Alternative fuels and heating methods for calciner process heat

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5920965

McCray, J A

Since 1963, the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) has been solidifying radioactive wastes using a fluidized-bed calcination process. The facility had been using a recirculating sodium-potassium eutectic (NaK) method as a process heat source from 1963 to 1970, and an in-bed combustion method using kerosene as a fuel from 1970 to 1981. The New Waste Calcining Facility (NWCF) has been in operation since 1982 and also uses in-bed combustion with kerosene for process heat. This report documents an evaluation of potential alternative fuels and different heating methods for supplying process heat during the calcination process.

• Research Organization: Exxon Nuclear Idaho Co., Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-79ID01675
• OSTI ID: 5920965
• Report Number(s): ENICO-1139; ON: DE83017393
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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