Liquid Carbonic L.L.C. — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF17B-T001
Liquid Carbonic L.L.C. — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,994
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF17B-T001
- Solicitation
- 2017.0
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MO
- Period
- 2017-11-17 → 2018-11-17
Description
Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) is the water-based firefighting agent of choice in military and civilian applications.No satisfactory disposal method has been identified.Liquid Carbonic proposes a treatment for AFFF that will also work for other polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) and their derivatives.The strength of the C-F bond is the ultimate problem in disposing of PFCs and residues.The very severe conditions of supercritical water oxidation achieved in a hydrothermal flame zone reactor (HFZR) accomplish this objective.Fluorine scavenging by calcium ions is achieved in a salt separation module (SSM) that is integral to the process.Temperature, phase and salt solubility vary in the SSM, allowing withdrawal of a calcium fluoride brine.