Destruction of hazardous military wastes using plasma arc technology
Book
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OSTI ID:442702
- Army Environmental Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States). Environmental Technology Div.
- Concurrent Technologies Corp., Johnstown, PA (United States)
A Plasma Arc Technology (PAT) system treats hazardous wastes in a furnace, at temperatures of 2,000 C, or higher, using a plasma torch. The organic components vaporize, decompose or oxidize. The off-gases consist of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitric oxides. A wet air scrubber is used to remove most of these gases. The scrubber water is treated and recycled. Metal-bearing solids are melted or vaporized. The solids are usually recovered as molten metal, or as non-leachable vitrified slag, suitable for disposal in a landfill. A Plasma Arc Centrifugal Treatment system was used to evaluate this technology for destruction of four military hazardous wastes: sludge from Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant, TX; blast media from Letterkenny Army Depot, PA; medical incineration ash from Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; and contaminated soil from open burning/open detonation ground at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
- OSTI ID:
- 442702
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961105--; ISBN 0-7918-1523-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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