Guidelines for Phase Separations in High-Temperature and Supercritical Water Solutions: A Report on a Workshop Organized by the U.S. Army Research Office and the Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, 7-9 July 1999

Abstract

The U.S. Army is developing supercritical water oxidation for destruction of military toxic materials. The properties of high-temperature aqueous solutions are not, in most cases, well known. Understanding the phase behavior of these solutions will facilitate design and efficient operation of high-temperature water reactors. A U.S. Army workshop held at the Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe in July 1999 assembled experts on phase behavior to develop guidelines that, in the absence of more complete knowledge of solution properties, will aid reactor designers and operators. The experts presented papers on model systems, properties of high-temperature aqueous solutions, and chemistry in high-temperature water. Following these presentations, the experts developed some of the desired rules of thumb and made recommendations for research to develop these guidelines further. This workshop report includes the presentation papers, guidelines, and recommendations for research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384659

Entities

People

  • Nikolaos Boukis
  • Robert W. Shaw

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Products
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Critical Temperature
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Equations Of State
  • Liquids
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Phase Transformations
  • Sodium Compounds
  • Thermodynamics

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