Alternate methods for disposal of nitrocellulose fines. Final technical report, August 1984-June 1985
A review of commercial waste-water treatment processes has shown that there are no directly comparable industrial problems. Other industries with problems of colloidal solids, such as phosphate mining, pigments manufacture, etc., use combinations of conventional technologies (coagulation, sedimentation, filtration) or have ponds where evaporation plays an important role. There is only one U.S. nitrocellulose manufacturer, and that facility discharges directly to the river just as the Radford Army Ammunition Plant does and is in compliance just as RAAP is. Cellulose fines are not as small as NC fines and tend to incorporate into paper products when water is recycled; and, being ubiquitous in nature, are not considered pollutants anyway.
- Research Organization:
- Brown (John A.) Associates, Berkeley Heights, NJ (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6653528
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-197463/3/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AMMUNITION
CARBOHYDRATES
CELLULOSE ESTERS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
COMPLIANCE
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
ESTERS
EVAPORATION
EXPLOSIVES
FILTRATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LASERS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
MINING ENGINEERING
NITRIC ACID ESTERS
NITROCELLULOSE
ORDNANCE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PAPER
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PIGMENTS
POLLUTANTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PROGRESS REPORT
PYROLYSIS
RIVERS
SACCHARIDES
SEDIMENTATION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLIDS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
ULTRAFILTRATION
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER