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Theoretical Predictions For Continuous Slurry Feeding of a Glass Melter*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Kenneth R. Routt
Kenneth R. Routt*
Affiliation:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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Abstract

Radioactive defense waste currently stored at the Savannah River Plant in liquid form is to be immobilized by incorporation into a borosilicate glass. The glass melter for this process will consist of a refractory lined tank enclosed in a water-cooled, steel vessel and fed by an aqueous slurry of glass frit plus radioactive waste. As an aid to understanding the melting process and scaling data from small melters, conservation principles were used to develop equations for predicting the melt rate for a feedpile of arbitrary radius plus additional information regarding feedpile behavior and energy consumption.

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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 , 623
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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This paper was prepared in connection with work done under Contract No. DE–ACO9–76SR00001 with the U.S. Department of Energy.

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* This paper was prepared in connection with work done under Contract No. DE–ACO9–76SR00001 with the U.S. Department of Energy.