Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Brad Bowan
December 2007
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DOE/ORP ENHANCEMENTS
M-AREA - SRS
CRU-4 FERNALD
MAWS FERNALD
Agitated JHCM
(M-Area, WTP LAW, WTP HLW)
EnergySolutions’
Patented JHCM Bubbling
Technology
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.0
HLW Pilot
0.5
0.0
DWPF WVDP M-Area WTP WTP WTP WTP
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EnergySolutions
Hanford LAW Pilot
DM-3300 3.3 m2
EnergySolutions/
VSL Hanford EnergySolutions/VSL Test
HLW Pilot Melters DM-100 0.11 m2
DM-1200 1.2 m2
EnergySolutions/VSL Test
Melters DM-10 0.02 m2
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LAW
Melter
HLW
Melte
r
10
Feed Line
S
16
Film Cooler Blower
Paxton
Control Air Blower
S9
Paxton
HEPA
S8 S S S
S1 S3 S5 S7
11 12 14
Heater
(801)
SCR
TCO
Melter Heater HEME
SBS WESP HEME (701) AC-S PBS 2
S S S
S6
10 13 15
S2
To Storage Tank
Wand Transfer
Pump S4
Glass Receiving
Drum
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Joule Heated
• The glass is the heating
element
• Submerged metal electrodes
(Inconel)
• Single-phase alternating-
current
Slurry Fed
Start of Feeding (gas space view)
Molten Glass
CONFIDENTIAL
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EnergySolutions
Vitrification Technology Applications
• United States: Legacy Defense
HLW; Surplus Pu Immobilization;
GNEP – Fission Product
Stabilization
• Russian Federation: Legacy
Defense HLW; Commercial
Reprocessing Waste
• Technology:
– High Production Rate and Waste
Loading (demonstrated as high as
3.3 MT glass/m2/day)
– Melter life expectancy >5 years
– Noble metal tolerant
– Transition metal tolerant
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