Photooxidative Treatment of TNT Contaminated Wastewaters.

Abstract

This project demonstrated the feasibility of treating explosive contaminated wastewater using an oxidant (hydrogen peroxide) in conjunction with short wavelength UV light. The process achieves a high degree of decontamination without any troublesome by-products. Water contaminated with trinitrotoluene (TNT) and cyslonite (RDX) was successfully treated using this photooxidative method. The parameters for the design or an ultraviolet light chamber for large scale treatment of TNT and RDX contaminated wastewaters were ascertained as a result of these studies. A pilot-scale system was designed and tested at a load, assemble and pack (LAP) facility at the Naval Weapons Support Center, Crane, Indiana. In general, when compared with two other processes (UV-ozonation and carbon adsorption), the UV-H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) treatment appears to be the simplest, most direct and most economical process available for the treatment of explosive contaminated wastewaters. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA084684

Entities

People

  • Catherine C. Andrews

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Picrate
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chromatographs
  • Cost Estimates
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Research
  • Production Engineering
  • Rdx
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.