Carbon Filtration for Reducing Emissions from Chemical Agent Incineration

Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction and Background; 4 2 Trace Gaseous Emissions from Agent Incineration; 5 3 Controlling Trace Organics with Passive Activated Carbon Filters; 6 4 Facility Design with a Carbon Filter System; 7 5 Risk Assessments and Change Management: An Evaluation of the Army's Decision-Making Process; 8 6 Findings and Recommendations; 9 References; 10 Appendix A Reports of the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (Stockpile Committee); 11 Appendix B Consolidated Exhaust Gas Characteristics for the JACADS and TOCDF Baseline Incineration Systems; 12 Appendix C Commercial Application of Carbon Bed Filters to Combustion Sources; 13 Appendix D Theoretical Modeling of Adsorption; 14 Appendix E Adsorption Separations: Alternative Modes of Operation; 15 Appendix F Alternative Flue Gas Cleaning Systems for Substances of Potential Concern; 16 Appendix G Biographical Sketches of Committee Members