Detoxification and disposal of hazardous organic chemicals by processing in supercritical water. Final report, 1 June 1980-31 December 1981

Technical Report · Wed Nov 06 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6741088

Modell, M

A new process for the destruction of hazardous waste makes use of supercritical water (SCW) as the medium for a rapid and highly efficient oxidation reaction. Destruction efficiencies of 99.99% and greater have been achieved for a broad spectrum of organic chloride compounds and solvents. This report presents the results of bench-scale tests of the SCW system on a variety of compounds that yielded information on destruction efficiency, performance capacity, reaction kinetics, fate of inorganic heteroatoms, and system corrosion.

• Research Organization: Modar, Inc., Natick, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6741088
• Report Number(s): AD-A-179005/4/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CONTAMINATION
DETOXIFICATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SUPERCRITICAL STATE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER