Portable, Modular System for MHP Production

The chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is a promising new weapon system with potential to rapidly vaporize missile casings in flight. Advanced testing of the system requires relatively large quantities of the oxygen source, a mixed-base hydrogen peroxide(MHP). Unfortunately, the MHP is unstable at ambient temperatures and its preparation from the mixed alkali hydroxides and hydrogen peroxide is itself exothermic. The MHP must therefore be prepared on site at the COIL test facilities and, ultimately, atpoints of COIL deployment. TDA Research, Inc. (TDA) therefore proposes to design a fully automated, versatile, robust, modular, and portable facility for the production of MHP. The preliminary design incorporates redundant cooling capacity and anuninterruptible power supply for safety, allows for the accurate preparation of an infinite range of MHP compositions, and allows continued operation even in the event of failure of or damage to any main component. At the end of the Phase I project, wepropose to have a design ready for prototype construction in Phase II. COIL systems may also be used industrially for rapid cutting of large sheets of construction materials in, for example, shipbuilding and large aircraft manufacture. For theseapplications to be developed, on-site production of MHP will be required, and the same portable production facilities developed under this project would be perfectly suitable.