Mechanics of Bubbles in Sludges and Slurries Modeling Studies of Particulate Materials

Technical Report · Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/791366· OSTI ID:791366

Gauglitz, Phillip A; Terrones, Guillermo; Muller, Susan J; Denn, Morton M; Rossen, William R

The Hanford Site has 177 underground waste storage tanks that are known to retain and release bubbles composed of flammable gases. Characterizing and understanding the behavior of these bubbles is important for the safety issues associated with the flammable gases for both ongoing waste storage and future waste-retrieval operations. The retained bubbles are known to respond to small barometric pressure changes, though in a complex manner with unusual hysteresis occurring in some tanks in the relationship between bubble volume and pressure, or V-P hysteresis. With careful analysis, information on the volume of retained gas and the interactions of the waste and the bubbles can be determined.

• Research Organization: University of Texas at Austin (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-97ER14840
• OSTI ID: 791366
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/14840; 60451; TRN: US0200649
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 7 Jan 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
BUBBLES
GASES
HYSTERESIS
SAFETY ENGINEERING
SLUDGES
SLURRIES
WASTE RETRIEVAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
HANFORD RESERVATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
FLUID MECHANICS
FLAMMABILITY
UNDERGROUND WASTE STORAGE TANKS
FLAMMABLE GASES
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
V-P HYSTERESIS