Pipe and hose decontamination apparatus
A pipe and hose decontamination apparatus is disclosed using freshly filtered high pressure Freon solvent in an integrated closed loop to remove radioactive particles or other contaminants from items having a long cylindrical geometry such as hoses, pipes, cables and the like. The pipe and hose decontamination apparatus comprises a chamber capable of accomodating a long cylindrical work piece to be decontaminated. The chamber has a downward sloped bottom draining to a solvent holding tank. An entrance zone, a cleaning zone and an exit drying zone are defined within the chamber by removable partitions having slotted rubber gaskets in their centers. The entrance and exit drying zones contain a horizontally mounted cylindrical housing which supports in combination a plurality of slotted rubber gaskets and circular brushes to initiate mechanical decontamination. Solvent is delivered at high pressure to a spray ring located in the cleaning zone having a plurality of nozzles surrounding the work piece. The solvent drains into a solvent holding tank located below the nozzles and means are provided for circulating the solvent to and from a solvent cleaning, distilling and filter unit.
- Assignee:
- Quadrex HPS, Inc.
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4503577
- OSTI ID:
- 5278028
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 14 Jun 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-388492
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DECONTAMINATION
EQUIPMENT
POWER REACTORS
SURFACE CLEANING
FILTERS
FREONS
NOZZLES
PIPES
REACTOR SAFETY
SOLVENTS
CLEANING
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTORS
SAFETY
SURFACE FINISHING
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