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Title: Development of Advanced In-Situ Techniques for Chemistry Monitoring and Corrosion Mitigation in SCWO Environments

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/828054· OSTI ID:828054

Super Critical Water Oxidation (SCWO) is a promising technology for destroying highly toxic organic waste (including physiological agents) and for reducing the volume of DOE's low-level nuclear waste. The major problem inhibiting the wide implementation of SCWO is the lack of fundamental knowledge about various physico-chemical and corrosion processes that occur in SCW environments. In particular, the lack of experimental techniques for accurately monitoring important parameters, such as pH, corrosion potential and corrosion rate, has severely hampered the development of a quantitative understanding of the degradation of materials in this extraordinarily aggressive environment. Accordingly, the principal objective of the present program has been to develop new, innovative methods for accurately measuring parameters that characterize corrosion processes under super critical conditions.

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-96ER62303
OSTI ID:
828054
Report Number(s):
EMSP-55171-2000; R&D Project: EMSP 55171; TRN: US0404260
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English