Isolation of Metals from Liquid Wastes: Reactive Scavenging in Turbulent Thermal Reactors
The Overall project demonstrated that toxic metals (cesium Cs and strontium Sr) in aqueous and organic wastes can be isolated from the environment through reaction with kaolinite based sorbent substrates in high temperature reactor environments. In addition, a state-of-the art laser diagnostic tool to measure droplet characteristic in practical 'dirty' laboratory environments was developed, and was featured on the cover of a recent edition of the scientific journal ''applied Spectroscopy''. Furthermore, great strides have been made in developing a theoretical model that has the potential to allow prediction of the position and life history of every particle of waste in a high temperature, turbulent flow field, a very challenging problem involving as it does, the fundamentals of two phase turbulence and of particle drag physics.
- Research Organization:
- University of Arizona (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG07-97ER14831
- OSTI ID:
- 813486
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/14831; Project Number 60326; TRN: US0303923
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 6 Aug 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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