The hazardous waste research center at louisiana state university

✍ Scribed by Segesta, Rosalind ;Thibodeaux, Louis J.

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 618 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-4491
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.670060125

✦ Synopsis

Hazcirhus wuste und the problems ussocicitetl with its proper dispostil are the concerns of the Hazurdous Waste Research Center (llM7RC), locuted on the Baton Rouge Campus of Louisiana State Unicersity. The Center is a p a r t of the U. S . Enviroriniental Protection Agency'%s "Centers of Excellence" prograin to conduct long-term fundainentu! resecirch in 3 nicljor areas: (1) incinerationlcombz~stion; (2) alternate methods .f treatinenticlest ruction; (3) cheinicaldinaterials interaction cind stahilizution. The projects are interdisciplina y in scope, with fuculty members f r o m civil, mechanical, and cheiniccil engineering, cheniisty, arid the inarine sciences purticiputing. Future research directions will change to keep puce with the probleins and needs of indust y , wuste handlers, government, untl the puldic. The Hnzcirchus W m t c Research Center, in dealing with current prohleins and unticipnting fiiture needs, will help reduce the risk andlor extent .f negutiue inipmt on the environnwnt, on hnincin heulth, or on the economy of the nation (hie to improper nwvicigenient or clisposul of hazurdous wastes.