Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions (1993) / Chapter Skim
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Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology descnptiom In SCWO, organic materials, including materials containing heteroatoms such as chlorine, can be effectively oxidized by O2 in an aqueous medium above the critical point of pure water, that is, at 374°C (705°F) and 3,205 psi (221 bars)
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Like WAG, SCWO can be considered an alternative to incineration, because it is broadly applicable to any oxidizable organic compound. It could be used to destroy chemical warfare agents or to oxidize the products from a pretreatment process for the agent, such as hydrolysis.
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, to the final reactor temperature. The strong acid gases leaving the reactor would dissolve in the liquid water after
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. However, the strong acids formed from chemical agents may require the addition of caustic for corrosion control; the salts formed would be insoluble solids under SCWO conditions.
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Chemical agents wait have a much larger yield of solid products than most materials tested to date. By-products and waste streams.
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