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SUBJECT TERMSsupercritical water oxidation (SCWO), optical spectroscopic techniques, Raman spectroscopy, SERDP Project description: This project consists of experiments and theoretical modeling designed to improv* our understanding of the detailed chemical kinetics of supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) processes. The objective of the three year project is to develop working models that accurately predict the oxidation rates and mechanisms for a variety of key organic species over the range of temperatures and pressures important for industrial applications. Our examination of reaction kinetics in supercritical water undertakes in situ measurements of reactants, intermediates, and products using optical spectroscopic techniques, primarily Raman spectroscopy. Our focus is to measure the primary oxidation steps that occur in the oxidation of methanol, phenol, methylene chloride, and some simple organic compounds containing nitro groups with a special emphasis on identifying reaction steps that involve hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide.The work conducted here continues the experimental approach from our previous SERDP-funded project by extending measurements on key oxidant species and expanding the variety of experimental methods, primarily optical in nature, that can be used to examine reactions at SCWO conditions. Direct support will be sent to the project collaborators at MIT and Princeton who will contribute to the model development for the halogenated systems and phenol. In general, these researchers will exami...