Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials

Patent · Tue Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:201513

Brummond, W A; Upadhye, R S

An injector nozzle has been designed for safely injecting energetic waste materials, such as high explosives, propellants, and rocket fuels, into a molten salt reactor in a molten salt destruction process without premature detonation or back burn in the injection system. The energetic waste material is typically diluted to form a fluid fuel mixture that is injected rapidly into the reactor. A carrier gas used in the nozzle serves as a carrier for the fuel mixture, and further dilutes the energetic material and increases its injection velocity into the reactor. The injector nozzle is cooled to keep the fuel mixture below the decomposition temperature to prevent spontaneous detonation of the explosive materials before contact with the high-temperature molten salt bath. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5,491,280/A/
• Application Number: PAN: 8-084,633
• OSTI ID: 201513
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 13 Feb 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
INCINERATORS
FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
WASTE PROCESSING
PROPELLANTS
FUELS
ROCKET ENGINES
PNEUMATIC TRANSPORT
NOZZLES
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
MITIGATION
MOLTEN SALTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES