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Title: Melting of foaming batches: Nuclear waste glass

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OSTI ID:6462204

A simple model is presented for the rate of melting of a batch blanket in an electric glassmelting furnace. The melting process is assumed to be jointly controlled by the heat transfer from the pool of molten glass and the batch-to-glass conversion kinetics. Factors affecting the melting rate in the conversion-controlled regime are discussed. Attention is paid to gas evolution from redox reactions in waste glass batches and component accumulation within the blanket. It is suggested that the high rate of the blanket-free melting in a mechanically agitated furnace is made possible by increasing the rate of melt surface renewal. 27 refs.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/NE
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
6462204
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-18408; CONF-9010253-1; ON: DE91004063
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on advances in fusion and processing of glass, Dusseldorf (Germany, F.R.), 22-25 Oct 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English