Grantee Research Project Results
2012 Progress Report: An Integrated Approach to Understanding and Reducing Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) Deposit Formation for Sustainable Sewer Collection Systems
EPA Grant Number: R834264Title: An Integrated Approach to Understanding and Reducing Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) Deposit Formation for Sustainable Sewer Collection Systems
Investigators: Ducoste, Joel
Institution: North Carolina State University
EPA Project Officer: Page, Angela
Project Period: August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2012 (Extended to July 31, 2014)
Project Period Covered by this Report: July 29, 2011 through July 29,2012
Project Amount: $569,568
RFA: Innovative and Integrative Approaches for Advancing Public Health Protection Through Water Infrastructure Sustainability (2008) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , Sustainable and Healthy Communities , Water
Objective:
The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) perform bench-scale experiments that attempt to recreate FOG deposits and determine parameters that significantly influence their formation rate, 2) develop a numerical model that describes FOG deposit formation kinetics, 3) perform bench-scale tests to explore enhanced treatment methods to improve the removal of FOG deposit chemical precursors with grease interceptors, 4) perform pilot-scale experiments on a continuous flow sewer collection system to explore spatial variations in FOG deposit formation, and 5) develop a modified EPA storm water management model (SWMM) to predict FOG deposit formation in sewer collection systems.
Progress Summary:
Journal Articles on this Report : 4 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
Other project views: | All 19 publications | 6 publications in selected types | All 6 journal articles |
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Dominic CCS, Szakasits M, Dean LO, Ducoste JJ. Understanding the spatial formation and accumulation of fats, oils and grease deposits in the sewer collection system. Water Science & Technology 2013;68(8):1830-1836. |
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He X, Iasmin M, Dean LO, Lappi SE, Ducoste JJ, de los Reyes III FL. Evidence for fat, oil, and grease (FOG) deposit formation mechanisms in sewer lines. Environmental Science & Technology 2011;45(10):4385-4391. |
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He X, de los Reyes III FL, Leming ML, Dean LO, Lappi SE, Ducoste JJ. Mechanisms of fat, oil and grease (FOG) deposit formation in sewer lines. Water Research 2013;47(13):4451-4459. |
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Iasmin M, Dean LO, Lappi SE, Ducoste JJ. Factors that influence properties of FOG deposits and their formation in sewer collection systems. Water Research 2014;49:92-102. |
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Supplemental Keywords:
chemical transport, chemicals, pollution prevention, treatment, engineering, modeling, sewer collection system, SSO, FOG, separation, storm water managementProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe 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.