Decontamination of Explosives-Contaminated Range Scrap Using a Transportable Hot Gas Decontamination System

Abstract

This report documents the results of the field demonstration of a transportable hot gas decontamination (HGD) system for decontamination of explosives-contaminated range scrap. Under management of the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), a low-cost HGD process configuration was selected by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) for full-scale demonstration of field decontamination of explosives-contaminated range residue at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), located on Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. In addition to funding by ESTCP, additional financing has been provided by the USAEC to perform this field demonstration. This report documents the performance of the decontamination system, provides design and operational details and performance of the materials and equipment, and provides a performance assessment of operational data, including air emissions monitoring and test coupons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA608287

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Organic Chemistry

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
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