Retrieval process development and enhancements pulsed-air mixing DOE site assessment
The purpose of this report is to document the potential application of pulsed-air mixers to the slurry-mixing needs of the US Department of Energy`s waste retrieval programs. Pulsed-air mixers offer considerable cost and operational advantages compared to the baseline slurry mixing approach. Pulsed-air mixers should be deployed wherever it can be shown that their mixing performance will be adequate. This work was funded through the EM-50 Tanks Focus Area as part of the Retrieval Process Development and Enhancements (RPD&E) Project at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The mission of RPD&E is to understand retrieval processes, including emerging and existing processes, gather performance data on those processes, and relate the data to specific tank problems to provide end users with the requisite technical bases to make retrieval and closure decisions. Pulsed-air mixing is a commercially available technology (from Pulsair Systems, Inc.) and is used extensively in the lube oil mixing industry, municipal wastewater treatment plants, and other applications.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 527405
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL--11584; ON: DE97053272
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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