OHIO LUMEX CO INC — Department of Energy SBIR Phase I: 20c

OHIO LUMEX CO INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Energy.

Amount
$149,486
Agency
Department of Energy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
20c
Solicitation
DE-FOA-0001770
NAICS
Place of performance
OH
Period
2018-04-09 → 2018-11-08

Description

Ohio Lumex Co- will develop a novel approach to real-time monitoring and speciation of selenium in coal-fired power plant wastewaters- The proposed technology will be developed in response to EPA’s recently issued Effluent Limitations Guidelines pertaining to selenium content in effluent streams from steam power generation plants- The proposed technology will be designed for real-time monitoring and speciation of selenium at concentrations, flow rates, pressures, and temperatures present in power plant wastewaters- The proposed approach will take advantage of the company’s resources and experience with real-time measurement of gas phase mercury using Zeeman Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, as well as thermal speciation, as demonstrated by prior research in thermal speciation of mercury in liquid samples-