The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating chemical reactants, including elemental metals such as calcium in a nanoporous carbon powder, and forming products therefrom, such as calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide.

A portable shipping container provides an enclosure for holding tanks, pumps, filters and any other processing equipment necessary for implementing the treatment processes of a chemical treatment plant or other process tank system. The portable container can be configured in a variety of ways through the use of containment walls to separate the various components of the treatment plant. The treatment plant, as housed in the shipping container, can be easily moved or relocated. The shipping container serves as a secondary containment.

A transportable and modular field-deployable hydrolysis system for neutralizing toxic chemical agents is described. The system comprises a transportable chemical process plant that is capable of operating in a remote location without significant site infrastructure. The system is also capable of operating in a maritime, shipboard environment. A flexible design allows processing of chemical agents in both batch and continuous flow modes, as well as collection and accumulation of agents from a variety of containers whose form and size may not be known until the system is on-site.