Remote system for the monitoring of molten waste glass
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States). Nuclear Engineering Program
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Leachability of a radioactive waste glass, the property of paramount concern, is affected by glass composition and operating conditions during vitrification. The current control system for a vitrification facility lacks the means for continuous monitoring of the glass composition. A remote and near-continuous method has been developed which is based upon the ability to correlate two ore more physical properties of the molten glass with its composition. Bubble-Rise-Velocity (BRV) viscometry was employed for the determination of the viscosity and differential pressure measurement was used for the determination of density. An empirical equation, which allows the calculation of viscosity of a Newtonian fluid from measured parameters, was developed. The remote and continuous monitoring of glass composition was successfully demonstrated.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 10129819
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-91-486; CONF-911107-68; ON: DE92008835
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1991 winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS),San Francisco, CA (United States),10-15 Nov 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BOROSILICATE GLASS
MONITORING
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
VITRIFICATION
LEACHING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
WASTE FORMS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
VISCOSITY
DENSITY
BUBBLES
HYDROSTATICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
PROBES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
FLUID FLOW
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