AEA Fluidic Pulse Jet Mixer. Innovative Technology Summary Report

S&T Accomplishment Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/768043· OSTI ID:768043

AEA's Fluidic Pulse Jet Mixer was developed to mix and maintain the suspension of solids and to blend process liquids. The mixer can be used to combine a tank's available supernate with the sludge into a slurry that is suitable for pumping. The system uses jet nozzles in the tank coupled to a charge vessel. Then, a jet pump creates a partial vacuum in the charge vessel allowing it to be filled with waste. Next, air pressure is applied to the charge vessel, forcing sludge back into the tank and mixing it with the liquid waste. When the liquid waste contains 10% solids, a batch is pumped out of the tank.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN (US); AEA Technology (US); Bechtel Jacobs Company (US); MK-Ferguson; Solutions to Environmental Problems, Inc. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science and Technology (OST) (EM-50) (US)
• OSTI ID: 768043
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM-0447; OST/TMS ID 1511; OST/TMS ID 1511
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AEA
BLEND PROCESS LIQUIDS
FLUIDIC
JET PUMP
JETJ MIXER
LIQUID WASTES
MIXERS
NOZZLES
PULSE
PUMPING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SLUDGE
SLUDGES
SLURRIES
SLURRY
SUSPENSION OF SOLIDS
TANKS