| Time/Day |
Event |
Description |
Sunday
2 - 5 pm |
Bench-scale set-up |
The space available to each team
will be a 10' X 10' area. Electrical outlets (110 will be
available and 220 upon request in advance), water, air, vacuum
and a 6' folding table will be available in each booth. Other
utilities such as gas must be provided by each participating
team. A modest supply of hand tools and construction materials
will be provided. Additional material will not be available
unless special arrangements are made ahead of time. |
Monday
8 am |
Sample distribution
|
For each appropriate task, a test
sample will be made containing one or all of the contaminants
listed in the design statement. Handout of the samples will
begin on Monday morning at 8:00 am. Additional specific test
sample instructions are included with information on each task.
Using appropriate methods, the sample integrity and its
homogeneity will be preserved.
Prior to running your process a Safety
Operating Permit is required. Safety Operating Permit includes:
HazCom Registration, MSDSs, Safety Summary, NFPA Placarding
(provided by the WERC Safety Team), and team emergency contacts. |
Monday
10 am |
Bench-scale operational |
The participating teams will be
expected to be operational no later than Monday at 10:00 am.
Prior to running your process a Safety Operating Permit is
Required. |
Monday
5 pm |
Task 4 |
All Task 4
samples must be turned in by 5 pm. |
| Tuesday |
Bench-scale and poster judging |
All teams will present their
bench-scale and poster several times to teams of judges. Please
follow the schedule in the handbook. |
| Wednesday 8 am - noon |
Bench scale Take down |
Bench materials must be packed
and shipped or disposed of properly by noon. The bench-scale
area will be closed at noon. |
| Monday, & Tuesday evening |
Sample evaluation |
The results of the samples will
be evaluated using analytical equipment by the Soil, Water and
Air Testing Laboratory located on the NMSU campus. A secondary
outside lab may be used to confirm first-place results.
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Please note the following:
If your proposed process removed the contaminant by
transferring it into another media, steps must be taken to properly
clean and discharge the media. The associated cost must be considered in
the overall economic evaluation (i.e., cannot discharge contaminated
media without proper handling with expense considered). Please make sure
that the process you have chosen is "safe" when applied to the
bench-scale demonstration unit. It is your responsibility to make
certain that your chosen process does not cause problems. The choice of
process is entirely up to the participating teams. However, if a
process, such as bioremediation is chosen, the entire process must be
carried out after arrival in Las Cruces (You can bring the microorganism
with you to the site).
- Functionality, yield and overall performance
- Bench-scale process operation safety
- Waste generation, recovery and stability (where
applicable)
- Originality and completeness of the bench scale
- Repeatability, accuracy and reproducibility of
bench-scale
- Cost of and suitability of bench-scale
construction
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