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Project Title:
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Review of Biotreatment, Water Recovery, and Brine Reduction Systems for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
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PIN:
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DEPS-BAST-11-05
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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DEPS Board on Army Science & Technology
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RSO:
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Pannella, Harrison
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Subject/Focus Area:
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National Security and Defense
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Project Scope
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The National Research Council will establish an ad hoc committee to:
Obtain information from the equipment vendor on BRS installations that treat comparatively similar biotreatment effluents, visit a representative installation, and determine that operability of these systems has been acceptable.
Review materials of construction to judge whether or not performance can be expected to be adequate over the anticipated operational life of the plant.
Ascertain the likelihood that the quality of the recycled water will meet requirements for its use as plant process water at PCAPP.
Address the possibility of fouling of the WRS and BRS equipment due to migration of microorganisms from the bioreactors
Review the results of mustard agent-only hydrolysate biotreatment studies carried out prior to 1999, including the ICB-based bench-scale study reported in ERDEC-TR-497 and prior SBR-based bench-scale studies. Also, reexamine the results from the 1999–2004 mixed agent and energetics testing in light of current plans to biotreat mustard agent-only hydrolysate
Review the current design, systemization approach, and planned operating conditions for the biotreatment process as well as the water recovery and brine reduction systems (WRS and BRS), and recommend activities that should be performed as part of systemization at the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) to provide additional confidence in the operational readiness of the plant
Note (10-16-2012): The project scope has been expanded and the updated version is shown above.
The project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The approximate start date for the project is 04/01/2012.
A report will be issued at the end of the project in approximately 9 months.
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Project Duration:
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9 months
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