DEVELOPMENT OF A FLUIDIZED BED CALCINATION PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM NITRATE WASTES IN A TWO-FOOT-SQUARE PILOT PLANT CALCINER. PART III. INTERMEDIATE PROCESS STUDIES-RUN 11 THROUGH 22
Intermediate process studies comprising twelve runs were made in a two- foot-square calciner to provide support data for the Waste Calcination Facility (WCF) and to study further the fluidized bed calcination process. For each run, the objectives, conditions, and results are given. Simulated aluminum reactor fuel processing wastes were calcined to a granular free-flowing solid under a variety of operating conditions and with various types of atomizing nozzles. Demonstration of the operability of the feed nozzle selected for use in the large- scale WCF and determination of the factors affecting the intra-particle porosity of alumina product were major results of these studies. The sodium concentration of the feed was shown to have a significant effect on the formation of alpha alumina in the product. Neither the presence nor absence of mercury in the feed had any detectable effect on calciner operation or product properties. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Phillips Petroleum Co., Atomic Energy Div.; National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(10-1)-205
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-017333
- OSTI ID:
- 4059816
- Report Number(s):
- IDO-14618
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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