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This invention relates to a process for the decomposition of material selected from halogenated organic compounds, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process

This invention relates to a process for the decomposition of material selected from halogenated organic compounds, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process comprises: (a) conveying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry of material into a reaction zone capable of withstanding the temperatures and pressures of decomposition of the material; (b)contacting the material in the reaction zone with aqueous sodium carbonate as a reactant in an amount effective to decompose the material under hydrothermal oxidation conditions of between about 300.degree. and 400.degree. C. and a pressure of between about 20 and 400 atmospheres for between 0.01 and 120 min wherein the sodium carbonate at the reaction conditions is present at about 10% or less as a water soluble salt as compared to the solubility of the salt at ambient conditions, wherein the process occurs in the presence of a gaseous oxidant wherein said oxidant is present in an amount of between about 0.01 and 50% by weight of the material; (c) producing about 99% or greater of the decomposition of the material, or 99% or greater conversion of the material to compounds which are environmentally acceptable or to compounds which are amendable to further degradation; and (d) optionally degrading further the compounds produced in step (c) by reaction to environmentally acceptable products. Preferably, the specific reactant is sodium carbonate and the oxidant is oxygen or air. Preferably, the halogenated organic compound is selected from polychlorobiphenyl, polybromobiphenyl or chlorobenzodioxin compounds.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A process for the decomposition of material selected from halogenated organic compounds, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or which are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process co

[ We claim:] [1.] A process for the decomposition of material selected from halogenated organic compounds, to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or which are amenable to further degradation by conventional disposal systems to produce environmentally acceptable products, which process comprises:(a) conveying an aqueous solution or an aqueous slurry of material to be decomposed into a reaction zone capable of withstanding the temperatures and pressures of decomposition of the material; and(b) contacting the material in the reaction zone in the presence of water with a reactive fluidized bed of a specific reactant present as a solid in an amount effective to decompose the material under hydrothermal water oxidation conditions of between about 300.degree. and 400.degree. C. and a pressure of between about 10 and 400 atmospheres, wherein the specific reactant is at least about 90% insoluble in an aqueous medium at said hot water or supercritical water oxidation conditions, and reacts to neutralize any acid gases produced in the decomposition, and wherein the process occurs in the presence of a gaseous oxidant which is present in an amount of between about 0.1 and 50% by weight of the material to be decomposed;wherein said reactive fluidized bed is fluidized by said oxidant and said solution or slurry, and wherein said specific reactant is selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium oxide, and combinations thereof;said contacting being carried out for a time sufficient to convert about 99% or greater of the material to compounds which are environmentally acceptable, or to conversion compounds which are amendable to further degradation to environmentally acceptable products.