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Efficient Particulate Scrubber for Glass Melter Off-Gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

G. T. Wright
G. T. Wright*
Affiliation:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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Abstract

Operation of joule-heated, continuous slurry-fed melters has demonstrated that off-gas aerosols are generated by entrainment of feed slurry and vaporization of volatile species from the melt. Effective off-gas stream decontamination for these aerosols can be obtained by utilizing a suitably designed and operated wet scrubber system. Results are presented for performance tests conducted with an air aspirating - type venturi scrubber processing a simulated melter off-gas aerosol. Mass overall removal efficiencies ranged from 99.5 to 99.8%. Details of the testing program and applications for melter off-gas system design are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 15: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VI , 1982 , 631
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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