Molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials

Patent · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869989

Brummond, William A ^[1]; Upadhye, Ravindra S ^[2]; Pruneda, Cesar O ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Pleasanton, CA

A molten salt destruction process is used to treat and destroy energetic waste materials such as high explosives, propellants, and rocket fuels. The energetic material is pre-blended with a solid or fluid diluent in safe proportions to form a fluid fuel mixture. The fuel mixture is rapidly introduced into a high temperature molten salt bath. A stream of molten salt is removed from the vessel and may be recycled as diluent. Additionally, the molten salt stream may be pumped from the reactor, circulated outside the reactor for further processing, and delivered back into the reactor or cooled and circulated to the feed delivery system to further dilute the fuel mixture entering the reactor.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5434335
• OSTI ID: 869989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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