Ball Powder Production Wastewater Biodegradation Support Studies

摘要

At the present time, ball powder is produced at only two locations in the United States: Badger AAP in Baraboo, Wisconsin and Olin Corporation's commercial facility in St. Marks, Florida. Badger AAP was constructed during World War II, operated intermittently from 1943 to 1975, and then placed in its present caretaker status. Due to the less stringent regulatory climate of that time and the fact that the plant ceased operations in 1975, no facility presently exist for treating wastewater generated if the plant were ever to resume operation. Consequently, USATHAMA sponsored a program to evaluate and test treatment technologies to allow Badger AAP to meet anticipated NPDES limits. The program was begun with a literature review of physical/chemical and biological treatment technologies which led to the selection of biological oxidation as the candidate technology for further study. Ball powder propellant, Extended aeration, Biological wastewater treatment, Sequencing batch reactor, Explosive laden wastewater, Nitroglycerin wastewater. (mjm)