Safe, Economical and Environmental Friendly Disposal, of old and Waste of Energetic Materials by Alkaline Hydrolysis Method of Organic Fertilizers in Industrial Scale

Subject Areas : environmental management

Amin Hosseini ¹ , Mohammad Mahmudy Saber ²

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Received: 2009-02-04 Accepted : 2009-02-04 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: Alkaline Hydrolysis, humic acid, Organic fertilizers, Disposal of Energetic Material,

Abstract :

In this paper a suitable method for safe, economical and environmentally compatible disposal of "old and waste of energetic materials" in valuable organic fertilizers is introduced. The basis of this method is hydrolysis of energetic materials in presence of Humic acid, under suitable alkaline conditions in which the bonds of energetic materials are disintegrated and its Nitrogen content is converted into  the forms of Nitrite, Nitrate Ions or Ammonia and are absorbed by Humic acid. The remained materials containing carbon of process are converted to inert materials and are trapped in Humic acid matrix. Following the process, the Product of hydrolysis reaction which is liquid fertilizer is neutralized with phosphoric acid to reach to the desired PH and additives such as micronutrients will be added to it if necessary. In this process, severe bio-environmental pollutions, resulting from application of old and routine methods for destruction and neutralizing of energetic materials, is prevented, and safety hazards for neutralizing or destruction of these materials is minimized. Generally, the Final products of this process are liquid organic/inorganic fertilizers with various formulations for the use in agronomy