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

DE2005837315

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Poirier, M. R.; Herman, D. T.; Fondeur, F. F.; Fink, S. D.
Page Count	14
Abstract	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.
Keywords	Decontamination Radioactive waste management High-level radioactive waste Flow rate Performance Personnel Processing Radiations Reliability Testing Wastes Rotary microfilters Savannah River Plant
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River National Lab., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522

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

Development of a Rotary Microfilter for Savannah River Site High Level Waste Applications.
DE2005837315

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Poirier, M. R.; Herman, D. T.; Fondeur, F. F.; Fink, S. D.
Page Count	14
Abstract	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.
Keywords	Decontamination Radioactive waste management High-level radioactive waste Flow rate Performance Personnel Processing Radiations Reliability Testing Wastes Rotary microfilters Savannah River Plant
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River National Lab., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200522