Supercritical waste oxidation of aqueous wastes

For aqueous wastes containing 1 to 20 wt% organics, supercritical water oxidation is less costly than controlled incineration or activated carbon treatment and far more efficient than wet oxidation. Above the critical temperature (374 C) and pressure (218 atm) of water, organic materials and gases are completely miscible with water. In supercritical water oxidation, organics, air and water are brought together in a mixture at 250 atm and temperatures above 400 C. Organic oxidation is initiated spontaneously at these conditions. The heat of combustion is released within the fluid and results in a rise in temperature 600 to 650 C. Under these conditions, organics are destroyed rapidly with efficiencies in excess of 99.999%. Heteroatoms are oxidized to acids, which can be precipitated out as salts by adding a base to the feed. Examples are given for process configurations to treat aqueous wastes with 10 and 2 wt% organics

The Impact Of Continuing Education Modules On The Moral Obligations And Responsibilities Of Financial Advisors

Increased life expectancies and a significant reduction in the number of corporate pension plans nationwide have made the prospects of retirement a challenge for many of us. The burden of funding retirement will move from the corporation or government to the individual. Those individuals with limited financial experience will most likely need the guidance of a financial advisor. Can we trust and rely upon them? Following the 2004 late trading scandal and the 2008 financial meltdown, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ( FINRA ) implemented Continuing Education requirements at the advisor level. The intent was to improve the quality and integrity of advisors\u27 interaction with clients. I have interviewed forty-one advisors at four separate financial services firms to examine the impact of this training on the moral obligations and responsibilities of financial advisors

Family relationships and relatives' attitudes affecting improvement or lack of improvement of hospitalized schizophrenic patients

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston UniversityThat interpersonal relationships within the family may have a direct influence upon the development of schizophrenia is a fact well-recognized by authors. In recent years the exact role of the mother-child relationship in the etiology of schizophrenia has especially been the subject of a great deal of investigation. As a result of these investigations there has been developed the concept of the "schizophrenogenic mother." Tietze's findings are characteristic