Hydrothermal treatment

Abstract

A reactor system includes a pressure vessel having a vessel wall, a feed port at a superior end of the pressure vessel, a permeable liner disposed within the pressure vessel and at least one hydrothermal jet mounted to the pressure vessel. The feed port is configured for feeding a liquid target reactant stream into the pressure vessel. The permeable liner separates the pressure vessel into an internal reaction zone and an outer annular chamber. The hydrothermal jet is mounted external to the reaction zone and is configured to add heated mixture of carrier and oxidizer to the internal reaction zone. A dividing wall portions the outer annular chamber into a cooling zone and an exhaust zone through which by-products of the reaction exit from the reaction zone.

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