Engineering Design Studies

Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot... 

ANALYSIS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDIES FOR DEMILITARIZATION OF ASSEMBLED CHEMICAL WEAPONS... 

In response, the PMACWA authorized engineering design studies (EDSs) for the two technologies that... 

AEA. 2001c. Engineering Design Study Plan for Assessment of Technologies for Assembled Chemical Weapon Demilitarization, April. Pittsburgh, Pa. AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc. 

Eco Logic. 2001e. EDS II Engineering Design Studies Final Study Plan, March 30. Rockwood, Ontario Eco Logic International, Inc. 

Foster Wheeler. 2001. Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) Engineering Design Studies II—TW—SCWO GB Campaign Operability Draft Test Report, December 31. Livingston, N.J. Foster Wheeler Development Corporation. 

General Atomics. 2000a. Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (ACWA), Engineering Design Study Plan, May 25. San Diego, Calif. General Atomics. 

NRC. 2001c. Update on the Engineering Design Studies in the NRC Report Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical at Pueblo Chemical Depot. Washington, D.C. National Academy Press. 

Two of the technologies demonstrated in Demo II and one of those in Demo I were selected to undergo engineering design studies as candidates for destroying the weapons at Blue Grass. The Defense Acquisition Board issued an ADM on February 3. 2003, that approved neutralization (hydroly-... 

Engineering design studies by Battelle Memorial Institute (6) based on pilot-plant results indicated that the optimum unit would have about sixty 8-foot-diameter rotors, and would operate at a speed of 400 to 600 r.p.m. with 150° F. evaporation temperature and a At of 8° F. With a U of 2500, such a unit would have a capacity of about 350,000 gallons per day and the estimated water cost would be 0.94 to 1.07 per 1000 gallons, depending on the life of the equipment. It was concluded that this still is competitive with other distillation processes at the same capacity. Further work to study scale formation and corrosion was recommended. 

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