Rapid Production of Mixed-Base Hydrogen Peroxide by Direct-Contact Liquefied Nitrogen Evaporation; Process Design, Scale-Up, and Validation

Abstract

The deployment and operation of chemically driven, directed-energy weapon systems, such as the Airborne Laser (ABL), require strategies, systems, and training that have not been demonstrated previously in the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or industry. These weapons utilize large quantities of reactive chemicals. Traditional chemical equipment and processes are heavy, large, and permanently installed in fixed facilities. From 1999 to 2002, AFRL/MLQ researchers evaluated various blending techniques and processes for producing mixed-base hydrogen peroxide (MHP). The evaluation criteria for the production facility included deployability, setup time for production, and logistics. This report focuses on the rapid production of MHP using liquefied nitrogen.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422994

Entities

People

  • Hugh M. Owens
  • James A. Hurley
  • Lixiong Li
  • Robert K. Nichols Jr.
  • Timothy A. Spears

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemical Equipment
  • Chemical Oxygen Iodine Lasers
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electrolytes
  • Energy Transfer
  • Governments
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermodynamics
  • United States Government
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Organic Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy