The Combustion Diagnostics and  Environmental Measurements Laboratory

	Molten Salt Oxidation Research aims to a) develop a more fundamental understanding of the chemistry of chlorinated species destruction, and b) deploy LIBS to determine the inorganic particle capture / emission rates of MSO reactors. This project has been funded by the successive grants from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, through the Center for Energetic Concepts Development at UMCP. Recent Results: Some data from our laboratory	Recent publications / papers:  S. Pandeti, and S.G. Buckley, “Molten Salt Oxidation of Chlorobenzene,” Combustion Science and Technology 176 (2)  pp 257-276 (2004). Paper from the Combustion Institute Western States Section Technical Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2002. S. Pandeti, "Thermal Treatment of Chlorobenzene Using Molten Salt Oxidation," UMCP M.S. Thesis, Fall 2002. J. Patil, "Development of a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Based Metal Monitor and Application to Molten Salt Oxidation," UMCP M.S. Thesis, Spring 2003.