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Reduction/Elimination of Industrial Wastes Using Supercritical CO2 as a Medium for Addition and Condensation Polymerizations and Preparation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks
EPA Grant Number: R825503C002Subproject: this is subproject number 002 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R825503
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: The Waste Minimization And Management Research Center
Center Director: Cassidy, Patrick E.
Title: Reduction/Elimination of Industrial Wastes Using Supercritical CO2 as a Medium for Addition and Condensation Polymerizations and Preparation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks
Investigators: Cassidy, Patrick E. , Venumbaka, S R
Institution: Texas State University
EPA Project Officer: Aja, Hayley
Project Period: March 1, 1998 through February 28, 2003
RFA: Targeted Research Center (2004) Recipients Lists
Research Category: Hazardous Waste/Remediation , Targeted Research
Objective:
The Waste Minimization and Management Research Center (WMMRC) exists as a major entity within the Technology Development Branch of the Institute for Environmental and Industrial Science (IEIS) on the campus of Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The IEIS applies the multidisciplinary scientific and technological expertise of this hundred-year-old university to the solution of industrial and environmental problems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provided primary funding for the WMMRC. The WMMRC’s mission is to apply the multidisciplinary scientific and technological expertise of Southwest Texas State University toward the utilization and mitigation of waste through the identification and optimization of resources and processes for the Texas petrochemical industry. The WMMRC will facilitate the formation of industrial partnerships to ensure that the concepts developed will be effective and, therefore, implemented.
The WMMRC’s short-term objective is to provide a small-scale laboratory to research and develop improved processes and methods for waste minimization and management. The WMMRC’s long-term objectives are to: (1) develop industrial partnerships and be a self-sufficient national research center; (2) focus on the product of research rather than on research alone; (3) provide an educated and trained workforce for Texas industry; (4) educate people on waste minimization and management; (5) create a supercritical fluid technology base for chemical processes; (6) provide information on industrial waste components; and (7) develop recyclable (polymeric) products.
The objectives of this project are to investigate the factors affecting addition polymerizations in supercritical CO2 , to investigate the preparation of condensation polymers in supercritical CO2, and to investigate the preparation of interpenetrating polymer networks by using a supercritical fluid-infusion/polymerization strategy.
Supplemental Keywords:
waste minimization, waste management, petrochemical industry, liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, thermoplastics, polymers, desulfurization, biofilm,, RFA, Scientific Discipline, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, TREATMENT/CONTROL, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Sustainable Industry/Business, POLLUTION PREVENTION, Aquatic Ecosystems & Estuarine Research, Sustainable Environment, Treatment Technologies, waste reduction, Environmental Chemistry, Technology, Technology for Sustainable Environment, Aquatic Ecosystem, Environmental Engineering, biofilm, cleaner production, sustainable development, waste minimization, supercritical carbon dioxide, biotechnology, water quality, polymer design, supercritical fluid reaction media, alternative chemical synthesisProgress and Final Reports:
Main Center Abstract and Reports:
R825503 The Waste Minimization And Management Research Center Subprojects under this Center: (EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
R825503C001 Separation and Analysis of Non-Volatiles in Petroleum Industry Products
R825503C002 Reduction/Elimination of Industrial Wastes Using Supercritical CO2 as a Medium for Addition and Condensation Polymerizations and Preparation of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks
R825503C003 Waste Minimization and Management of Thermoplastics
R825503C004 Effective Control of Biofilms in the Petrochemical Industry
R825503C005 Collaborations and Technology Transfer
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