Oxidizing enhancement electron beam process and apparatus for contaminant treatment
AssigneeZapit Technology, Inc.
InventorPeter R. Schonberg
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Abstract
An electron beam source or generator is described for the treatment of materials, such as toxics, as influent in a reaction chamber. Preferred embodiments of the system include a source of an oxidizing agent in fluid communication with the influent. The oxidizing agent together with a dose of electron beam promotes reaction of the contaminant into less toxic forms so as to provide greatly enhanced destruction of contaminant that are otherwise resistant to oxidizing reactions.
Claims16
A treatment process for remediating a target medium contaminated with one or more undesired compound(s) comprising:
- providing a gaseous influent with a volatile organic compound contaminant;
- adding one or more organic chemical oxidizing agent(s) to the influent;
- and,
- exposing the contaminant to an electron beam and reducing the concentration of the contaminant wherein the one or more chemical oxidizing agent(s) and the electron beam together enhance destruction of the contaminant.
A process for treating a volatile organic compound comprising:
- providing a gaseous influent in a reaction chamber, the gaseous influent including at least one volatile organic compound as a contaminant, the gas phase having a chemical oxidizing agent as a reaction promoter therein;
- and,
- exposing the contaminant to an electron beam dose while the influent is within a reaction chamber to enhance destruction of the volatile organic contaminant(s) by reducing the concentration of contaminant via formation of one or more reaction product(s).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.