Particle Property Analyses of High Level Waste (HLW) Tank Sludges [SEC 1 Thru 7]
The flow rates and pipeline pressures required to deliver high-level waste (HLW) slurries to the planned Waste Treatment Plant depend in part on the quantities, sizes and densities of the particles in the waste sludges. A laboratory program has been performed to provide more firmly grounded information regarding these properties for seven HLW feed tanks, namely Tanks AW-103, AY-101, AY-102, AZ-102, C-104, C-107, and SY-102. The program consisted of eight interdependent efforts. They were: (1) Assess the accuracy and comparability of light scattering particle size distribution (PSD) analysis in the laboratory used for routine analysis of tank wastes (the 222-S Laboratory, operated by Fluor Hanford, Inc.) and an independent laboratory (the 325 Building Laboratory, operated at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory by Battelle Memorial Institute) by parallel determinations on the size distributions of two certified standards. Also assess the possible effects of instrumental parameter settings on the values returned. (2) Prepare representative composite samples of seven HLW slurries for determination of PSD. (3) Assess the comparability of the same two instruments as a function of instrumental parameter adjustments by parallel particle size determinations of the sludges from three HLW tanks. (4) Use the 2224 particle size analyzer to determine the size distributions of the sludges of the remaining four HLW tanks. (5) Corroborate the 222-S PSD results on four HLW tanks by wet sieve analysis of four tank composites. (6) Provide additional validation of PSD results and look for the possible occurrence of particle agglomeration by examining the major sieve fractions from the four tanks using the 222-S Laboratory particle size analyzer, polarized light microscopy (PLM), and image analysis (IA). (7) Assess the percentages of the same four tank sludges having fast settling rates of concern to successful slurry transport of sludges, and estimate the effective settling densities of the fast-settling particles. (8) Support the determination of effective particle settling densities by examining the fast-settling fractions from the four tanks using the 222-S Laboratory PSD, PLM and IA.
- Research Organization:
- CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-96RL13200
- OSTI ID:
- 807714
- Report Number(s):
- HNF-8862, Rev.0; EDT-628492; TRN: US0302489
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 4 Mar 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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