Melt Rate Improvement for DWPF MB3: Melt Rate Furnace Testing

Technical Report · Tue Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/783821· OSTI ID:783821

Stone, M E

The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) would like to increase its canister production rate. The goal of this study is to improve the melt rate in DWPF specifically for Macrobatch 3. However, the knowledge gained may result in improved melting efficiencies translating to future DWPF macrobatches and in higher throughput for other Department of Energy's (DOE) melters. Increased melting efficiencies decrease overall operational costs by reducing the immobilization campaign time for a particular waste stream. For melt rate limited systems, a small increase in melting efficiency translates into significant hard dollar savings by reducing life cycle operational costs.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 783821
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-2001-00146; TRN: US0104089
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 24 Jul 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
EFFICIENCY
FURNACES
MELTING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
WASTE FORMS
OPERATING COST