOR-- NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: 3511 UNIVERSITY STA.
CITY/ST: GRAND FORKS ND
PRINCIPAL INVES: O.E. MANZ; GROENEWOLD; YOUNG
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-805459
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
o.o FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
DISPOSAL OF HIGH ALKALINE FLY ASH SLUDGE IN A DECOALED MINE SEAM
DOE: 071373
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DETERMINE THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SLUDGE
DISPOSAL FROM A LIGNITE FLY ASH S02 SCRUBBER (AT THE HILTON R. YOUNG
POWER STATION, CENTER, NORTH DAKOTA) IN A DECOALED OPEN PIT MINE.
MONITOR THE GROUNDWATER AND LEACHATE IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE BURIED
SLUDGE, AS WELL AS AN EXPOSED SURFACE SLUDGE POND.
INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTIES OF SLUDGE, ASH AND SOIL. ASSESS THE
STABILITY OF MINE SPOIL DEPOSITED OVER THE SLUDSE.
APPROACH: m STUDY AVAILABLE MINE, SLUDGE, AND SLUDGE DISPOSAL
CHARACTERIZATION FROM A 3-YEAR MINING PLAN AND LABORATORY ANALYSES
OF PILOT PLANT SLUDGE. (2) CONDUCT ADDITIONAL SLUDGE AND MINE CHARAC-
TERIZATION. (3) CONDUCT EXTENSIVE SAMPLING AND TESTING PRIOR TO AND
SUBSEQUENT TO: (A) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXPOSED SURFACE SLUDGE FOND,
AND (B) INSTALLATION OF SEVERAL GROUNDWATER AND LEACHATE WELLS IN
PROXIMITY OF BURIED SLUDGE IN THE DECOALED MINE SEAM 'AND' SLUDGE POND,
ANALYSES OF GROUNDWATER, LEACHATE, SUrERNANT, SLUDGE AND SOIL FOR
15 MONTH PERIOD. (4) OBTAIN AND COMPILE COST INFORMATION FROM THE
POWER PLANT FOR INCLUSION IN AN ECONOMIC STUDY BY ARTHUR D. LITTLE,
INC. OF DISPOSAL OF SLUDGE IN DECOALED MINE SEAM. (5) ASSESS THE
DATA AND PREPARE THE FINAL REPORT, TO BE INCORPORATED IN AN ARTHUR D.
LITTLE REPORT FOR CONTRACT 68-03-233*.
RESULTS: PROJECT JUST INITIATED.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/78, ISSUE INTERIM REPORT
2. 9/79, ISSUE FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: .FLY ASH; SLUDGES; WASTE DISPOSAL; COAL MINES; PH VALUE;
SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; LAND USE; ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL LIQUEFACTION; COAL GASIFICATION; SOIL
KAOE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00073 - CONTINUED
CHEMISTRY; LIGNITE; SCRUBBING; FLUE GAS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
KADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00060
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS
DC
TELEPHONE: F629-2915
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
1320 COM U BK BLDG
CHATTANOOGA TO
6. A. HOLLINDEN
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
LIME/LIMESTONE AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS; TVA'S 1-MW PILOT PLANT (COLBERT)
DOE: 130017
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT is TO DEVELOP
RELIABLE CLOSED LOOP MIST ELIMINATOR SYSTEMS FOR LIME/LIMESTONE
SYSTEMS NOW IN OPERATION OR PLANNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE; ALSO, TO THE
EXTENT POSSIBLE, DEVELOP LESS COSTLY ADVANCED HIGH VELOCITY
SCRUBBERS.
APPROACH: DETERMINE THE FACTOP.S ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE MECHANICAL
AND PROCESS RELIABILITY OF MIST ELIMINATORS IN LIME/LIMESTONE WET
SCRUBBING SYSTEMS.
RESULTS: PREVIOUS PROJECTS WERE INITIATED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL DESIGN
INPUT FOR THE FULL-SCALE SCRUBBER INSTALLATION AT WIDOWS CREEK.
RECENT TESTS ON NEW MIST ELIMINATOR OPERATING MODES HAVE BEEN
PROMISING. THIS STUDY WILL EXPAND IN MORE DETAIL THE VIABILITY OF
THESE RECENT TESTS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. FINAL REPORT ON VERTICAL MIST ELIMINATOR STUDY.
2. FINAL REPORT ON HIGH VELOCITY SCRUBBER AND MIST ELIMINATOR
COMBINATION STUDY ' f
KEYWORDS; MIST ELIMINATOR; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC
POWER; POWER GENERATION; SCRUBBERS; RELIABILITY; LIMESTONE; SORPTIVE
PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; DESIGN; POLLUTION
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00059
PROJECT SPONSOR: ELECTRIC POKER RESEARCH INST
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: PALO ALTO CA
MANAGER: KURT YEAGER
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 1320 COM u BR BLDG
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: 6. A. HOLLINDEN
TELEPHONE: c4i5-493-48oo
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-42660A
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY
DOE: 130018
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE
MAKING HEAT BALANCES FOR SEVERAL REHEAT SCHEMES AUD EVALUATING
MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION ALONG WITH SYSTEM OPERABILITY; TO EVALUATE
A HORIZONTAL SCRUBBER SYSTEM AT THE 1-MW LEVEL; TO EVALUATE THE
EROSION AND CORROSION OF VARIOUS MATERIALS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SCRUBBER SYSTEMS; TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF VARIABILITY OF THE
SOLIDS IN SLUDGES PRODUCED FROM SCRUBBERS OPERATED BY VARIOUS
UTILITIES AND TO CORRELATE THE VARIABILITY WITH PLANT OPERATING
CONDITIONS.
APPROACH: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF EACH REHEAT SYSTEM,
HORIZONTAL SCRUBBER, EROSION/CORROSION TEST LOOP. CONTACTING FULL-
SCALE LIME AND LIMESTONE SCRUBBER INSTALLATIONS REQUESTING SLUDGES
FOR CHEMICAL ANO INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS.
RESULTS: THIS PROJECT is DIRECTED TO EXPANDING AN EXISTING DEVELOP-
MENT AND PROCESS EVALUATING PROGRAM AT THE TVA COLBERT LIME/LIMESTONE
SCRUBBING PILOT PUNT TO INCLUDE FOUR ADDITIONAL HIGH PRIORITY TASKS
REQUIRED IN ACHIEVING A COMMERCIAL DESIGN BASE FOR LIME/LIMESTONE
SCRUBBING ON HIGH-SULFUR COAL.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. FINAL REPORT ON EACH TASK
KEYWORDS: REHEAT; SCRUBBING; CORROSION; SLURRIES; SCRUBBERS; DESIGN;
CONSTRUCTION; OPERATION; LIMESTONE; PILOT PLANTS; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; FLUE GAS; EROSION
WADE H. PONDER
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PSOFILE NUMBER: 00057
PROJECT SPONSOR:
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TVA
1330 COMM U BK BLDG
CHATTANOOGA
B. 6. MCKINNEY
TN
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
1320 COUM UNION BANK
CHATTANOOGA TN
B. G. MCKINNEY
TELEPHONE: F854-33S1
TELEPHONE: F854-3381
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
WIDOWS CREEK UNIT 8, LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBER
DOE: 130037
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: INSTALL A FULL-SCALE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION
LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBER ON THE 550-MW WIDOWS CREEK STEAM PLANT
UNIT 8.
APPROACH: m DESIGN SYSTEMS, THEN m CONSTRUCT FACILITIES.
RESULTS: REMOVAL OF BOTH FLY ASH AND soz FROM THE STACK GAS.
PROJECT MILESTONES--
1. COMPLETION OF DESIGN
2. COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION
3. START-UP AKD COMMERCIALIZATION OF FACILITIES
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; FLY ASH; WIDOWS CREEK STEAM PLANT; SULFUR
COMPOUNDS; SCRUBBERS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
MENT;- DESULFURIZATION; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; FLUE GAS
VJADc H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00056
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON oc
MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS TELEPHONE: F629-a9is
CONTRACTOR: TVA DESIGN BRANCH
ADDRESS; OFC AGR AND CHEM DEV
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. J. SCHULTZ TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU FUNDING: o.o FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
DEVELOPMENT OF FLUE GAS DESULFU3IZATION TECHNOLOGY, SHAWNEE LIME/LIME-
STONE SCRUBBING PROGRAM
DOE: 130046
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE TEST FACILITY
STUDIES ARE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND OPTIMIZE LIME AND LIMESTONE
WET SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY AS IT PERTAINS TO TREATING POWER PLANT
BOILER FLUE GAS. THE STUDIES ARE BEING PERFORMED IN INTERMEDIATE
SIZE EQUIPMENT (GAS FLOW IS EQUIVALENT TO A POWER GENERATING CAPACITY
OF ABOUT 10 MEGAWATTS) SO THAT DATA WILL MORE READILY TRANSFER TO
COMMERCIAL SIZE UNITS.
APPROACH: TWO WET SCRUBBING SYSTEMS (EACH EQUIVALENT TO 10 MEGAWATTS)
ARE OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY TO TREAT A SIDE STREAM OF FLUE GAS FROM A
COMMERCIAL SIZE POWER PLANT BOILER. LIME AND LIMESTONE ARE USED AS
THE PRIMARY ABSORBENTS. ADDITIVES SUCH AS MAGNESIUM OXIDE CAN BE
USED TO ALTER THE PROCESS CHEMISTRY. THE STUDIES ARE DESIGNED TO
EVALUATE PROCESS VARIABLES, AND PLANT OPERATING AND DESIGN CONCEPTS
THAT CAN BE USED TO GUIDE THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL
SIZE SYSTEMS.
RESULTS; CHEMICAL PROCESS, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATING PARAMETERS THAT
ARE USEFUL TO THE INDUSTRY IH SELECTING, DESIGNING AND OPERATING FLUE
GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. STUDY OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CALCIUM-BASED WET SCRUBBING OF
BOILER FLUE GAS
2. IDENTIFY PRIMARY CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL LIMITATIONS OF THE
FLUE GAS SCRUBBING PROCESS
3. OPTIMIZE CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, AND OPERATING THE COMPONENTS
OF THE SCRUBBING PROCESS
4. DEVELOP AND/OR EVALUATE TECHNIQUES FOR ULTIMATE UTILIZATION
MADE H. PONDER
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OF WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE SCRUBBING PROCESS TO REDUCE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ANT) ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE COMMERCIAL APPLI-
CATION OF SCRUBBING TECHNOLOGY
KEYWORDS: FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COAL; AIR
POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SCRUBBING; LIMESTONE;
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS
RECOVERY; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SCRUBBERS; COMPUTER COOES
HADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00053
EPA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
PROJECT SPONSOR:
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: KC
MANAGER: RON A. VENEZIA, JULIAN JONES
TELEPHONE: 919 541 2547
CONTRACTOR; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: TVA 1320 COM BANK
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TO
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA II, B. G. HCKINNEY
CONTRACT NUMBER'- EAP I. D. 79BB
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
CHARACTERIZATION OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL FIRED UTILITY BOILERS
DOE: 130040
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE is TO m CHARACTERIZE COAL PILE
DRAINAGE, (2) ASSESS THE PH ADJUSTMENT ON ASH POND EFFLUENT,
(3) ASSESS AND THEN DESIGN AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM FOR MONITORING ASH
POND EFFLUENT, U) EVALUATE CHLORINATED WATER EFFLUENT QUALITY IN
THE DISCHARGE CANAL, (5) ASSESS, CHARACTERIZE, AND QUANTIFY COAL ASH
LEACHATE EFFECTS ON GROUND WATER, AUD (6) STUDY GASEOUS EMISSIONS
FROM MANY TYPES OF BOILERS.
APPROACH: THE PROJECT WILL COVER CD CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTI-
FICATION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE,
(2) ASSESSMENT AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
NATURE OF ASH POND EFFLUENT AFTER FH OF THE ASH PONO HAS BEEN
ADJUSTED TO MEET EXISTING STANDARDS, (3) EVALUATION OF AN ASH
MONITORING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE THE SAMPLING NECESSARY TO OBTAIN
RELIABLE, REPRESENTATIVE INFC3MATION, (4) ASSESSMENT AND CHARACTER-
IZATION OF COAL ASH LEACHATE ON GROUND WATER QUALITY, (5) EVALUATION
AND QUANTIFICATION OF CHLORINATED EFFLUENT IN THE DISCHARGE CAS'AL,
AND (6) CHARACTERIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GASEOUS EFFLUENTS
FROM TANGENTIAL AND WALL-FIRED UNITS.
RESULTS: FINAL RESULTS WILL HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION TO DESIGN TREAT-
MENT SYSTEMS FOR EFFLUENT WATERS. ALSO, ONE TASK WILL ADDRESS THE
EFFICACY OF PRESENTLY SPECIFIED MONITORING PROGRAMS. ANOTHER TASK
WILL PRODUCE INFORMATION TO DEFINE METHODS TO REDUCE CHLORINE USAGE.
ANOTHER WILL ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS FROM THE
ASH POND ON GROUND WATER QUALITY. FINNALLY, ONE TASK WILL PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO CHARACTERIZE GASEOUS, VAPOR AND FINE PARTICULATE
EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOILERS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
WADE H. PONDER
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. 1. 12/78, CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL PILE DRAINAGE
2. 12/78, ASSESSMENT OF PH ADJUSTMENT ON ASH POtJD EFFLUENT
3. 8/77, COMPLETE STUDY ON THE DESIGN OF AN EFFECTIVE MONITORING
PROGRAM FOR ASH FOND EFFLUENT
4. 6/78, EVALUATION OF CHLORIK'ATION OF ONCE-THROUGH CONDENSER
SYSTEMS
5. 6/78, COAL ASH LEACHATE EFFECT ON GROUND WATER QUALITY
6. 12/79, ASSESSMENT OF GASEOUS EMISSIONS FROM DIFFERENT
BOILERS
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; BOILERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; PH VALUE; FLY ASH; MONITORING;
DESIGN; CHLORINE; ONCE-THROUGH COOLING SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS;
COAL; STORAGE; GROUND WATER; GASEOUS WASTES; WASTES DISPOSAL; ACID
MINE DRAINAGE; SPOIL BANKS; SOILS
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE
: 00037
PROJECT SPONSOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
EPA
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
ROBERT H. BORGKARDT
CONTRACTOR: VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHARLOTTESVILLE
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. HUNT
CONTRACT NUfGER: R-805227-010
PROJECT TITLE:
NC
VA
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1977
TYPE:
CONTROLS
,. SULFUR DIOXIDE OXIDATION IN SCRUBBER SYSTEMS
DOE: 071371
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF CONTROLLABLE SYSTEM
PARAMETERS IN LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO SUGGEST
METHODS OF LIMITING OXIDATION TO PERMIT UNSATURATED OPERATION. SYSTEM
PARAMETERS INCLUDE THE CONCENTRATION ANT) TYPE OF INHIBITORS AND
CATALYSTS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL FACTORS WHICH CONTROL MASS TRANSFER. TO
INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MAXIMIZING THE EFFICIENCY OF OXIDATION
IN A HOLD TANK WHEN OXIDATION IS FORCED BY AERATION. FACTORS
IMPORTANT HERE ARE MASS TRANSFER (PARTICULARLY AS INFLUENCED BY AIR
BUBBLE SIZE AND CONTACT TIME) AND THE KINETICS OF THE OXIDATION
REACTION.
APPROACH: CHEMICAL KINETICS AND MASS TRANSFER WILL BE STUDIED IN BOTH
CLEAR SOLUTIONS AND SLURRIES USING STIRRED REACTORS AND FLOW REACTORS
IN BENCH SCALE EQUIPMENT. THE RESULTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO A
MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO PRODUCE METHODS OF MINIMIZING OR MAXIMIZING
OXIDATION IN SCRUBBERS.
RESULTS; CONSTRUCT REACTOR AND ASSEMBLE APPARATUS. STUDY OXIDATION OF
BISULFITE AT PH 4-6 IN FLOW REACTOR AND BATCH REACTOR WITH SINGLE AND
MULTIPLE CATALYSTS. EVALUATE OXIDATION INHIBITORS. STUDY OXIDATION OF
SULFITE WITH HIGH CATALYST CONCENTRATIONS. DEVELOP MODEL FOR OXIDA-
TION IN SLURRIES INCLUDING MASS TRANSFER AND KINETICS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/77, CONSTRUCT REACTOR AND ASSEMBLE APPARATUS
Z. 11/77, LOW LEVEL CATALYST STUDIES IN FLOW REACTOR
3. 2/78, BISULFITE OXIDATION IN BATCH REACTOR
4. 6/78, BISULFITE OXIDATION WITH MULTIPLE CATALYSTS
5. 9/78, EFFECT OF OXIDATION INHIBITORS
6. 9/78, DEVELOP MODEL FOR OXIDATION IN SLURRIES
WADE H. PONDER
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7. 10/78, CONCENTRATION EFFECTS
' 8. 6/79, VERIFY MODEL
9. 8/79, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; COAL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;
SCRUBBERS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FABRI-
CATION; INHIBITION; SLURRIES; SCRUBBING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE KUM3ER: 01085
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• ADDRESS:
CITY/ST; WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER; TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: EXXON RESEARCH AND ENG. co.
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: LINDEN NJ
PRINCIPAL INVES: ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
FORMATION OF NOX AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN.
DOE: 095196
RESEARCH IS REPORTED THAT IS DESIGNED TO SEPARATE THE PROCESS OF COAL
PARTICLE COM3USTION INTO A SERIES Or SEQUENTIAL STAGES (PYROLYSIS, .
GAS PHASE COMBUSTION, AND CHAR BURKCUT), AND TO CARRY OUT BOTH
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF NOX AND
OTHER PRODUCTS FROM CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN THAT OCCURS IN THESE
STAGES. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE
FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF COAL COMBUSTION, AND THEY WILL BE USED TO
CONSTRUCT USEFUL DIAGNOSTIC MODELS OF THE FORMATION OF NOX FROM
CHEMICALLY BOUND NITROGEN IS COAL COMBUSTION. THE ULTIMATE AIM OF THE
MODELS IS THE OPTIMIZATION OF COAL BURNER DESIGN AND OPERATION FOR
NOX ABATEMENT. THIS PROGRAM IS IN THE STARTUP PHASE. DIAGNOSTIC
EQUIPMENT USED IN STUDYING THE PYROLYSIS STAGE OF COAL PARTICLE COM-
BUSTION IS BEING PUT INTO OPERATION. THEORETICAL WORK ON BOTH PYRCLY-
SIS AND CHAR BURNOUT IS BEING INITIATED. THIS PROGRAM IS'A CONTINUA-
TION OF WORK THAT WAS FUNDED UNDER NSF RANN GRANT NO. AER 75-03964.
IN THAT WORK, THE TECHNIQUES USED IN THE PYROLYSIS STUDIES WERE
DEVELOPED AS WAS AN EARLY FYROLYSIS MODEL. INITIAL RESULTS WERE
OBTAINED ON THE DEVOLATILIZATION OF NITROGEN FROM FOUR COALS AND ONE
OIL SHALE. QUANTITIES OF MAJOR GASEOUS SPECIES DEVOLATIZIED WERE ALSO
MEASURED UNDER SIMULATED COMBUSTION PYROLYSIS CONDITIONS.
KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION KINETICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SYNTHESIS;
CHEMICAL BONDS; PYROLYSIS; DEVOLATILIZATION; POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
CHARS; NITROGEN; REMOVAL; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DENITRIFICATION.
HADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUM3ER: 01082
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
BINGHAMTON
J. J. BISCH
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
NY
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING;
FY 1978
CONTROLS
DESULFURIZATION WITH TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS.
DOE: 095183
THIS STUDY EVALUATES THE MECHANISM AND EFFICIENCY OF NOVEL, HOMOGE-
NEOUS, TRANSITION-METAL DESULFURIZING AGENTS FOR ORGANOSULFUR COM-
POUNDS. BECAUSE THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURES PRESENT IN NATIVE COAL
CONTAIN OR3ANOSULFUR SUBUNITS, EFFICIENT, HOMOGENEOUS DESULFURIZING
AGENTS MAY BE USEFUL IN STUDIES OF THE STRUCTURE OF COAL ITSELF.
MOREOVER, THESE SAME AGENTS, IF ACTIVE CATALYTICALLY, WOULD BE VALU-
ABLE IN FREEING FUELS OR ORGANIC CHEMICALS OBTAINED BY COAL PYROLYSIS
FROM THE CONTAMINATING ORGANOSULFUR COMPONENTS.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; NICKEL
COMPLEXES; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; COAL LIQUIDS;
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTION
KINETICS.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUK3ER: 01078
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: LARAMIE WY
MANAGER: TELEPHONE: '
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
ADDRESS: CHEMISTRY DEPT.
CITY/ST: LARAMIE KY
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. HOHATSON ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: ET-77-S-03-1761 FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
UTILIZATION OF NAHCOLITE IN A DRY SOZ--NOX ABSORBER SYSTEM.
DOE: 095133
NAHCOLITE, THE MINERAL FORM OF SODIUM BICARBONATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
OIL SHALES OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF NORTHWESTERN COLORADO, IS
BEING ACTIVELY CONSIDERED BY THE PCU'ER PLANT INDUSTRY AS THE CHEMICAL
COMPONENT OF A DRY S02--NOX ABSORBER SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO OBTAIN
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF SUCH AN ABSORBER
SYSTEM. THE REACTIONS OF NAHCOLITE AND ITS THERMAL DECOMPOSITION
PRODUCT SCDIUM CARBONATE WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDES ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED OVER THE TEMPERATURE RANGE PROJECTED FOR POWER
PLANT OPERATION. PRODUCTS FORMED ARE BEING CHARACTERIZED BY X-RAY
DIFFRACTION, SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
REACTIOM RATES ARE BEING MEASURED BY WEIGHT CHANGE AND CHEMICAL
ANALYSIS. A BENCH SCALE APPARATUS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED
FOR STUDY OF THE ABSORPTION REACTIONS OVER A BROAD RANGE' OF CONDI-
TIONS. THE INITIAL WORK HAS CONCENTRATED ON SULFUR DIOXIDE ABSORP-
TION. AT FLUE GAS TEMPERATURES THE PRIMARY SOLID REACTANT IS THE VERY
POROUS SODIUM CARBONATE PRODUCED BY THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF
NAKCOLITE. EVIDENCE HAS BEEN OBTAINED THAT SODIUM PYROSULFITE AND
SODIUM SULFITE CAN BE PRODUCED UNDER SOME CCNDISTIONS AS PRECURSORS
TO THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT SODIUM SULFATE. CONTINUATION OF THE WORK IN
PROGRESS WILL LEAD TO DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE RATES AND
MECHANISMS OF THE ABSORPTION REACTIONS. THE RATE INFORMATION WILL BE
USEFUL IN OPTIMIZING SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATION AND THE MECHANISM
INFORMATION WILL BE USEFUL IN EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING
SOLID PRODUCTS MORE VALUABLE THAN SCDIUM SULFATE.
KEYWORDS: NAHCOLITE; SODIUM CARBONATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN
OXIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; REACTION
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01078 - CONTINUED
KINETICS; ADSORPTION; SCRPTIVE PROPERTIES; OFF-GAS SYSTEMS; AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS;- FLUE GAS.
UADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01072
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
ADDRESS: OEPT. OF CHEMICAL EN
CITY/ST: AMES IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. BURNET
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE :
TELEPHONE--
FUNDING:
CONTROLS
5.0 FY 1978
RECOVERY OF METAL VALUES FROM FLY ASH.
DOE: 094104
THIS PROJECT IS CONCERNED WITH THE REMOVAL OF COAL FLY ASH FROM
COMBUSTION OF COAL AND THE RECOVERY OF METAL VALUES SUCH AS ALUMINIUM
AND IRON, UHICH ARE PROMINENT CONSTITUENTS. THE METHODS CHOSEN DEPEND
ON THE SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR THE SEPARATION
Or THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ASH. RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE
RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 90X OF THE ALUMINA BY AN ALKALINE LIME-
SINTERING PROCESS.
KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; FLY ASH; METALS; ALUMINIUM; IRON;
MATERIALS RECOVERY.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER:
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE-COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
ADDRESS: sos KING AVE.
CITY/ST: COLUMBUS OH
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. F. FELDMANN TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUM3ER: W-7405-ENG-92
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
FUNDING:
CONTROLS
8.0 FY 1978
CONTROL Or EMISSIONS FROM 6ASIFIERS USINS COAL WITH A CHEMICALLY BOUND
SULFUR SCAVENGER.
DOE: 091231
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EVALUATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AKD
ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES OF USINS COAL TREATED BY A PROPRIETARY PROCESS
DEVELOPED BY BATTELLE AS ATI ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE FEEDSTOCK FOR
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL GASIFICATION SYSTEMS. THIS PROCESS
INVOLVES CHEMICALLY INCORPORATING CA + + IONS INTO THE COAL BY CON-
TACT WITH A CAO SLURRY IN AN AUTOCLAVE. THE USE OF BATTELLE TREATED
COAL (ETC) AS A GASIFICATION FEEDSTOCK IS INTENDED TO CAPTURE SULFUR
IN THE FEED COAL WITH THE CHEMICALLY INCORPORATED CALCIUM TO PRODUCE
A LOW-SULFUR FUEL GAS. THE ENERGY MARKET OF PRIMARY INTEREST TO BTC
APPLICATION IS THE INDUSTRIAL MARKET. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS USER
IS CURRENTLY USING NATURAL GAS WHICH WILL BE CURTAILED. THE ECONOMIC
EVALUATION WILL SHOW WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE
TO INDUSTRIAL USERS OF NATURAL GAS ARE MOST VIABLE; (2)"COAL-FIRED
BOILER WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; (2)
COAL GASIFIER AND GAS-FIRED BOILER WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND
FLUE-GAS DESULFURIZATION; m COAL GASIFIER WITH HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND
PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND GAS-FIRED BOILER; AND (4) COAL GASIFIER
USING BTC WITH PARTICULATE REMOVAL AND GAS-FIRED BOILER. THE
TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION Of BTC UTILIZATION WILL BE
CARRIED CUT THROUGH AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO COMPARE THE
PERFORMANCE OF BTC AND UNTREATED COAL WITH RESPECT TO SULFUR CONTENT
OF PRODUCT GAS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT Of SULFUR CAPTURED IN THE
ASH. THE SCOPE OF THE PLANNED TECHNICAL EFFORT COVERS PREPARATION OF
BTC'S UX3ER VARIOUS TREATMENT CONDITIONS AND LABORATORY-SCALE GASIFI-
CATION STUDIES TO SIMULATE A FIXED-BED GASIFIER, A FLUIDIZED-BED
GASIFIER, AND AN ENTRAINED-BED GASIFIER OPERATION. THUS, THE TECH-
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01042 - CONTINUED
NICAL EFFORT IS BEING DIRECTED TO DEt'.ON'STRATE THE USEFULNESS OF ETC
F03 WIDE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS.
KEYWORDS: COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COAL
PREPARATION; BATTELLE HYDROTKERMAL COAL PROCESS; FOSSIL-FUEL FOXER
PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; PARTICLES; REMOVAL; FUEL GAS;
HYBR03EN SULFIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; COMPARATIVE
EVALUATIONS.
KADE H. PONDER
CCEA FP.OGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oos76
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTAHOOSA TN
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. L. WELLS
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
5.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
TVA WIDOWS CREEK UNIT 8 WET LIMESTONE SCRUBBER RESEARCH PROJECT.
DOE: 130141
THE FOLLOWING SEVEN TASK FORCES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TVA WIDOWS CREEK
UNIT 3 WET LIMESTONE SCRUBBER RESEARCH PROJECT: (1) PROJECT
MANAGEMENT; (2) REPORT ON SCRUBBER STARTING; (3) PROCESS EVALUATION;
(4) PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION; (5) SLUDGE TREATMENT
DEMONSTRATION AND EVALUATION; (6) E15 ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS; AND
(7) CHEMICAL DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS. RESULTS FROM THE COLBERT
AND SHAWNEE SLUDGE DISPOSAL TEST IN REGARD TO THE WIDOWS CREEK
PROJECT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ARE AVAILABLE. THERE ARE DAILY>
WEEKLY, AND MONTHLY REPORTS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE CHEMICAL DATA
GATHERING AND ANALYSIS TASK FCRCE.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
PROCESSES; EVALUATION; OPTIMIZATION; SLUDGES; WASTE PROCESSING;
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SCRUBBERS; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION.
WiDE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00875
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
470 COMMERCE UNION B
CHATTANOOGA TN
R. F. ROBARDS; W. L. WELLS
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TVA COCURRENT SCRUBBER PROJECT.
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
DOE: 130140
THE AIR RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM WHICH HAS,
AMONG OTHERS, AN OBJECTIVE TO DEVELOP, THROUGH RESEARCH, EMISSION
CONTROL METHODS OR PROCESSES FOB USE ON FULL-SIZE ELECTRIC GENERATING
FACILITIES TO MEET STANDARDS AND/OR REGULATIONS. THE PRIMARY
OBJECTIVE OF THE LIME/LIMESTONE COCURRENT SCRUBBER PROJECT WHICH IS A
PART OF THE SOX TECHNOLOGY SUBPROGRAM IS TO FURTHER EVALUATE S02 AND
PARTICULATE REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES AT THE 1 AND 10-MW LEVEL WHICH ARE
LOGICAL STEPS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF FULL SCALE SYSTEMS. A SECOND
OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE ADVANTAGES OF THE LIME/LIME-
STONE COCUSRENT SCRUBBER PROCESS SUCH AS ECONOMICS, PHYSICAL SIZE,
EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION, ETC., MILE CONDUCTING THE 1-MW AND 10-MW
TESTING. TVA'S 1-MW LIME/LIMESTONE PILOT PLANT AT THE COLBERT STEAM
PLANT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO THE COCURRENT CONFIGURATION AS PART OF AN
EPRI PROJECT. RESULTS OBTAINED FROM PREVIOUS 1-MW TESTING WERE VERY
ENCOURAGING. THE RESULTS FROM THE PROPOSED 1-MW TESTING AND THE
PREVIOUS 1-MW TESTING WILL BE USED IN DESIGNING AND OPERATING A 10-MU
COCURRENT SCRUBBER AT THE SHAKNEE TEST FACILITY. THE''RESULTS FROM THE
1- AND 10-MW TESTING WILL BE USED IN EVALUATING THE LIME/LIMESTONE
COCUr.RENT SCRUBBER PROCESS AS AN ALTERNATE PROCESS FOR MEETING
STANDARDS AND/OR REGULATIONS AT FULL-SCALE ELECTRIC GENERATING
FACILITIES.
KEYWORDS-- FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; SULFUR OXIDES; SCRUEBERS;
REMOVAL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONTROL; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
PROCESSES.
KADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUM3ER: 00873
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
Cmr/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ACDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. B. FLORA
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
CHEMICAL EQUIVALENCE OF BOILER CLEANING WASTE IN ASH POND EFFLUENT.
D0=: 130135
THE KATEP RESEARCH PROGRAM HAS AN EFFLUENT CONTROL SUBPROGRAM WHICH
HAS AMOKS OTHERS AN OBJECTIVE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION OF EFFLUENT STREAMS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS AND TO
DETEF.I-1IKE IF METHODS OF CONTROL ARE NECESSARY. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
OF THIS TASK WILL BE TO PERFORM FIELD STUDIES TO VERIFY THAT VARIOUS
CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF BOILER CLEANING WASTES WILL BE REMOVED IN AN
ALKALINE OR ACID ASH FOND. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE
SAMPLING THE DISCHARGES OF AN ALKALINE AND ACID ASH PONT) DURING THE
RELEASE OF BOILER CLEANING WASTES TO THE POND. THESE SAMPLES WILL BE
ANALYZED FOR PRIORITY POLLUTANTS. LABORATORY WORK WAS PERFORMED BY
TVA TO DEMONSTRATE THAT COPPER AND IRON COULD BE REMOVED BY ALKALINE
AS;H PONDS AND BY NEUTRAL ASH PONDS AFTER THE WASTES HAVE BEEN TREATED
(PRECIPITATION). EPA HAS REQUIRED THAT WE PERFOSM A FIELD DEMONSTRA-
TION TO PROVE COPPER AND IRON ARE REMOVED. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW
PRIORITY POLLUTANT LEGISLATION WILL IMPACT THE USE OF THE ASH PCND AS
A CHEMICAL TREATMENT POND. DATA ON PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IS NEEDED TO
ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THIS TREATMENT SCHEME. '
KEYV~OS: FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; BOILERS? CLEANING; WATER
POLLUTION CONTROL; PONDS; SAMPLING; ASHES; COPPER; IRON; REMOVAL;
POLLUTION REGULATIONS; COMPLIANCE; WATER TREATMENT.
WADE H. FON2ER
CCEA K=OS=Att MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00869
PROJECT SPONSOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
ELECTRIC POKER RESEARCH INST.
PALO ALTO
CA
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: ^70 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. CROWE; W. L. HELLS
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
CONTRACT NUMBER: TV-42660A
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
2.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBER TECHNOLOGY AT THE TVA
COLBERT PILOT PLANT FOR EFRI: SLUDGE CHARACTERIZATION TASK.
DOE: 130131
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ARE TO DETERMINE THE RANGE OF VARIABILITY
OF THE SOLIDS IN SLUDGES PRODUCED FROM FULL-SCALE SCRUBBER INSTALLA-
TIONS OPERATED BY VARIOUS ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND TO CORRELATE THE
VARIABILITY WITH PLANT OPERATING CONDITIONS. THE APPROACH IS TO
OBTAIN SAMPLES FROM SCRUBBERS OPERATED BY VARIOUS UTILITIES AND THE
OPERATING CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THESE SAMPLES WERE PRODUCED. THESE
SAMPLES WILL BE ANALYZED BY VASIC'JS INSTRUMENTAL AND CHEMICAL TECH-
NIQUES AND THE RESULTS CORRELATED TO THE OPERATING CONDITIONS THAT
PRODUCED THE SLUDGE. FIVE UTILITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.
CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES OF THE SLUDGE SAMPLES RECEIVED HAVE EEEN
MADE AKD CORRELATION OF THESE CHARACTERIZATIONS TO SCRUBBER OPERATION
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. A FINAL REPCRT IS IN PREPARATION. MONTHLY
PROGRESS REPORTS TO EPA BY TVA ARE AVAILABLE. ' —
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING
PROCESSES; SLUDGES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL; SCRUBBERS; WASTE
MANAGEMENT; FLUE GAS; DESULFUSIZATION. '
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00867
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. A. HOLLINDEN; R. L. ZIELKE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA-IAG-IBVIB) FUNDING: o.o FY i9?s
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
CONTROL OF NOX FORMATION IN RALL, COAL-FIRED UTILITY BOILERS.
DOE: 130127
THIS STUDY WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN AN OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE MANUAL
THAT WILL OUTLINE STEP-WISE PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION OF THE CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY FOR MINIMIZING NOX AND RELATED EMISSIONS. THE MANUAL WILL
ADDITIONALLY PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN GUIDANCE AND DESCRIPTION Or
THE EFFECTS THAT COMBUSTION MODIFICATIONS HAVE ON STEAM GENERATOR
PERFORMANCE. A SECTION Or THIS MANUAL WILL INCLUDE DESCRIPTION OF THE
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATED COSTS FOR APPLYING
THIS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. TVA WILL PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS THAT SPECIFIC COMBUSTION MODIFICATIONS HAVE ON
FORMATION OF NOX AND RELATED POLLUTANTS AND ASSESS THEIR EFFECTS ON
CORROSION, FUME STABILITY, SLAGGING, AND GENERAL BOILER PERFORMANCE.
THE EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT
ARE COMPLETE AND THE FINAL REPORT IS BEING PREPARED.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION; AIR
POLLUTION ABATEMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; MANUALS; COMBUSTION CONTROL;
STEAM GENERATORS; CORROSION; FLAMES; COST; EQUIPMENT; AIR POLLUTION
CONTROL. . '
HADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00865
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
470 COMMERCE UNION B
CHATTANOOGA TN
W. L. WELLS
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSO
PROJECT TITLE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
ECONOMIC STUDY OF NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES.
DOE: 130134
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE: (1) TO REVIEW THE TECHNICAL
STATUS OF NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION CONTROL PROCESSES; (2) TO SELECT
Af<3 RECOMMEND FOR FURTHER EVALUATION PROMISING CANDIDATE NOX ABATE-
MENT PROCESSES APPLICABLE TO COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS; (3) TO PERFORM
PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF THESE LATTER PROCESSES; (4) TO
IDENTIFY FURTHER PROCESS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED FOR COM-
MERCIAL APPLICATION; AND (5) TO SUGGEST SPECIFICATIONS FOR FUTURE
DETAILED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF NOX ABATEMENT SYSTEMS. DURING PHASE
I, THE NOX ABATEMENT PROCESSES FOR WHICH SUFFICIENT DATA CAN BE
OBTAINED WILL BE EXAMINED FOR TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND COMMERCIAL
POTENTIAL AS APPLICABLE TO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT INSTALLATIONS.
D'JRING PHASE II, A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC EVALUATION WILL BE MADE OF
THE PROCESSES WHICH SHOW PROMISING APPLICATION TO COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS. THIS STUDY IS DIRECTED TO EVALUATING POTENTIALLY' ATTRACTIVE
NOX CONTROL METHODS. PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT, FUNDED BY EPA, HAS BEEN
COMPLETED. AN ECONOMIC STUDY CF DRY NOX REMOVAL PROCESSES WAS
RECENTLY FUNDED BY EFRI.
KEYWORDS: NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
PLANTS; FLUE GAS; DENITRIFICATION; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL.
WADE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00759
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN .
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
OSJTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 470 COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: R. F. ROBARDSJ M. L. WELLS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: 0.0 FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
SULF-X SIMULTANEOUS SOZ— NOX REMOVAL PROCESS.
DOE: 130089
THE SULF-X PROCESS IS A P.EGENERABLE PROCESS PRODUCING ELEMENTAL
SULFUR USING MINE WASTE PRODUCTS CONTAINING IRON OXIDES AND COAL AS
THE ABSORBENT (FED) WITH COAL FRCOUCING THE HEAT REQUIRED FOR REGEN-
ERATION OF THE ABSORBENT AND EVOLUTION OF VAPORIZED SULFUR. ABSORP-
TION OF NOX HAS ALSO BEEN CLAIMED TO OCCUR. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO
EXTEND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROCESS BEYOSTD THAT OF THE INVENTORS,
PENSYS (PITTSBURGH ENVIRONMENTAL AN3 ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.), SUCH THAT
ITS APPLICABILITY TO UTILITY CONDITIONS CAN BE FULLY EVALUATED. DATA
FROM PENSYS WILL BE EVALUATED AND TVA'S LABORATORY TESTING Or THE
CHEMISTRY OF THE SULF-X PROCESS WILL BE PERFORMED TO ASSESS THE
CLAIMS OF PENSYS AND ALSO EXPAND ON S02 AND NOX ABSORPTION CAPABILI-
TIES. MODIFICATIONS OF THE COLBERT PILOT PLANT KILL BE MADE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE SULF-X SYSTEM. PRELIMINARY PILOT PLANT TESTING WILL
DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF VARIABLES (LIQUID RATE, GAS RATE',' SOLIDS
CONTENT, STOICHIOMETRY, PH, AND NOZZLE PRESSURE DROP) ON S03 AND NOX
REMOVAL. OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS CAN THEREFORE BE SELECTED AND A
LONS-TERM RUN PERFORMED TO EVALUATE SYSTEM RELIABILITY, LOAD FOLLOW-
ING, AKT) SIMULATED UPSET CONDITIONS.
KEYWORDS: COAL MINING; COAL MINES; UASTE PROCESSING; MINERAL WASTES;
DESULFURIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PILOT PLANTS; ADSORPTION; SULFUR
DIOXIDE; REMOVAL.
WADE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00757
PROJECT SPONSOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: <»7o COMMERCE UNION B
CITY/ST:.CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL IHVES: F. G. PARKER; R. D. WILSON'
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
5.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
CONTROLS
STUDY OF MINERAL WOOL FABRICATION FROM WET BOTTOM ASH.
DOE: 130087
A PROGRAM IS REPORTED THAT IS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP USES OF ASH AND
SLAG WHICH ARE BYPRODUCTS FROM LARGE COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL GENERATING
FACILITIES. THE PROJECT IS BEING CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THE MOLTEN
SLAG PRODUCED IN TVA'S WET BOTTOM BOILERS IS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF MINERAL WOOL WHILE STILL MOLTEN; TO PERFORM ASSESS-
MENTS, TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC, DEFINING THE POTENTIAL OF LOCATING
MINERAL WOOL PRODUCING PLANTS AT TVA POWER PLANTS WHICH HAVE WET
BOTTOM BOILERS AND THE USE OF THE RESULTING MINERAL WOOL FOR HOME
INSULATION; TO PREPARE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND COST ESTIMATE FOR A
PILOT PLANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROCESS IS PRACTICABLE AND
OPERATIVE; AND TO ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION PLANT FOR MINERAL
WOOL AT BOTH THE PARADISE AND ALLEN PLANTS. THE APPROACH TO BE USED
FOR THE PROJECT IS TO: (1) CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE EXISTING LITERA-
TURE ON THE SUBJECT; m OBTAIN SAMPLES AT TVA PLANTS WHERE APPLI-
CABLE AND CONTRACT WITH COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE IF
TVA'S SLAG CAN BE USED TO MAKE MINERAL WOOL; (3) CONDUCT AN ASSESS-
MENT TO DEFINE THE POTENTIAL OF LOCATING MINERAL WOOL PRODUCING
PLANTS AT TVA FACILITIES; (4) IF OTHER RESULTS ARE POSITIVE AND IF
NECESSARY, DESIGN A PILOT PLANT TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROCESS; AND
(5) IF THE ASSESSMENTS ARE POSITIVE, REACH COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS
SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY PART OR ALL OF THE INSULATION REQUIRED BY THE
TVA HOME INSULATION PROGRAM.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; RAW
MATERIALS; ASHES; SLAGS; MINERAL WOOL; MANUFACTURING; FEASIBILITY
STUDIES; BOILERS; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: ooosi
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK
CITY/ST: NC
MANAGER: ROBERT E. HALL TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: KVB ENGINEERING CORP.
ADDRESS: 17332 IRVINE BLVD.
CITY/ST: TUSTIN CA
PRINCIPAL INVcS: P.. E. THOMPSON ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: 68-02-1074 FUNDING: o.o FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
FIELD TESTING: APPLICATION OF COMBUSTION MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES TO
CONTROL POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS
DOE: 071337
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORK is TO DETERMINE THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOWN COMBUSTION MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL
POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS. IN ADDITION, THE EFFORT
WILL ESTABLISH WHAT THE BOILER MANUFACTURERS AND USERS CAN DO TO
CONTROL EMISSIONS WITH EXISTING STATE-OF-TKE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND WHERE
COMBUSTION RESEARCH ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED.
APPROACH: AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD TEST PROGRAM WAS CARRIED our TO
INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS CF OPERATING VARIABLES AND COMBUSTION
MODIFICATION (E.G., EXCESS AIR LEVEL, LOAD, FLUE GAS RECIRCULATION,
STAGED COMBUSTION, FUEL TEMPERATURE AND BURNER DESIGN) ON AIR
POLLUTANT EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL BOILERS OF VARIOUS DESIGNS FIRED
WITH COAL, OIL, GAS AND MIXED FUELS. THE POLLUTANTS OF INTEREST IN
THIS STU3Y WERE OXIDES OF NITROGEN, OXIDES OF SULFUR," HYDROCARBONS,
CARBON MONOXIDE, SMOKE, COMBUSTIBLE AND NON-COMBUSTIBLE PARTICUUTE
AND TRACE ELEMENTS.
RESULTS: FINAL REPORTS PROVIDING THE DATA AND CONCLUSIONS FROM THE
TESTIK'3 OF MORE THAN SIXTY INDUSTRIAL BOILERS UNDER A VARIETY OF
CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. AT PRESENT, AN INDUSTRIAL EOILER
OPERATOR'S MANUAL AND A MANUFACTURER'S MANUAL ARE BEING PREPARED AND
ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1977.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 6/73, CONTRACT START DATE
2. 10/73, SUBMIT BOILER SURVEY
3. 7/74, PHASE 1—50 SHORT-TERM BOILER FIELD TESTS COMPLETED
4. 9/74, PHASE I—FINAL REPORT COMPLETED
5. 10/74, PHASE II-KORK PLAN SUBMITTED
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PROFILE KUM3ER: 00031 - CONTINUED
6. 8/75, PHASE 11—20 LOSS-TERM BOILER FIELD TESTS COMPLETED
7. 3/76, PHASE II-FINAL REPORT COMPLETED
8. 12/76, INDUSTRIAL BOILER OPERATOR GUIDELINE COMPLETED
9. 6/77, PHASES I AM) II—DATA SUPPLEMENT COMPLETED
10. 8/77, INDUSTRIAL BOILER DESIGH GUIDELINE COMPLETED
KEYWORDS-- BOILERS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; COMEUSTCRS; PERFORMANCE
TESTING; MODIFICATIONS; SULFUR OXIDES; NITROGEN OXIDES; HYDROCARBONS;
FLUE GAS
WADE H. POS-DER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oooss
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK
CITY/ST: NC
MANAGER: JOHN E. WILLIAMS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: BECHTEL CORPORATION
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 3965
CITY/ST: SAN FRANCISCO CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. N. HEAD ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: 68 02 1814 FUNDING: o.o FY 1977
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: CONTROLS
PROTOTYPE STUDY OF LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBERS FOR S02 AND DUST REMOVAL
ADVANCED TESTING AND DATA EVALUATION
DOE: 071370
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT OBJECTIVES OF THE
CURRENT FR03RAM ARE TO IMPROVE (1) ALKALI UTILIZATION, (2) SOZ
REMOVAL, (3) SLUDGE DISPOSAL PROPERTIES, AND (4) SYSTEM RELIABILITY.
SPECIFIC TASKS TO BE PERFORMED ARE: LIMESTONE/LIME ADVANCED TESTING,
SLUDGE FIXATION STUDIES, AND ECONOMIC STUDIES.
APPROACH: BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE PHASE in TEST PROGRAM UKDER
PREDECESSOR CONTRACT PH 22-68-67, AND OTHER SUPPORTING PROGRAMS OF
EPA, BECHTEL IS PERFORMING AN EXTENDED TESTING PROGRAM AT THE EPA
ALKALI SCRUBBING TEST FACILITY, TVA SHAKNEE STEAM PLANT, PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY, FOR THE REMOVAL OF S02 AND ASH PARTICULATE FROM COAL-FIRED
FURNACE GAS. THE TEST FACILITY CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL SCRUBBER'
SYSTEMS—A VENTURI FOLLOWED BY A SPRAY TCKER AND A TURBULENT CONTACT
ABSORBER. EACH SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF TREATING APPROXIMATELY 10 MW
EQUIVALENT (30,000 ACFM AT 300 DEC. F) OF FLUE GAS CONTAINING
1SOO-4000 PPM SULFUR DIOXIDE AND 2 TO 5 GRAINS/SCF Or PARTICULATES.
THE SCRUBBERS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE FLUE GAS EXHAUST DUCTWORK OF
BOILER NO. 10.
RESULTS: THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE OVERALL TEST PP.OSRAM ARE m TO
CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECT OF IMPORTANT PROCESS VARIABLES ON SULFUR
DIOXIDE AND PARTICULATE REMOVAL, (2) TO DEVELOP MATHEMATICAL MODELS
FOR ECONOMIC SCALE-UP TO FULL-SIZE SCRUBBER FACILITIES, (3) TO
DEMONSTRATE RELIABILITY, AND (4) TO DEMONSTRATE PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT
VARIATIONS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMICS OF LIME/LIMESTONE SCRUBBING.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/75, PUBLISH FIRST PROGRESS REPORT
2. 9/75, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE.
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3. 9/76, PUBLISH SECOND PROGRESS REPORT
4. 10/76, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE
5. 9/77, PUBLISH THIRD PROGRESS REPORT
6. 2/78, COMPLETE TESTING
7. 5/78, CONDUCT INDUSTRY BRIEFING CONFERENCE
8. 5/78, PUBLISH FINAL REPORT
9. 6/78, COMPLETE DESIGN/ECONOMICS STUDY COMPUTER PROGRAM
KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; SCRIBSERS; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; PERFOR-
MANCE; TESTING; REMOVAL; DUSTS; FLUE GAS; PURIFICATION; SLUDGES;
WASTE DISPOSAL; RELIABILITY; ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT;
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL;
COMPUTER CODES; LIMESTONE
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00544
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:•
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: DAVID s. BALLANTINE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 999
CITY/ST: RICHLAND WA
PRINCIPAL INVES:'L. L. WENDELL ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EUS-D-ISSO FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
MAP3S MODELING STUDIES
DOE: 086055
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PRINCIPLE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT is TO
DEVELOP A COMPUTER MODEL WHICH WILL SIMULATE THE ATMOSPHERIC TRANS-
PORT, CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION, AND WET AND DRY REMOVAL OF THE
POLLUTANTS PRODUCED FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS. THE MODEL IS TO BE
USED IN THE EVALUATION Or THE HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF
THESE POLLUTANTS OVER A MULTI-STATE REGION. THE INITIAL EMPHASIS WILL
BE THE SULFATE PR03LEM IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES.
APPROACH: THIS PROJECT is TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING THE MODEL
IN A SEGMENTED FASHION. IT IS TO BE COMPOSED OF -THE MOST TECHNICALLY
AND ECONOMICALLY APPROPRIATE METHODS AVAILABLE FOR DESCRIBING THE
RELEVANT PROCESSES. A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF TESTS WITH METEORO-
LOGICAL DATA AS WELL AS SOURCE DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE
THE MODEL'S SENSITIVITY TO THE PARAMETERIZATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMA-
TION AND REMOVAL PROCESSES. CONTINUING INTERACTION WITH'EXPERIMENTAL
PP.OC-P.AMS WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION VALUABLE FOR THE PARAMETERIZATIONS.
RESULTS; THE WORK ON THE QUASI-LAGRANSIAN SEGMENT MODEL EMPHASIZED:
(1) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE MIXED
LAYER BEHAVIOR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DISPERSION OF THE EMITTED
POLLUTANT, (Z) A REACTIVE PLUME MODEL CAPABLE OF MORE COMPLEX
CHEMISTRY, (3) ADDITION OF A FEATURE WHICH ALLOWS CALCULATION OF H
ICN CONCENTRATION IN PRECIPITATION, AND (4) EFFORTS TO DERIVE A
REALISTIC PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING ALGORITHM. A.MODEL VERIFICATION
TEST SHOWED THAT USE OF TIME AVERAGED PRECIPITATION LED TO MQ3E THAN
TWICE THE WET REMOVAL OF S02 THAN USE OF THE REAL TIME PRECIPITATION
DATA.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
MODEL DEVELOPMENT TASK:
HADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUT13ER: 00544 - CONTINUED
1. 1/1/77, IMPROVE THE FORMULATION OF MIXING DEPTH BEHAVIOR,
PLUME CHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY IN THE PRECIPITATION
2. 3/1/77, INCORPORATE MORE SOPHISTICATED FLOVJ REPRESENTATIONS
WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS AND ISENTROPIC CONSIDERATIONS
MODEL TESTING AND APPLICATION:
1. 4/1/77, EXTENSIVE SENSITIVITY TESTING OF THE KODEL AND ITS
COMPONENTS FOR THE VARIOUS TRANSPORT AND MIXING DEPTH
FORMULATIONS AS WELL AS THE TRANSFORMATION AND REMOVAL
PARAMETERIZATIONS
Z. 5/1/77, A COMPARISON OF MODELED PRECIPITATION CHEMISTRY
RESULTS WITH THE MEASUREMENTS FROM THE PRECIPITATION
CHEMISTRY NETWORK
3. INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT Or USING BULK VALUES IN PRECIPI-
TATION; THIS EFFECT IS TO BE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH WORK IN
THIS SAME GENERAL AREA BY BKOOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
(BNL) AND ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ANL)J C. M. SHEIH
(AND ANO L. L. WENDELL .(FNL) WORKED AT ENL FOR APPROXI-
MATELY ONE MONTH COLLABORATING WITH PERSONNEL FROM BNL; THIS
COLLABORATION PROVED VERY FRUITFUL BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEMEN-
TARY NATURE OF THE WORK AT THE ERDA LABORATORIES
KEYWORDS: COAL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;
POLLUTION; REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SULFATES; ECONOMICS;
METEOROLOGY; DATA; AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANSPORT; PLUMES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; AEROSOL MONITORING; COMPUTER
COOES; SULFUR DIOXIDE
KAOE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE=01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: OQ55Z
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: ROBERT w. BEADLE TELEPHONE: c(3oi)-353-3764
CONTRACTOR: MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS; DEPT. OF ECOLOGY
CITY/ST: ST PAUL MN
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. GORHAM ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: E77SOE43E7 FUNDING: l.o FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION IN MINNESOTA, WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ROLE OF WINDBLOWN DUST IN NEUTRALIZING ACID FRE
DOE: 087793
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
DEPOSITION OF NUTRIENTS AND POLLUTANTS IN DUST, RAIN AND SNOW AT
POLLUTED AND UNPOLLUTED SITES IN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA.
APPROACH: AUTOMATIC PRECIPITATION AND BULK DEPOSITION COLLECTORS WILL
BE USED FOR SAMPLING DUST, RAIN AND SHOW AND ANALYSES HILL BE
PERFORMED FOR MAJOR CATIONS AND AHIONS AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF SAMPLES.
RESULTS: THE RESULTS SHOULD HELP ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
(1) WHAT IS THE PRESENT-DAY COMPOSITION OF WET AND DRY DEPOSITION IN
POLLUTED AND NONPOLLUTED AREAS OF THE UPPER MID-WEST, (2) IS DUSTFALL
A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR OF PHOSPHORUS AND NITR03EN TO SOILS AND
LAKES, (3) IS THE GRADIENT IN PH OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA AND NORTH
DAKOTA CAUSED BY CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER, AND (4)
HILL THE DEVELOPMENT OF COAL-BURNING POWER PLANTS IN THE WESTERN
U.S. CHANGE THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
UPPER MID-WEST.
KEYWORDS: MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; AIR POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; DUSTS;
RAIN; SNOW; NUTRIENTS; PRECIPITATION SCAVENGING; SAMPLING; PHOSPHO-
RUS; NITROGEN; FOSSIL-FUEL POKER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; WATER
POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
MADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUCSER: 00555
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: JAY s. JACOBSON TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: 900 VETERAN AVENUE
CITY/ST: LOS ANGELES CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: F. B. TURNER ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EY7&co30oia FUNDING: 6.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
DYNAMICS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS
DOE: 090027
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
ACCUMULATION, MOVEMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL
FLYASH IN THE SOIL, LITTER, PLANTS AND RODENTS OF A DESERT
ENVIRONMENT.
APPROACH: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES
FROM POWER PLANTS AND AFTER APPLICATION OF FLY ASH ARE PERFORMED.
MEASUREMENTS OF LITTER FALL AND DECOMPOSITION RATE ARE BEING MADE.
RESULTS: RESULTS HILL AID IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE FATE AND
EFFECTS OF FLY ASH FROM COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES ON DESERT ENVIRONMENTS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 12/31/76, STUDY PLOTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL BE ESTABLISHED
Z. 76, ASH APPLICATION WILL BEGIN AND BE CONTINUED, IN MONTHLY
INCREMENTS, FOR TWO YEARS ' "-
3. 9/30/77, COMPARISONS OF GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION BY TREATED
AND UNTREATED PLANTS DURING THE GROWING SEASON CF 1977 WILL
BE COMPLETED f
KEYWORDS: DESERTS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH;
REPRODUCTION; FLY ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SOILS; LEAVES; FOREST
LITTER; RODENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TRACE
AMOUNTS; TOXICITY
MADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00537
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: HEYWARD HAMILTON
DC
TELEPHONE: Fa33--U55
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX x
CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. W. ELKOOO
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-26
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN COAL
DOE: 065117
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO DEVELOP INFORMATION on THE MECHANISMS AND
RATES OF ENRICHMENT OF CD, NI, AND CR IN DETRITUS FOOD CHAINS IN
WALKER BRANCH WATERSHED STREAMS AND TO DETERMINE THE BIOLOGICAL
AVAILABILITY OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS TO AQUATIC BIOTA IN A STREAM
AKO QUARRY USED AS A DISPOSAL SITE FOR FLY ASH FROM A COAL-FIRED
ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT.
APPROACH: BASELINE MEASUREMENTS OF CD, NI, AND CR CONCENTRATIONS IN
DETRITUS FOOD CHAINS IN A SMALL STREAM WILL BE DETERMINED,
INCLUDING CONCENTRATIONS IN LEAF DETRITUS AS A FUNCTION Or STAGE
OF DECOMPOSITION. CONTRIBUTION OF SURFACE MICROFLORA (BACTERIA,
FUNGI, ALGAE) TO THE ACCUMULATION OF CD, NI AND CR IN LEAF DETRITUS
WILL BE DETERMINED IN BOTH FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES. MECHANISMS
OF ENRICHMENT WILL FIRST BE DETERMINED IN THE LABORATORY BY STERIL-
IZING LEAF DETRITUS AND KILLING ALGAE WITH RADIATION 'AND- DETERMINING
DIFFERENCES IN ENRICHMENT OF RADIOTRACERS OF THESE THREE ELEMENTS.
AVAILABILITY AND TURNOVER OF CD, NI AND CR TO DETRITIVORES WILL ALSO
BE DETERMINED USINS RADIOACTIVE TRACERS IN LABORATORY STUDIES.
RESULTS: RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL DEFINE THE MECHANISMS OF ENRICH-
MENT OF CD, NI AND CR IN DETRITUS-BASED FOOD CHAINS IN FRESHWATER
ENVIRONMENTS AND THE TURNOVER AND BIOACCUMULATION OF THESE THREE
ELEMENTS IN AQUATIC BIOTA. IN ADDITION, THE BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY
OF CO, NI AND CR TO AQUATIC BIOTA IN A STREAM-QUARRY-RESERVOIR SYSTEM
USED FOR FLY ASH DISPOSAL WILL BE DETERMINED. THIS INFORMATION WILL
PROVIDE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF POND
DISPOSAL OF FLY ASH FROM COAL COttSUSTION AND/OR OTHER COAL
TECHNOLOGIES.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00537 - CONTINUED
1. COMPLETE BASELINE EXPERIMENTS ON THE ANALYSES FOR CD, HI,
AND CR IN THE DETRITUS FOOD CHAIN IN THE WALKER BRANCH
WATERSHED STREAM
KEYWORDS: CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAINS;
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; TRACER TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION;
AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FLY ASH; WASTE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
WATER
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00536
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: DAVID s. BALLANTINE
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: P.O. EOX x
CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL IMVES: R. I. VAN HOOK TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
FUNDING:
0.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE-. TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS
DOE: 085116
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: m EVALUATE THE ROLE OF A FORESTED LANDSCAPE
IN THE REMOVAL OF AIRBORNE TRACE CONTAMINANTS. (2) TO DETERMINE THE
PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOURCE EMISSIONS AND ATMOSPHERE
INPUTS OF SELECTED TRACE CONTAMINANTS TO A TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE.
(3) TO OPTIMIZE THE USE OF AN ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL TO COMPUTER
INPUTS OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS TO THE TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE FROM
SELECTED POINT SOURCES. (4) TO DETERMINE IF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION AMD
LANDSCAPE DEPOSITION OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS DERIVED FROM COAL-FIRED
POKER PLANTS RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT NET ANNUAL AND/OR LONG-TERM
ACCUMULATION OF THESE CONTAMINANTS ON A REPRESENTATIVE EAST TENNESSEE
WATERSHED.
APPROACH: THE TECHNICAL APPROACH INVOLVES USE OF AN INTENSIVELY '
INSTRUMENTED AND WELL-CHARACTERIZED FORESTED CATCHMENT (LOCATED
WITHIN 15 KM OF TWO LARGE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS) ON KHICH MEASURE-
MENTS .OF SELECTED TRACE CONTAMINANTS IN AIR, RAIN, ON LEAF SURFACES
AND IN STREAM WATER ARE MADE ON A BASIS DESIGNED TO ELUCIDATE
TRANSPORT, DEPOSITION AND CYCLING OF THESE CONTAMINANTS ON A
LANDSCAPE SCALE.
RESULTS: SUCCESSFUL ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WILL PROVIDE
(1) AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFLUENCE CF FOREST VEGETATION
ON AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY OF COAL-FIRED FOMER PLANTS, (2) AN
IMPROVED STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE FHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTER-
IZATION OF COAL-DERIVED AEROSOLS WHICH HAS IMPLICATIONS TO BOTH
ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS CONSIDERATIONS, (3) AN
IMPROVED ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL FOR PREDICTING AMSIENT AIR
CONCENTRATIONS AND DEPOSITION OF COAL-DERIVED AEROSOLS, AND (4) AN
EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATION OF COAL-FIRED POWER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00536 - CONTINUED
PLANT EMISSIONS DEPOSITED ON THE LANDSCAPE.
PROJECT MILESTONES: •
1. 6/76, COMPLETION OF METEOROL03ICAL TOWER INSTRUMENTATION
a. INITIATION OF FULL-SCALE AEROSOL-CANOPY INTERACTIONS STUDY
3. INITIATION OF PLUME SAMPLING FOR SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION
4. MATERIAL BALANCE OF SELECTED CONTAMINANTS FOR WALKER BRANCH
WATERSHED
KEYWORDS: FATE; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; LAND
POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; MONITORING; AIR QUALITY;
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AEROSOLS; AIR; ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: oosos
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER: WILLIAM E. WILSON TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: DEPT. OF MECH. ENG.
CITY/ST: MINNEAPOLIS MN
PRINCIPAL INVES: K. T. WHITBY TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: RSOSSSI-OS FUNDING: 5.0 FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE TRANSPORT AND FATE
FORMATION OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS
DOE: 071763
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN
THE ST. LOUIS AREA AS" PART OF EPA'S PROJECT MISTT USING AIRCRAFT AND
GROUND-BASED SELF-CONTAINED MOBILE LABORATORIES. THESE MEASUREMENTS
WERE MADE WITH A GROUP OF COLLABORATORS SUCH THAT A COMPLETE ARRAY OF
CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS WERE OBTAINED ON A
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT PLUME. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S PORTION
OF THE PROJECT INCLUDED AEROSOL MEASUREMENTS ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT AND
THE OPERATION Or A MOBILE VAN ON THE GROUND UNDER THE PLUMES.
APPROACH: MUCH OF THE WORK DURING THE NEXT PROJECT YEAR WILL BE
ANALYSIS AND REPORTING OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA OBTAINED DURING
THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. ANALYSIS IS BEING DIRECTED TOWARD OBTAINING
AEROSOL GROWTH RATES IN THE PLUMES, AEROSOL NUCLEATICN RATES IN 'THE
PLUMES AND SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE, AND TOWARD BETTER DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. LABORATORY WORK TOWARD THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF A CONTINUOUS INSTRUMENT FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF AEROSOL SULFUR
IS ALSO BEING PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY THIS PROJECT.
RESULTS: THIS MOBILE VAN WAS ALSO OPERATED ON FREEWAYS IN THE LOS
ANGELES AREA DURING OCTOBER 1976 AS PART OF AN EPA-SFONSORED PROJECT
TO STUDY SULFUR AEROSOLS ON ROADWAYS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/76, FINAL REPORT
2. 12/77, FINAL REPORT
3. 9/7fl, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS-- AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PLUMES; ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANSPORT; MISSOURI; URBAN AREAS; AERIAL MONITORING; AEROSOLS;
METEOROLOGY; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLUE GAS
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 01129
PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: TVA AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
ADDRESS: E AND D BUILDING
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. F. MEAGHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
9.0 FY 1978
TYPE
TRANSPORT AND FATE
ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATION OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS:
(A) FULL-SCALE FIELD STUDIES.
D0£: 130001
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEMICAL
TRANSFORMATIONS IN COAL-FIRED PONER PLANT PLUMES. EMPHASIS WILL BE
PLACED ON THE S02-SULFATE AND NO-N02-NITRATE CONVERSION. CROSSWIND
PROFILES AND AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE VARIOUS PLUME CONSTITUENTS
ARE OBTAINED BY TRAVERSING THE PLUME WITH AN INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT.
MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES FOR EACH OF SEVERAL
LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF A PO^ER PLANT. ADDITIONAL GASEOUS AND PARTICU-
LATE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND RETURNED TO THE LABORATORY FOR
DETAILED ANALYSIS. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED UNDER VARIOUS METEOROLOGI-
CAL CONDITIONS. THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE CONVER-
SION RATES FOR PRIMARY EFFLUENTS. THESE RATES WILL BE CORRELATED WITH
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, SOLAR INTENSITY, AND PLUME
CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATIONS. A MECHANISM WILL BE POSULATED TO EXPLAIN
THE OBSERVATIONS.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FJELD TESTS;
PLUMES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;
NITRATES; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS.
KADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00997
PROJECT SFCS'SOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
CITY/ST: RICHLAND WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. R. KALKWARF
CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-C-06-1830
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
TRANSPORT AND FATE
5.0 FY 1973
POLLUTANT TRANSFORMATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
DOE: 086140
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO MEASURE TRANSFORMATION RATES OF
POLYKUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDRCCAR3CNS AND OTHER POTENTIALLY TOXIC OR
CARCINOGENIC SPECIES EMITTED BY COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AS THESE
COMPOUNDS ARE TRANSPORTED THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. TRANSFORMATION
RATES WILL BE MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THROUGH
RATES WILL BE MEASURED IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. THROUGH
IN-FIELD STUDIES AT COLSTRIP, MONTANA, AND AT THE HANFORD SITE,
RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, POWER PLANT STACK EMISSIONS WILL BE SAMPLED
BETWEEN THE POINT OF RELEASE TO SEVERAL KILOMETERS AWAY. IN BOTH
FIELD ANO LABORATORY STUDIES THE EFFECTS Or TEMPERATURE, LIGHT
INTENSITY, HUMIDITY, AND OTHER POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS HILL BE
EVALUATED.
KEYWORDS: EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; AROMATICS;
HYDROCARBONS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION;
MOJJTANA; WASHINGTON; FLUE GAS; PLUMES.
KADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00959
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AD3SESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX Y
CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. E. LINDBERG; R. R. TURNER
CCRJTRACT NUGER: W-7405-ENG-36
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
0.0 FY 1973
TYPE
TRANSPORT AND FATE
ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS.
DOE: 035116
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ADDRESS TWO ISSUES RELATED TO TRACE
EMISSIONS FROM COAL COMBUSTION PLANTS: THE FATE OF DISPERSED
EMISSION'S, E.G., AEROSOLS AND GASES WHICH EXIT THE STACKS, AND THE
FATE OF CONCENTRATED EMISSIONS, E.G., FRECIPITATOR ASH, BOTTOM ASH
Af.-D SO/SU3 2/ SCRUBBER SLUDGE. THE KEY OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) THE
QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF THE ROLE OF A FORESTED LANDSCAPE IN THE
SCAVENGING OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES FROM THE AMBIENT AIR AND THE
SUBSEQUENT AVAILABILITY OF ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED KITH THESE PARTICLES
FOS ENTRY INTO BIOGECCHEMICAL CYCLES; (2) THE EVALUATION OF THE
ABILITY OF A TERRESTRIAL-AQUATIC SYSTEM TO ACCUMULATE TRACE
CQSTAMINANTS ENTERING VIA THE ATMOSPHERE; AND (3) THE IDENTIFICATION
OF COAL COre'JSTION RESIDUAL DISPOSAL PRACTICES WHICH MINIMIZE OR
MAXIMIZE MOBILIZATION OF TRACE CONTAMINANTS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THESE OBJECTIVES IS VITAL TO (V) UNDERSTAND-
ING AND PREDICTING RESPONSES OF BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECO-
SYSTEMS TO INCREASED LOADINGS OF CONTAMINANTS; (2) FIELD VALIDATION
OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS WHICH SEEK TO DESCRIBE THE MOVEMENT OF CONTAM-
INANTS IN AIR, SOIL, AND WATER; (3) IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL
PATK'^AYS FOR EXPOSURE TO MAN; AND (4) IDENTIFICATION AND APPRAISAL Or
AMELIORATIVE STRATEGIES.
KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL
TRANSPORT; MONITORING; AEROSOLS; FLUE GAS; FLY ASH; ASHES; UPTAKE;
DESULFUSIZATION; SOLID WASTES; SLUDGES; FORESTS; AIR POLLUTION;
ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION.
MADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00569
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: CLINTON w. HALL
DC
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: AIR QUALITY RES. SEC
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL INVES:'J. F. MEAGHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
TRANSPORT AND FATE
3.0 FY FY77
ATMOSPHERIC TRANSFORMATION OF EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS:
FULL-SCALE FIELD STUDIES
DOE: 130001
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TO IDENTIFY THE MECHANISMS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN COAL-FIRED POWER PUNT PLUMES. EMPHASIS
WILL BE PLACED ON THE S02-SULFATE AND NO-N02-NITRATE CONVERSIONS.
APPROACH: CROSSWIND PROFILES AND AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS OF THE
VARIOUS PLUME CONSTITUENTS ARE OBTAINED BY TRAVERSING THE PLUME WITH
AN INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT. MEASUREMENTS ARE MADE AT DIFFERENT
ALTITUDES FOR EACH OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS DOWNWIND OF A POWER PLANT.
ADDITIONAL GASEOUS AND PARTICULATE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND RETURNED
TO THE LABORATORY FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS. DATA WILL BE COLLECTED UNDER
VARIOUS METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
RESULTS: THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE CONVERSION
RATES FOR PRIMARY EFFLUENTS. THESE RATES WILL BE CORRELATED WITH
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, SOLAR INTENSITY, AND PLUME
CONSTITUENT CONCENTRATES. A MECHANISM WILL BE POSTULATED TO EXPLAIN
THE OBSERVATIONS.
PROJECT MILESTONES: '
1. 10/76, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION RATES
2. 10/77, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS ON 502
OXIDATION
3. 11/78, MILESTONE REPORT ON PLUME CHEMISTRY
<». 6/81, FINAL REPORT
5. 1/77, COMPLETE TESTING OF CHAMBER
6. 10/77, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION
7. MILESTONE REPORT ON S02 OXIDATION
8. 6/79, TVA INTERNAL REPORT ON STACK GAS STUDY
9. 3/61, FINAL REPORT
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00569 - CONTINUED
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COAL;
AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; TRALLOCATION; PLUMES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
SULFATES; NITROSEN OXIDES? NITRATES; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS;
OXIDATION; METEOROLOGY; DATA; AEROSOL MONITORING;
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE;01/16/31
PROFILE NUMBER: OC566
PROJECT SPONSOR: NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER;
CONTRACTOR; WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: csoi HEALTH sci. BLD
CITY/ST: SEATTLE HA
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. HC3BSJ L. F. RADKE
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
TRANSPORT AND FATE
90.7 FY FY77
INADVERTENT WEATWER MODIFICATION BY EFFLUENTS FROM COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC
POKER PLANTS
DOE: 110020
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
EFFECTS ON VISIBILITY, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION OF THE EFFLUENTS
(PARTICLES, GASES, HEAT AND KATER VAPOR) FROM MODERN COAL-POWER
PLANTS.
APPROACH; MEASUREMENTS WILL BE MADE FROM A RESEARCH AIRCRAFT WHICH is
EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTATION FOR MEASURING
PARTICLES, GASES AND THE STRUCTURE AST) MICROPHYSICS OF CLOUOS.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE EFFLUENTS FROM THE PUNTS
AND THEIR EFFECTS ON DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS, ICE PARTICLES AND THE
PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATION IN CLOUDS LOCATED DCHHKIND FROM THE
POWER PLANTS.
RESULTS: THE DATA OBTAINED WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THE
DIFFERENCE IN CLOUD PROCESSES AND PRECIPITATION OF AMBIENT VS.
PREVAILING CONDITIONS AS A RESULTS OF THE PLUME CONTAMINANTS. RESULTS
FROM THIS PROJECT SHOULD AID IN THE EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
EFFECTS OF POWER PLANTS AND HELP IN THE SITING OF NEW POWER PUNTS.
KEYWORDS: WEATHER; MODIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FOSSIL-FUEL
POWER PUNTS; AIR POLLUTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS;
COAL; PLUMES; SITE SELECTION
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00091
PROJECT SPONSOR: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
• ADDRESS--
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: • TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: NIOSH-APPALACHIAN LABORATORY
ADDRESS: 944 CHESTNUT RIDGE R
CITY/ST: MORGANTOHN wv
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. ORTHEYER TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS-THRU FUNDING: 6.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
MORTALITY STUDY OF TVA HIGH RISK WORKERS
DOE: 033013
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PULMONARY DISEASE PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY
PNEUMOCCNIOSES AND AIRWAY OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASES, COULD ARISE FROM
EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANT GAS EMISSIONS SUCH AS SQ2 AND N03 FROM COAL
BURNED AS FUEL FOR STEAM-POWERED ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANTS.
PNEUMOCONIOSES COULD DEVELOP FROM YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO COAL DUSTS
IN COAL-LOADING AREAS OR TO ASBESTOS FIBERS IN LININGS OF STEAM
PIPES. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO MEASURE SPECIFIED
EFFECTS (DECREASED LONGEVITY, "PREMATURE" DEATHS FROM PULMONARY
DISEASES, AND EARLY RETIREMENT DUE TO DISABILITY ATTRIBUTED TO
SUCH DISEASES) CN HIGH RISK WORKERS IN COAL-FIRED STEAM ELECTRICITY
GENERATING PLANTS WHO HAVE HAD EXPOSURES TO THESE POLLUTANTS THAT
VARIED IN DURATION AND INTENSITY. IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING INFOR-
MATION OH EARLY DISABILITY AND ON MORTALITY OF EMPLOYEES EXPOSED TO
THESE AIR POLLUTANTS, DATA WILL ALSO BE OBTAINED ON NEOPLASMS OF THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ON DISEASES OF THE HEART. THIS EVIDENCE CAN
BE ANALYZED IN RELATION TO SOME HYPOTHESES ABOUT CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS
OF POLLUTANTS AND EFFECTS ON THE HEART OP. LUNG IMPAIRMENTS.
KEYWORDS: HIGH-RISK WORKERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROSEN DIOXIDE;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PERSONNEL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; INHALATION;
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES; MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM; NEOPLASMS
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/ei
PROFILE NUMBER: oooss
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: M. SCHUUIAN
DC
TELEPHONE: ci301)353-3683
CONTRACTOR: w. VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ADDRESS: w. VIRGINIA u.
CITY/ST: MORGANTOWN wv
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. A. THOMAS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
FUNDING:
HEALTH EFFECTS
0.0 FY 1977
MORGANTOWN ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER—WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COAL
TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM
DOE: 089031
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ERDA-DBER AND THE MORGANTOWN ENERGY RESEARCH
CENTER ARE JOINTLY MANAGING A PROGRAM AT THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WHICH WILL DEVELOP AND/OR USE BIOASSAYS TO DETER-
MINE THE PATHOGENIC POTENTIAL OF POSSIBLE FUGITIVE EMISSIONS OR
EFFLUENTS OF PRESSURIZED LOW BTU COAL GASIFICATION AND COMBUSTION
AND OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE FLUIDIZEO BED COMBUSTION PROCESSES
AND AFFILIATED FEED PREPARATION AND DOWN-STREAM CONTROL AND CLEAN-UP
TECHNOLOGIES.
APPROACH: THE MERC IN-HOUSE PROJECTS ON COAL GAS/COMBUSTION EFFLUENTS
ASSAYS AND TOXIC COAL PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION WILL PROVIDE REPRESEN-
TATIVE EMISSION MATERIALS AND SUPPORTING CHARACTERIZATION RESEARCH
FOR THE PROGRAM. BIOASSAYS INCLUDE RABBIT PULMONARY MACROPHAGE
MORPHOLOGY VIABILITY AND ACTIVITY TESTS, HORMONAL CHANGES AND
TERATCGENIC EFFECTS IN MICE OR RATS, ASSAYS AND IMMUNE SYSTEM EFFECTS
IN MICE AND RATS, RAT DIGESTIVE TRACT AND RABBIT LUNG MORPHOLOGY
STUDIES, CARCINOGEN AND COCARCINCGEN METABOLISM AND MICROSOMAL
INTERACTIONS, BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN THE RAT, LOBSTER SYNAPSE TESTS,
MOLLUSK CILIARY MOTION TESTS, AND OTHERS. THESE STUDIES WILL BE
COORDINATED WITH THOSE OF LOVELACE ITRI AND OTHER PARTICIPATING
ERDA-SPONSORED INSTITUTIONS.
RESULTS: ACQUIRED INFORMATION WILL DIRECT THE DEVELOPMENT AND TEST
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLEAN-UP TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE THE GASIFICATION
AND COMBUSTION PROCESSES ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE.
KEYWORDS: COAL GASIFICATION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; COAL GAS; LOW BTU
GAS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; BIOASSAY; RABBITS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RATS;
AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; AEROSOLS;
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00088 - CONTINUED
CARCINOGENS; SILVER;'LEAD; STRONTIUM; CADMIUM; ALUMINUM; SILICON;
IRON; VANADIUM; GASEOUS WASTES; HYDROCARBONS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM
WADE H. PON3ER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00078
PSOJECT SPONSOR: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: BENJAMIN BRUCKNER
CONTRACTOR: NATL INST OCCUP SAFETY AND
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST-- ROCKVILLE MD
PRINCIPAL INVES: B. BRUCKNER
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS-THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
FUNDING:
HEALTH EFFECTS
0.0 FY 1977
RELATIONSHIP OF METABOLISM, FATE AND TOXICOLOGY OF PARTICULATES AND
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
DOE: 032012
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITHIN THIS AREA UILL BE
FUNDED THROUGH THE GRANT MECHANISM. THESE PROJECTS WILL BE
DESIGNED TO EXPLAIN, INTERPRET, AND PREDICT THE OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH EFFECTS OF PARTICULATES AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE VARIOUS COAL TECHNOLOSIES AS HELL AS OTHER PRIMARY ENERGY SEARCH
AND UTILIZATION PROPOSALS BEING DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE NATION'S
EFFORT TOWARD ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
KEYWORDS: AEROSOLS; HEALTH HAZARDS; FOSSIL FUELS; ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS; COAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TOXICITY;
METABOLISM; PARTICLES
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01127
PROJECT SPONSOR: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIOM
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: • TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: NATL. CTR. FOR ATMOSPHERIC RES
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST: BOULDER co
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. A. MARTELL TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: o.O FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
RADIOACTIVE AERSOLS AND EFFECTS.
DOE: 110087
THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
ATMOSPHERIC AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY FROM
NATURAL AND POLLUTANT SOURCES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE
EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND PROPERTIES OF
RADON DAUGHTERS AND ALPHA EMITTING PARTICLES IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THEIR
ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS AND APPLICATION IN THE ASSESSMENT OF AEROSOL
RESIDENCE TIME, THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE BIOSPHERE, AND THEIR
MUTAGENIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS. MULTISTAGE IMPACT03S AND AIR
FILTER SYSTEMS ARE EMPLOYED FOR AEROSOL COLLECTION. LABORATORY
ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES INCLUDE LOW-LEVEL ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY, B/SUP -/
COUNTING AND RADON GAS COUNTING. THE WARM PARTICLE HYPOTHESIS OF
ALPHA RADIATION INDUCED CANCER IS BEING TESTED BY MEASUREMENT OF
LEAD-210 AND POLONIUM-210 IN AUTOPSY TISSUE SPECIMENS PROVIDED BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO MEDICAL CENTER.
THE MUTAGENIC EFFECTS OF NATURAL ALPHA EMITTERS ARE BEING INVESTIGAT-
ED BY STANDARD TESTS OF SEX-LINKED RECESSIVE LETHAL MUTATIONS INDUCED
IN DROSOPHILA EXPOSED TO NATURAL AND ELEVATED LEVELS''OF ALPHA RADIO-
ACTIVITY IN THE CULTURE MEDIA. THE RESULTS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO VARIOUS
NATURAL AND POLLUTANT SOURCES OF AIREOSNE ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY. ENERGY
RELATED SOURCES INCLUDE COAL BURNING POWER PLANTS AND THE NUCLEAR
FUEL CYCLE.
KEYWORDS: RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADON; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; HEALTH
HAZARDS; LEAD 210; POLONIUM 210; MORTALITY; ALPHA PARTICLES;
DROSOFHILA; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOXUCLIDE KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS;
CARCINOGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOINDUCTION.
WADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/61
PROFILE NUMBER: 01101
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: LOVELACE INHALATION TOXICOLOGY
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 5890
CITY/ST: ALBUQUERQUE NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. L. MAUDERLY TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: EY-76-c-o4-ioi3 FINDING: o.o FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
CARDIOPULMONARY INJURY AND REPAIR AFTER INHALING SULFATE AEROSOLS.
DOE: 098054
BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND FLUIDIZED BED COAL COMBUSTION RESULT IN THE
RELEASE OF PARTICULATE SULFATES WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO POSE A HEALTH
HAZARD VIA INHALATION. ESTIMATES OF THE IMPACT OF INHALED SULFATES
HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY BASED ON DATA ON THE EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURES
ON GUINEA PIG RESPIRATORY FUNCTION. SINCE IT IS NOW RECOGNIZED THAT
THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN INTERPRETING THESE PREVIOUS DATA, ONE GOAL OF
THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USING CURRENT METH-
ODOLOGY. LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON EFFECTS OF CHRONIC
INHALATION OF SULFATES. A SECOND GOAL KILL BE TO STUDY FUNCTIONAL AND
MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTERMEDIATE TO LONS-TEKM EXPOSURES OF RATS
AND DOGS. ONE HOUR EXPOSURES OF GUINEA PIGS TO 1 TO 15 MG 0.9 MU
MMO HESOVCUBIC M ELICITED BRONCKCCCNSTRICTIVE RESPONSES IN ONLY 6X
OF THE SUBJECTS. THESE DATA AND RESULTS OF LC50 STUDIES INDICATE A
LOWER SENSITIVITY TO H2S04 THAN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. FUNCTIONAL A!O
LC50 RESPONSES OF GUINEA PIGS TO SULFATES WILL BE FURTHER CHARACTER-
IZED. RESPONSES OF GUINEA PIGS, DOGS AND RATS WILL BE COMPARED. DOGS
AND RATS WILL BE EXPOSED CHRONICALLY TO H2S04 ANO FUNCTIONAL AND
MORPHOLOGICAL ENOFOINTS WILL BE EVALUATED.
KEYWORDS: AEROSOLS; SULFATES; INHALATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; FLUIDIZED-
BED COMBUSTION; COAL; RATS; DOGS; GUINEA PIGS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES;
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SULFURIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; COMBUSTION;
COAL.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01071
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST? WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER-- ' TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST: ROCHESTER NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: COLEMAN TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: o.o FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
TRANSPORT OF TOXIC ELEMENTS.
DOE: 091884
THE TOXIC METALS RELEASED BY COAL USAGE ARE EXPECTED TO REACH HUMANS
IN FOOD AS WELL AS IN AIRBORNE FORMS. WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
RESEARCH ON THE ABSORPTION OF AN ESSENTIAL HEAVY METAL, CALCIUM, BY
THE INTESTINE AND HAVE DEVELOPED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES WHICH PERMIT
US TO ANALYZE THE OPERATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL INTESTINAL CELLS
INVOLVED IN THE ABSORPTIVE PROCESS. OUR MAJOR GOAL IS TO ELUCIDATE
THE PATHWAYS FOLLOWED BY THIS ESSENTIAL DIVALENT METALLIC ION, DURING
THE NORMAL ABSORPTION PROCESS, AND TO ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISMS WHICH
CONTROL THE ABSORPTION PROCESS. WE PROPOSE TO EXTEND THIS WORK TO
EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC METALS RELEASED BY COAL USAGE ON THE
NORMAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION OF INTESTINE. WE INTEND TO ELUCIDATE
THE PATHWAYS BY WHICH THESE TOXIC ELEMENTS PASS THE EPITHELIAL
BARRIER OF THE INTESTINE AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INTESTINE PLAYS
A ROLE IN THE EXCRETION OF THESE MATERIALS.
KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; FOSSIL-FUEL POX'ER PLANTS;
METALS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; CALCIUM; CATIONS; METABOLISM;
EXCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT.
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 01066
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
' ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: NEW YORK NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: N. GEACINTO
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
FUNDING:
HEALTH EFFECTS
0.0 FY 1978
INTERACTION OF POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC CARCINOGENS WITH DMA.
DOE: 091802
COAL WILL CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF ENERGY IN THE COMING
DECADES. THE INCREASED USE OF COAL WILL GIVE RISE TO AN INCREASING
POLLUTION OF URBAN ATMOSPHERES. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC CARCINOGENS
CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT CLASS OF POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE PRESENT IN SOOT
PARTICLES DERIVED FROM COAL COMBUSTION. THE LONG TERM BIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS OF THESE COMPOUNDS CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT HEALTH HAZARD AND
IT IS PROPOSED TO STUDY THE INTERACTION OF THESE COMPOUNDS WITH DNA
IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS. THE USE OF THE EXCITED STATES OF THE AROMATIC
CARCINOGENS AS PROBES OF THEIR MICROENVIRONMENT IN DNA COMPLEXES
(BOTH COVALENT AND NON-COVALENT ADDUCTS) IS PROPOSED. OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST IS THE STRUCTURE OF THESE FOLYCYCLIC CARCINOGEN-DNA ADDUCTS
AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEIC ACID.
KEYWORDS: POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY; COAL; AIR
POLLUTION; SOOT; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DNA; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS;
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01031
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: DAVIS CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: FISHER TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: o.o FY I9?s
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH FOSSIL FUEL EFFLUENTS.
DOE: 090043
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENERGY PROBLEMS NOW FACIN3 THE NATION IS
THE CRITICAL QUESTION OF THE RELATIVE COST TO HUMAN HEALTH OF THE
MAJOR, VIABLE, ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCING TECHNIQUE, COAL COMBUSTION.
THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A STUDY ON THE BIOLOGIC EFFECTS (INJURY AND
REPAIR) OF EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE AND GASEOUS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH COAL COMBUSTION IN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION. IN OUR INITIAL
STUDIES, WE WILL EVALUATE THE BIOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION AND KINETICS
OF DEPOSITED PARTICULATES IN VIVO AND IN VITRO, USING BOTH CHEMICAL
AND NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES. THESE INITIAL STUDIES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSITIVE BIOLOGIC INDICATORS OF PARTICULATE
EXPOSURE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EFFECTS Or EXPOSURE ON THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM, WITH DETAILED STUDY OF PULMONARY MACROPHAGES, MACROPHAGE' PRO-
GENITORS, LYMPHOCYTES AS WELL AS THEIR INTERACTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN
SUBSEQUENT PATHOGENESIS. WE ALSO WILL STUDY POSSIBLE TOXIC AND CAR-
CINOGENIC EFFECTS ON MAMMALIAN CELL SYSTEMS AND MUTAGENESIS IN THE
AMES SALMONELLA TEST SYSTEM. THESE STUDIES HILL PROVIDE INFORMATION
NECESSARY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LATE EFFECTS (2 TO 3''YEARS FOST-
EXFOS'JSE) OF PARTICULATE INHALATION IN RODENTS. IN THE INITIAL PHASE
OF THIS STUDY WE HILL (1) EVALUATE THE DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS OF
SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE PARTICULATES IN RODENTS AND NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
USING RADIOTRACER-LABELED MATERIALS, (2) OBTAIN AND CHARACTERIZE FLY
ASH FOR ANIMAL EXPOSURES, (3) IDENTIFY RELEVANT BIOLOGIC MECHANISMS
OF DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULATE EXPOSURE, AND (4) STUDY POTEN-
TIAL TOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS OF PARTICULATE EXPOSURE IN CELL
CULTURES. THE EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE STUDY WILL
ALLOW US TO EFFECTIVELY STUDY THE BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSURE
TO DOGS, NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND RODENTS USING FLY ASK AEROSOLS (ALONE
WADE H. PCNDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01031 - CONTINUED
AND IN COMBINATION WITH OXIDES OF NITROGEN AND SULFUR) OF WELL-
DEFINED PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES SIMILAR TO THOSE RELEASED
FROM THE STACKS OF COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL PUNTS.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; ELECTRIC POWER;
COMBUSTION; AEROSOLS; PARTICLES; POWER GENERATION; BOILER FUEL; FLY
ASH; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; DOGS; MAN; RODENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; FLUE
GAS; SULFUR OXIDES; COAL; PETROLEUM.
KADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00769
PROJECT SPONSOR: NIEHS
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: NATL. INST. ENV. HEALTH sci.
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX izzss
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. JURGELSKI, JR.
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
3.0 FY 1978
TYPE:
HEALTH EFFECTS
IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS: CHEMICALS
AND CHEMICAL CARCINOGENS.
DOE: 033353
AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF- INCREASED COAL PRODUCTION
ON CANCER INCIDENCE IN COAL MINERS AND OF INCREASED COAL COMBUSTION
ON CANCER INCIDENCE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION WAS COMPLETED IN
RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE PRESIDENT'S TASK FORCE.
KEYWORDS: CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; CARCINOGENS; COAL
INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; COAL MINERS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;
AIR POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION.
MADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER-- 00765
PROJECT SPONSOR: NIOSH
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: MORGANTOWN
MANAGER:
wv
CONTRACTOR: TVA, DIV. OF MED. & ENV. SERV.
ADDRESS: 4o& EDNEY BLDG.
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. S. SIMON; D. TRAVER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE;
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
HEALTH EFFECTS
2.0 FY 1973
MORTALITY/INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE STUDY OF WORKERS IN COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS, TVA.
DOE: 032037
THE PURPOSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PORTION OF THE STUDY IS TO
IDENTIFY ANO MEASURE CONTAMINANTS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
OF EMPLOYEES AT TVA COAL FIRED POWER PUNTS. DETAILED CROSS-SECTIOHAL
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WORKERS IN
APPROXIMATELY 10 SELECTED OCCUPATIONS WITHIN THE POWER PLANT. TVA
WILL ALSO REVIEW SELECTED EXISTING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DATA
AVAILABLE ON PAST EXPOSURES OF THE SELECTED OCCUPATIONS ALONG WITH
ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON CONTROL PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS USED,
AND WILL ATTEMPT TO RETROSPECTIVELY ESTIMATE EXPOSURES. THE PURPOSE
OF THE MORTALITY STUDY IS TO MEASURE HOW MUCH IF ANY INCREASES IN
DEATH RATES AND FRE-RETIREMENT AGE DISABILITY DUE TO CHRONIC PULMO-
NARY IMPAIRMENTS ARE CORRELATED WITH LONG-TERM EXPOSURES OF COAL
DUST, COAL COMBUSTION GASES AND FLY ASH, ASBESTOS FIBERS''AND OTHER
AIRBORNE RESPIRATORY HAZARDS IN TVA WORK ENVIRONMENTS. ALL REGULAR
MALE EMPLOYEES OF THE TVA EMPLOYED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1 JANUARY 1955
ANT) 31 DECEMBER 1972 WILL BE INCLUDED, PROVIDED THEY'HAVE TOTAL WORK-
HISTORIES AT THE TVA OF 5+ YEARS (N APPROXIMATELY 25,000).
EMPLOYEES NOT EXPOSED TO AIRBORNE HAZARDS WILL BE USED AS CONTROLS.
WORK-HISTORIES AND NEEDED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WILL BE ASSEMBLED FROM
TVA PERSONNEL RECORDS. THE NIOSH WILL SEARCH FOR DEATHS AMONG
EMPLOYEES WHO RESIGNED FROM THE TVA RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHILE LIVING.
FROM THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE COHORT SPECIFIED CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES
KITH LCNS-TERM EXPOSURES TO CONTAMINANTS POTENTIALLY LINKED TO
MALIGNANCIES OR DISABLING RESPIRATORY DISEASES WILL BE SELECTED,
WITH MATCHED NOT-EXPOSED CONTROLS, FOR DETAILED FOLLOW-UP REGARDING
NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES, NON-TVA WORK EXPOSURES AND DEVELOPMENT
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00765 - CONTINUED
OF MALIGNANCIES AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; MORTALITY; PERSONNEL; HEALTH
HAZARDS; FLY ASH; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; DUSTS.
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE .-01/16/61
PROFILE NUMBER: 00735
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ADDRESS:
cm/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: USD TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: SCH. VETERINARY MED.
CITY/ST: AMES IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. B. BUCK TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING:
FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: HEALTH EFFECTS
BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF COAL CONVERSION FP.ODUCTS.
DOE: OOOZOO
INCREASED EMPHASIS ON COAL BURNING AND ENERGY GENERATION IMPLIES A
MARKED INCREASE IN COAL STACK EMISSIONS. THESE CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT
QUANTITIES OF HEAVY METALS. IT IS DESIRED TO DETERMINE EFFECTS OF
INCREASED EXPOSURE OF PRIMATES TO COAL CONVERSION PRODUCTS. A
COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRANSMITTED TV MONITORING SYSTEM IS BEING
DEVELOPED. IT WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN MONKEYS
EXPOSED TO VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS SUCH AS MERCURY AND
LEAD CONTAINED IN COAL STACK EMISSIONS.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; EMISSION; FLUE GAS; MERCURY;
LEAD; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MONKEYS; BEHAVIOR; RESPONSE MODIFYING
FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HEALTH HAZARDS.
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00315
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CORVALLIS OR
MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON TELEPHONE: c(503)757-9636
CONTRACTOR: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: BIOLOGY DEPT
CITY/ST-- BOZEMAN MT
PRINCIPAL INVES: S. EVERSMAN TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-805367-01 FUNDING: 4.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
USE OF LICHENS AS PREDICTORS AND INDICATORS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM A
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
DOE: 072721
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: TWO LICHEN SPECIES NATIVE TO SOUTHEAST MONTANA
SHCXED REDUCED RESPIRATION RATES AND ALGAL CELL PLASMOLYSIS AND
BLEACHING WHEN EXPOSED TO 0.02, 0.04, AND 0.07 PPM S02 (GEOMETRIC
MEANS) ON A FIELD FUMIGATION SITE. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT
PROJECT IS TO COLLECT THESE SAME TWO LICHEH SPECIES TO BE OBSERVED
AS BIOLOGICAL MONITORS OF S02 EMISSIONS FROM TWO COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS IN COLSTRIP, MONTANA.
APPROACH: LICHEN COMMUNITY INFORMATION is ALSO BEING COLLECTED IN
ORDER TO DETECT ANY CHANC-ES IN EPIPHYTIC AND SOIL LICHEN COMMUNITIES
AS COAL BURNING PROCEEDS IN THIS AREA.
RESULTS: ALL THE LICHEN INFORMATION WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH PLANT
COMMUNITY DATA GATHERED BY OTHER RESEARCHERS IN THE AREA IN ORDER TO
DETERMINE EFFECTS OF S02 EMISSIONS (AND OTHER COAL-BURNING
POLLUTANTS) ON PONDEROSA PINE-GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 7/eO, FINAL REPORT '
KEYWORDS: AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FLUE GAS; MONITORING; FORECASTING;
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; LICHENS; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;
EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROCARBONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRA-
TION
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:oi/16/si
PROFILE NUMBER: 00317
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CORVALLIS
MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPT OF SOIL SCIENCE
CORVALLIS OR
E. R. LANOA
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803948-OZ
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
3.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE-' TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF NONGASEOUS AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
DOE: 072719
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: INVESTIGATE SELECTED EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-BURNING ON PLANT GROliTH AND METABOLISM.
KEYWORDS: NONGASEOUS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS; FLY
ASH; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL; STACK DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS; PLANTS; METABOLISM; HYDROCARBONS; PLANT GROWTH; SOLID WASTES
WADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE « ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/fil
PROFILE NUMBER: 00321
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS: P. o. BOX 1502?
CITY/ST: LAS VEGAS NV
MAJJAGER: G. B. WIERSMA TELEPHONE: cc7021736-2969
CONTRACTOR: EPA-EMSL
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 15027
CITY/ST: us VEGAS NV
PRINCIPAL INVES: A. B. CROCKETT TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: 55.5 FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DEVELOP AND APPLY BIOLOGICAL MONITORING METHODS
DOE'- 072321
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PUNTS, ANIMALS, AND VARIOUS INDICES WILL BE
EVALUATED AS TO THEIR VALUE AS BIOLOGICAL MONITORS AND POTENTIAL FOR
INCORPORATION INTO OPERATIONAL MONITORING NETWORKS.
APPROACH: SOIL, VEGETATION, AND SMALL MAMMALS WILL BE COLLECTED
AROUND A COAL-FIRED POWER PUNT AND IN A HIGHLY URBANIZED AREA.
AFTER A POTENTIAL MONITOR HAS BEEM IDENTIFIED, FACTORS AFFECTING THE
RECEPTOR WILL BE STUDIED TO DETERMINE ITS RESPONSE AND USEFULNESS.
DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED. PLANT COMMUNITIES'WILL BE
STUDIED TO DETERMINE IF EXISTING SPECIES DIVERSITY INDICES HAVE VALUE
AS INDICATORS OF POLLUTANT IMPACT. MICROORGANISMS WILL BE EVALUATED
TO DETERMINE USEFULNESS AS INDICATORS OF POLLUTANT BIOAVAIUBILITY IN
SOIL SYSTEMS.
RESULTS: COMPLETE SAMPLING AT FOUR CORNERS POWER PUNT FOR SOIL AND
VEGETATION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT AND ANALYSES OF SOIL CONDUCTED FOR
MERCURY, LEAD, CADMIUM, ZINC, SELENIUM, AND COPPER. PLANT COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN SAMPLED FOR INDICES EVALUATION AND RATES COLLECTED IN
LOS ANGELES FOR LEAD.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 5/77, MERCURY DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL AROUND A URGE COAL-FIRED
POWER PUNT; EPA-600/3-77-063
2. 9/77, TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION AROUND A COAL-FIRED POWER
PUNT
3. 9/77, ANNUAL REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL INDICES
4. 9/77, ANNUAL REPORT ON USEFULNESS OF RATS AS BIOLOGICAL
MONITORS
5. 9/78, FINAL REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL IK-DICES
6. 9/79, REPORT ON TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN DOMESTIC
HADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: ooszi - CONTINUED
ANIMALS
7. 10/50, REPORT ON MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF POLLUTANT
TOXICITY
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; AIR
POLLUTION; ANIMALS; PLANTS; SOILS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; BIOLOGICAL
INDICATORS; URBAN AREAS; MERCURY; LEAD; CADMIUM; ZINC; SELENIUM;
COPPER
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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DATE;oi/16/ei
PROFILE NUMBER: 00330
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CORVALLIS OR
MANAGER; ERIC M. PRESTON
CONTRACTOR: OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
ADDRESS: DEPT. OF BIOLOGY
CITY/ST: LOS ANGELES CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. L. MORTON
CONTRACT NUMBER: RSOSSSl-Ol
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE:
TELEPHONE; ct503)757-4636
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 7.0 FY FY77
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
SEASONAL CYCLES IN BODY COMPOSITION, ORGAN SYSTEM FUNCTION, AND
ENERGETICS OF GRASSLAND BIRDS NEAR COLSTRIP, MONTANA
DOE: 07E703
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: IN 1974 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(EPA) BEGAN A LONG-TERM STUDY OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS ON THE GRASS-
LAUD ECOSYSTEM NEAR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS AT COLSTRIP, MONTANA.
THIS STUDY IS BROAD IN SCOPE BUT ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT, OF CONCERN
HERE, HAS BEEN ON THE POTENTIAL OF BIRDS AS BIOINDICATORS Or
POLLUTION.
APPROACH: IN THE THREE YEAR PERIOD, 1974-76, MANY AVIAN SPECIMENS
WERE COLLECTED IN THE COLSTRIP AREA BY EPA PERSONNEL AND LARGE
QUANTITIES OF DATA WERE GATHERED ON SEASONAL CYCLES IN BCDY COMPOSI-
TION, ORGAN SYSTEM FUNCTION, AND BIOENERGETICS. SINCE THE POWER
PLANTS DID NOT BECOME FUNCTIONAL UNTIL 1975 AND 1976, THESE DATA HAVE
THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING A SCLID BASE OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE
USED TO QUANTIFY POLLUTION EFFECTS WHICH MAY ACCRUE IN THE FUTURE. AT
THIS TIME, HOWEVER, MANY OF THE COLLECTED BIRD SPECIMENS HAVE NOT
UNDERGONE LABORATORY PROCESSING NOR HAS EXISTING DATA BEEN PULLED
TOGETHER IN USEFUL FORM. f
RESULTS; IT is THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY PROPOSED HEREIN TO COMPLETE
THE NECESSARY LABORATORY PROCEDURES ON STORED SPECIMENS, MAKE ADDI-
TICNAL COLLECTIONS, OF NECESSARY, TO FILL INFORMATION GAPS, COMPILE
AND EVALUATE ALL PERTINENT DATA, AND CONSTRUCT A FINAL REPORT OF
SUFFICIENT SCOPE AND DETAIL THAT WILL CONSTITUTE AN EFFECTIVE
DOCUMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN GRASSLAND BIRDS OF THE '
COLSTRIP AREA.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/78, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; PLANTS; BIRDS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS;
KADE H. FONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00330 - CONTINUED
MONTANA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; COAL GASIFICATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL
OXIDAUTS; PHYSIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; GASEOUS WASTES
WADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE fc ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00343
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST-- WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: CHARLES L. OSTERBERG TELEPHONE: FTs/233-42oa
CON-TRACTOR: BATTELLE-PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 999
CITY/ST: RICHUND WA
PRINCIPAL INVES: C. E. CUSHING TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: E(45-i)-i&3o FUNDING: 7.0 FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOR OF FOSSIL FUEL EFFLUENTS IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
DOE: 066024
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN NUMBERS OF COAL-FIRED
STEAM PLANTS WITH COOLING LAKES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COAL
TECHNOLOGY (SRC) WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RELEASE OF EFFLUENTS
INTO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS. TRACE METALS AND OTHER POLLUTANTS ARE
KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THESE EFFLUENTS AND CAN BE PASSED THROUGH AND
CONCENTRATED IN THE AQUATIC FOOD WEB LEADING TO MAN. THESE EFFLUENTS
MAY IMPACT ON THE BIOTA OF NATURAL RECEIVING WATERS OR LIMIT THE
INTENDED MULTIPLE USE OF THE COOLINS LAKES FOR RECREATION,
IRRIGATION, OR AQUACULTURE. THIS PRC3RAM IS DESIGNED TO STUDY THE
BEHAVIOR AND EFFECTS OF THESE EFFLUENT COMPONENTS IN FRESHWATER
ECOSYSTEMS.
APPROACH; RESEARCH WILL BE CON-DUCTED AT OPERATING FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS
AtlD IN THE LABORATORY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR FUTURE STUDIES IN
CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTAL ECOSYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS
CONCERNED WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFLUENTS, THEIR EFFECT ON
AQUATIC PRODUCTIVITY, THEIR FATE IN FRESHWATER SYSTEMS AND THEIR
EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY SU3LETHAL, ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS.
RESULTS: THE EVENTUAL OUTPUT OF THIS PROGRAM WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF PREDICTIVE INFORMATION ON TRANSFER RATES OF COAL COMBUSTION
EFFLUENT COMPONENTS IN FRESHWATER FOOD WEBS, ESPECIALLY LARGE,
MULTIPLE-USE COOLINS LAKES AND RECEIVING WATERS OF SOLVENT REFINED
. COAL PLANT EFFLUENTS. IN ADDITION, DATA ON CHRONIC AND ACUTE
SU3LETHAL EFFECTS ON ORGANISMS OF THE FOOD WEB WILL PROVIDE INPUT FOR
THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 3/78, ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART--SITE SURVEYS OF
WESTERN COAL-FIRED ELECTRICAL GENERATING PLANTS
WADE H. PONDER
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2. 9/78, BIOASSAYS OF SELECTED EFFLUENT CONSTITUENTS
3. 9/79, STUDIES OF DEVELOPING COAL TECHNOL03IES—DETERMINATION
OF SUBLETHAL EFFECTS CF EFFLUENTS ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS
4. 9/80, DETERMINATION OF TRANSFER RATES Am MEDIATORS OF THE
AFFECTS OF SELECTED EFFLUENT CONSTITUENTS
KEYWORDS: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; COAL; STEAM GENERATORS; COOLING PONDS;
THERMAL EFFLUENTS; METALS; POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
SITE SELECTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
WADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 003^6
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: JAY s. JACOBSON TELEPHONE: ct301)353-3664
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ACDRESS:.ENV. SCI. DIV.
CITY/ST-. OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. B. MCLAUGHLIN, JR. TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: o.o FY FYV?
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COAL COMBUSTION, RESPONSE OF VEGETATION TO S02,
OZONE AND ACID PRECIPITATION
DOE: 085119
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COAL COMBUSTION-- RESPONSE
OF VEGETATION TO SOZ, 03, AND ACID PRECIPITATION WILL EXAMINE PHYSIO-
LOGICAL RESPONSES OF PLANTS AS INDICATORS OF ACUTE AND SUB-ACUTE
RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO AIR POLLUTION STRESS. PRIMARY EMPHASIS WILL BE
PLACED ON DETERMINING THE PHYSIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF
POLLUTANT DOSES.
APPROACH: WITH GASEOUS POLLUTANTS (soa AND 03) CONCENTRATION PEAKS,
DURATION AND FREQUENCY WILL BE VARIED WHILE THE FREQUENCY, PH,
INTENSITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ACIDIFIED RAINFALL WILL BE
EXAMINED AND RELATED TO PLANT RESPONSE. RESPONSE PARAMETERS TO BE
MEASURED INCLUDE PHOTOSYNTHESIS, RESPIRATION, TRANSPIRATION, AND'
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM, AND GROWTH. BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND COM3INEO
POLLUTANT REGIMES WILL BE STUDIED TO DEVELOP A PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS
FOR EVALUATING PROBABLE EFFECTS OF POLLUTANT STRESS UNDER FIELD
CONDITIONS.
RESULTS: THIS PROJECT is DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTAND-
ING CF THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO POLLUTANT STRESS, BUT TO PROVIDE A
MEANS OF CHARACTERIZING POLLUTANT DOSE IN BIOLOGICALLY MEANINGFUL
TERMS. WHILE THE INITIAL PHASES RELY HEAVILY ON CONTROLLED LABORATORY
EXPOSURES, INCREASED EMPHASIS HILL BE PLACED ON EVALUATION OF
POLLUTANT STRESS UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS AS THE PROJECT PROCEEDS.
1. DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED DOSAGE
KINETICS OF S02 ANO 03 ON PHYSIOLOGY OF KIDNEY BEAN
2. DETERMINE INFLUENCE OF TREATMENT DURATION AND ACIDITY LEVEL,
AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ACID RAINFALL ON PLANT PHYSIO-
LOGICAL PROCESSES
WADE H. PONDER
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3. EXAMINED COMBINED EFFECTS OF S02, 03, AND ACID PRECIPITATION
ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND GROWTH
KEYWORDS: COAL; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; PLANTS; SULFUR
DIOXIDE; OZONE; INORGANIC ACIDS; AIR POLLUTION; ACID RAIN; PHOTO-
SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA FSOGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 0031*
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CORVALLIS OR
MANAGER: ERIC PRESTON TELEPHONE: a503)757-4636
CONTRACTOR: KCOSTER COLLEGE
ADDRESS: BIOLOGY DEPT
CITY/ST: WOOSTER OH
PRINCIPAL INVES: M. D. KERN TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-so5370-oi FUNDING: 7.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE; TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT EMISSION ON
TISSUE STRUCTURE OF SELECTED BIRD SPECIES: BIRDS AS INDICATORS
DOE: 073723
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT is TO IDENTIFY
SPECIES OF GRASSLAND BIRDS AND/OR THEIR ORGAN-SYSTEMS WHICH ARE
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO THE EMISSION'S OF COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS
AND CAN BE USED TO MONITOR AND INDICATE AIR QUALITY AND PREDICT THE
IMPACT OF CHRONIC, LOW-LEVEL, NONLETHAL STACK EMISSION ON THE
SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEM.
APPROACH: THE STUDY SITE is A GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM IN CCLSTRIP,
MONTANA, IN WHICH TWO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS OPERATE. REPRESENTA-
TIVE GRASSLAND BIRDS SELECTED FOR STUDY AT THE SITE ARE THE WESTERN
MEADCWURK (STURNELLA NEGLECTA), MOURNING DOVE CZENAIDURA MACROURA),
LARK BUNTING (CALAMOSPIZA MELANQCORYS), VESPER SPARROW (FCOECETES
GRAMINEUS), AND LARK SPARROW (CnGNDESTES GRAMMACUS). IN EACH CASE,
THE HISTOLOGY OF THE FOLLOWING TISSUES IS EXAMINED BEFORE (1975-1976)
AND AFTER (1976-1979) THE POWER PLANTS HAVE GONE ON-LINE: (1) TISSUES
WHICH ARE STRESS INDICATORS: THE ADRENAL AND THYROID GLANDS; (2)
TISSUES WHICH BELONG TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM: THE BURSA'OF FABR-ICIUS,
THYMUS, AND SPLEEN; (3) DETOXIFYING TISSUES: THE LIVER, KIDNEY, AND
LUNG; AND w REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES: THE TESTIS, OVARY, AND OVIDUCT.
RESULTS: THIS HISTOLOGICAL INFORMATION WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH m
MEASURES OF CARCASS AND TISSUE COMPOSITION AND OTHER GROSS MEASURE-
MENTS MADE ON THE SAME BIRDS, AND (3) INFORMATION ON THE AIR QUALITY,
WEATHER, AND OTHER ORGANISMS IN THE SAME IMPACTED ECOSYSTEM, IN ORDER
TO IDENTIFY RELATIONSHIPS WHICH ARE USEFUL FOR (1) PREDICTING THE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF GIVEN RATES OF POLLUTION CHALLENGE, AND iZ)
SITING COAL-FIRED POWER PUNTS IN THE GREAT PUINS REGION.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
WADE H. PONDER
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1. 7/80, FINAL REPORT
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; AIR
POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; BIRDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; BIO-
CHEMISTRY; BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY; AIR QUALITY; CHP.OHIC INTAKE; STACK
DISPOSAL; MONTANA; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; ADRENAL GLANDS; THYROID;
THYMUS; SPLEEN; LIVER; KIDNEYS; LUNGS; TESTES; OVARIES; BIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS; SITE SELECTION
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER: OOZ98
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: DULUTH
MANAGER: G. GLASS
MN
TELEPHONE: NA
CONTRACTOR: WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY-CTR BIO s
ADDRESS: 750 UNIVERSITY AVE
CITY/ST: MADISON wi
PRINCIPAL INVES: 0. L. LOUCKS
CONTRACT NUMBER: R-803971-0<*
TELEPHONE:
FWJDING:
339.9 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
THE IMPACT OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON THE ENVIROMENT
DOE: 074101
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS SUPPORT TO CONTINUE
INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AND
OPERATION OF A COAL-FIRED POWER.GENERATING STATION, TWO UNITS (527
MEGAWATTS EACH).
APPROACH: THE APPROACH is INTER-DISCIPLINASY, WITH DISCRETE SECTIONS
FOCUSED ON: AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, FISH, HYDRCGEOLCGY, WATER USE
ANALYSIS, WETLANDS ECOLOGY, REMOTE SENSINS, A5UATIC CHEMISTRY,
HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS IN FISH, ASSESSMENT OF A COOLING SYSTEM, PLUME
CHEMISTRY, VISUAL CHANGES, MASS FLOW AND BALANCE OF HATER, AIR,
AND CHEMICALS. DATA ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COLUMBIA DATA BANK,
IES, MADISON.
RESULTS: ORIGINALLY RESEARCH COMMENCED IN 1971 UNDER A GRANT FROM
THREE WISCONSIN POWER COMPANIES. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE CURRENT PHASE
OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED IN JULY 1978. THE SITE "IS ON THE
FLOODPLAIN OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER NEAR PORTAGE, WISCONSIN. PRIMARY
ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE IMPACT ON THE AQUATIC ENVIROflMENT. A
PORTION OF THE STUDY IS DEVELOPING, IN CONCERT WITH THE WISCONSIN
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, AND THREE WISCONSIN PU3LIC UTILITIES, CRITERIA FOR SITING
OF GENERATING FACILITIES.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 74, COMPLETE BASE LINE DATA GATHERINE-AIR, WATER, PLANTS AND
ANIMALS
2. 3/76, COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS OF POWER PLANT AND
CCOLIN3 LAKE
3. 12/77, COMPLETE DATA GATHERING ON SHORT-TERM IMPACTS OF
OPERATION
WADE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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it. 7/78, COMPLETE DRAFT SITING CRITERIA DOCUMENT
5. 7/78, COMPLETE MAJOR REPORTS ON ALL IMPACTS ON UNIT 1
6. 7/79, COMPLETE DATA GATHERING ON SHORT-TERM IMPACTS OF UNIT 2
7. 7/60, COMPLETE MAJOR REPORTS ON ALL IMPACTS Or UNITS 1 AND 2
8. 12/80, COMPLETE INTEGRATIVE ANT) EVALUATION STUDIES OF IMPACT
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS'; AQUATIC
ECOSYSTEMS; WATER REQUIREMENTS; CONSUMPTION RATES; WATER; COOLING
SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION;
MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUNTS; METEOROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT;
WATER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; CONSTRUCTION; OPERATION; WATER-
SHEDS; SITE SELECTION; DATA ACQUISITION
WADE H. FONDER
CCEA Fr.OGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMSER: 00391
PROJECT SPONSOR: COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SER
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: USD TELEPHONE: NSD
CONTRACTOR: WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS:.H6 AGRICULTURE HALL
CITY/ST: MADISON wi
PRINCIPAL INVES: T. W. TIBBITTS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: ' TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
AIR POLLUTION INTERACTIONS ON CROP PUNTS
DOE: 000038
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DETERMINE SENSITIVITY OF SELECTED CROP CULTIVARS
TO OZONE, SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE ALONE AND IN COMBINA-
TION. EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMOLOGY AND EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THESE CROPS
AROUND A COAL FIRED POWER PLANT IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
APPROACH: CONTROLLED FUMIGATIONS KILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE BIOTRON
UNDER OPTIMUM GROWTH CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE MINIMUM THRESHOLD
DOSAGES FOR FUMIGATIONS OF 1 TO 8 KRS FOR CARROTS, MINT, PEAS, TURF-
GRASS, AND ALFALFA. THE THRESHOLD LEVELS FOR OZONE, SULFUR DIOXIDE
AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE AS SEPARATE POLLUTANTS AND AS MIXED POLLUTANTS
WILL BE DETERMINED. STUDY OF STOMATAL RESPONSE OF THE SEPARATE
CULTIVARS DURING FUMIGATIONS WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH POROMETER MEASURE-
MENTS AhO SILICONS RUBBER IMPRESSIONS. CROP INJURY AROUND A NEW COAL-
FIRED POWER PLANT WILL BE FOLLOWED BOTH THROUGH A SERIES OF 16
ALFALFA PLANTINGS LOCATED IN A UNIFORM MANNER AROUND THE' PLANT AND
THROUGH CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF THE ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS.
RESULTS-- ALFALFA FIELDS HAVE BEEN SAMPLED AT REGULAR INTERVALS IN
1972, 1973, 197* TO ESTABLISH THE NORMAL LEVEL OF ALFALFA YIELDS AND
TYPES OF INJURY BEFORE THE GENERATING PLANT BEGAN OPERATIONS AKD
SAMPLED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1975 AS PARTIAL OPERATION WAS INITIATED.
NO EVIDENCE OF AIR POLLUTION INJURY WAS FOUND IN ANY SEASON. FUMI-
GATIONS IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS WITH 302 AND 03 UPCN THE AL SWEET
CULTIVAR OF PEAS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT 2100 UG/M(3) OF S02 AND 400
UG/M(3) OF 0 ARE MINIMUM CRITICAL LEVELS AND THAT A COMBINATION OF
THESE POLLUTANTS IS DAMAGING AT 520 UG/HC3) S02 AND 260 U3/M(3) 0.
PROCEDURES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO UTILIZE THE LEVEL OF CHLOROPHYLL IN
THE LEAF TISSUE AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING ACCURATELY THE DEGREE OF
POLLUTION INJURY TO THE LEAVES. A STUDY OF SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLI-
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CATIONS WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPOUND, DPX 4891, FROM E.I. DU PONT DE
NEMCURS AND CO. WAS UNDERTAKEN AT HANCOCK, HI FCR PROTECTION OF
NORLAND POTATOES FROM OXIDANT INJURY. NO SIGNIFICANT RESULTS WERE
OBTAINED BECAUSE NO EVIDENCE OF POLLUTION INJURY WAS OBSERVED IN THE
CONTROL TREATMENTS. OXIDANT DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND ANALYZED
DURIN3 THE PAST SEASON FROM THESE INSTRUMENTS; ONE LOCATED NEAR THE
PORTAGE GENERATING STATION, ONE AT MADISON, AND ONE AT HANCOCK.
SIMILAR CXIDANT LEVELS WERE RECORDED AT ALL SITES WITH LEVELS
SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN DURING THE SUMMER PERIODS OF 1973-74.
KEYWORDS: PLANTS; CROPS; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY; SYNERGISM; AIR POLLUTION; ROOT
ABSORPTION; FOLIAR UPTAKE; PLANT GROWTH; GENETIC VARIABLILITY
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01132
PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: TVA AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
ADDRESS: E AND D BUILDING
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL IN\'ES: J. C. NOGGLE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: o.o FY i?78
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DETEP.MIME DOSE-RESPONSE KINETICS FOR EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS
FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON SOYBEANS AND OTHER CROP AND FOREST SPECI
DOE: 130004
VEGETATION OF 502, N02, AND 03 EXPOSURES AT CONCENTRATIONS, DOSAGE
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED EFFECTS ON
RATES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TYPICALLY OCCURRING DURING
SURFACE EXPOSURES IN THE VICINITY OF LARGE COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.
BY USING A FUMIGATION CHAMBER WITHIN A GROWTH CHAMBER AND A POLLUTANT
INJECTION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DUPLICATING ACTUAL FIELD FUMIGATIONS,
CROP SPECIES WILL BE EXPOSED TO POKER PLANT EMISSIONS AND OTHER
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTS ON FIELD AND PLANT
SENSITIVITY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLLUTION DOSE, FOLIAR INJURY,
AlO YIELD FOR STAGE OF GROWTH OF CROPS MOST SENSITIVE TO ATMOSPHERIC
POLLUTANTS WILL BE DETERMINED FOR THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT.
KEYWORDS: DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; AIR POLLUTION; FOSSIL-FUEL
POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PLANT GROWTH;
PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CROPS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; SOYBEANS;
GLYCINE HISPIDA.
KADE H. PONDER
CCEA FSOGSAM MANAGER
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PROFILE KU13ER: 01131
PROJECT SPONSOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENC
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: T\'A AIR QUALITY RESEARCH SEC.
ADDRESS; E AND D BUILDING
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. C. N03GLE TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1976
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
FIELD AND FILTERED/UNFILTERED EXPOSURE CHAMBER STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF
COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT EMISSIONS ON CROP AND FOREST SPECIES OF ECONOMIC
DOE: 130003
THE 03JECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY THE IMPACT OF COAL-FIRED
POWER PLANT EMISSIONS ON CROP SPECIES OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE APPROACH IS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT
ON YIELD AND CROP APPEARANCE THROUGH THE USE OF FIELD (POLLUTED) AIR
EXCLUSION SYSTEM AND CHARCOAL-FILTERED AIR GREENHOUSES. THE AIR
EXCLUSION PLOTS WILL BE ESTABLISHED TO ENABLE ISOLATION OF THE
EFFECTS CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO S02 FRCM THE POKER PLANT FROM THOSE
CAUSED BY AMBIENT LEVELS OF OZCNE AST) TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOZ/OZ
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OCCUR IN THE AM3IENT ENVIRONMENT. RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CROP APPEARANCE AND YIELD WILL BE DETERMINED. RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN EXPOSURE DOSE Am YIELD UILL BE DETERMINED. EFFECTS OF OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ON MODIFYING PLANT RESPONSE TO S02 AND 03
WILL BE DETERMINED.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CROPS;
SULFUR DIOXIDE; OZONE; YIELDS; SYNERGISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATION-
SHIPS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; AIR POLLUTION;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
MADE H. PONDER
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DATE:ci/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 01039
PROJECT SPONSOR:
ADORESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
DEPARTMENT OF ENERSY
WASHINGTON
DC
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR; BOYCE THOMPSON INST. FOR PLANT
ADDRESS: loss N. BROADWAY
CITY/ST: YONKERS NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: L. H. KEINSTEIH TELEPHONE:
CCKJTRACT NUMBER: EE-77-8-OE-4363 FUNDING: 2.0 FY 1973
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE ON VEGETATION.
DOE: 091196
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH ARE TO PROVIDE DATA ON THE DIRECT
AND IN-DIRECT EFFECT OF SO/SUB Z/ IN IMPORTANT CROP ANO FOREST SPECIES
OF PLANTS ANT) HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY NO/SU3 2/. THIS KIND OF
INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE ANO
FORESTRY OF COAL-FIRED POKER PLANTS AND OTHER LARGE USERS OF COAL OR
OTHER FCSSIL FUELS, INCLUDING: (1) THE MODE OF ACTION AND METABOLIC
TRANSFORMATIONS OF SO/SUB Z/ IN PLANTS; (2) THE EFFECT OF SO/SU3 ZS
ON THE PLANT AS IT AFFECTS ITS SUITABILITY AS A HOST FOR PLANT
PATKCC-EKS; (3) THE EFFECTS OF SO/SUB Z/ ON THE SUITABILITY OF PLANTS
TO COLONIZATION BY THE MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE AND ON THE PRODUCTION OF
VOLATILE TERPEN'OIDS AND THEIR RELATION TO SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CONIFERS
TO INVASION BY SPRUCE BUDWCRM; (4) THE EFFECT OF N'O/SUB 2/ ON THE
PHYTOTOXICITY OF SO/SUB 2/ WITH RESPECT TO FOLIAR LESIONS, YIELD,
ANO QUALITY; AND (5) THE EFFECTS OF SO/SUB z/ ALONE AND-IN COMBINA-
TION WITH N'O/SUB Z/ ON ROOT PHYSIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT. THE GREAT
MAJORITY OF EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH WHEAT, CORN AND SOY-
BEANS. ECONOMICALLY, THEY REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT GRAIN' CROPS
GROWN IN NORTH AMERICA. BIOCHEMICALLY, THEY REPRESENT THE TWO MAJOR
FHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS, C-3 AMD C-4. EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED
WITH POTTED PLANTS UNDER CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS TO DETER-
MINE THAT CERTAIN PHENOMENA CAM OCCUR. WHETHER THEY ARE OF IMPORTANCE
WILL BE DETERMINED IN SUBSEQUENT TESTS IN THE FIELD UNDER AMBIENT
CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, RAINFALL, ETC.
KEYWORDS: SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PLANTS; METABOLISM; AIR
POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
WADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 01028
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT Or ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR:
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
PRINCIPAL INVES:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
900 VETERAN AVENUE
LOS ANGELES CA
F. B. TURNER
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
7.0 FY 1978
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
DYNAMICS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS.
DOE: 090027
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE ACCUMULATION,
MOVEMENT, AND AVAILABILITY OF TRACE ELEMENTS FROM COAL FLY ASH IN THE
SOIL, LITTER, PLANTS AND RODENTS OF A DESERT ENVIRONMENT. CHEMICAL
ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES TAKEN AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM PCHER PUNTS
AND AFTER APPLICATION OF FLY ASH IS PERFORMED. MEASUREMENTS OF LITTER
FALL AND DECOMPOSITION RATE ARE BEING MADE.
KEYWORDS: ARID LANDS; PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; FLY ASH;
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; COAL INDUSTRY; PO'^ER PLANTS.
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00733
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER;
CONTRACTOR: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS; AGRI. EXP. STA.
CITY/ST: CORVALLIS OR
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. R. LANOA
CONTRACT NUMBER: USD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDINS:
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
FY 1973
EFFECTS OF NON-GASEOUS AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS FROM COAL-FIREO POWER PLANTS
ON PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM ADJUSTMENT.
DOE: 000164
THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO INVESTIGATE SELECTED EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH COAL-BURNING OH PLANT GROWTH AND METABOLISM. THE
APPROACH IS TO STUDY UPTAKE OF METALLIC MERCURY FROM THE VAPOR PHASE
BY PLANTS AND ITS SUBSEQUENT BIOTRANSFORMATIONS! STUDY UPTAKE BY
PLANTS AND BEHAVIOR IN SOILS OF INORGANIC DIVALENT MERCURY; AND
STUDY EFFECTS OF STACK EMISSIONS UPON PRIMARY ASPECTS OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS MID FHOTOSYNTHETICALLY-LIKKED NITROGEN FIXATION.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; PLANT GROWTH;
MERCURY; UPTAKE; METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; SOILS; PLANTS;
FLUE GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CONTAMINATION.
WADE H. FONDER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00665
PROJECT SPONSOR: NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: SOUTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: VERMILLION so
PRINCIPAL INVES: G. R. HOFFMAN
CONTRACT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE'-
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUSSING:
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
5.0 FY FY77
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON EPIPHYTIC CRYPTOGAMS
DOE: 110028
APPROACH: NATURALLY OCCURRING CRYPTOGAMS CAN BE USEFUL AS NATURAL
MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR LEVELS'OF AIR POLLUTION. THIS STUOY WILL MAKE
USE OF CRYPTOGAMS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES TO MONITOR SULFUR
DIOXIDE POLLUTION FROM COAL-FIRED POKER GENERATORS. QUANTITATIVE
STUDIES WILL SHOW THE DEMISE OF SENSITIVE SPECIES FROM THE VICINITIES
OF THE GENERATORS AND MAPS HILL BE DEVELOPED TO CORRELATE CRYPTOGAM
SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS WITH LEVELS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION.
KEYWORDS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;
MONITORING; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; PLANTS;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; SULFUS DIOXIDE
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00605
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: CLINTON w. HALL
oc
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: AIR QUALITY RES SECT
CITY/ST: MUSCLE SHOALS AL
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. M. KELLY
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING;
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
7.0 FY FY77
FATE AKD EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS FROM COOLING SYSTEMS ON
TERRESTRIAL HABITATS
DOE: 130007
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: EVALUATE IMPACT OF MOISTURE, SALTS, AND TOXIC
TRACE METALS RELEASED FROM NATURAL DRAFT AND MECHANICAL DRAFT COOLING
TOWERS ON THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT.
APPROACH: STUDY PLOTS LOCATED IN AREAS OF MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM DEPOSI-
TION WILL BE UTILIZED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF INCREASED MOISTURE
LEVELS, SALT DEPOSITION, AND TOXIC HEAVY METALS ON PUNT GRCXTH AND
VIGOR OF SELECTED SPECIES; ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY METALS ON AND IN
VEGETATION, AS WELL AS NUTRIENT LOSS AND ACCUMULATION IN THE SOIL.
RESULTS: ESTIMATES OF PLANT UPTAKE AND/OR FOLIAR CONTAMINATION WILL
BE OBTAINED. CHANGES IN SOIL NUTRIENT STATUS WILL BE MONITORED AS
WILL ICE DAMAGE AND INCREASED INCIDENCE OF PLANT PATHOGENS AND
INSECTS. DEPOSITION INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO VERIFY DEPOSITION
MODELS FOR AREAS WITHIN 6 MILES OF THE SOURCE. ' ~
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. FY77, ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDY PLOTS AND COMPLETION OF INITIAL
SURVEY OF LOCAL FLORA '
a. FY80, COMPLETION OF EVALUATION UNTIER OPERATING CONDITIONS
KEYWORDS: HEAVY METALS; MICROCLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; COOLING
SYSTEMS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL DRAFT
COOLING TOWERS; NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWERS; HUMIDITY; METALS;
DEPOSITION; SALTS; NUTRIENTS; SOILS; LAND POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS; PLANTS; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; HABITAT
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00593
PROJECT SPONSOR: EfiDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: ROBERT L. WAITERS
DC
CONTRACTOR: BATTELLE-PACIFIC NORTHWEST LAB
ADDRESS: p. o. BOX 599
CITY/ST: RICHLAND OR
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. R. ANDERSON
CONTRACT NUMBER: EPA PASS THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
o.o FY FY??
TYPE:
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS
THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF EFFLUENTS FROM COAL UTILIZATION ON THE
BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY OF FRESHWATER BIOTA
DOE: 09811Z
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
DATA FOR ESTABLISHING WATER DUALITY CRITERIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF
FRESHWATER RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEMS, AND TO EVALUATE WAYS TO MINIMIZE
THE EFFECTS Or POLLUTANTS ARISING FROM COAL UTILIZATION. THE PROPOSED
PROGRAM WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE IMMEDIATE BEHAVIORAL OR PHYSIOLOGICAL
EFFECTS ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS OF THERMAL AND CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
REACHING FRESHWATER SYSTEMS VIA RELEASES TO THE ATMOSPHERE, SURFACE
WATERS AND GROUND WATERS DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION AND
UTILIZATION.
APPROACH: A STATE-OF-THE-ART LITERATURE REVIEW WILL BE MADE TO ASSESS
THE MOST EFFICIENT MODE OF ACTION TOWARD NEW AREAS CF RESEARCH USING
THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNIQUES EMPLOYING BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL
DETECTION THRESHOLDS. BEHAVIORAL STUDIES EMPLOYING PARAMETERS SUCH AS
HEART RATE, COUGH RESPONSE, AVOIDANCE-ATTRACTION RESPONSE, SOCIAL
HIERARCHY CHANGES, AND ALTERATIONS IN LEARNED RESPONSES IN FISHES
WILL BE MONITORED USING A POLYGRAPH AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT VIDEOTAPE
INSTRUMENTATION FOR RECORDING OBSERVATION AND ELECTROSSAPHIC INFORMA-
TION. THESE SU3LETHAL MEASURES, COUPLED WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE 96 HOUR LC-50, WILL PERMIT DETERMINATION OF DETECTION THRESHOLDS
FOR TOXICANTS WHICH MAY BE WELL BELOW THE LETHAL LEVELS OF THE
TOXICANTS.
RESULTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW WILL BE COMPLETED TO DETERMINE THE
CHEMISTRY OF A VARIETY OF COMPOUNDS AND ELEMENTS ORGINATIN3 FROM
COAL COMBUSTION, LIQUEFACTION, GASIFICATION, THE TOXICITY OF THESE
MATERIALS, CURRENT KNOWLEDGE IN REGARD TO AQUATIC ORGANISM BEHAVIORAL
AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES AND UP-TO-DATE TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00598 - CONTINUED
THESE RESPONSES. THE RESULTS OF THIS LITERATURE SURVEY AND INFORMA-
TION FROM OTHER ONGOING PROGRAMS FROM THE KINS REPORT ARE BEING USED
AS THE BASIS FOR DESIGNING A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 1/30/76, COMPLETE BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PORTION OF THE
LITERATURE REVIEW • .
2. 4/1/76, DESIGN AND INITIATE CONSTRUCTION OF TESTING APPARATUS
FOR BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SEVERAL
SPECIES OF FISH
3. 6/30/76, COMPLETION OF FINAL PORTION OF LITERATURE REVIEW;
SELECTION OF TOXICANTS TO BE TESTED AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
AND APPROACH FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROGRAM OF RESEARCH
KEYWORDS: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; WATER POLLUTION; AQUATIC ORGANISMS;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL LIQUEFACTION; CHEMICAL
EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; CADMIUM;
NICKEL; ZINC; COPPER; MANGANESE; FISHES; HEART; HYDROCARBONS; -
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TOXINS; WATER
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 01090
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER:
DC
CONTRACTOR: ICF, INCORPORATED
ADDRESS: isso K STREET NW
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
PRINCIPAL INVES: H. STAUFFER; C. LAMANTIA
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 5.0 FY 1973
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
ECONOMIC AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF REVISED NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
FOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
DOE: 097103
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC, ENERGY,
AND EMISSIONS IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE REVISION'S TO NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR COAL-FIRED ELECTRIC POWER PUNTS. A LINEAR-
PROGRAMMING MACRO-MODEL OF THE COAL AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES INDUSTRIES
WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE COAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IMPACTS,
OIL CONSUMPTION IMPACTS, ELECTRICITY COST IMPACTS, AND SULFUR-DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS OF EMISSIONS FOR S02.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ECONOMIC
IMPACT; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; COST; SULFUR
DIOXIDE.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00923
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE.
CITY/ST: ARGONNE IL
PRINCIPAL INVES: N. F. SATHER
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-31-109-ENG-38
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUKDINS: 0.0 FY 1978
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FROM
COAL.
DOE: 080073
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE CURRENT IN-DEPTH EVALUA-
TIONS OF TECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF COAL-BASED
ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE
SYSTEMS UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS. SYSTEMS BEINS EVALUATED INCLUDE:
CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTION WITH FLUE GAS CLEANUP, COAL CLEANING/COMBUS-
TION, FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION, PRODUCTION/COMBUSTION OF COAL-DERIVED
FUELS, AND GASIFICATICN/COM3INED-CYCLE POWER GENERATION. THE TECHNOL-
OGIES ARE CHARACTERIZED AS COMPLETELY AS AVAILABLE INFORMATION
PERMITS AND CORRELATIONS ARE DEVELOPED FOR COMPUTING INPUTS, RESIDU-
ALS AND COSTS IN SUCCESSIVE UNIT OPERATIONS OF A COAL-TO-ELECTRICITY
SEQUENCE AS A FUNCTION OF COAL PROPERTIES, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
AND SITE-SPECIFIC FACTORS. SUBCONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS WITH
PERTINENT EXPERTISE ARE EMPLOYED TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT. REPORTS
PROVIDING INITIAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGIES LISTED ABOVE HAVE
BEEN ISSUED. A COMPUTERIZED DATA BANK INTEGRATING DATA ON COAL WASH-
ABILITIES AND RESERVES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. OPTIONAL STRATEGIES IN
CONVENTIONAL COMBUSTION HAVE BEEN COMPARED. THE DEVELOPMENT AND
REFINEMENT OF PROCESS SIMULATION MODELS IS CONTINUING.
KEYWORDS-- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COAL; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER
PLANTS; FLUE GAS; CLEANING; COAL PREPARATION; WASHING; FLUIDIZED-BED
COMBUSTION; FUEL GAS; COAL LIQUIDS; PRODUCTION; COMBINED-CYCLE POKER
PLANTS; REGULATIONS; COAL RESERVES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SIMULATION;
EMISSION; FLY ASH; DESULFURIZATICN; SCRUBBERS; NITROGEN OXIDES;
SULFUR OXIDES; PARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER GENERATION.
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00614
PROJECT SPONSOR: EROA
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: WALT BELTER TELEPHONE: pa3
CONTRACTOR: ARGON-NE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE
CITY/ST: ARGONNE IL
PRINCIPAL INVES:'J. L. HOOVER TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
ENERGY-RELATED REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
DOE'- 060031
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE
INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE HEALTH, ENVIRONMEN-
TAL, SOCIOECONOMIC AND RESOURCE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED KITH ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY SYSTEMS. THE NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT (NCA) WILL EVALUATE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASED NATIONAL LEVELS OF COAL UTILIZATION. THE
FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS WILL ENABLE THE BRINGING TOGET-
HER OF THE RESULTS OF FUEL CYCLE ASSESSMENTS BEIMS CONDUCTED BY AES.
APPROACH; KAJOR EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONDUCT OF THE NCA IN
CONCERT WITH THE OTHER EROA LABORATORIES. THE NCA WILL FOCUS ON THE
DEPLOYMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ENTIRE COAL FUEL CYCLE AND THE
FACTOPS UHICH MAY LIMIT COAL UTILIZATION. THE NCA WILL EVALUATE
IMPACTS ON A LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SCALE. BOTH QUANTI-
TATIVE AM) QUALITATIVE ANALYSES WILL BE PREPARED AND EXISTING MODELS
AND DATA WILL BE ADAPTED AND USED. THE COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK DEVELOP-
MENT WILL LEAD TO A MECHANISM FOR CONSISTENT AND COMPREHENSIVE
COMPARISONS OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CYCLES AND ENERGY SYSTEMS.
RESULTS: THE NCA WILL GENERATE OUTPUTS THAT CAN BE USED BY ERDA AND
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, CONGRESS, AND THE STATES. A SET OF SOURCE
DOCUMENTS WILL BE PREPARED TO AID OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS THAT ARE
CONDUCTING ANALYSES. A SERIES OF REPORTS ANT) INTERIM ASSESSMENTS WILL
BE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM'S TWO YEAR DURATION SO THAT THE
NCA CAN PROVIDE INPUT INTO KEY DECISIONS THAT MUST BE MADE DURING
THIS PERIOD. THE FRAMEWORK FOR ENERGY SYSTEM COMPARISONS HILL BE
DIRECTED TO AES AS AN AID IN PROGRAM PLANNING A(O TECHNOLOGY
OVERVIEW.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 6/76, INITIATE MULTI-LABORATORY NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT
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Z. 10/77, INTERIM NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
3. 10/77, COMPLETE COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
4. 10/78, COMPLETE NATIONAL CODE ASSESSMENT
5. 10/78, COMPLETE EXAMPLE INTERFUEL COMPARISON
KEYWORDS: COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FUEL CYCLE; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC
HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY SOURCES; REGIONAL ANALYSIS;
ANL; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC FUELS; MAN; COAL
INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARDS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WADE H. FONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00616
PROJECT SPOS'SCR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: RAYMOND D. COOPER TELEPHONE: F233-3631
CONTRACTOR: BROCKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: UPTON NY
PRINCIPAL INVES: MEIER; PALMEDO; MANOWITZ TELEPHONE:
CONTF.ACT NUMBER: E(30-l)-16 FUNDING: 5.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
REGIONAL STUDIES
DOE: 081048
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM is THE DEVELOP-
MENT, TESTING AKD APPLICATION OF DATA, MODELS AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS
FOR REGIONAL ENERGY PLANNING. IT IS PART OF AN INTEGRATED MULTI-
LAE33ATORY EFFORT AIMED AT CRITICAL ENERGY PLANNING PROBLEMS REQUIR-
INS ANALYSIS AT THE REGIONAL (MULTI-STATE SCALE). THREE BASIC
PRC3RAMMATIC THEMES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: (1) THE SITING OF ENERGY
RELATED FACILITIES, (2) THE INCREASED USE OF COAL, AND (3) THE
INCREASED DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC OIL.
APPROACH: THE BROCKHAVEN PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE-NORTHEASTERN u.s.
EIGHT TASKS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PRCSSAM, SOME OF WHICH RELATE
TO DATA AND MODELS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION; OTHERS CONCENTRATE ON
SPECIFIC KEY PROBLEMS OF THE REGION; EACH IS RELATED TO OKE OR MORE
OF THE BASIC PROGRAMMATIC THEMES. IN ALL CASES THE APPLICABILITY TO
OTHER REGIONS AND TO A NATIONAL PICTURE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS.
THE TASKS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM ARE: (1) THE ANALYSIS OF
CURRENT ENERGY PLANNING ACTIVITIES IU THE REGION, INTERACTION WITH
REGIONAL USERS AND ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE REGIONAL ENERGY
PLANNING INSTITUTIONS; (2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL ENERGY/ENVI-
P.OKMESTAL AND ECONOMIC DATA, MODELS AND SCENARIOS; (3) THE ANALYSIS
OF REGIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; (4) INVESTIGATIONS OF
ENERGY FACILITY SITING ISSUES, PARTICULARLY POKER PARKS AND SITE
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; (5) URBAN ENERGY SUPPLY OPTIONS, EMPHASIZ-
INS THE PREDICTION OF HEALTH IMPACTS; (6) A STUDY OF THE POTENTIAL
FOR, AKD THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF, THE INCREASED USE Of COAL
IN THE REGION; (?) STUDIES OF OFFSKCSE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT,
INCLUDING OFFSHORE NUCLEAR PLANT SITING, ARTIFICIAL MULTI-PURPOSE
ISLANDS AND OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT; AND (8) SUPPORT TO OTHER
KADE H. PCXDER
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LABORATORIES IN THE PROGRAM IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH IMPACTS AND
CHARACTERIZATION OF EMISSIONS.
RESULTS: THE PRIMARY OUTPUTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE A SERIES OF POLICY
ANALYSES ANT) A SET OF EVALUATION TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED BY STATE,
LOCAL AND REGIONAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS UTILITIES AND INDUSTRIAL
GROUPS WITH INTERESTS IN ENERGY-RELATED PLANNING. THE INTERLABORATORY
COLLABORATION ALSO AIMS AT THE INTEGRATION OF THE SEPARATE REGIONAL
STUDIES INTO NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY ANALYSES.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 6/76, COMPLETION OF NORTHEASTERN ENERGY PERSPECTIVES STUDY
2. 7/76, COMPLETION OF NEW JERSEY NUCLEAR CENTER ASSESSMENT
3. 7/76, START OF COAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
4. 9/76, PUBLISH ANNUAL REPORT FOR FY76
KEYWORDS-. REGIONAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY; PLANNING; ENERGY MODELS;
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATA ACQUISITION; COAL;
PETROLEUM; SITE SELECTION; ENERGY POLICY; HEALTH HAZARDS; COST
BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
MADE H. PONDER
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DATE=01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00621
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST:
MANAGER:
WASHINGTON
RAYMOND D. COOPER
DC
TELEPHONE: F233-3631
CONTRACTOR: CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS-- P.O. BOX soa
CITY/ST: LIVERMORE CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: D. LAYTON
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENS-48
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
3.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
REGIONAL SCALE ASSESSMENTS OF ENERGY IMPACTS
DOE: 083024
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEFINITION OF PRIORITY REGIONAL PROBLEMS CREATED
BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF ENERGY. DEVELOPMENT OF MODELING AND
ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE REGIONAL-SCALE
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FUTURE GROWTH OF ENERGY-RESO'JHCc
DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF COORDINATED REGIONAL DATA BASES WHICH CAN
BE INTERFACED AMONG DIFFERENT REGIONS OR AMONG DIFFERENT USES WITHIN
A REGION. ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL ENERGY-RELATED PROBLEMS. AID IN THE
TRANSFER OF ASSESSMENT DATA AND RESULTS TO FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL
AND LOCAL USER.
APPROACH: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT UPON THE ENVIRONMENTAL,
HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECTORS. THIS WILL REQUIRE LITERATURE
REVIEW, DATA COORDINATION ANT) IDENTIFICATION OF INFORMATION AND '
RESEARCH NEEDS AND INFORMATION TRANSFER TO USER GROUPS.
RESULTS: IMPACT OF INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION IN CALIFORNIA:
(1) RELATED TO ERDA NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT; (2) WILL BE USED BY
CALIFORNIA STATE ENERGY COMMISSION. RELATIONSHIP OF ENERGY/WATER IN
CALIFORNIA; THIS is A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ANY ENERGY RESOURCE' DEVELOP-
MENT IN CALIFORNIA AND THE FAR WEST IN GENERAL. WILL BE USED IN ERDA
NATIONAL SCOPE ENERGY SUPPLY/DEMAND SCENARIO. WILL BE USED BY
CALIFORNIA STATE ENERGY COMMISSION.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. FY77 OP. FY73 (DEPENDING UPCN INITIATION OF FUNDING),
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS AND IDENTIFICATIONS OF SPECIFIC
PROBLEM AREAS WILL BE IDENTIFIED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF
FUTJDING; EVALUATION OF THESE SPECIFIC TOPICS WILL BEGIN
WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
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PROFILE NUMBER: oosai - CONTINUED
WITH INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION AND ENERGY/WATER RELATION-
SHIPS IN CALIFORNIA
KEYWORDS: ENERGY SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; DATA ACQUISITION;
HEALTH HAZARDS; ECONOMICS; COAL; WATER; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; COAL
DOUSTRY; REGIONAL ANALYSIS
KADE H. FONDER
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DATE:ci/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00623
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: SUZANNE M. WELLBORN
DC
TELEPHONE: F233-3«o
CONTRACTOR; CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: LAWRENCE BERKELEY LA
CITY/ST: BERKELEY CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: P. CRAIG
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
8.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LAWRENCE LIVERKORE LABORATORY
DOE: 083047
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PROVIDE ERDA WITH ANALYSES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS
AMONG TECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL FACTORS
AS THEY AFFECT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RD
AND D POLICY OR THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF DEVELOPED ENERGY SYSTEMS.
APPROACH: CONDUCT SPECIFIC STUDIES TO EXAMINE SOCIAL COSTS ANO
POTENTIAL INEQUITIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE SCALE COAL
CONVERSION, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL OBSTACLES TO MEETING
FUTURE GAS DEMAND BY COAL GASIFICATION IN CALIFORNIA, AND NATIONAL
AND REGIONAL FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEMS EMPLOYING SMALL SCALE DISPERSED
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.
RESULTS: PERIODIC TOPICAL REPORTS AND MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. FALL 1977, PRELIMINARY REPORTS
Z. FALL 1978, FINAL REPORTS " ""
KEYWORDS: DISPERSED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY SOURCES; LAND USE;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS? SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;
DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
WADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00633
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:'
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: FRED E. WITHER TELEPHONE: F233-5517
CONTRACTOR-. MONSANTO RESEARCH CORPORATION
ADDRESS; P.O. BOX 32
CITY/ST: MIAMISBUEG OH
PRINCIPAL INVES:'C. E. STYROM TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IAG-D5-E681 FUNDING: 0.0 FY FY77
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
ASSESSMENT OF THE RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF WESTERN COAL UTILIZATION
DOE: 087036
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS STUDY is DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN INDICATION
OF THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF RADICNUCLIDES MOBILIZED FROM
COMBUSTION OF WESTERN COAL IN ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS. SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVES INVOLVE (1) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RADIONUCLIDES U-234 AND
U-23S, FO-210, PB-210, RA-226, AND TH-230 IN SAMPLES OF COAL FROM
MAJOR WESTERN MINES AS WELL AS COAL, ASH, STACK EFFLUENTS, AIR, SOIL,
AND VEGETATION ASSOCIATED HITH A POWER PLANT USING WESTERN COAL; (2)
AN EVALUATION OF RADIATION DOSES TO POPULATIONS; AND (3) A DETER-
MINATION OF THE HEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.
APPROACH: IN THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY, THE SAMPLES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE
PREPARED FOR AND ANALYZED BY ALPHA PULSE HEIGHT SFECTROGRAPHY. THE
DATA WILL BE USED TO CLOSE THE RADIONUCLIOE BALANCE FC3 A POKER PLANT
AND IN MODELING RADIATION DOSE TO THE POPULATION ADJACENT TO THE
POWER PLANT. THE PREDICTED POPULATION DOSE, PROJECTED FUTURE USE OF
WESTERN COAL, AND PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED AS SIGNIFICANT BUT NOT FULLY
ADDRESSED IN THE PRELIMINARY STUDY WILL BE USED IN EVALUATING THE
NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH. '
RESULTS: DATA WILL BE OBTAINED ON CONCENTRATIONS OF u-234 AND u-238,
PO-210, PB-210, RA-226 AND TH-230 IN COAL FROM MAJOR WESTERN MINES;
MOBILIZATION OF THESE RADIONUCLIDES DURING COMBUSTION; DEPOSITION ON
SURROUNDING TERRAIN; AND PARTITIONING TO ASH RESIDUES. ESTIMATES WILL
BE MADE OF RADIATION DOSE TO PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE AREA AND/OR FEED-
ING ON CROPS FROM THE AREA. AN EVALUATION WILL BE MADE OF THE NEED
FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.
PROJECT MILESTONES;
1. MODIFYING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND DEVELOPING QUALITY
CONTROL FOR ANALYSIS OF U-234 AND U-233, FO-210, P3-210, AND
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00633 - CONTINUED
TH-230 IN COAL, BOTTOM ASH, FLY ASH, AIR (FILTERS), SOIL AKD
VEGETATIOM
2. ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM MAJOR WESTERN MINES Af3 ONE POWER
PLANT FOR SPECIFIED RADIONUCLIDES
3. CLOSE RADIONUCLIDE BALANCE FOR POWER FLAffT
ft. EVALUATION OF POPULATION DOSE ESTIMATES
5. SYNTHESIS OF INFORMATION AND GENERATION OF REPORT
KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;
COMBUSTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; COAL MINES; GASEOUS WASTES; SOILS;
AIR POLLUTION; PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; RADIATION
DOSES; DATA ANALYSIS; URANIUM 234, URANIUM 23s; POLONIUM 210; LEAD
210; RADIUM 2265 THORIUM 230
WADE H. FONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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PROFILE NUMBER'- 00&36
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: JAY s. JACOSSON TELEPHONE; CC30D-353-3664
CONTRACTOR: AMES LABORATORY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: AMES IA
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. J. O'TOOLE TELEPHONE:
CONTP.ACT NUMBER: W-V^OS-ENG-SZ FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN
THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
DOE: 098136
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PURPOSE OF THIS- STUDY is TO DETERMINE THE
EFFECTS OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS PERFORMING UNDER NEW SOURCE
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON THE ATMOSPHERIC, TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC
ENVIRONMENTS.
APPROACH: THROUGH THE USE OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS,
THE DISTRIBUTION AND EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS AND GASEOUS AIR POLLUT-
ANTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS WILL BE DETERMINED. THE COMPOSITION OF
FLYASH, SCRUBBER SOLUTION AND STACK EFFLUENTS AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES
DOWNWIND ALSO WILL BE MEASURED.
RESULTS: RESULTS OF THIS STUDY WILL PRODUCE INFORMATION RELATING TO
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THE COLSTRIP, MONTANA,
POWER PUNTS ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECO-
SYSTEMS OF THE FORT UNION BASIN; WHAT ARE THE GASEOUS AKD PARTICULATE
POLLUTANTS EMITTING FROM THESE POWER PLANTS ANO DEPOSITED ON PLANTS,
SOILS AND WATERS.
KEYWORDS: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; AIR
POLLUTION; LAND POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; LIQUID WASTES; METALS; PLANTS;
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FLY ASK; STACK DISPOSAL; PARTICLES; AEROSOLS
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00613
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: RAYMOND D. COOPER TELEPHONE: F233-3&31
CONTRACTOR: ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
ADDRESS: 9700 SOUTH CASS AVE
CITY/ST: ARGONNE IL
PRINCIPAL INVES: GUSTAFSONJ MCGREGOR TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: IN-HOUSE FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES IN RELATION TO
POWER PRODUCTION
DOE: 030030
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT TITLED
TO POWER PRODUCTION ARE TO: (1) DEVELOP, SYNTHESIZE AND INTEGRATE
INFORMATION FOR BASELINE CHARACTERIZATION OF REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES WITHIN EACH OF THE GREAT LAKES WATERSHEDS; (2) ASSESS THE
CURRENT AND PROJECTED IMPACTS OF REGIONAL PC'.iER DEVELOPMENTS ON
THESE RESOURCES; AND <3) EVALUATE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING ADVERSE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH
POWER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN EACH REGION.
APPROACH: SOURCES OF POKER RELATED EFFLUENTS, AND PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL
AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT INFLUENCE THE TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS
ARE ASSESSED IN THE FIRST STAGE CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES WHEREAS SECOND STAGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF
REGIONAL IMPACTS OF POWER PRODUCTION. DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS OF
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION ON MAJOR BIOTIC COMMUNITIES AND PHYSICAL
NATURAL RESOURCES ARE EVALUATED AND CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OF REGIONAL POKER GENERATION ARE COMPARED WITH OTHER''HUMAN-INDUCED OR
NATURAL INFLUENCES IN EACH STUDY REGION.
RESULTS: CURRENT STUDIES ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN WATERSHED ARE STRONGLY
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND INTERINSTITUTICNAL IN SCOPE AND WILL RESULT IN
APPROXIMATELY 20 PUBLISHED REPORTS TREATING THE REGIONS ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSTRAINTS TO POWER DEVELOPMENT AND MEANS TO REDUCE ADVERSE CONSE-
QUENCES OF POWER PRODUCTION.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 9/30/76, BASELINE CHARACTERIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
FOR THE LAKE MICHIGAN REGION ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS CF THE LAKE
WADE H. PCNDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00613 - CONTINUED
MICHIGAN REGION, VOLUMES 1-19
2. 6/30/77, REGIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ASSOCIATED WITH POWER DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY, DRAFT DOCUMENT
KEYWORDS: GREAT LAKES; ENERGY SOURCES; WATERSHEDS; THERMAL EFFLUENTS;
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; POLLUTION; ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
COMMUNITIES; FCKER GENERATION; BASELINE ECOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS; HATER; POWER
PLANTS; SITE SELECTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL
EQUIPMENT
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: C0612
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER: R. HAUSEN TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: MENLO PARK CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. M. DICKERSON
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: 0.0 FY FY77
TYPE: INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF COAL BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY-PROJECT DEFINITION
PHASE
DOE: 071404
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE OF THIS STUDY
CONSISTS OF EFFORTS TO EXPLICITLY SCOPE THE SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENT
WORK; ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO SELECT THE MOST RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES;
IDENTIFY AND ASSEMBLE RELEVANT LITERATURE AND DATA; DELINEATE
METHODOLOGIES TO UNCOVER AND ANALYZE BOTH THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT
ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, AND LEGAL IMPACTS OF
DEPLOYING THESE TECHNOLOGIES; DEFINE METHODOLOGIES FOR COMPARING THE
IMPACTS OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; AND DEVELOP POLICY ALTERNATIVES
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGIES. A PLAN TO PACKAGE THE
RESULTS IN A FORM THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO ENVIRONMENTAL AX3 ENERGY
POLICY DECISIONMAXERS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED. THE PRODUCT OF THE'
PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE WILL, IN EFFECT, BE A DETAILED PROPOSAL FOR
THE CONDUCT OF THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT ITSELF WHICH WOULD'BE DONE IN
THE SUBSEQUENT INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT PHASE.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 1/77, CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
Z. 7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR PHASE ID--
COMPLETED
KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SOCIAL IMPACT;
ECONOMIC IMPACT; LEGAL ASPECTS
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00611
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE FK NC
MANAGER: R. HANSEN
CONTRACTOR: RADIAN CORP.
ADDRESS: TEXAS UNIVERSITY
CITY/ST: AUSTIN TX
PRINCIPAL INVES: J. D. STUART
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT
DEFINITION PHASE
DOE: 071403
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: DEVELOP METHODOLOGY AND FORMULATE A WORK PLAN
FOR A TWO AND ONE HALF YEAR PROGRAM; (1) TO COLLECT AND INTEGRATE THE
RESULTS OF (A) EPA'S ON-GOING EFFORTS AT ASSESSING THE ENVIRON-
MENTAL, ENERGY, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT CF CONVENTIONAL COALBASED
SYSTEMS, (B) THE RECENTLY INITIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF
EMERGING COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES SPONSORED BY EPA, AND (C)
OTHER STUDIES BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (OTHER THAN EPA) ON RELATED
TOPICS; (2) TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, AM) QUANTIFY 'THE RANGE AND
MAGNITUDE OF BIOPHYSICAL, SOCIOECCNOMIC AND ENERGY IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
WITH EACH COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGY; (3) TO IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE, COMPARE,
AND QUANTIFY WHERE POSSIBLE THE RANGE AND MAGNITUDE OF BIOPHYSICAL,
SCCIOECCNOMIC, AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE MIXES, RATES,
LEVELS, AND TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF"COALBASED
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, AND END USES; (4) TO IDENTIFY
AND COMPARATIVELY ANALYZE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL METHODS OF
AVOIDING OR MITIGATING UNDESIRABLE IMPACTS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL
BE GIVEN TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY AS SPECIFIED BY RELEVANT LAWS, DIRECTIONS, ORDERS, ETC.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
1. 1/77, CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
Z. 7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR PHASE ID--
COMPLETED
KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
MENT; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY
SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; PLANNING; POLLUTION REGULA-
TIONS; FINANCING; us EPA; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: ooen - CONTINUED
ENERGY POLICY
HADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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DATE;01/16/61
PROFILE NUMBER: 00610
PROJECT SPONSOR: EPA
ADDRESS:•
CITY/ST: RESEARCH TRIANGLE PK NC
MANAGER-. R. HANSEN
TELEPHONE;
CONTRACTOR: EATTELLE COLUMBUS LABORATORIES
ADDRESS; BOB KING AVENUE
CITY/ST: COLUMBUS OH
PRINCIPAL IHVES:'R. S. DAVIDSON TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENTS
PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE STUDY FOR AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF
COAL-BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
DOE: 071402
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THIS PROJECT, PHASE- I—DEFINITION PHASE, WILL
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: (DA METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATING
THE RESULTS OF COMPLETED ANT) ONGOING EPA/IERL "ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS" OF COAL-BASED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL
TECHNOLOGIES; (2) A METHODOLOGY FOR CONDUCTING A COMPARATIVE ASSESS-
MENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENERGY IMPACTS OF
COAL BASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, AND END USES; (3) A
METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING NATIONAL IMPACTS FOR ALL COMPONENTS OF COAL
ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEMS, EXTRACTION, FUEL STOCK TRANSPORTATION,
PROCESSING, CONVERSION, ENERGY PRODUCT TRANSPORTATION, AND END USE;
(<*) APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING, AND COMPARING TECHNOLOGICAL
AND INSTITUTIONAL METHODS OF AVOIDING, OR MITIGATING UNDESIRABLE CON-
SEQUENCES OF COAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; (5) PROPOSE WAYS OF IDENTIFYING
AND COMPARING THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICIES AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
APPROACH: BATTELLE-S COLUMBUS LABORATORIES WILL PREPARE A WORKPLAN
FOR CONDUCTING A FULL SCALE ASSESSMENT OF COAL-BASED TECHNOLOGY AND
DEVELOP A COST PROPOSAL. THE SUBJECT AREA OF THE UOSKPLAN WILL HAVE
AS ITS SCOPE: COAL PRODUCTION, PREPARATION, TRANSPORTATION, CONVER-
SION, AND UTILIZATION. THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE FULL ASSESSMENT ARE TO
BE CHOSEN IN THE PROJECT DEFINITION PHASE. FORECASTING OF THE TOTAL
COAL DEMAND AS WELL AS THE DEMAND FOR OTHER FUELS WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THE ANALYSIS. FOR ANY LEVEL OF COAL DEMAND IMPACTS WILL SE FORECAST,
AND TRADEOFFS BETWEEN DIFFERENT COAL UTILIZATION SYSTEMS WILL BE
COVERED.
PROJECT MILESTONES:
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER; oosio - CONTINUED
1. 1/77 > CONTRACT AWARD—COMPETITIVE
2. 7/77, PHASE I (WORK PLAN AND PROPOSAL FOR PHASE ID--
COMPLETED
KEYWORDS-- COAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
MENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY MODELS;
SOCIO-ECCNCMIC FACTORS; ENVIROliMENTAL POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION;
DECISION MAKING; ENERGY DEMAND; FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/S1
PROFILE NUMBER: 00947
PROJECT SPONSOR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER:
CONTRACTOR: LAURENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
ADDRESS: i CYCLOTRON ROAD
CITY/ST: BERKELEY CA
PRINCIPAL INVES: W. SIRI
CONTRACT NUMBER: W-7405-ENG-48
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE:
NATIONAL COAL UTILIZATION ASSESSMENT.
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE;
FUNDING:
5.0 FY 1973
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
DOE: 082064
THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
IMPACTS ON WATER, LAND AND AIR RESOURCES OF COAL SUPPLY AND USE IN
CALIFORNIA, AND TO ESTIMATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COAL SUPPLY RATIO-
NALLY. THE NATIONAL ENERGY SUPPLY SCENARIO WAS DISAGGREGATED TO
CALIFORNIA. BASED ON SUPPLY SCENARIOS TO THE YEAR 1990 WE REVIEWED
THE IMPACTS ON REGIONAL RESOURCES. WE ARE ALSO ESTIMATING THE CAPITAL
AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS AND SECONDARY ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NATIONAL
ENERGY SUPPLY TO THE YEAR ZOOO.
KEYWORDS: ECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIAL IMPACT; CALIFORNIA; AIR QUALITY;
WATER RESOURCES; COAL; LAND REQUIREMENTS; MANPOWER; COAL INDUSTRY.
WADE H. PONDER
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ADMINISTRATIVE & ABSTRACT DATA DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUJ13ER: 00667
PROJECT SPONSOR: TVA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
MANAGER: D. H. HALTERS TELEPHONE: c(6i5)-755-E38i
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS: 216 POWER BLDG.
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: B. EVANS TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE: SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND EXPANSION ENVIRONMENTAL RESIDUAL
MODEL
DOE: 130064
PROJECT DESCRIPTION-- OUTPUT WILL CONSIST OF REPORTS, COMPUTER
PROGRAMS WITH DOCUMENTATION, A DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND
CONSULTATICN AS REQUIRED. THE MODEL HILL BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH AND PARALLEL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TVA POWER SYSTEM
INTEGRATED PLANNING MODEL. THE MODEL MILL INCLUDE THE CAPABILITY TO
PREDICT THE RESIDUAL OUTPUT OF A POWER SYSTEM ON A PLANT BY PLANT
BASIS. IT KILL PROVIDE INPUTS FOR DETAILED DISPERSION MODELS FOR
EVALUATING EXPANSION POLICIES OF A POWER SYSTEM. THE MODEL MAY ALSO
BE USED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE TVA POKER SYSTEM INTEGRATED PLANNING
MODEL.
APPROACH: THE MODEL WILL BE USED on A POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL
DEVELOPED BY TVA.
RESULTS: A PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE MODEL HAS BEEN
COMPLETED AND INTERFACED WITH THE OVERALL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT
OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY POXER PROGRAM INTEGRATED PLANNING
MODEL. IMMEDIATE PLANS ARE TO MODIFY AN EXISTING POW^R SYSTEM OPER-
ATION MODEL TO OUTPUT ENVIRONMENTAL RESIDUALS.
KEYWORDS: ELECTRIC POWER; ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY MODELS; COAL; FISSION
PRODUCTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NUCLEAR ENERGY; COAL INDUSTRY;
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; COMPUTER CODES! .PLANNING; TENNESSEE VALLEY
AUTHORITY; POWER PLANTS; POWER DEMAND; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
WADE H. FONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE tfJKEER: 00668
PROJECT SPONSOR: TVA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA
MANAGER: H. R. HICKEY
TN
CONTRACTOR: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
ADDRESS; ze>7 401 BUILDING
CITY/ST: CHATTANOOGA TN
PRINCIPAL IKVES: M. C. BABB
CONTRACT NUMBER: PASS-THRU
PROJECT TITLE:
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE--
FUNDING:
4.0 FY FY77
TYPE:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER GRAPHIC TO SITE-
SPECIFIC AND REGIONAL INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MIXED NUCLE
DOE: 130065
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: THE OUTPUTS ARE DEMONSTRATION OF AND REPORTS ON
THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF
SINGLE A)JD COMBINED NUCLEAR, FOSSIL, AND HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY
SYSTEMS. THIS WILL INCLUDE OPERATION WITH LARGE DATA BASES COVERING
A BROAD RAK3E OF PLANNING VARIABLES: LIMITED-AREA SPATIAL DATA BASES
WITH TOPOGRAPHY, LAND COVER, OWNERSHIP, CONSTRAINED AREAS (ENDANGERED
SPECIES, KARST GEOLOGY, ETC.), BIOLOGICAL DATA, AND AIR AND WATER
QUALITY DATA. MULTI-MEDIA RESIDUAL IMPACT MODELS AND CONTROL
TECHNOLOGY COST MODELS WILL BE "DRIVEN BY" A MULTIPLANT ELECTRIC
POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL, WHICH IS IN TURN DRIVEN BY A
SOCIO-ECONOMIC (INCLUDING DEMAND FORECASTING) MCOEL, TO PROVIDE '
RAPID INTELLIGENCE FOR PLANNING, SITING, AND OPERATING A REGIONAL
ENERGY SYSTEM.
KEYWORDS: COAL INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; REGIONAL ANALYSIS;
ENERGY MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; SOCIO-ECO.IJCMIC'FACTORS;
BIOLOGICAL MODELS; AIR QUALITY; WATER QUALITY; TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS; COST; ELECTRIC POWER; COMPUTER GRAPHICS
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00637
PROJECT SPONSORS COOPERATIVE STATE P.ESEARCH SER
ADDRESS--
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON DC
MANAGER: TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
ADDRESS: UNIVERSITY PARK
CITY/ST: LAS CRUCES NM
PRINCIPAL INVES: RANDALL; CARRUTHERSJ EASTMAN
CONTRACT K-JMBER: NSD
PROJECT TITLE:
TYPE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
FY FY77
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
DEGRADATION—FOUR CORNERS AREA
DOE: 00003*
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CALCULATE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND
COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
APPROACH: METHODOLOGY KILL BE DEVELOPED FOR MEASUREMENT OF SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, DEMAND CURVES WILL BE
FITTED TO THE SUPPLY CURVE FOR ABATEMENT, AND A REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT
MODEL WILL EE DEVELOPED TO EVALUATE EFFECTS ON EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME.
RESULTS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY UPON THE MAGNI-
TUDE AND TIMING OF COAL AND OIL SKALE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT RECLAMATION REQUIREMENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT
DETERMINANT OF DEVELOPMENT FEASIBILITY AND THAT PROPOSED ALTERATIONS
IN FEDERAL LEASE TERMS MAY TEND TO REDUCE THE RATE OF ENERGY RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT. AN ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION MGOEL WAS UTILIZED TO ESTIMATE
THE CONCENTRATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF POLLUTANTS EMITTED
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS POKER PLANT. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE
HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS OCCUR EAST AND WEST OF THE PLANT
IN THE REGION'S MAJOR CENTERS OF POPULATION AND AGRICULTURAL-
PRODUCTION. CONCENTRATIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE ODOR A.l!D TASTE,
ON OCCASION, AS FAR AWAY AS FORTY KILOMETERS FROM THE FACILITY. A
SirOILATION STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS UPON CROPS
INDICATES THAT THE CURRENT CONCENTRATION IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE
YIELDS. HOWEVER, A COMPARISON OF THE FULL SOCIAL BENEFITS OF
INCREASED POLLUTION CONTROL TO THE COST OF CONTROL PROVIDES EVIDENCE
THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
ARE ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIED. ALTERNATIVE PROJECTIONS OF THE DEMAND FOR
ELECTRICITY IH THE SOUTHWEST REGION HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IT IS
CONCLUDED THAT CURRENT PLANNING PROCEDURES MAY RESULT IN AN OVER-
WADE H. PONDER
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PROFILE NUMBER: 00637 - CONTINUED
INVESTMENT IN GENERATING CAPACITY ATO THAT INTERNALIZATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS MAY RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF THE GROWTH RATE IN
DEMAND.
KEYWORDS: NEW MEXICO; COAL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE INDUSTRY; ENVIRON-
MENTAL EFFECTS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT;
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT! COST; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; DECISION
MAKING; AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; GASEOUS WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
WADE H. PONDER
CCEA PROGRAM MANAGER
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DATE;01/16/81
PROFILE NUMBER: 00658
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS;
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER: w. FULKERSON
DC
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: E. PEELLE
CONTRACT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE: TYPE:
SOCIAL IMPACTS OF COAL AND NUCLEAR
TELEPHONE:
TELEPHONE:
FUNDING: o.o FY FY??
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
DOE: 097023
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: m ATTITUDE SURVEY: WHAT ARE THE CORRELATES OF
SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION TO POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. (2)
ECONOMIC/DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS: WHAT CHANGES IN MAJOR POPULATION
CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE GENERATING FACILITY. (3)
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: HAVE THERE BEEN ANY UNIQUE INTER- CR
INTRA-GOVERN-MENTAL COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS DESIGNED TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS OR FACILITATE ADMINISTRATION OF PROBLEMS SPECIFIC TO THE
FACILITY SITES. (4) LABOR FORCE/HCUSING/SERVICES: HOW HAVE LABOR
FORCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION BEEN MET. (5)
LICENSING PERMITS-- K-HAT ARE THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSES OR PERMITS
WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. (6) MITIGATION:
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND SCOPE Or IMPACT MITIGATION PROGRAMS; HOW DO
THESE PROGRAMS ORIGINATE; AND HOW LASTING IS THEIR EFFECT UFCN THE
COMMUNITY. " "'
KEYWORDS: PUBLIC OPINION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLASTS; NUCLEAR POWER
PLANTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PLANNING; ECONOMIC
IMPACT; LAND USE; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LICENSING; SAF'ETY; COAL
INDUSTRY
WADE H. PONDER
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DATE:01/16/81
PROFILE NUrSER: 00659
PROJECT SPONSOR: ERDA
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: WASHINGTON
MANAGER;
DC
TELEPHONE:
CONTRACTOR: OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
ADDRESS:
CITY/ST: OAK RIDGE TN
PRINCIPAL INVES: BJORNSTAD; KERLEY5 RICE; VOST TELEPHONE:
CONTRACT NUMBER:
PROJECT TITLE:
ECONOMIC AND ENERGY PATTERNS
FUNDING:
0.0 FY FY77
TYPE:
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
DOE: 0970E4
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: CONCERN WITH THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE
STRATEGIES FOR INCREASED COAL UTILIZATION ON REGIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC
AND ENERGY PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN THE SOUTH. WORK IS PART OF THE
DBER-SUPFORTED NATIONAL COAL ASSESSMENT AND COVERS: (1) NATIONAL/
CENSUS REGION ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SCENARIOS AND (2) TECHNOLOGY
CHARACTERIZATIONS.
KEYWORDS: ENERGY; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY-, SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS;
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; USA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESS-
MENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY.SOURCE DEVELOPMENT;
CONSUMPTION RATES
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