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- My name is Nathan Lamie,

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I am an electronics engineer
and code 4 supervisor

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for ERDC CRREL's oil and
environment research team.

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We work with other federal partners

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academia and industry

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to solve the nation's problems
with oil-spill response

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in offshore and inland environments.

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Today we are testing
some prototype equipment

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developed by WPI.

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It is trademarked as a
Flame Refluxer design

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where it re-introduces heat from the burn

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back into the burning-oil slick

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that it re-intRoduction
of heat helps these

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infection burns burn more efficiently

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and burn more oil overall

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- My name is Karen Stone,

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and I work for the Bureau of Safety

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and Environmental Enforcement

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which is part of the
department of interior.

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So, what we have in that burn-pan

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is a whole bunch of crude oil

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on that crane we have
different simpler technologies

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and they're looking for carbon dioxide,

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carbon monoxide, just different gases.

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CRREL's are really important

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federal partner for this exercise.

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There are at very few locations

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in the United States,

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that actually have the capability

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and have the burn permits that we need

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to burn crude-oil for research

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but they also more importantly

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have a really good scientific base

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so using the CRREL
personnel and the facility

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can bind with the university
personnel with WPI

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its just a really good combination.

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- This project really shows how

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inter-agency and
inter-academic agreements work

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and really further the
technology in a group effort

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to do the ground research
and bring everything

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to a testing environment,

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where all players can be involved

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and be part of a conversation.

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That, results in great research.