Simulation der thermischen Entsorgung von TNT.

Thermal disposal offers a low cost all-round process to dispose of old amunition. Problems are caused by an imense emission of combustion products with air pollutants like CO, NO sub x and soot. In this paper TNT was studied in an incineration apparatus in laboratory scale. The burning behaviour and fluegas products are described. The apparatus is able to simulate an industrial incineration system in order to find out the process parameters which reduce the emission of pollutants. A main parameter was the variation of air on TNT combustion. Also neat oxygen was used. The influence of air content on the formation of pollutants is discussed.