A method and device for oxidization of materials in supercritical water.
The method involves a) introducing a fluid containing water and an
oxidizing agent in a ring-shaped area and through a first end of a
substantially tube-shaped reactor comprising an external wall and an
internal tube, b) heating the fluid in the ring-shaped area, c)
introducing the heated fluid into the internal tube and simultaneously
introducing material to be treated into said internal tube at a second
end of the reactor, d) mixing the fluid and the material to be treated in
a first portion of the internal tube, followed by cooling the obtained
mixture in a second portion of the internal tube, and e) isobarically
discharging the fluid/oxidized material from the internal tube of the
reactor.