The Modar Supercritical Water Process: a Cost Effective Method for Oxidation of Dilute Organic Waste
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The MODAR process uses supercritical water, heated above 374OC and pressurized above 220 atm, as a medium for the rapid and complete oxidation of organic compounds to carbon dioxide, water and inorganic salts. The destruction efficiencies achieved exceed 99.99% for a wide range of compounds including chlorinated solvents and PCB’s. The exothermic oxidation reaction produces sufficient energy to provide the heat required for the process and at a sufficiently large scale can provide excess useful energy. Waste composition can range from 100% organic material to very dilute aqueous solutions. The effluent is sewerable water containing less than 0.5 ppm total organic carbon and oxygen depleted air containing CO . Inorganic components of the waste are converted to salts &hich may be removed as potentially delisted solids from the supercritical stream. As an end-of-pipe process it can eliminate the need for hazardous waste disposal.
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