scholarly journals Design of Microwave Vitrification Systems for Radioactive Waste

1996 ◽  
Vol 430 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. White ◽  
W. D. Bostick ◽  
C. T. Wilson ◽  
C. R. Schaich
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Oak Ridge

AbstractOak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is involved in the research and development of highpower microwave heating systems for the vitrification of Department of Energy (DOE) radioactive sludges. Design criteria for a continuous microwave vitrification system capable of processing a surrogate filtercake sludge representative of a typical waste-water treatment operation are discussed. A prototype 915-MHz, 75-kW microwave vitrification system or “microwave melter” is described along with some early experimental results that demonstrate a 4 to I volume reduction of a surrogate ORNL filtercake sludge.

Duluth Co-Disposal Facility

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-264
Author(s):  
W. C. Huang ◽  
D. L. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Lake Superior ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Fluidized Bed Reactor ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Basic Design ◽  
System Description ◽  
Disposal Facility ◽  
Western Lake

The world’s first full-scale fluidized bed reactor co-disposal facility located at the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District’s (WLSSD) central waste-water treatment complex in Duluth, Minnesota, began its shakedown operation in the fall of 1979. The authors present herein basic design criteria, a system description, November 1979 system status, and areas of operational concern.

Simple design criteria and efficiency of hydrodynamic vortex separators

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Gronowska-Szneler ◽  
J. M. Sawicki
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Laboratory Test ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Test Stand ◽  
Design Criteria ◽  
Fish Ponds ◽  
Simple Design ◽  
Test Results

Vortex separators still draw attention from specialists investigating the process of removing particles suspended in liquids. The devices are locally applied for waste water treatment in different systems – from storm waste water sewerage to water circulation in fish ponds. However, the methods for separator design presented in the literature are questionable. The paper presents two simple and functional criteria that were employed to construct a laboratory test stand. The test results gave positive feedback on the efficiency of vortex separators.

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