Environmental Research Program 1989 annual report

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5869705· OSTI ID:5869705

The objective of the Environmental Research Program is to contribute to the understanding of the formation, mitigation, transport, transformation, and effects of energy-related pollutants on all compartments of the environment. This multidisciplinary program includes both basic and applied research in physics, chemistry, engineering, ecology, and biology, as well as research and development of advanced technologies for pollutant abatement and destruction, efficient combustion, and new methods of detection and analysis of different contaminants. The Program's Annual Report contains summaries of research performed during 1989 in the areas of combustion, flue-gas chemistry, atmospheric aerosols, ecological systems, membrane bioenergetics, and analytical chemistry. The Combustion Group studies complex combustion processes by acquiring a fundamental understanding of the physical and chemical processes that determine the combustion efficiency, formation, and emissions of species from these processes. The Flue-Gas Chemistry Group is engaged in research whose aim is to help develop new processes for simultaneous SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} removal. The Atmospheric Aerosols Group studies atmospheric chemical processes in the laboratory and in the field, and develops novel methods for individual particle characterization. New activities have been initiated by the Ecological Systems Group to develop means of predicting the toxicity of contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The Membrane Bioenergetics Group studies the effects of chemically reactive compounds on biological systems. The main emphases in Analytical Chemistry have continued to be in the area of asteroid impacts and mass extinctions. 27 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5869705
• Report Number(s): LBL-28738; ON: DE91010202
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
COMBUSTION
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUE GAS
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ASTEROIDS
BIOLOGICAL EXTINCTION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CLOUDS
COMBUSTION KINETICS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
DETECTION
DUSTS
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUID MECHANICS
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INCINERATORS
IONIZATION
IRIDIUM
NUCLEAR WINTER
PARTICLES
PROGRESS REPORT
RADICALS
SCRUBBERS
TOXICITY
VITAMIN E
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FUEL SYSTEMS
GASEOUS WASTES
HAZARDS
KINETICS
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MECHANICS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXIDATION
PLATINUM METALS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
RAIN
REACTION KINETICS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITAMINS
WASTES
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