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Title: Task 9 -- Centrifugal membrane filtration. Semi-annual report, April 1--September 30, 1997

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/631131· OSTI ID:631131

This project is designed to establish the utility of a novel centrifugal membrane filtration technology for the remediation of liquid mixed waste streams at US Department of Energy (DOE) facilities in support of the DOE Environmental Management (EM) program. The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) has teamed with SpinTek Membrane Systems, Inc., a small business and owner of the novel centrifugal membrane filtration technology, to establish the applicability of the technology to DOE site remediation and the commercial viability of the technology for liquid mixed waste stream remediation. The technology is a uniquely configured process that makes use of ultrafiltration and centrifugal force to separate suspended and dissolved solids from liquid waste streams, producing a filtered water stream and a low-volume contaminated concentrate stream. This technology has the potential for effective and efficient waste volume minimization, the treatment of liquid tank wastes, the remediation of contaminated groundwater plumes, and the treatment of secondary liquid waste streams from other remediation processes, as well as the liquid waste stream generated during decontamination and decommissioning activities.

Research Organization:
Univ. of North Dakota, Energy and Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, ND (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FC21-94MC31388
OSTI ID:
631131
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/31388-13-Pt.4; ON: DE98054522; TRN: 98:006960
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English