Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Using Supercritical Water Oxidation to Treat Hydrolysate from VX Neutralization
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Acronyms
  • Executive Summary
  • BACKGROUND
  • FINDINGS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1 Introduction and Background
  • SELECTION OF NEUTRALIZATION FOLLOWED BY SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION FOR STOCKPILE DISPOSAL AT NEWPORT, INDIANA
  • VX STORAGE AT NEWPORT, INDIANA
  • NEUTRALIZATION OF VX
  • 2 Process Description and Scientific Principles
  • PROCESS OVERVIEW
  • SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
  • KINETICS
  • PHASE BEHAVIOR
  • 3 Technology Status
  • PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION TECHNOLOGYDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR APPLICATION TO VX HYDROLYSATE
  • Laboratory-Scale Tests to Establish Methylphosphonic Acid DREs
  • Pilot-Scale Testing with Surrogates and VX Hydrolysate
  • Toxicity of the Liquid Effluent
  • Summary of Solids Management and System Performance
  • STATUS OF EVAPORATOR TECHNOLOGY
  • 4 Scale-Up, Stability, and Reliability
  • PROCESS SCALE-UP
  • SALT MANAGEMENT AND REACTOR DESIGN
  • Higher Pressure Systems
  • Dissolution in Molten Sodium Hydroxide
  • Catalyzed Oxidation
  • Transpiring Wall ReactorEngineering Control
  • Conclusion
  • CHOICE OF OXIDANT, MIXING, AND HEAT BALANCE
  • CORROSION AND THE MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
  • PRESSURE LET-DOWN SYSTEMS
  • SUMMARY
  • 5 Full-Scale Process Design
  • PROCESS DESCRIPTION
  • PROCESS START-UP AND SHUTDOWN
  • PROCESS MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES
  • PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL
  • MANAGING UPSETS AND MAINTENANCE
  • PROCESS SAFETY
  • PROCESS EFFLUENT REQUIREMENTS
  • TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
  • 6 Findings and Recommendations
  • FINDINGS
  • RECOMMENDATIONSReferences
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A Process Flow Diagrams for the Supercritical Water Oxidation and Evaporation Process Steps
  • Appendix B Mass Balance for the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF) Process