Open AccessSuitability of Silica Gel to Process INEEL Sodium Bearing Waste - Letter Report
Author(s) -
Robert John Kirkham,
Alan Keith Herbst
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/910751
Subject(s) - silica gel , adsorption , process (computing) , bearing (navigation) , waste management , documentation , environmental science , chemical engineering , materials science , chemistry , engineering , computer science , organic chemistry , composite material , operating system , artificial intelligence , programming language
The suitability of using the silica gel process for Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) sodium bearing waste was investigated during fiscal year 2000. The study was co-funded by the Tanks Focus Area as part of TTP No. ID-77WT-31 and the High Level Waste Program. The task also included the investigation of possible other absorbents. Scoping tests and examination of past work showed that the silica gel absorption/adsorption and drying method was the most promising; thus only silica gel was studied and not other absorbents. The documentation on the Russian silica gel process provided much of the needed information but did not provide some of the processing detail so these facts had to be inferred or gleaned from the literature