Destruction of UST organics and nitrates, polymeric organic wastes, and chlorocarbon solvents by steam reforming

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6829249

Galloway, T R ^[1]; Sprung, J L ^[2]

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1. Synthetica Technologies, Inc., Richmond, CA (United States)
2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In support of the UST, WeDID, VOC/Non-Arid, and VOC/Arid, and VOC/Arid Integrated Demonstrations, organic contaminants and nitrates in Hanford Underground Storage Tank (UST) wastes, polymeric organics in weapon components, and chlorocarbon soil contaminants have been destroyed by exposure to high-temperature steam during bench tests with a quartz reactor and full-scale tests that used the Synthetica Detoxifier, a commercial one-ton-per-day steam reforming waste destruction system. Reactivation of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) in the Detoxifier and Thermal Gravimetric Analyses (TGA) of the decomposition of sodium nitrate have also been performed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6829249
• Report Number(s): SAND-92-2727C; CONF-930160--3; ON: DE93005344
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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