CADs Hydrolysis/Supercritical Water Oxidation Prototype Demil Facility
Abstract
Under a cooperative effort between General Atomics (GA), Tooele Army Depot (TEAD), the Defense Ammunition Center (DAC), the Air Force at Tyndall AFB (AF), and Joint Munitions Command (JMC), a Hydrolysis Production Prototype Plant (HPPP) is being constructed at TEAD. The major equipment items are scheduled for delivery to site early this summer. In addition, funding has been obtained to add a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) unit at TEAD for processing of the HPPP hydrolysate. This new equipment will provide TEAD with the technology necessary to demil obsolete aluminum-bodied cartridge actuated devices (CADs) currently in storage at TEAD. CADs are compact, energetic containing devices commonly used on aircraft. There are over 15,000 tons of obsolete CADs and propellant actuated devices (PADs) in storage at various Army Ammunition Plants with the inventory growing daily. Currently there is no effective way to demil these items which occupy approximately 60 storage bunkers at TEAD alone. The HPPP/SCWO systems will provide TEAD with the capability to begin working down that inventory, thus freeing up badly needed storage space at the depot.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA434333
Entities
People
- Jim Elliott
- Jim Hurley
- Ron Snyder
- Stan Rising