Using solid waste
Energy crisis solution11 found
•‘We are facing an energy crisis,” according to
Vernon L. Hammond, an engineer from Kennewick,
Wa. Hammond made this observation during a
session of the annual Air Pollution Control
Association’s northwest meeting in the Eugene
Hotel.
However, Hammond cited a possible solution,
“solid waste can help supplement energy in the
of gas.” He said this is becoming neccessary due to
the high cost and shrinking supply of natural gas.
Hammond then discussed the “pyrolysis” or
“gasification” incinerator his company is
currently marketing. The incinerator can burn
solid waste at temperatures up to 1000 degrees;
producing low BTU gas which goes into a gas tur
bine and steam boiler for conversion, said Ham
mond.
The result is an economical source of energy and
a method of disposing of solid waste. Hammond
states 100 per cent of the current national gas supply
could be produced with this process. -
Hammond showed slides depicting the lack of air
pollution in the operation of the incinerator. He
added the incinerator could burn a wide variety of
waste: wood, low radioactive material, toxic
biological wastes, rubber, plastic, sewage and
various chemicals.
Two other speakers discussed similar methods
which eliminate solid waste without air pollution.
Adolph Eppich. a combustion engineer for Wasteco
corporation in Seattle, outlined the operation of the
“controlled atmosphere incinerator” which bums
up to 3,000 degrees, resulting in no emissions
whatsoever.
Raymond Weholt, president of the Cameron
Corporation, discussed another device, used mainly
for disposal of wood waste.
The device, the “air curtain destructor”, creates
a blanket of oxygen over the burning material
which causes the smoke to be trapped and recir
culated.
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OSPIRG meeting to feature movie
The Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) at
the University will hold a meeting for those interested on Tuesday,
November 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the OSPIRG office, M-lll of the EMU.
The meeting will cover the state board meeting, OSPIRG‘s movie
on forest practices near Molalla, and plans for allowing student credit
for projects.
Volleyball correction
An error in yesterday’s EMERALD said that the University A and
B women’s volleyball teams played the squads from Oregon College of
Education this Thursday in Gerlinger Hall. Those games were played
last.
Tonight the A and B teams play the Oregon State University
squads in Corvallis.
Iowa State librarian to speak
A guest speaker at the University today, will be Dean Warren
Kuhn, director of libraries at Iowa State University. Dean Kuhn will
speak at a seminar at 4 p.m. in the EMU on “It’s Always High Noon in
the Director’s Office.”
The seminar is open to the public.
Computing network expert to speak
Ward Sangren, coordinator of Computing Activities at the
University of California, Berkeley, will speak at the University at 1:30
p.m. today in Gerlinger Hall on computing networks in higher
education.
Sangren has investigated computer networks across the country
and is very knowledgeable about the centralized operations. A net
work is planned for higher education in Oregon.
The meeting is open to the public at no charge.
Fiscal guidelines to be discussed
The ASUO Fiscal Affairs Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. in
Room 307 in the EMU to discuss guidelines for the allocation of ASUO
funds. No groups will request funds at this meeting.
The fiscal guidelines are intended to aid the committee in
disseminating funds consistently to only those organizations entitled
to ASUO funds.
One point of contention is whether ASUO program directors
should be salaried or whether they should be volunteers. Committee
members have complained that directors of viable programs should
be motivated by personal rather than monetary concerns.
The fiscal discussions have been scheduled prior to the 1973-74
budget hearings to provide guidelines for important monetary
decisions.
Phone exchange closed Thanksgiving
The University telephone exchange will be closed Nov. 23,
Thanksgiving Day, according to Dorothy Grover, telephone exchange
supervisor
Graduate fellowships to be awarded
Six fellowships of $2000 each will be awarded for graduate study
for the 1973-74 academic year by Alpha Lambda Delta. (ALD)
The applicants will be judged on scholastic record, recom
mendations, need, and the soundness of the project planned. Any
members of ALD are eligible as well as graduating seniors if they
have achieved the initiation standard of ALD.
For further information, contact the Office of Student Financial
Aid in Emerald Hall. Deadline for application is Jan. 5,1973.
Homosexuality courses offered
A SEARCH course/* Homosexuality—Sociological Perspectives,’
will be offered, undo* sociology department course listings, this
winter. Jerry Harris, a sociology teaching assistant, will be the in
structor for the course, which will meet Wednesdays, 4:30-6:15 p.m.,
and have weekly discussion groups in the evening. The course carries
3 credits.
The course, as it will be listed in the SEARCH bulletin, is “for
students who are aware of the existence of homosexuality, in others or
in themselves, yet lack a systematic perspective with which to con
S1 ?u u ' ’ ^ ^ a means for people to study various perspectives
on the homosexual in our society and on homosexuality in general”
Special arrangements have been made for students to pre-register
for the course. This is necessary for a few reasons The content of the
course to some extent depends upon the nature and the extent of the
Knowledge about the gay community of those who enroll in the course.
business Library course, exhibit opens
A short course in applied librarianship” is available through the
5es?arch exhibit open* Monday, in the Circulation
Lobby of the University library.
The exhibit deals with the joint themes of “How to use business
services and “How to research a corporation.” The display adds up
to a do-it-yourself explanation of how to find materials on business in
the Library.
The Business Research exhibit will be up hrough December 31.