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The application of compost during recultivation in 97lO3246 the Rhineland brown coal mining area, Germany 1996, 48, (5). 527-531. (In German) Tenholtern, R. et nl. &art&oh/e. During recultivation in the Rhineland brown coal mining area, the effects of compost application in combination with deep soil loosening on the soil were examined. Soil function\ and envtronmental media were not damaged or endangered hy salts. heavy metals, and basic nutrients of the compost. Living organisms were propagated by the addition of organic matter and compost nutrients. Biogenic soil loosening and stabilization of the texture was indicated to he probable in the next years. Application of the center for air toxic metals 97103247 (CATM) database Peck, W. D. et al. Proc. Annu. Int. PiftShurgh Coal Conf., 1996, 13, (2), 1350-1355. Large volumes of data on air toxic metals can be stored and manipulated by a relational database developed for the Center for Air Toxic Metals at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) of the University of North Dakota. The database provides information to researchers, managers, and operations personnel to aid in their decision-making and longterm planning of issues related to air toxic metals. A personal computerbased graphical user interface is used to access data located on a UNIX workstation at the EERC. With security codes and software issued by the EERC and an Internet service provider in place, the database can be accessed externally through the Internet. Data will he input on a continual basis from bench-, pilot-, and full-scale sources in the areas of coal oil combustion, waste incineration, and gasification and combustion, environmental management. Quality assurance and data control are emphasised through a critical review of all data and the use of a dataflagging system. Blood antioxidant status in coal dust-induced 97103248 respiratory disorders: a longitudinal evaluation of multiple biomarkers Schins, R. P. F. el al. Biomarkers, 1997, 2, (l), 45-50. This work examines the involvement of oxidative stress in coal dust-induced respiratory disorders. The red blood cell and serum antioxidants in 66 coal miners were related to S-year changes in coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), chronic bronchitis, and lung function decrease. The authors present the experiments in detail and conclude that the multiple marker approach applied shows the relevance of interpretation of total ‘antioxidant status’ vs single antioxidant measurements in health screening of individuals at risk for respiratory impairments. Burning technology of carbon containing waste of 97lO3249 chemical and coal-chemical production Galpem, E. I. and Pashchenko, L. V. Pr. Nauk. Inst. Chem. Tech&. Nafty We& Polilech. Wroclaw., 1996, 55, (Catalysis and Adsorption in Fuel Processing and Environmental Protection), 189-192. In many industrial enterprises and in agriculture solid and organic wastes containing toxic substances accumulate. The wastes can be mixed with mineral components as soil, ash or slag. It is known that a significant quantity of coal sludges has been accumulated in coal mining basins. Waste storage occupies large surface areas and ecologically detrimental. Reliable and economical expedient technologies of waste processing are absent now in the Ukraine, so their burning or burial have been carried out. Over the last few years, the transition from burial waste technology to burning waste technology has taken place. Catalysis and ecological problems in salty coals 97lO3250 thermal decomposition processes Shendrik, T. G. et al. Pr. Nauk. Inst. Chem. Tech&. Nafp We& P&tech. Wrodaw., 1996, 5s. (Catalysis and Adsorption in Fuel Processing and Environmental Protection), 209-213. The following issues concerning the salty coals of Novomoskovskoye deposit of Western Donbass, Ukraine are addressed: natural halite role in the salty coal thermo-processing, the Na and Cl distribution, estimation of probability of toxic compound formation, ways for salty coal processing are studied, and sorption properties and applications of the coal for wastewater treatment.
97103251 Characterization of trace element emissions from a pilot-scale coal combustion unit Hargis, R. A. and Pennline, H. W. Proc. Annu. Int. Pittsburgh Coal Conf,, 1996, 13, (2), 1362-1368. In order to control hazardous air pollutants and fine particulates associated with coal combustion through the improvement of existing and the development of new technologies, the distribution of trace elements in ash and flue gases, material recoveries for the system, baghouse removal efficiencies, and enrichment of ash particulate were studied. A preliminary comparison was made between results for a pilot unit and a full-scale utility burning low S bituminous coal. Of elements measured at both the pilot unit and the full-scale utility, some showed excellent agreement in flue gas concentration at the inlet to respectively particulate control devices. Differences for the rest of the elements were explained by a combination of sample variability and/or differences in coal analysis.
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Characterizations of air pollutants in the atmosphere 97103252 at metropolitan area in northern Taiwan Chiang, P.-C. ef a/. Environ. Sci. Res., 1996. 51. (Chemistry for the Protection of the Environment 2). 37-53. Air pollutants were characterized and their concentrations determined in a study of the metropolitan areas of northern Taiwan. Air samples were collected between October 1989 and March 1993 at five sampling