Scaling Relationships Based on Scaled Tank Mixing and Transfer Test Results

Piepel, Gregory F. ; Holmes, Aimee E. ; Heredia-Langner, Alejandro ; Lee, Kearn P. ; Kelly, Steven E.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Waste Transfer;    Scaling Relationship;    Waste Mixing;    Scaling Exponent;    Equivalent Performance;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1118108
RP-ID  :  PNNL-22644 Rev. 1
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  1118108

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report documents the statistical analyses performed (by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for Washington River Protection Solutions) on data from 26 tests conducted using two scaled tanks (43 and 120 inches) in the Small Scale Mixing Demonstration platform. The 26 tests varied several test parameters, including mixer-jet nozzle velocity, base simulant, supernatant viscosity, and capture velocity. For each test, samples were taken pre-transfer and during five batch transfers. The samples were analyzed for the concentrations (lbs/gal slurry) of four primary components in the base simulants (gibbsite, stainless steel, sand, and ZrO2). The statistical analyses including modeling the component concentrations as functions of test parameters using stepwise regression with two different model forms. The resulting models were used in an equivalent performance approach to calculate values of scaling exponents (for a simple geometric scaling relationship) as functions of the parameters in the component concentration models. The resulting models and scaling exponents are displayed in tables and graphically. The sensitivities of component concentrations and scaling exponents to the test parameters are presented graphically. These results will serve as inputs to subsequent work by other researchers to develop scaling relationships that are applicable to full-scale tanks.