Feasibility Study – Using a Solar Evaporator to Reduce the Metalworking Fluid (MWF) Waste Stream

Technical Report · Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/952478· OSTI ID:952478

Lazarus, Lloyd

A solar evaporator was designed, built, and operated to reduce the water-based metalworking fluid waste stream. The evaporator was setup in Waste Management’s barrel lot inside one of the confinement areas. The unit processed three batches of waste fluid during the prototype testing. Initial tests removed 13% of the fluid waste stream. Subsequent modifications to the collector improved the rate to almost 20% per week. Evaluation of the risk during operation showed that even a small spill when associated with precipitation, and the unit placement within a confinement area, gave it the potential to contaminate more fluid that what it could save.

• Research Organization: Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NA)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC04-01AL66850
• OSTI ID: 952478
• Report Number(s): KCP-613-8522; TRN: US200913%%591
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR STILLS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
WASTE WATER
EVAPORATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS
PERFORMANCE