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Effects of the Deletion of Chemical Agent Washout on Operations at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (2016) / Chapter Skim
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... be formed to look into the effects of deleting the water wash 2 Destruction of chemical weapons means a process by which chemicals out step. The statement of task of the Committee on Effects are converted in an essentially irreversible way to a form unsuitable for pro- of the Deletion of Chemical Agent Washout on Operations duction of chemical weapons and which, in an irreversible manner, renders at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant munitions and other devises unusable as such (Chemical Weapons Conven- was as follows: tion, Annex on Implementation and Verification, Part IV (A)
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... will contain more An attractive solution would be to count the agent trapped residual agent than originally planned when they are sent to in the MDB HVAC carbon beds as destroyed. However, the the energetics batch hydrolyzer (EBH)
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... This function is part of the original plant process; however, the washout deletion Recommendation 2-1. BGCAPP should gather data, such may affect agent concentrations in the gas phase that will be as mass drained, drain time, and any available information transferred to the MDB HVAC system.
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... , a possible modification might be removed to the MDB HVAC carbon filter banks, together to send the off-gas from the OTE into the OTM, which is with fugitive agent emissions from the munition drain prodesigned to destroy organics and is expected to be able to cesses. Because agent partitioned into these pathways cannot destroy agent.
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... While the process model explores the influence development of additional methodologies for measuring of variations in operating parameters on the performance of masses of agent partitioned into the two gaseous waste BGCAPP, the limited treatment of the stochastic nature of streams entering the MDB HVAC system. those parameters does not reflect operational experience.
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... The actual filter sock change-out rate may be through plant operations, BGCAPP should gather data for the most important rate-limiting factor in BGCAPP opera- relevant model parameters with sufficient resolution to assess tions and may be underestimated. the probability density functions for these parameters.
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Key Terms

  • mdb hvac
  • residual agent
  • chemical agent
  • destruction efficiency
  • chemical weapons

  • drain times
  • agent washout
  • washout step
  • rocket warhead
  • warhead pieces

  • agent destruction
  • agent partitioned
  • agent loading
  • gaseous process
  • hvac carbon

  • process stream
  • plant operations
  • energetics batch
  • carbon beds
  • statistical quality

  • blue grass
  • originally planned
  • batch hydrolyzer
  • efficiency criteria
  • stochastic nature

  • agent drain
  • agent quantities
  • agent trapped
  • fugitive agent
  • agent remaining


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