The prototypical Advanced Design Mixer Pump (ADMP) was installed in the center of a nuclear waste tank to suspend settled solids, allowing removal of the solids from the tank with a separate transfer pump. Traditional waste removal methods use multiple (up to four) long shaft vertical pumps for suspending the waste solids. A combination of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modeling, scale modeling, and equipment testing was used to predict the capability of a single mixer pump to suspend radioactive waste solids in liquid using a forty mile per hour discharge jet velocity. Modeling and testing predicted the cleaning effectiveness of the mixer pump to ensure that the majority of waste solids throughout the tank would be suspended for removal to the extent technically and economically practical. In spite of unexpected field conditions and pump phenomena that hindered performance, observation showed that the pump performed as predicted by the modeling and testing.
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ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference
July 11–15, 2004
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division and Fluids Engineering Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4693-8
PROCEEDINGS PAPER
Mixing in Large Scale Tanks: Part IV — Cleaning Nuclear Waste From Tanks
Michael J. Augeri,
Michael J. Augeri
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
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Michael Hubbard,
Michael Hubbard
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
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Jonathan L. Thomas
Jonathan L. Thomas
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
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Michael J. Augeri
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
Michael Hubbard
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
Jonathan L. Thomas
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC
Paper No:
HT-FED2004-56333, pp. 79-87; 9 pages
Published Online:
February 24, 2009
Citation
Augeri, MJ, Hubbard, M, & Thomas, JL. "Mixing in Large Scale Tanks: Part IV — Cleaning Nuclear Waste From Tanks." Proceedings of the ASME 2004 Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference. Volume 4. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. July 11–15, 2004. pp. 79-87. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT-FED2004-56333
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