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Title: Mixed Waste Treatment Using the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification Technique

Abstract

This R and D program addresses the treatment of mixed waste employing the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification process. Surrogate mixed waste streams will be treated in a four inch diameter, continuous feed, adiabatic reactor with the goal of meeting all regulatory treatment levels for the contaminants in the surrogates with the concomitant production of contaminant free by-products. Successful completion of this program will show that organic contaminants in mixed waste surrogates will be converted to a clean, energy rich synthesis gas capable of being used, without further processing, for power or heat generation. The inorganic components in the surrogates will be found to be adsorbed on a macroporous coal char activated carbon substrate which is mixed with the waste prior to treatment. These contaminants include radioactive metal surrogate species, RCRA hazardous metals and any acid gases formed during the treatment process. The program has three main tasks that will be performed to meet the above objectives. The first task is the design and construction of the four inch reactor at Mirage Systems in Sunnyvale, CA. The second task is production and procurement of the activated carbon char employed in the ChemChartest runs and identification of two surrogate mixed wastes. The lastmore » task is testing and operation of the reactor on char/surrogate waste mixtures to be performed at the University of Missouri. The deliverables for the project are a Design Review Report, Operational Test Plan, Topical Report and Final Report. This report contains only the results of the design and construction carbon production-surrogate waste identification tasks.Treatment of the surrogate mixed wastes has just begun and will not be reported in this version of the Final Report. The latter will be reported in the final version of the Final Report.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Federal Energy Technology Center Morgantown (FETC-MGN), Morgantown, WV (United States); Federal Energy Technology Center Pittsburgh (FETC-PGH), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
3903
Report Number(s):
DE-AR21-95MC31188-01
TRN: US0101454
DOE Contract Number:  
AR21-95MC31188
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; ACTIVATED CARBON; DETOXIFICATION; SYNTHESIS GAS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHARS; DESIGN

Citation Formats

Kuchynka, D J. Mixed Waste Treatment Using the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification Technique. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/3903.
Kuchynka, D J. Mixed Waste Treatment Using the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification Technique. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/3903
Kuchynka, D J. 1997. "Mixed Waste Treatment Using the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification Technique". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/3903. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/3903.
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title = {Mixed Waste Treatment Using the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification Technique},
author = {Kuchynka, D J},
abstractNote = {This R and D program addresses the treatment of mixed waste employing the ChemChar Thermolytic Detoxification process. Surrogate mixed waste streams will be treated in a four inch diameter, continuous feed, adiabatic reactor with the goal of meeting all regulatory treatment levels for the contaminants in the surrogates with the concomitant production of contaminant free by-products. Successful completion of this program will show that organic contaminants in mixed waste surrogates will be converted to a clean, energy rich synthesis gas capable of being used, without further processing, for power or heat generation. The inorganic components in the surrogates will be found to be adsorbed on a macroporous coal char activated carbon substrate which is mixed with the waste prior to treatment. These contaminants include radioactive metal surrogate species, RCRA hazardous metals and any acid gases formed during the treatment process. The program has three main tasks that will be performed to meet the above objectives. The first task is the design and construction of the four inch reactor at Mirage Systems in Sunnyvale, CA. The second task is production and procurement of the activated carbon char employed in the ChemChartest runs and identification of two surrogate mixed wastes. The last task is testing and operation of the reactor on char/surrogate waste mixtures to be performed at the University of Missouri. The deliverables for the project are a Design Review Report, Operational Test Plan, Topical Report and Final Report. This report contains only the results of the design and construction carbon production-surrogate waste identification tasks.Treatment of the surrogate mixed wastes has just begun and will not be reported in this version of the Final Report. The latter will be reported in the final version of the Final Report.},
doi = {10.2172/3903},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3903}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
}