Published 1996 | Version v1
Book

Plasma technology for treating hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste: Critical technology issues and preliminary results

  • 1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Description

Plasma processing technology is currently being considered for the treatment of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste. The paper reviews the technology and proposes critical issues to be addressed in applying plasma to waste treatment. Preliminary results from a small scale plasma arcjet experiment with acetone were compared with predictions from ASPEN, a chemical equilibrium code. Preliminary results indicate that proper mixing and models describing the high temperature plasma chemical kinetics are needed to adequately predict the composition of the offgases

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society, Inc.
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL (United States)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the international topical meeting on nuclear and hazardous waste management (SPECTRUM '96): Volume 1
Imprint Pagination
885 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 767-774.

Conference

Title
international conference on nuclear and hazardous waste management.
Acronym
SPECTRUM '96
Dates
18-23 Aug 1996.
Place
Seattle, WA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28050566
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OFF-GAS SYSTEMS; PLASMA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Descriptors DEC
KINETICS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract 942382401
Secondary number(s)
CONF-960804--Vol.1.