Effects of heating rate, quartz particle size, viscosity, and form of glass additives on high‐level waste melter feed volume expansion

Lee, SeungMin; VanderVeer, Bradley J.; Hrma, Pavel; Hilliard, Zachary J.; Heilman‐Moore, Jayven S.; Bonham, Charles C.; Pokorny, Richard; Dixon, Derek R.; Schweiger, Michael J.; Kruger, Albert A.

doi:10.1111/jace.14629

Title: Effects of heating rate, quartz particle size, viscosity, and form of glass additives on high‐level waste melter feed volume expansion

Journal Article · Mon Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14629· OSTI ID:1401246

Lee, SeungMin ^[1]; VanderVeer, Bradley J. ^[1]; Hrma, Pavel ^[1]; Hilliard, Zachary J. ^[1]; Heilman‐Moore, Jayven S. ^[1]; Bonham, Charles C. ^[1]; Pokorny, Richard ^[2]; Dixon, Derek R. ^[1]; Schweiger, Michael J. ^[1]; Kruger, Albert A. ^[3]

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington
Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Joint Workplace of the University of Chemistry and Technology and the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the ASCR Prague 8 Czech Republic
U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection Richland Washington

Abstract Nuclear waste can be vitrified by mixing it with glass‐forming and ‐modifying additives. The resulting feed is charged into an electric glass melter. To comprehend melting behavior of a high‐alumina melter feed, we monitored the volume expansion of pellets in response to heating at different heating rates. The feeds were prepared with different particle sizes of quartz (the major additive component) and with varied silica‐to‐fluxes ratio to investigate the glass melt viscosity effects. Also, we used additional melter feeds with additives premelted into glass frit. The volume of pellets was nearly constant at temperatures <600°C. After a short period of volume shrinkage at ~600°C‐700°C, foam generation produced massive volume expansion. The low heat conductivity of foam hinders the transfer of heat from molten glass to the reacting feed. The extent of foaming increased with faster heating and higher melt viscosity, and decreased with increasing size of quartz particles and fritting of the additives. Volume expansion data are needed for the mathematical modeling of the cold cap.

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