Open AccessDesign, operation, and evaluation of the transportable vitrification system
Author(s) -
J.R. Zamecnik,
S.R. Young,
E. Hansen,
J.C. Whitehouse
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/491496
Subject(s) - vitrification , waste management , hazardous waste , toxicity characteristic leaching procedure , incineration , radioactive waste , oak ridge national laboratory , environmental science , leaching (pedology) , waste treatment , mixed waste , cinder , leachate , engineering , soil water , medicine , coal , physics , nuclear physics , soil science , andrology
The Transportable Vitrification System (TVS) is a transportable melter system designed to demonstrate the treatment of low-level and mixed hazardous and radioactive wastes such as wastewater treatment sludges, contaminated soils and incinerator ash. The TVS is a large-scale, fully integrated vitrification system consisting of melter feed preparation, melter, offgas, service, and control modules. The TVS was tested with surrogate waste at the Clemson University Environmental Systems Engineering Department`s (ESED) DOE/Industry Center for Vitrification Research prior to being shipped to the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) K-25 site for treatment of mixed waste. This testing, along with additional testing at ORR, proved that the TVS would be able to successfully treat mixed waste. These surrogate tests consistently produced glass that met the EPA Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). Performance of the system resulted in acceptable emissions of regulated metals from the offgas system. The TVS is scheduled to begin mixed waste operations at ORR in June 1997