Economic Evaluation of Propellant Reuse/Recovery Technology (Task Order No. 10)

Abstract

This report presents an economic evaluation of two reclamation/reuse options for solvent-based obsolete and unserviceable propellants: (1) resolvation/reuse of propellants; and (2) reclamation/reuse of selected propellant ingredients via solvent extraction. Both of these options were recently investigated to determine their technical feasibility under a previous task and detailed in a report entitled 'Propellant Reuse/Recovery Technology' prepared by Arthur D. Little, Inc. According to the Environmental Conference Proceedings of the 'Hazardous Waste Minimization Interactive Workshop' sponsored by the U.S. Army Material Command (AMC) in November 1987, the demilitarization inventory contained 158,000 metric tons of obsolete conventional propellants in 1987 with a projected growth to 249,000 metric tons by 1993.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA244009

Entities

People

  • Armand A. Balasco
  • C. A. Jake
  • L. L. Smith
  • R. C. Bowen
  • R. F. Machacek

Organizations

  • Arthur D. Little

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capital Investments
  • Chlorides
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cyclone Separators
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Economic Analysis
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Investments
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metal Detectors
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Propellants
  • Separators
  • Solvent Extraction
  • Triple Base Propellants

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Environmental Engineering.