Thermocouple placement and hot spots in radioactive waste tanks

Conference · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Environmental science and engineering and toxic and hazardous substance control

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529609376437· OSTI ID:5528522

Barker, James J. ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

Analytical solutions available in Carslaw and Jaeger's Conduction of Heat in Solids for continuous point sources and for continuous finite sources are used to demonstrate that placement of thermocouples on a fine enough grid to detect a hot spot is impracticable for existing waste tanks but fortunately not necessary. Graphs covering ranges of diffusivities, times, temperatures and heat generation rates are included.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5528522
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1133; CONF-911071--3; ON: DE91016628
• Journal Information: Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Environmental science and engineering and toxic and hazardous substance control, Journal Name: Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Environmental science and engineering and toxic and hazardous substance control Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 31; ISSN 1077-1204
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
COMPUTER CODES
CONTAINERS
ENERGY
EQUATIONS
HEAT
HOT SPOTS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORING
R CODES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
STORAGE
TANKS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
THERMOCOUPLES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE