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E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 244 E Technology Developers That Supplied Information In addition to the presentations at the committee's workshop (see Appendix F), material was received by the committee on a variety of technologies. The committee considered this material in its work but not all the material received was necessarily germane to the committee's interests. Materials were received from the following: AEA Technology Dounreay Ag(II) process Thurso Caithness KW14 7TZ Contact: Dr. W. Batey This process generates highly oxidizing species in an electrochemical cell to treat organic wastes and oxidize them to carbon dioxide and water. BOVAR Corporation 10200 Richmond Avenue Lewisite Neutralization Technology Suite 150 Houston, TX 77042 (713) 789-1084 Contact: Hamish Adam, General Manager This process is carried out in four steps: reaction of lewisite with an oxidizing agent; removal of residual oxidizing agent; decomposition of the products of lewisite oxidation through addition of NaOH; and chemical fixation of the products of acid decomposition to prevent leaching of arsenic salts.
E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 245 Dynecology Incorporated 611 Harrison Avenue The Toxiplex Slagging Gasification Process for the Thermal Destruction of Chemical Warfare Agents Harrison, NY 10528 (914) 967-8674 Contact: Helmut W. Schulz This is a gasification process (with steam and oxygen) that provides for the conversion of a broad spectrum of toxic and refractory organic substances into a clean fuel or synthesis gas. Elkem Technology P.O. Box 4376 Torshov Electric Arc Furnaces N-0402 Oslo 4 Norway Contact: Arne K. Stoyle Information was provided on the Elkem Multi-purpose Furnace®, an electric smelting technology. Electrochemical Oxidation Systems 3445 Greer Road Mediated Electrochemical Oxidation Processes for Chemical Weapons Materials Palo Alto, CA 94303-4210 (415) 494-6982 Contact: Norvell Nelson, President In this electrochemical process, very reactive high-oxidation-state metal ions are generated that react either directly or indirectly with organic materials. Florida International University Drinking Water Research Center High-energy Electron Beam Irradiation for the Removal of Toxic and Hazardous Organic Chemicals from Water and Wastewater University Park Campus Miami, FL 33199 (305) 348-2826 Contact: William J. Cooper, Director and Associate Professor In this process, high-energy electrons impact an aqueous solution, generating reactive transient species that destroy hazardous contaminants.
E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 246 Gene Syst International, Inc. 9326 Fairfax Street Supercritical-Water Oxidation Alexandria, VA 22309 (703) 780-8821 Contact: James A. Titmas Information supplied on the application of supercritical-water oxidation (SCWO) to destroy various organic contaminants including a below-ground SCWO technology. HALLIBURTON NUS Environmental Corporation Environmental Technologies Group Ultrox UV/Oxidation Process 5950 North Course Drive P.O. Box 721110 Houston, TX 77272 (713) 561-1556 Contact: Roberto E. Frulla, Executive Vice President This process dilutes chemical agent(s) into water, and then destroys the highly diluted chemical agent(s) by oxidizing them at ambient temperature in an ULTROX® ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide reactor. Highly Filled Materials Institute Stevens Institute of Technology Concomitant Chemical Neutralization of Chemical Ammunitions and Encapsulation of Neutralization Products Using Twin Screw Extrusion Castle Point Hoboken, NJ 07030 (201) 216-8225/(201) 216-5119 Contacts: Professor Dilhan M. Kalyon, Professor Suphan Kovenklioglu This process describes a system for using a neutralizing agent and then encapsulating the products in a polymeric matrix. A mechanical system for accomplishing this is described.
E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 247 IIT Research Institute 10 West 35th Street Ozone/UV/Fluorocarbon Solvent System Chicago, IL 60616-3799 (312) 567-4000 Contact: Alan Snelson, Ph.D., Science Advisor, Chemical Sciences Section This is a non-aqueous method for biological or chemical decontamination. Ozone is dissolved in a fluorocarbon solvent, and ultraviolet radiation is used to decompose chemical warfare materials. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Oxidation Using Catalyzed Peroxy Disulfate and Peroxide Livermore, CA (510) 423-6649 Contact: John F. Cooper This direct chemical oxidation process proposes using alternate treatments with catalyzed peroxydisulfate (persulfate) and catalyzed hydrogen peroxide in a dosed, aqueous-phase, ambient temperature system. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory University of California Radiolytic Decomposition of Hazardous Wastes and Chemical Weapon Surrogates P.O. Box 808, L-619 Livermore, CA 94550 Contact: Stephen M. Matthew, Ph.D., Senior Physicist In this process, it is proposed that radiation, either from a cobalt source or from X-rays generated from an electron accelerator, be used to detoxify chemical warfare agents. The proposal is to destroy these chemicals without removal from weapons.
E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 248 Lapidus & Associates Suite 1210 Self-Cooled Containment Building Allegheny Building 429 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 261-9222 Contact: Robert A. Lapidus The Serf-Cooled Containment Building was developed to deal with air pollution and heat generated in coke battery operations. The containment building is designed to provide complete containment of any pollution products of combustion or any chemicals that have not been treated in the combustion phase. MRK, Inc. 2602 Main Street Closed Loop Incineration Process Baker, LA 70714 (504) 344-5063 Contact: C.C. Efferson A potential Closed Loop Incineration System (CLIS) that utilizes known technology to recycle the maximum amount of flue gas and converts the remaining exit flue gas into a usable product. Plasma Energy Applied Technology, Inc. 4914 Moores Mill Road Plasma Waste Energy Waste Processing System Huntsville, AL 35811 (205) 859-3006 Contact: William C. Bums, PE, Vice President & General Manager A system that uses a plasma torch to thermally treat wastes, converting inorganic material to a vitrified glass-like solid and organic matter to a gas composed of simple molecules such as hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Plasma Systems Incorporated 10103 Sanders Court ''Plasmadestruct'' Process for Destruction of Chemical Weapons Great Falls, VA 22066 (804) 448-1633 Contact: Steve Horvath, Tony Gedeon
E TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLIED INFORMATION 249 "Plasmadestruct" is a patented process for the thermal destruction and vitrification of hazardous wastes. It is a pyrolytic process utilizing non-transferred arc plasma generators as a heat source to gasify and thermally destroy complex organic compounds. Tech Three Inc. 2519 P Street, NW Attributes of Ozone as a Highly Effective Oxidizer Washington, DC 20007 (202) 338-1278 Contact: John Page, President The "Electromagnetically and Sonically Enhanced Ozone Oxidation Process" routes a liquid medium through an electrostatic treater. It is then routed into an injection chamber where ozone that has been electrostatically treated and magnetically enhanced is injected. It then goes to a chamber with sonic probes that agitate the medium. Heavy metals are filtered out. Toxco P.O. Box 396 Neutralization of Lithium-Filled Containers Claremont, CA 91711 (714) 624-4010 Contact: William J. McLaughlin, President This process involves immersion of munitions in liquid argon or nitrogen, shredding of the munitions, chemical neutralization, and incineration of the metal casing.
