A system for on-line monitoring of a supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) process, the system including an SCWO reactor, a feedstock supply line which supplies a feedstock to the SCWO reactor, an oxidant supply line which supplies an oxidant to the SCWO reactor, at least one sensor which measures at least one parameter of the feedstock and the oxidant, and a controller which determines a Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and a Heating Value (HV) of the feedstock based on the at least one parameter, such that the controller adjusts the amount of the oxidant supplied to the SCWO reactor based upon the COD and the HV of the feedstock.

An indirect heat transfer supercritical water oxidation system includes a supercritical water oxidation reactant system and an intermediate medium circuit. A control method thereof includes controlling two-process pressure and temperature increase, controlling pressure and temperature decrease and controlling normal operation. The present invention focuses on automatic control strategy of engineering practice of the indirect heat transfer supercritical water oxidation system. The system heating process adopts the idea of circulating heating, which effectively reduces the investment of the heating equipment avoids the mismatch between the working pressure of the two processes, and ensures effectiveness of the heat transfer between supercritical pressure fluid in the inner tube and the outer tube of the preheater/heat exchanger during subsequent heating process. The effective control of a reaction temperature and overpressure protection of critical equipment ensure a process effect and system safety.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing bacteria in a precipitated calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3) slurry, the method including: adding water to calcium oxide (CaO) to form Ca(OH).sub.2; treating the Ca(OH).sub.2 with CO.sub.2 gas to form a slurry including precipitated CaCO.sub.3; neutralizing the slurry; and exposing the slurry that was neutralized to ozone in an amount sufficient to reduce bacteria in the precipitated calcium carbonate slurry. Oral care compositions including the precipitated calcium carbonate of the disclosed process are also described.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing bacteria in a precipitated calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3) slurry, the method including: adding water to calcium oxide (CaO) to form Ca(OH).sub.2; treating the Ca(OH).sub.2 with CO.sub.2 gas to form a slurry including precipitated CaCO.sub.3; neutralizing the slurry; and exposing the slurry that was neutralized to ozone in an amount sufficient to reduce bacteria in the precipitated calcium carbonate slurry. Oral care compositions including the precipitated calcium carbonate of the disclosed process are also described.

There is provided a system and a method for regenerating a material that reduce the incidence of scaling due to scale forming contaminants. The method may include reducing a temperature of a treated material exiting a wet air oxidation unit in a scale reducing heat exchanger prior to delivery of the treated material to a second heat exchanger which heats a source waste material comprising a scale forming contaminant therein with heat from the first treated material to form a heated waste material comprising the scale forming contaminant.

There is provided a system and a method for regenerating a material that reduce the incidence of scaling due to scale forming contaminants. The method may include reducing a temperature of a treated material exiting a wet air oxidation unit in a scale reducing heat exchanger prior to delivery of the treated material to a second heat exchanger which heats a source waste material comprising a scale forming contaminant therein with heat from the first treated material to form a heated waste material comprising the scale forming contaminant.

A new wet oxidation process of wastes, specifically of mixtures of at least two, liquid (wastewaters) and dense (sludges), pumpable wastes is described. An apparatus useful for a wet oxidation process of this type is also described.

A new wet oxidation process of wastes, specifically of mixtures of at least two, liquid (wastewaters) and dense (sludges), pumpable wastes is described. An apparatus useful for a wet oxidation process of this type is also described.

A method for the manufacture of a high alumina hydraulic binder comprising hydrating a source of aluminium ions with a source of calcium ions in the presence of water to form mineral hydrates and subsequently heating said mineral hydrates to form said high alumina hydraulic binder.

The present inventors have developed systems and processes for reducing the overall carbon consumption needed for the generation of low COD treated water. In certain aspects, the systems and processes described herein include an oxidation stage (e.g., one that utilizes ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ultraviolet, or a combination thereof for oxidation) between a first activated carbon stage and a second activated carbon stage to reduce a total carbon consumption within the associated system or process.