Development of a Rotary Microfilter for Savannah River Site High Level Waste Applications.

Poirier, M. R. ; Herman, D. T. ; Fondeur, F. F. ; Fink, S. D.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Decontamination;    Radioactive waste management;    High-level radioactive waste;    Flow rate;    Performance;   

RP-ID  :  DE2005837315

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The processing rate of Savannah River Site high level waste decontamination processes are limited by the flow rate of the solid-liquid separation. The baseline process, using a 0.1 micron cross flow filter, produces 0.02 gpm/ft2 of filtrate under expected operating conditions. Savannah River National Laboratory personnel identified the rotary microfilter as a technology that could significantly increase filter flux, with throughput improvements of as much as 10X for that specific operation. With funding from the Department of Energy Office of Cleanup Technologies, SRNL personnel are evaluating and developing the rotary microfilter for radioactive service at SRS. This work includes pilot-scale and actual waste testing to evaluate system reliability, the impact of radiation on system components, the filter flux for a variety of waste streams, and relative performance for alternative filter media.