Projects
Environmental Remediation
One of Phoenix Environmental Research’s goal is to develop and validate new and improved processes or technologies allowing to rehabilitate contaminated and polluted sites with the ultimate goal of preparation for re-development. Remediation technologies encompass, but not limited to, development of new and improved methods and techniques for removal of environmentally damaging contaminants from soil and water, development of new testing and monitoring methods to detect environmental contamination, improving scientific understanding of processes involved in environmental reclamation, development of technologies for the safe disposal and/or impoundments of contamination at industrial sites, research into the environmental impacts associated with contamination, and other areas of research, as well as establishing environmental compliance strategies.
Beneficial Utilization of CCRs
Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs), commonly known as coal ash, are created when coal is burned by power plants to produce electricity and is one of the largest and most significant types of industrial waste generated in the United States. There are hundreds of millions of tons of coal ash impounded in ponds in the United States, posing potential environmental risks. There is a dire need to find beneficial re-uses of these CCRs instead landfill impoundment. One of Phoenix Environmental Research’s goals is to promote discovery, research, experimentation, testing, assay development and verification of new or improved processes and methods related to beneficial re-use of CCRs, including the use in construction materials, for production of rare earth elements, and other beneficial applications.