Supercritical Fluid (SCF) Technologies: Assessment of Applicability to Installation Restoration Processes

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Abstract:

USAEC has conducted an evaluation of Supercritical Fluid SCF technologies for their applicability to treatment of explosives, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and metals in soils, water, andor waste sludge media. Off-specification explosives and propellants that have traditionally been open burned or openly detonated were also examined. Supercritical fluids are substances which have been heated and compressed to above their critical temperatures and pressures and possessing unique transport and mass transfer properties. Supercritical fluid extraction SFE used the solvating properties of supercritical fluids to extract one or more organic components from a mixture into a supercritical solvent commonly CO2. The concentrated extract stream may then be recycled, reclaimed, or destroyed by other methods.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
WESTON (ROY F) INC WEST CHESTER PA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept., Jun 1993-Mar 1994
Pagination:
0113

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SFIM-AEC-TS-CR-93127
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DACA31-91-D-0079
Monitor Series:
CR-93127, USAEC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.3.1_Depot Maintenance; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*CONTAMINANTS, *FLUIDS, *SUPERCRITICAL FLOW, *WASTES, *CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS, SCENARIOS, METALS, TEMPERATURE, REMOVAL, ECONOMICS, SPECIFICATIONS, WATER, DESTRUCTION, EXPLOSIVES, MIXTURES, CRITICAL TEMPERATURE, PROPELLANTS, SOILS, OXIDATION, LIMITATIONS, HYDROCARBONS, MASS TRANSFER, CRUDE OIL, SLUDGE, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, STREAMS, SEDIMENTS, TRANSFER, MEDIA, EXTRACTION, SOLVENTS, TRANSPORT, PRESSURE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Organic Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Wastes and Pollution and Control
Keyword(s):
*SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, SFE(SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION), SCWO(SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION), PROCESS ECONOMICS
Report Date:
1994 Mar 10