Design of medical waste treatment systems employing bioremediation

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dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, William K.en
dc.contributor.committeechairReinholtz, Charles F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKornhauser, Alan A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWest, Robert L. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:36:04Zen
dc.date.adate2010-05-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:36:04Zen
dc.date.issued1992-12-14en
dc.date.rdate2010-05-11en
dc.date.sdate2010-05-11en
dc.description.abstractThe design and development of a system for disinfecting medical waste at the site of origin is presented. Investigation of the current commercial systems that accomplish this task shows that they all expose the waste to physical conditions that are harmful to all forms of life. Further, most are very expensive to install and to operate. A recently developed biochemical process promises to effectively inactivate harmful pathogenic organisms economically and without the danger of extreme heat or poisonous chemicals. The biochemical process is not yet fully developed. Nonetheless, the development of a marketable system to take advantage of this technology has been initiated. The motivation for developing this technology and the particular system that will employ it is presented. A general overview of the system and components is presented. Previous and suggested future testing strategies are explained. Component interactions and process control are described.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 109 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05112010-020210en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05112010-020210/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42615en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.C376.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 93230425en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.C376en
dc.subject.lcshBioremediationen
dc.subject.lcshHazardous waste sitesen
dc.subject.lcshMedical wastesen
dc.titleDesign of medical waste treatment systems employing bioremediationen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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