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On-Site Recovery of Glycols from Airport Deicing Fluid Using Polymeric/Ceramic Composite Membranes
EPA Contract Number: 68D50088Title: On-Site Recovery of Glycols from Airport Deicing Fluid Using Polymeric/Ceramic Composite Membranes
Investigators: Liu, Paul K.T.
Small Business: Media and Process Technology Inc.
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: I
Project Period: September 1, 1995 through March 1, 1996
Project Amount: $64,690
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I (1995) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Watersheds , SBIR - Water and Wastewater , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Description:
About 200 to 600 million gallons of waste water contaminated with <5 to ~30wt% glycols and additives are generated every year as a result of aircraft deicing. Presently "truck-and-treat" is the only accepted solution. An on-site membrane-based recovery process is proposed to enrich these glycols for off-site disposal or for recovery and reuse. The unique features of this proposed process include:
- recovery of high purity and concentrated glycols,
- generation of effluent water that can meet the COD discharge requirements of
the local POTWs, and
- minimization of energy consumption and other operating costs.
Supplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, wasterwater treatment, engineering, chemistry., Scientific Discipline, Water, Sustainable Industry/Business, Chemical Engineering, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Wastewater, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, Environmental Engineering, glycol recovery, wastewater treatment, hazardous liquid waste, ceramic membrane, industrial wastewater, cleaner production, membrane filtration, membrane-based, clean technology, pollution control, aircraft deicing, glycols, polymeric membrane, control technologies, airport deicing, pollution prevention, membrane technologyProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase II:
On-Site Recovery of Glycols from Airport Deicing Fluid Using Polymeric/Ceramic Composite Membranes | Final ReportThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.