(71b) The Disposal of Neutralized Chemical Warfare Materials Using a Commercial Wet Oxidation System: A Case Study
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2008
2008 Spring Meeting & 4th Global Congress on Process Safety
Environmental Division - Jointly Co-sponsored with ACS
Hydrothermal Processing for Wastewater Treatment
Monday, April 7, 2008 - 2:25pm to 2:50pm
In order to meet the requirements of an International Treaty mandating the destruction of chemical weapons, the US Army in 2005-06 neutralized its stockpile of DF and QL, which are used to make GB and VX nerve agents. In order to completely meet Treaty requirements, this neutralized wastewater must be further treated to destroy chemical agent breakdown products.
Wet Oxidation was selected to provide this additional treatment. A commercial system was installed in 2006 and operations began in 2007. All of the QL neutralent wastewater has been successfully destroyed. The DF neutralent destruction is ongoing, and scheduled for completion by the end of 2007. This paper describes the wet oxidation system and its performance.
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