Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Chemical Demilitarization Program

   • Robert E. Hilliard

   Pages 1-17

3. Cryofracture as a Mobile Demilitarization Technology for Non-Stockpile Chemical Munitions

   • M. H. Spritzer, L. D. Johnson

   Pages 19-39

4. Chemical Warfare Agent Destruction with Solvated Electron Technology

   • Rudy Moyer

   Pages 41-52

5. Biodegradation of Alkanes and PCBs: Experience in the Czech Republic

   • K. Demnerová, J. Burkhard, J. Koš Ál, M. Macková, J. Pazlarová, G. Kuncova et al.

   Pages 53-70

6. Chemical Detoxification of Chemical Weapons Applying Sodium-Technology

   • Edgar Bilger

   Pages 71-82

7. Mobile Demilitarization Systems

   • Robert E. Hilliard

   Pages 83-101

8. The Application of the Silver II Electrochemical Oxidation Process for the Demilitarization of Non-Stockpile Material

   • W. Batey, N. Warren

   Pages 103-127

9. Sulchem Process for Treatment of Chemical Weapons-Related Wastes

   • Edgar Berkey, Stephen W. Paff, A. Bruce King

   Pages 129-148

10. The Remediation of a Former Military Site with a Mobile Plant for Soil Washing and Thermal Treatment

    • Heinz F. Hebisch

    Pages 149-153

11. Hydrothermal Oxidation

    • Walter May

    Pages 155-181

12. Texaco Gasification Process

    • John P. Longwell

    Pages 183-194

13. The Eco Logic Process

    • John P. Longwell, Walter G. May

    Pages 195-205

14. Plasmachemical Destruction of Chemical Weapons

    • Lev A. Fedorov

    Pages 207-219

15. Overview of Radioactive and Mixed Waste Cleanup Technologies

    • Thomas Anderson

    Pages 221-277

16. Back Matter

    Pages 279-282

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FRANCIS W. HOLM 7102 Meadow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsored an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) in Prague, Czech Republic, on 1-2 July 1996, to collect and study information on mobile alternative and supplemental demilitarization technologies and to report these fmdings. The mobile, or transportable, technologies identified for assessment at the workshop are alternatives to incineration technology for destruction of munitions, chemical warfare agent, and associated materials and debris. Although the discussion focused on the treatment of metal parts and explosive or energetic material, requirements for decontamination of other materials were discussed. The mobile alternative technologies are grouped into three categories based on process bulk operating temperature: low (0-200 C), medium (200-600 C), and high (600- 3,500 C). Reaction types considered include hydrolysis, biodegradation, electrochemical oxidation, gas-phase high-temperature reduction, stearn reforming, gasification, sulfur reactions, solvated electron chemistry, sodium reactions, supercritical water oxidation, wet air oxidation, and plasma torch technology. These categories represent a broad spectrum of processes, some of which have been studied only in the laboratory and some of which are in commercial use for destruction of hazardous and toxic wastes. Some technologies have been developed and used for specific commercial applications; however, in all cases, research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT &E) is necessary to assure that each technology application is effective for destroying chemical warfare materiel.

• hydrogen
• metals
• water

• Chevy Chase, USA

  Francis W. Holm

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