Disposal of activated carbon from chemical agent disposal facilities /

"For the last two decades, the United States has been destroying its entire stockpile of chemical agents. At the facilities where these agents are being destroyed, effluent gas streams pass through large activated carbon filters before venting to ensure that any residual trace vapors of chemica...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Examine the Disposal of Activated Carbon from the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Chemical weapons disposal > Environmental aspects > United States.
Carbon, Activated.
Armes chimiques > Élimination > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Charbon actif.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Carbon, Activated
Chemical weapons disposal > Environmental aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Uses and management of activated carbon at chemical agent disposal facilities
  • Regulations governing carbon disposal
  • Interactions of chemical agents with activated carbon
  • Commercial and industrial practices for activated carbon management
  • Use and disposal of sulfur-impregnated carbon for mercury adsorption
  • Disposal of carbon from chemical agent disposal facilities
  • Appendix A. Calgon Carbon Corporation general carbon acceptance criteria for reactivation
  • Appendix B. Committee meetings, site visits, and virtual meetings
  • Appendix C. Biographical sketches of Committee members.

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