Alternate fluid to improve energy efficiency of supercritical water oxidation process

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/236239· OSTI ID:236239

Oh, C H

This report discusses the replacement of water by carbon dioxide in both the quench stream and the supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) reactor feed in order to reduce the energy utilization in the process. FLUENT was used to generate the input requirements and ASPEN PLUS was used to model the SCWO process. Simulations were made for normal MODAR operating conditions (baseline case) and two other cases replacing water by carbon dioxide. The basis for and assumptions used in the simulation are given. Economic evaluations were made and costs were compared with the baseline case and a case with 60% replacement of water by carbon dioxide. The equipment cost is almost the same. However, the case with replacement of water by carbon dioxide reduces the energy requirement in the end process by a factor of three, which is a significant energy savings in the operation. Also, the injection of carbon dioxide into the SCWO reactor feed is expected to reduce corrosion and makes salt particles non-sticky. However, these advantages need to be confirmed by experiment.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• OSTI ID: 236239
• Report Number(s): INEL--96/0113; ON: DE96010354
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
A CODES
CARBON DIOXIDE
F CODES
FUEL MANAGEMENT
IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
M CODES
NUCLEAR FUELS
OXIDATION
REACTOR FUELING
S CODES