Molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials
Abstract
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. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 87743
- Patent Number(s):
- 5434335
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-079,930
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Jul 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; PROPELLANTS; MOLTEN SALTS; WASTE PROCESSING; REGENERATION; PROCESS SOLUTIONS
Citation Formats
Brummond, W A, Upadhye, R S, and Pruneda, C O. Molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials. United States: N. p., 1995.
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Brummond, W A, Upadhye, R S, & Pruneda, C O. Molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials. United States.
Brummond, W A, Upadhye, R S, and Pruneda, C O. Tue .
"Molten salt destruction of energetic waste materials". United States.
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abstractNote = {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. 4 figs.},
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year = {Tue Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
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