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Title: Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification

Abstract

Abstract Correlating the melting rates of feeds in electric melters with results of simple laboratory experiments can help evaluate melter feed additives and their effects on melting rate, and support the feed scheduling and plant operation. A recently proposed melting rate correlation (MRC) equation, relating the melting rate to melt viscosity, feed‐to‐glass conversion heat, and cold‐cap bottom temperature, was tested using data from experiments covering various feed compositions and melter operating parameters. The MRC equation is shown to reasonably represent the measured data and thus can be used to quantify how individual variables (melt viscosity, cold‐cap bottom temperature, conversion heat, melter operating temperature, and bubbling flux) affect the glass production rate.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [3]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington
  2. Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Joint Workplace of the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Prague 6 Czech Republic, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the ASCR, v.v.i Prague 8 Czech Republic
  3. U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection Richland Washington
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1505868
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal Volume: 102 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Lee, SeungMin, Hrma, Pavel, Pokorny, Richard, Klouzek, Jaroslav, Eaton, William C., and Kruger, Albert A. Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1111/jace.16463.
Lee, SeungMin, Hrma, Pavel, Pokorny, Richard, Klouzek, Jaroslav, Eaton, William C., & Kruger, Albert A. Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16463
Lee, SeungMin, Hrma, Pavel, Pokorny, Richard, Klouzek, Jaroslav, Eaton, William C., and Kruger, Albert A. Tue . "Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16463.
@article{osti_1505868,
title = {Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification},
author = {Lee, SeungMin and Hrma, Pavel and Pokorny, Richard and Klouzek, Jaroslav and Eaton, William C. and Kruger, Albert A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Correlating the melting rates of feeds in electric melters with results of simple laboratory experiments can help evaluate melter feed additives and their effects on melting rate, and support the feed scheduling and plant operation. A recently proposed melting rate correlation (MRC) equation, relating the melting rate to melt viscosity, feed‐to‐glass conversion heat, and cold‐cap bottom temperature, was tested using data from experiments covering various feed compositions and melter operating parameters. The MRC equation is shown to reasonably represent the measured data and thus can be used to quantify how individual variables (melt viscosity, cold‐cap bottom temperature, conversion heat, melter operating temperature, and bubbling flux) affect the glass production rate.},
doi = {10.1111/jace.16463},
journal = {Journal of the American Ceramic Society},
number = 10,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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