TY - JOUR
T1 - Decomposition of energetic materials by pulsed electrical discharges in gas-bubbled aqueous solutions
AU - Mozgina, Oksana
AU - Koutsospyros, A.
AU - Gershman, S.
AU - Belkind, A.
AU - Christodoulatos, C.
AU - Becker, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received December 27, 2008. First published May 5, 2009; current version published June 10, 2009. This work was supported in part by the U.S. Army, Picatinny Arsenal. O. Mozgina is with Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). A. Koutsospyros is with the Mechanical, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). S. Gershman is with the A. Belkind & Associates, LLC, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). A. Belkind is with the A. Belkind & Associates, LLC, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 USA and also with Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). C. Christodoulatos is with the Center for Environmental Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA (e-mail: christod@ stevens.edu). K. H. Becker is with the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA (e-mail: [email protected]). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPS.2009.2016970
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The application of high-voltage pulsed electrical discharges in bubbled water (PDBWs) for the remediation of solutions containing energetic compounds such as RDX, HMX, and TNT was investigated. Using low-energy pulses (∼300 mJ/pulse), it was found that the PDBW was highly selective toward the type of energetic compound. The effects of a catalyst and of the pH value of the solution on the degradation of energetic compounds were also studied. HMX decomposition is most effective when the PDBW is used at low pH under Fenton reaction conditions. The degradation efficiency was higher for oxygen O2 than for argon (Ar) as the bubbled gas.
AB - The application of high-voltage pulsed electrical discharges in bubbled water (PDBWs) for the remediation of solutions containing energetic compounds such as RDX, HMX, and TNT was investigated. Using low-energy pulses (∼300 mJ/pulse), it was found that the PDBW was highly selective toward the type of energetic compound. The effects of a catalyst and of the pH value of the solution on the degradation of energetic compounds were also studied. HMX decomposition is most effective when the PDBW is used at low pH under Fenton reaction conditions. The degradation efficiency was higher for oxygen O2 than for argon (Ar) as the bubbled gas.
KW - Destruction of energetic compounds
KW - Fenton reaction
KW - Pulsed electrical discharges
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U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2009.2016970
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2009.2016970
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67650327869
SN - 0093-3813
VL - 37
SP - 905
EP - 910
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
IS - 6 PART 1
ER -