Control of high level radioactive waste-glass melters
A necessary step in Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) melter feed preparation for the immobilization of High Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) is reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0), permitting steam stripping of the Hg. Denitrition and associated NOx evolution is a secondary effect of the use of formic acid as the mercury-reducing agent. Under certain conditions the presence of transition or noble metals can result in significant formic acid decomposition, with associated CO{sub 2} and H{sub 2} evolution. These processes can result in varying redox properties of melter feed, and varying sequential gaseous evolution of oxidants and hydrogen. Electrochemical methods for monitoring the competing processes are discussed. Laboratory scale techniques have been developed for simulating the large-scale reactions, investigating the relative effectiveness of the catalysts, and the effectiveness of catalytic poisons. The reversible nitrite poisoning of formic acid catalysts is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 5789780
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-90-363; CONF-9104256--10-Pt.6; ON: DE92009758
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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400400 -- Electrochemistry
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CATALYSIS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL WASTES
DECOMPOSITION
DENITRATION
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
FORMIC ACID
HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROGEN
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
IONS
MATERIALS
MERCURY IONS
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NITRITES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REDOX POTENTIAL
REDUCTION
VITRIFICATION
WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS
WASTES