Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials
Abstract
An injector nozzle has been designed for safely injecting energetic waste materials, such as high explosives, propellants, and rocket fuels, into a molten salt reactor in a molten salt destruction process without premature detonation or back burn in the injection system. The energetic waste material is typically diluted to form a fluid fuel mixture that is injected rapidly into the reactor. A carrier gas used in the nozzle serves as a carrier for the fuel mixture, and further dilutes the energetic material and increases its injection velocity into the reactor. The injector nozzle is cooled to keep the fuel mixture below the decomposition temperature to prevent spontaneous detonation of the explosive materials before contact with the high-temperature molten salt bath.
- Inventors:
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- Livermore, CA
- Pleasanton, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870294
- Patent Number(s):
- 5491280
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A62 - LIFE-SAVING A62D - CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS
C - CHEMISTRY C06 - EXPLOSIVES C06B - EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- injector; nozzle; molten; salt; destruction; energetic; waste; materials; designed; safely; injecting; explosives; propellants; rocket; fuels; reactor; process; premature; detonation; burn; injection; material; typically; diluted; form; fluid; fuel; mixture; injected; rapidly; carrier; gas; serves; dilutes; increases; velocity; cooled; below; decomposition; temperature; prevent; spontaneous; explosive; contact; high-temperature; bath; salt bath; explosive material; carrier gas; waste material; molten salt; waste materials; fuel mixture; decomposition temperature; salt destruction; energetic waste; fluid fuel; rocket fuels; explosive materials; injector nozzle; temperature molten; energetic material; rocket fuel; destruction process; /588/
Citation Formats
Brummond, William A, and Upadhye, Ravindra S. Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web.
Brummond, William A, & Upadhye, Ravindra S. Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials. United States.
Brummond, William A, and Upadhye, Ravindra S. Mon .
"Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870294.
@article{osti_870294,
title = {Injector nozzle for molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials},
author = {Brummond, William A and Upadhye, Ravindra S},
abstractNote = {An injector nozzle has been designed for safely injecting energetic waste materials, such as high explosives, propellants, and rocket fuels, into a molten salt reactor in a molten salt destruction process without premature detonation or back burn in the injection system. The energetic waste material is typically diluted to form a fluid fuel mixture that is injected rapidly into the reactor. A carrier gas used in the nozzle serves as a carrier for the fuel mixture, and further dilutes the energetic material and increases its injection velocity into the reactor. The injector nozzle is cooled to keep the fuel mixture below the decomposition temperature to prevent spontaneous detonation of the explosive materials before contact with the high-temperature molten salt bath.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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