Methane and Methanol Oxidation in Supercritical Water: Chemical Kinetics and Hydrothermal Flame Studies

Abstract

Supercritical water oxidation is an emerging technology for the treatment of wastes in the presence of a large concentration of water at conditions above water's thermodynamic critical point. A high-pressure, optically accessible reaction cell was constructed to investigate the oxidation of methane and methanol in the environment. Experiments were conducted to examine both flame and non-flame oxidation regimes. Optical access enabled the use of normal and shadowgraphy video systems for visualization, and Raman spectroscopy for in situ measurement of species concentrations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA349264

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  • R. R. Steeper

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  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Argon Lasers
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Continuous Chemical Reactors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Gaseous Fuels
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Liquids
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy

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  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Environmental Engineering