APPLICATION OF A THIN FILM EVAPORATOR SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF LIQUID HIGH-LEVEL WASTES AT HANFORD
A modular, transportable evaporator system, using thin film evaporative technology, is planned for deployment at the Hanford radioactive waste storage tank complex. This technology, herein referred to as a wiped film evaporator (WFE), will be located at grade level above an underground storage tank to receive pumped liquids, concentrate the liquid stream from 1.1 specific gravity to approximately 1.4 and then return the concentrated solution back into the tank. Water is removed by evaporation at an internal heated drum surface exposed to high vacuum. The condensed water stream will be shipped to the site effluent treatment facility for final disposal. This operation provides significant risk mitigation to failure of the aging 242-A Evaporator facility; the only operating evaporative system at Hanford maximizing waste storage. This technology is being implemented through a development and deployment project by the tank farm operating contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), for the Office of River Protection/Department of Energy (ORP/DOE), through Columbia Energy & Environmental Services, Inc. (Columbia Energy). The project will finalize technology maturity and install a system at one of the double-shell tank farms. This paper discusses results of pre-project pilot-scale testing by Columbia Energy and ongoing technology maturation development scope through fiscal year 2012, including planned additional pilot-scale and full-scale simulant testing and operation with actual radioactive tank waste.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC27-08RV14800
- OSTI ID:
- 970542
- Report Number(s):
- WRPS-42230-FP Rev 0; TRN: US1000811
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2010 CONFERENCE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIA 03/07/2010 THRU 03/11/2010 PHOENIX AZ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AGING
DENSITY
EVAPORATION
EVAPORATORS
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MITIGATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
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TANKS
TESTING
THIN FILMS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES