Open AccessCombustion Tests of Rocket Motor Washout Material: Focus on Air toxics Formation Potential and Asbestos Remediation
Author(s) -
Gian Sclippa,
Larry Baxter,
Steven G. Buckley
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/5953
Subject(s) - combustor , waste management , combustion , solid fuel rocket , ammonium perchlorate , rocket propellant , environmental science , propellant , pulverized coal fired boiler , coal combustion products , solid fuel , coal , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
The objective of this investigation is to determine the suitability of cofiring as a recycle / reuse option to landfill disposal for solid rocket motor washout residue. Solid rocket motor washout residue (roughly 55% aluminum powder, 40% polybutadiene rubber binder, 5% residual ammonium perchlorate, and 0.2-1% asbestos) has been fired in Sandia's MultiFuel Combustor (MFC). The MFC is a down-fired combustor with electrically heated walls, capable of simulating a wide range of fuel residence times and stoichiometries. This study reports on the fate of AP-based chlorine and asbestos from the residue following combustion