Fluidized column biodenitrification demonstration facility at the FMPC (Feed Materials Production Center)
The mission of the Fernald Ohio Feed Materials Production Center, owned by DOE and operated by Westinghouse Materials Company of Ohio, is to produce uranium metal primarily for fuel in production reactors at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina. Several waste streams result from production that are combined in the plant general sump and processed through settling basins prior to discharge. Individual streams have varying nitrate concentrations which, when combined, may range up to about 10,000 milligrams/liter. A fluidized-bed technology has been operated to demonstrate nitrate reduction by bacteriological denitrification on production scale. The system consists of two columns operating in series. The demonstration run will be considering: rate of biodenitrification; methyl alcohol consumption (bacterial substrate); sulfuric acid requirement (pH adjustment); accommodation of the biomass by the plant sewage treatment facility; flexibility of the system to receive a waste stream which varies in both volume and nitrate concentration; and modification and/or additions needed in the system to function as a permanent production operation. 8 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Materials Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati (USA). Feed Materials Production Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-86OR21600
- OSTI ID:
- 6676134
- Report Number(s):
- FMPC-2078; CONF-870270-1-Summ.; ON: DE87007311
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Chemical processing table top seminar, Kingsport, TN, USA, 25 Feb 1987; Other Information: Microfiche only, copy does not permit paper copy reproduction
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Start-up and operation of the biodenitrification demonstration facility at the FMPC (Feed Materials Production Center)
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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER
WASTE WATER
BIODEGRADATION
DENITRIFICATION
BACTERIA
BIOMASS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
FLUIDIZED BEDS
METHANOL
PH VALUE
SULFURIC ACID
WASTE PROCESSING
WATER TREATMENT
ALCOHOLS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEED MATERIALS PLANTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MICROORGANISMS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
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