Abstract: The invention relates to a method, apparatus and system for the treatment of organic and inorganic waste in a waste fluid. The method involves a co-current plug flow of fluid in a reactor in which ozone mass transfer conforms to the effective life of the ozone used in the treatment. Hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide can be added to the waste fluid. The combined fluids to be treated travel the reactor through a series of surfaces in a packed reactor. The apparatus includes a diffuser for ozone which assists in the co-current plug flow of fluids. The diffuser can have a porosity of about 10 microns. The invention further envisions a compact system for efficient treatment of waste fluids.

Abstract: The invention relates to sub-critical processes and systems for accomplishing the same. In one aspect, the process is a sub-critical oxidation process for the destruction of organic and inorganic contaminates within a waste fluid or gas. The sub-critical processes are preferably carried out in a reactor and/or continuous flow centrifuge operating at sub-critical temperature and pressure. The processes and systems provide for destruction of high levels of organic and inorganic contaminates within a contaminate source, which represents a vast improvement over other conventional approaches. The processes and systems also accomplish this superior destruction of contaminates in a much faster time frame, i.e., minutes as compared to hours. Finally, the processes and systems described herein provide a safe and highly economical sub-critical approach as compared to the super-critical conditions, i.e., exceeding high temperatures and pressures, used in most conventional approaches.