Electric controlled air incinerator for radioactive wastes

Patent ·

OSTI ID:5417655

Warren, J H; Hootman, H E

A two-stage incinerator is provided which includes a primary combustion chamber and an afterburner chamber for offgases. The latter is formed by a plurality of vertical tubes in combination with associated manifolds which connect the tubes together to form a continuous tortuous path. Electrically-controlled heaters surround the tubes while electrically controlled plate heaters heat the manifolds. A gravity-type ash removal system is located at the bottom of the first afterburner tube while an air mixer is disposed in that same tube just above the outlet from the primary chamber. A ram injector in combination with rotary magazine feeds waste to a horizontal tube forming the primary combustion chamber.

• DOE Contract Number: AT(07-2)-1
• Assignee: TIC; ERA-05-028467; EDB-80-082422
• OSTI ID: 5417655
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
INCINERATORS
DESIGN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
COMBUSTION
SOLID WASTES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
MANAGEMENT
OXIDATION
PROCESSING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing