Method for disposing of hazardous and high-energy materials and device for carrying out said method
AssigneeEisenmann Maschinenbau KG
InventorsFreimut Marold, Friedrich Wilhelm
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for disposing of hazardous or high-energy materials, in which the latter are caused to undergo a reaction in a pressure-proof housing under controlled conditions, the end products of which reaction are non-hazardous, as well as an apparatus for disposing of hazardous or high-energy materials with a pressure-proof housing in which the materials may be caused to undergo a reaction under controlled conditions, the end products of which reaction are non-hazardous.
Claims25
A method for disposing of hazardous or high-energy materials, in which the latter are caused to undergo a reaction in a pressure-proof housing under controlled conditions, the end products of which reaction are non-hazardous,
- wherein
- a bed of bulk material is provided which moves continuously through said pressure-proof housing in dynamic equilibrium of inflow and outflow;
- the materials to be disposed of are mixed with the bulk material at a first place where the temperature lies below the ignition temperature of the materials to be disposed;
- and
- the materials to be disposed wander within the bulk material to a second place of higher temperature where ignition is initiated such that ignition takes place at a certain distance from said first place.
An apparatus for disposing of hazardous or high-energy materials with a pressure-proof housing having an exterior in which the materials may be caused to undergo a reaction under controlled conditions, the end products of which reaction are non-hazardous,
- wherein
- there is formed in the housing (2) a moving bed (16) moving continuously in a top-to-bottom direction in the dynamic equilibrium between the supply of a bulk material and the materials to be disposed of into a top portion of the housing and the discharge of a mixture of bulk material and residual materials arising from the reaction from a bottom portion of the housing, wherein the housing and the moving bed, at any one point in time, together have a first place located near the top portion of the housing, and a second place located a certain distance below the first place, such that the first place is at a lower temperature than the second place, and the second place is at a temperature sufficient for ignition of the hazardous or high-energy materials by which a device (18) is provided which ensures that the reaction is initiated only at a certain distance from the first place of the moving bed (16).
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