Air Enrichment Destruction of Documents

Abstract

Elements of the Department of Defense in the field and at overseas installations require a method for destroying classified material in the event of potential hostile attack. The current method of burning documents requires considerable time and effort, and is without reasonable assurance of maximum destruction. Under the program, tests were conducted using oxygen as a means of air enrichment to enhance the burning of simulated classified materials. Tests, where oxygen was fed into filing cabinets to assist the burning process, indicated the average time required for complete destruction varied between 18 to 35 minutes and depends largely on the weight of the material to be destroyed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763914

Entities

People

  • Ralph H. Allen

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classified Materials
  • Combustion
  • Compressed Air
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Fires
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Igniters
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Security
  • Stainless Steel
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weight

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Environmental Engineering.