A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF WET OXIDATION FOR SHIPBOARD WASTE WATER TREATMENT APPLICATION

The feasibility of applying wet oxidation to solve the problem of shipboard waste treatment on board a 20 man Coast Guard vessel was investigated by designing, building and testing a breadboard wet oxidation system using a non-stirred packed tower reactor. Initial tests in the tower reactor indicated favorable results but lead to catalyst screening tests in a one gallon stirred reactor. The selected catalyst was tested in a one liter packed tower and finally in the full scale breadboard system. Final process conditions were selected and the preliminary design of a shipboard system was developed. Additionally, chemical oxygen sources were investigated as a means of simplifying the system hardware and eliminating the catalyst. Results were promising. Plastic model flow tests were conducted on a variety of tube configurations. A four tube reactor design was then fabricated and tested with and without chemical oxygen sources. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Incorporated

  111 Lockheed Way
  Sunnyvale, CA  United States  94088
• Authors:
  • Jagow, R B
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 194 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catalysts; Chemical reactions; Corrosion; Corrosion resistance; Laboratory tests; Mathematical models; Oxidation; Oxygen; Performance; Prototypes; Seawater; Sewage treatment; Ships; Towers; Wastewater
• Candidate Terms: Seawater corrosion
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Shipboard; Water treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Breadboard models; Performance engineering; Shipboard sewage treatment systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133010
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-189-75, CG4322.2.1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-23034-A
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2002 12:00AM