REMOVAL OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS FROM WATER BY VAPOR COMPRESSION DISTILLATION
Abstract
A field study of the removal of seven chemical warfare (CW) agents from fresh and saline water by vapor compression distillation was conducted to determine whether a U. S. Army vapor compression distillation unit could produce an acceptable distillate from fresh and saline water contaminated with seven CW agents (incapacitating agent, BZ; nerve gases, GA, GB, and VX; blood gas, AC; and vesicants, HD and HN-3). The Army's vapor compression distillation unit did not produce an acceptable distillate from fresh water contaminated with BZ, VX, AC, GB, or GA, nor an acceptable distillate from saline water contaminated with BZ, VX, or AC. Mixed-bed ion exchange resin, containing a strongly acidic cation resin and a strongly basic anion resin, is effective for posttreatment of distillate containing all the CW agents studied. Granular activated carbon is effective for posttreatment of distillate containing all the CW agents studied, except AC.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0426077
Entities
People
- Maurice Pressman
- Robert P. Carnahan
- Virginia E. Bauer
Organizations
- United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory