American Society of Mechanical Engineers Center for Research & Technology Development. Research Committee on Industrial and Municipal Waste

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1 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Center for Research & Technology Development Research Committee on Industrial and Municipal Waste Meeting Minutes 09 May :20 PM to 10:00 PM Galveston, TX Attendee Organization Address Robert Hall EPA Charles Waggoner Dial/MSU Ken Wittle EPI Charles Lamb Teris LLC David Hoecke Enercon Systems David Wilson Consultant Paul Lemieux EPA Joe Santoleri Independent Consultant Maggie Clark Independent Consultant Gary Hinshaw Energy Assurance Monitoring Floyd Hasselriis Independent consultant Michael Tinkleman ASME Staff Phone Note: RCIMW members indicated in bold italics 1

2 Meeting Minutes Galveston, TX. 09 May Call-to-Order, Introductions, and Agenda Review Meeting was called to order at 07:40 AM by Bob Hall. Attendance was taken of the members present and on the phone. 2. Financial A brief review of the financial status was provided by the Chair. 3. Previous Meeting Minutes Approval Approval of Last Meeting s Minutes Minutes from the last meeting have been circulated by the Secretary. The committee Chair asked for any corrections or additions and there were none. A motion for approval was made by Ken Wittle and seconded by David Hoecke. Vote to approve the minutes as submitted was unanimous. 4. Communications No communications 5. Subcommittee Reports: a. Award Committee Sommerlad (Wilson, Hinshaw) b. Sub committee on Pioneer Awards Sommerlad (Hinshaw, Wilson) The handling of this award by the combined committee (RCIMW and University of Maryland) this year has not been optimal. A review of the nomination and selection process is needed and should prove very beneficial. This should be conducted in light of the original agreement between our committee and the University of Maryland/IT3. A compounding factor regarding revisiting the process is due to the potential for a change in conference management. There is the possibility that the University of Maryland will cease underwriting IT3. There is the possibility that AWMA will agree to sponsor the conference. Since the selection committee is three of our members, the chair of the conference PAC and a designated person from U of Md. Since there will be a revision of the committee composition based on who sponsors the conference in the future, we will need to reestablish our agreement to sponsor the award. As soon as a new sponsor is selected, the executive sub-committee needs to initiate discussions with them and identify those issues of deep concern for resolution. 2

3 Pioneer Award Committee for next year will include Gary Hinshaw, David Wilson, and David Hoecke. Gary will serve as chair for the year. David Wilson will serve as chair for c. Reference Method Accuracy and Precision (ReMAP) Hoecke (Bastian, Lamb, Riggo, Hasselriis, Waggoner, Wilson) A contract has yet to be issued to Charlie Hendrix for developing two papers from REMAP data. Bob Hall will contact Charlie Hendrix and make sure that he receives a contract from ASME to conduct the work that has previously been approved by this committee. The total value of the two scopes of work that have been approved is $7500. d. Landfill Emissions Hasselriis e. Animal Waste Waggoner f. Waste Minimization Clarke g. Carpet Recycling Realff (Hinshaw, Lamb, Waggoner) Paul Lemieux presented the paper he will give at IT3 on the use of carpet as a co-fuel for coal at a cement kiln in Pennsylvania. The IT3 paper includes additional results for the testing activity from what was presented to the Committee last December during the Information Exchange at EPA s facility in RTP, North Carolina. Initial test run indicated that the addition of carpet to the fuel stream caused a reduction of the flame length for the combustion zone. The kiln was slated for annual maintenance within a couple of months and the test produced hot spots on the external skin of the kiln. The company did not want to run the risk of increasing the rate of refractory erosion so this first A copy of the slides used in the presentation is attached to the minutes. h. DHS Project on Anthrax Incineration -- Paul Lemiux also gave a presentation on an anthrax incineration project that they are doing for DHS. Much of the contaminated materials coming out of a contaminated building will be incinerated. Spores are difficult to destroy. In the early 1990s EPA looked at medical waste incineration of spores. Primary chamber T and secondary residence time were the most important factors 3

4 for destroying the spores. Ceiling tile, wall board, and carpet using surrogate spores were tested in a Lindberg furnace test apparatus. Ceiling tiles and carpet are easier than wall board to treat. A pilot scale test was then conducted at the RTP EPA facility. Bundles of carpet were prepared with biological materials in the central part of the waste to allow monitoring of heating profile and biological viability as a function of time in the incinerator. Data for this series of tests were displayed and approximately five minutes in the incinerator are required to give good bio-treatment. These data are currently being used in conjunction with modeling and collection of additional experimental data. A copy of the slides used in the presentation is attached to the minutes. i. Waste Gasification Lamb j. Nominating Committee - Wilson, (Waggoner, Lamb) Nominating Subcommittee Report A slate of officers was put forth by the Nominating Committee at the last regularly scheduled meeting. This list of candidates included: Bob Hall, Chair Charles Waggoner, Vice Chair Don Corwin, Secretary No motions to make changes were offered from the floor and this slate of officers was submitted for vote by the Nominating Subcommittee. A motion to accept these candidates was made by David Hoecke and seconded by Charles Lamb. The full committee voted unanimously to approve the nominees. New Member Nominations The discussions that have taken place within our Committee for the past several months regarding expansion of scope and activity will require adding members with expertise in new areas. The nominating sub-committee committee was not prepared to submit an updated list of nominees for committee membership. The floor was opened for discussion of worthy candidates. After a period of discussion, Paul Lemieux was nominated for full membership in the Committee by Charles Waggoner and the motion was seconded by Charles Lamb. The vote to approve Paul s nomination was unanimous. 6. Other Business 4

5 Report on Continuity and Change and CRT Budget: Michael provided an update on the status of ASME revisions. The process of implementing changes called for by the Continuity and Change initiative is in final stages. The CRTD is becoming a part of the Knowledge and Community group. The next BRTD meeting will be on Monday June 12 and the Committee was encouraged to have a representative present. Bob Hall has a conflict and will ask both Ken Wittle and Don Corwin to represent our committee. Norma and Michael are currently deeply involved in the DHS project. Norma is doing the financial management and Michael is providing overall project management. Even thought a lot of their time is encumbered by this project, there will be a budget short fall $22k for the 06 budget. This will be manageable; however the outlook for 07 and 08 budgets will be much more of a problem. Currently project a reduction in the 07 and 08 budgets of approximately $110k. The staff need and committee structure need to be very sensitive to generate new funding and cover the costs of ASME support staff. It was pointed out that the CRTD still has 12 research committees and will be relatively unchanged in the transfer within the org structure. But will need to have all committees be conscious of the need to involve staff with projects. Michael Tinkelmann requested information about any possible new projects the Committee may be engaged in. Bob Hall will develop a list of topical areas that have been discussed for Michael and will also provide this list of possible projects for attachment to the meeting s minutes. It is hoped that distribution of this information will stimulate additional investigation into possible projects. ICIPEC Conference the next ICIPEC conference will be held at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan in September Dr. Sakai will serve as the host for this conference and wants EPA to work with him to hold a workshop on POPs prior to the conference ASME and our committee are being considered as a sponsor for a session in the upcoming conference. The potential for doing this again needs to be revisited as the conference agenda becomes more established. 7 Presentations 8. New Business 9. Next Meetings A review of the next meeting location will be made by Bob. 10. Adjournment at 10:40 PM 5