Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smith, M E
• Barnes, A B
• Bickford, D F
• Imrich, K J
• Iverson, D C
• Guerrero, H N

Titel

DWPF GLASS AIR-LIFT PUMP LIFE CYCLE TESTING AND PLANT IMPLEMENTATION

Ist Teil von

• Environmental issues and waste management technologies in the ceramic and nuclear industries X : proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society : Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (2004, 2005-01, p.51-57

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Wiley Online Library All Obooks

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Due to the accelerated cleanup at the Savannah River Site (SRS), efforts are underway to increase the glass melt rate and hence the high level waste processing throughput at the SRS Defense Waste Processing Plant Facility (DWPF). One of the proposed process /equipment improvements is a glass air-lift pump. The use of such a pump to increase melt rate in the DWPF Melter was investigated via several techniques including lab scale testing on various melters. The final test before implementation in DWPF was a long-term life cycle test (several months in duration) on a full size pump. The air-lift pump was successfully tested and no major problems were found. Based on this test, a unit was designed and fabricated and installed in the DWPF Melter in January 2004. 2 refs.