Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment inventions 04/08

20080097135 - Electrode containers and associated methods: Electrode containers and associated methods are provided. In one embodiment, an electrode container includes sides and a top, and the top includes an opening adapted to receive a rod of an electrode. A plurality of flexible members are interconnected about the perimeter of the opening, wherein at least some of... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080097136 - Method of preventing exposure of asbestos-containing material, method of treating asbestos-containing waste material, method of melt treating asbestos-containing waste material, asbestos-containing waste material treated article, and asbestos-containing m: The present invention relates to a series of techniques for treating a waste material of an asbestos-containing material, from emergency treatment, dismantling, or transportation of an already constructed asbestos-containing material to a heating and melting treatment of the dismantled asbestos-containing waste material. The preset invention provides a method of preventing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080097137 - Waste treatment process and apparatus: The present invention provides a process for the treatment of waste, the process comprising a gasification step comprising treating the waste in a gasification unit in the presence of oxygen and steam to produce an offgas and a char, and a plasma treatment step comprising subjecting the offgas and the... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080097138 - Mercury contamination extraction: Mercury is removed from contaminated waste by firstly applying a sulfur reagent to the waste. Mercury in the waste is then permitted to migrate to the reagent and is stabilized in a mercury sulfide compound. The stable compound may then be removed from the waste which itself remains in situ... Agent: Brookhaven Science Associates/ Brookhaven National Laboratory

20080091054 - Method of synthesizing air-stable zero-valent iron nanoparticles at room temperature and applications: P

20080086022 - Method for complex stabilization of pb and as bearing waste and soils: This invention provides a method for chemical stabilization of combined Pb and As bearing materials, contaminated soils and wastes subject to acid and water leaching tests or leach conditions by addition of stabilizing agents such that the leaching potential is inhibited to desired levels. The resultant material or waste after... Agent: Keith E. Forrester

20080086023 - Installation for investigating objects using magnetic resonance: An installation for investigating objects (10a) using magnetic resonance comprising a safety room (1) which has gastight walls (1a-c) and having a magnet system (9) for producing a homogenous magnetic field in an investigational volume (13), the magnet system (9) comprising a gastight outer shell (19) which is penetrated in... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20080086024 - Hydrolysis system and process for devices containing energetic material: A system for chemically disposing energetic material enclosed in assembled devices includes a porous basket. The porous basket forms an enclosed chamber for receiving the assembled devices. Further, the basket is supported by a rotatable basket arm that is, in turn, connected to a lifting arm. In addition to these... Agent: Nydegger & Associates