Task Group report to the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health on oversight of chemical safety at the Department of Energy. Volume 2, Appendices

Abstract The importance of phosphorus as a nutrient in the eutrophication of lakes and rivers has been well established (Fruh 1967). It has been shown in addition that a significant amount of this phosphorus arises from the discharge of treated and untreated municipal wastewater (Task Group Report 1967). Consequently, measures are being taken, notably in the Province of Ontario, for removal of phosphorus from wastewater by means of chemical precipitation. Chemicals exhibiting satisfactory phosphorus removal include lime, iron compounds and aluminum compounds (Leckie and Stumm 1970; Schmid 1968; Wuhrman 1968).

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Environmental Safety and Health Issues Relating to Hazardous Wastes Generated by Chemical Industries

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.448-453.209 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 448-453 ◽

pp. 209-212

Author(s):

Bo Tuo Jiang ◽

Yan Qiang Jia ◽

Xiao Long Xing ◽

Xu Zhang

Keyword(s):

Safety Management ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Environmental Safety ◽

Health Issues ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Chemical Safety ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Increase Food Production ◽

Property Loss

The importance of chemical products in todays society is known, which can increase food production, improve the quality of life and extend the lifespan. However, their dangers are also obvious. In addition, a large number of chemical accidents, that produce chemicals, continue to take place in the chemical industries in spite of the great improvement in the safety management standard of worldwide chemical industries. Such accidents are taking place not only in the developing countries, but also in developed countries, which result in a lot of property loss, death and serious environmental issues with long term negative effects. Therefore, how to live with these substances and how to handle, use and dispose them safely have attracted much attention because chemical safety and risk management of chemicals have formed an international challenge.

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Commercial CFD Code Validation for Simulation of Heavy-Vehicle External Aerodynamics

Volume 2: Symposia, Parts A, B, and C ◽

10.1115/fedsm2003-45136 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

W. David Pointer ◽

Tanju Sofu ◽

David Weber

Keyword(s):

Aerodynamic Drag ◽

National Laboratory ◽

Argonne National Laboratory ◽

Department Of Energy ◽

Force Balance ◽

Heavy Vehicles ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Energy Economy ◽

Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽

Vehicle Technologies

The issue of energy economy in transportation has grown beyond traditional concerns over environment, safety and health to include new concerns over national and international security. In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies’ Working Group on Aerodynamic Drag of Heavy Vehicles, Argonne National Laboratory is investigating the accuracy of aerodynamic drag predictions from commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software. In this validation study, computational predictions from two commercial CFD codes, Star-CD [1] and PowerFLOW [2], will be compared with detailed velocity, pressure and force balance data from experiments completed in the 7 ft. by 10 ft. wind tunnel at NASA Ames [3, 4] using a Generic Conventional Model (GCM) that is representative of typical current-generation tractor-trailer geometries.

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