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Treatment of simulated INEL buried wastes using a graphite electrode DC arc furnace

  • 1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  • 2. T ampersand R Associates, Wayne, PA (United States)
  • 3. Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc., Wayne, PA (United States)
  • 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Description

A program has been established under the auspices of the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Technology Development (OTD), to develop the graphite electrode DC arc technology for the application of treating buried heterogenous solid wastes. A three way open-quotes National Laboratory-University-Industryclose quotes partnership was formed to develop this technology in the most timely and cost effective manner. This program is presently testing a newly fabricated pilot-scale DC arc furnace with associated diagnostics at the Plasma Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Initial testing in a smaller engineering scale furnace has established the viability of this technology for the treatment of solid heterogeneous wastes. Two diagnostic tools were developed under this program which support the evaluation of the DC arc technology. The diagnostics provide for both spatially resolved temperature measurements within the furnace and real time monitoring of the furnace metal emissions

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
PNL-SA--24752

Conference

Title
International nuclear and hazardous waste management conference.
Dates
14-18 Aug 1994.
Place
Atlanta, GA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26017384
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ARC FURNACES; DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SOLID WASTES
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC06-76RL01830
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-940815--98.