Grantee Research Project Results

Final Report: Technology Commercialization And Education

EPA Grant Number: R827649C006
Subproject: this is subproject number 006 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R827649
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Center for Air Toxic Metals^® (CATM^®)
Center Director: Groenewold, Gerald
Title: Technology Commercialization And Education
Investigators: Pavlish, John H. , Benson, Steven A. , Purfeerst, Cynthia M. , Wixo, Constance Y.
Institution: University of North Dakota
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: October 15, 1999 through October 14, 2002
Project Amount: Refer to main center abstract for funding details.
RFA: Center for Air Toxic Metals (CATM) (1998) RFA Text |  Recipients Lists
Research Category: Targeted Research

Objective:

The objective of this research project was to address air toxic trace element emissions, which have become a matter of worldwide concern as well as a regulatory issue in the United States. The specific objective of this research project was to develop and disseminate critical information on air toxic metal compounds to support development and implementation of pollution prevention and control strategies that will reduce effectively air toxic metal emissions and releases to the environment.

Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):

To facilitate the transfer of technical information produced by the Center for Air Toxic Metals (CATM), several communication vehicles were used, including participation in conferences, symposia, workshops, and other educational programs; annual meetings and peer review; and the publication of a newsletter.

CATM researchers have served on advisory boards that include the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Mercury Reduction Initiative Advisory Committee, MPCA Mercury Utilities and Taconite Subcommittee, MPCA Research Advisory Council, BiNational Strategy Utility Mercury Reduction Committee, and American Chemical Society Committee on Environmental Improvement.

The CATM mission includes a major emphasis on information exchange through conferences and workshops, a newsletter, and a Web site relating to research on air toxic metals. Activities have included the following:

• An international workshop on the fate of trace elements in power plants, organized by CATM and cosponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Department of Energy (DOE). Peer-reviewed papers were published.
• An international conference in Prague, Czech Republic, titled “Energy and Environment: Transitions in East Central Europe,” which focused on environmental problems, including air toxic metals.
• A conference series on Air Quality: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter organized by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, and EPRI. Conferences held in the Washington, D.C., area in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2003 brought together between 200 and 400 scientists, managers, and policymakers from industry, research, government, and academia. The conference has become a major forum for reviewing the current state of science and policy on mercury and other toxic trace metals. Air Quality V: Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter was held in September 2005, in Arlington, Virginia. The Air Quality conference is a forum for reviewing the current state of science and policy on the pollutants mercury, trace elements, and particulate matter in the environment.
• The EERC cosponsored the Air & Waste Management Association Specialty Conference on Mercury in the Environment in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 15–17, 1999.
• CATM publishes a newsletter that is distributed to more than 1,000 organizations worldwide. Recent articles have included a review of mercury control technologies for coal-fired power plants, DOE’s survey of trace element emissions at 12 U.S. coal-fired boilers, and interviews with government agencies concerning future government regulations and the state of development of control technologies.
• CATM maintains a homepage on the EERC Web Site (http://www.undeerc.org) that provides up-to-date information on research results and activities, as well as archived newsletters. The CATM Web Site has been redesigned and maintained throughout the year and can be accessed at http://www.undeerc.org. Copies of the CATM Newsletter are available and also can be accessed via the CATM Web Site, as can a series of new newsletters covering mercury-related issues.

Supplemental Keywords:

air, air quality, analysis, control, emissions, environment, hazardous, measurement, mercury, metals, modeling, pollutants, pollution, sampling, species, toxic, transformations,, RFA, Scientific Discipline, Air, Sustainable Industry/Business, Chemical Engineering, air toxics, Sustainable Environment, cleaner production/pollution prevention, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, ambient air quality, education, technology commercialization, information transfer, trace metals, technology transfer, pollution prevention

Relevant Websites:

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Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

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2001

Main Center Abstract and Reports:

R827649    Center for Air Toxic Metals^® (CATM^®)

Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R827649C001 Development And Demonstration Of Trace Metals Database
R827649C002 Nickel Speciation Of Residual Oil Ash
R827649C003 Atmospheric Deposition: Air Toxics At Lake Superior
R827649C004 Novel Approaches For Prevention And Control For Trace Metals
R827649C005 Wet Scrubber System
R827649C006 Technology Commercialization And Education
R827649C007 Development Of Speciation And Sampling Tools For Mercury In Flue Gas
R827649C008 Process Impacts On Trace Element Speciation
R827649C009 Mercury Transformations in Coal Combustion Flue Gas
R827649C010 Nickel, Chromium, and Arsenic Speciation of Ambient Particulate Matter in the Vicinity of an Oil-Fired Utility Boiler
R827649C011 Transition Metal Speciation of Fossil Fuel Combustion Flue Gases
R827649C012 Fundamental Study of the Impact of SCR on Mercury Speciation
R827649C013 Development of Mercury Sampling and Analytical Techniques
R827649C014 Longer-Term Testing of Continuous Mercury Monitors
R827649C015 Long-Term Mercury Monitoring at North Dakota Power Plants
R827649C016 Development of a Laser Absorption Continuous Mercury Monitor
R827649C017 Development of Mercury Control Technologies
R827649C018 Developing SCR Technology Options for Mercury Oxidation in Western Fuels
R827649C019 Modeling Mercury Speciation in Coal Combustion Systems
R827649C020 Stability of Mercury in Coal Combustion By-Products and Sorbents
R827649C021 Mercury in Alternative Fuels
R827649C022 Studies of Mercury Metabolism and Selenium Physiology