Ebook: Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies
- Tags: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
- Series: NATO ASI Series 12
- Year: 1997
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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FRANCIS W. HOLM 7102 Meadow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsored an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Prague, Czech Republic, on 1-2 July 1996, to collect and study information on mobile alternative and supplemental demilitarization technologies and to report these fmdings. The mobile, or transportable, technologies identified for assessment at the workshop are alternatives to incineration technology for destruction of munitions, chemical warfare agent, and associated materials and debris. Although the discussion focused on the treatment of metal parts and explosive or energetic material, requirements for decontamination of other materials were discussed. The mobile alternative technologies are grouped into three categories based on process bulk operating temperature: low (0-200 C), medium (200-600 C), and high (600- 3,500 C). Reaction types considered include hydrolysis, biodegradation, electrochemical oxidation, gas-phase high-temperature reduction, stearn reforming, gasification, sulfur reactions, solvated electron chemistry, sodium reactions, supercritical water oxidation, wet air oxidation, and plasma torch technology. These categories represent a broad spectrum of processes, some of which have been studied only in the laboratory and some of which are in commercial use for destruction of hazardous and toxic wastes. Some technologies have been developed and used for specific commercial applications; however, in all cases, research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT &E) is necessary to assure that each technology application is effective for destroying chemical warfare materiel.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Chemical Demilitarization Program....Pages 1-17
Cryofracture as a Mobile Demilitarization Technology for Non-Stockpile Chemical Munitions....Pages 19-39
Chemical Warfare Agent Destruction with Solvated Electron Technology....Pages 41-52
Biodegradation of Alkanes and PCBs: Experience in the Czech Republic ....Pages 53-70
Chemical Detoxification of Chemical Weapons Applying Sodium-Technology....Pages 71-82
Mobile Demilitarization Systems....Pages 83-101
The Application of the Silver II Electrochemical Oxidation Process for the Demilitarization of Non-Stockpile Material....Pages 103-127
Sulchem Process for Treatment of Chemical Weapons-Related Wastes....Pages 129-148
The Remediation of a Former Military Site with a Mobile Plant for Soil Washing and Thermal Treatment....Pages 149-153
Hydrothermal Oxidation....Pages 155-181
Texaco Gasification Process....Pages 183-194
The Eco Logic Process....Pages 195-205
Plasmachemical Destruction of Chemical Weapons....Pages 207-219
Overview of Radioactive and Mixed Waste Cleanup Technologies....Pages 221-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-282
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Chemical Demilitarization Program....Pages 1-17
Cryofracture as a Mobile Demilitarization Technology for Non-Stockpile Chemical Munitions....Pages 19-39
Chemical Warfare Agent Destruction with Solvated Electron Technology....Pages 41-52
Biodegradation of Alkanes and PCBs: Experience in the Czech Republic ....Pages 53-70
Chemical Detoxification of Chemical Weapons Applying Sodium-Technology....Pages 71-82
Mobile Demilitarization Systems....Pages 83-101
The Application of the Silver II Electrochemical Oxidation Process for the Demilitarization of Non-Stockpile Material....Pages 103-127
Sulchem Process for Treatment of Chemical Weapons-Related Wastes....Pages 129-148
The Remediation of a Former Military Site with a Mobile Plant for Soil Washing and Thermal Treatment....Pages 149-153
Hydrothermal Oxidation....Pages 155-181
Texaco Gasification Process....Pages 183-194
The Eco Logic Process....Pages 195-205
Plasmachemical Destruction of Chemical Weapons....Pages 207-219
Overview of Radioactive and Mixed Waste Cleanup Technologies....Pages 221-277
Back Matter....Pages 279-282
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