Two types of leaching tests were performed on the bottom ash from municipal solid waste incinerators. A short-term batch test specified by the America Nuclear Society (ANS) and long-term column tests with acetic acid (pH 5.2) as leaching solution were used to evaluate copper leachability. The Cu leaching after the 5-d ANS test is about 1% of the original Cu content of 5300 mg/kg. Upon addition ...

This study investigated the effect of temperature, different concentrations of sodium carbonate,and the dose of organic solvent on the desorption of Reactive Red 198 dye from dye-saturated activated carbon using batch and continuous systems. The results of the batch desorption test showed 60% acetone in water as the optimum amount. However, when the concentration of sodium carbonate was raised,...

A polymethacrylate-based capillary monolithic column with zwitterionic functional groups was prepared by an in situ copolymerization method. The column was used in pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) for the separation of a test mixture of basic, neutral and acidic analytes. Unique manipulation of selectivity in pCEC was demonstrated by fine-tuning the applied voltage. The separa...

Bioreactor landfills are operated to enhance refuse decomposition, gas production, and waste stabilization. The major aspect of bioreactor landfill operation is the recirculation of collected leachate back through the refuse mass. Due to the presence of additional leachate and accelerated decomposition, the dynamic characteristics of MSW in bioreactor landfills are expected to change. Assessmen...

Little is known about how dynamic acceleration affects wheelchair-rider comfort. The current study was to test both the operation of an instrumented wheelchair by a wheelchair user over a Simulated Road Course (SRC) and the operation of the same instrumented wheelchair during normal daily activities (a field test) by test subjects. Sixteen subjects participated in the protocol. A SRC allowed co...

Recent studies have revealed that noxious visceral inputs travel in the dorsal column pathway, and interactions between colorectal noxious and tactile inputs occur in the ventrobasal thalamus. This investigation was to test whether the somatovisceral interactions also take place in the dorsal column nuclei (DCN). Forty-five single DCN neurons of anesthetized rats responsive to colorectal disten...

Objective: The aim of the study was to find effects gender and ear difference multi-frequency tympanometry in Indian young adult population.Method: A total 30 individuals include 15 males females with normal hearing were taken for study. Resonant frequency F45 determined both ears all compared.Result: test results showed that mean resonant have no significant left right ears. Females slightly b...

Abstract: A finite element model is verified accurate enough to simulate the static test of one reinforced-concrete frame with specially shaped columns subjected to the loss of a ground corner column. As the frame sustained loads primarily depending on the beam resisting mechanism in the test, four related parameters, namely the height of beam section, rebar ratio of beam, rebar ratio of slab a...

Brownian motion of the coating layers on a test mass is one of the limiting noise sources for high precision measurements such as gravitational-wave detection [1] or cold damping experiments [2]. Thermal noise is also the most significant source of the environmental decoherence that prevents us to observe quantum behavior of a macroscopic object [3]. Reduction of classical noise is a key for va...