Open AccessTechnical information report: Plasma melter operation, reliability, and maintenance analysis
Author(s) -
D.W. Hendrickson
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/33110
Subject(s) - downtime , operability , reliability engineering , reliability (semiconductor) , shutdown , radioactive waste , vitrification , engineering , waste management , environmental science , nuclear engineering , power (physics) , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , andrology
This document provides a technical report of operability, reliability, and maintenance of a plasma melter for low-level waste vitrification, in support of the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Low-Level Waste (LLW) Vitrification Program. A process description is provided that minimizes maintenance and downtime and includes material and energy balances, equipment sizes and arrangement, startup/operation/maintence/shutdown cycle descriptions, and basis for scale-up to a 200 metric ton/day production facility. Operational requirements are provided including utilities, feeds, labor, and maintenance. Equipment reliability estimates and maintenance requirements are provided which includes a list of failure modes, responses, and consequences