Thermal Destruction of TETS: Experiments and Modeling
Citation:
LEMIEUX, P. M., JOE WOOD, D. G. TABOR, P. Kariher, AND C. Whitfield. Thermal Destruction of TETS: Experiments and Modeling . In Proceedings, IT3 Conference, Jacksonville, FL, May 10 - 13, 2011. Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 1-5, (2011).
Impact/Purpose:
In the event of a contamination event involving chemical warfare agents (CWAs) or toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), large quantities of potentially contaminated materials, both indoor and outdoor, may be treated with thermal incineration during the site remediation process. Even if the CWAs or TICs of interest are not particularly thermally stable and might be expected to decompose readily in a high temperature combustion environment, the refractory nature of many materials found inside and outside buildings may present heat transfer challenges in an incineration system depending on how the materials are packaged and fed into the incinerator. This paper reports on a study to examine the thermal decomposition of a banned rodenticide, tetramethylene disulfotetramine (TETS) in a laboratory reactor, analysis of the results using classical reactor design theory, and subsequent scale-up of the results to a computer-simulation of a full-scale commercial hazardous waste incinerator processing ceiling tile contaminated with residual TETS.
Description:
Symposium Paper