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Abstract

A wet air oxidation process for oxidizing organic matter dispersed in a liquid fuel stream at controlled high temperatures and pressures is capable of treating concentrations of organic matter in the feed stream far in excess of concentrations of organic matter treated in the normal type of wet air oxidation process. The improvement in the process is in the provision of a vapor phase effluent from the reactor system which is considerably greater than normal due to the introduction of high volumes of the oxidizing gas. This provides for increased concentrations of organic matter in the feed stream; however, resulting in the generation of excess energy within the reactor system which cannot be removed in the vapor and liquid phase effluents from the reactor system. The process is adapted to recover this excess energy from the reactor system to permit the reactor system to continue operating within the controlled high temperatures and high pressures, yet well outside of the normal physical-chemical equilibrium operating conditions for the reactor system.

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