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Plutonium scrap recovery at Savannah River: Past, present, and vision of the future

Description: As a result of the changing requirement, plus environmental and regulatory commitments, SRP now has essentially completed its paradigm shift. SRP has been transformed from primarily a reprocessor of irradiated uranium targets to primarily a reprocessor of non-specification plutonium. This is the mission which will carry SRP into the 21st Century. Accomplishment of the defined goals for the three-pronged RandD program will achieve several objectives: exploit new processes for recovering low-grad… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Gray, Leonard W.; Gray, John H.; Blancett, Allen L.; Lower, William M. & Rudisill, Tracy S.
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Hot gas desulfurization with oxides of zinc, iron, and vanadium

Description: The objective of this study is to develop an improved sorbent which can reduce H{sub 2}S levels up to 1 ppmv or less, which can stabilize zinc, and produce economically recoverable amounts of elemental sulfur during regeneration. For this purpose, the desulfurization performance of sorbents prepared by the addition of various amounts of V{sub 2}O{sub 5} to the zinc ferrite sorbent is investigated.
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Akyurtlu, J.F. & Akyurtlu, A.
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Evaluation of the gas production economics of the gas hydrate cyclic thermal injection model. [Cyclic thermal injection]

Description: The objective of the work performed under this directive is to assess whether gas hydrates could potentially be technically and economically recoverable. The technical potential and economics of recovering gas from a representative hydrate reservoir will be established using the cyclic thermal injection model, HYDMOD, appropriately modified for this effort, integrated with economics model for gas production on the North Slope of Alaska, and in the deep offshore Atlantic. The results from this e… more
Date: May 1, 1985
Creator: Kuuskraa, V.A.; Hammersheimb, E. & Sawyer, W.
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Recovery of platinum from concentrated sodium chloride brine by electrodeposition on vitreous carbon

Description: The voltammetric characteristics of Pt(II) and Pt(IV) have been examined at a vitreous carbon electrode in slightly acidic 3M (approx. 15 wt %) NaCl solutions. Pt(IV) is reduced to Pt(II) at approx. 0 V and Pt(II) is reduced to Pt(0) at approx. -0.5 V vs Ag-AgCl. The rate of deposition of platinum metal at -0.5 V is very low on bare carbon, but increases as the coverage of platinum increases. The potential at which hydrogen is evolved in this medium is approx. -0.85 V. A technique has been test… more
Date: January 1, 1984
Creator: Harrar, J.E. & Stephens, F.B.
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Economics of microwave plasma dissociation of H sub 2 S

Description: The conventional treatment technology for hydrogen-sulfide is based on Claus chemistry; elemental sulfur is recovered but the hydrogen is lost as water although the fuel value of the hydrogen is recovered as heat. A new waste treatment technology, reported in the Soviet literature, has been validated in an experimental program at Argonne National Laboratory. The new technology uses microwave energy to dissociate hydrogen-sulfide and recovers both elemental sulfur and hydrogen. Recovery of the h… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Daniels, E. J.; Harkness, J. B. L. & Doctor, R. D.
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Ferrocyanide-containing waste tanks: Ferrocyanide chemistry and reactivity

Description: The complexing constant for hexacyano-iron complexes, both Fe(2) and Fe(3), are exceptionally large. The derived transition metal salts or double salts containing alkali metal ions are only slightly soluble. The various nickel compounds examined in this study, i.e., those predicted to have been formed in the Hanford waste scavenging program, are typical examples. In spite of their relative stability towards most reagents under ambient conditions, they are all thermodynamically unstable towards … more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Scheele, R. D.; Burger, L. L.; Tingey, J. M.; Bryan, S. A.; Borsheim, G. L.; Simpson, B. C. et al.
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Assessment and development of an advanced heat pump for recovery of volatile organic compounds

Description: This report documents Phase 1 of a project conducted by Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) for the assessment and development of an advanced heat pump for recovery of VOC solvents from process gas streams. In Phase 1, MTI has evaluated solvent recovery applications within New York State (NYS), identified host sites willing to implement their application, and conducted a preliminary design of the equipment required. The design and applications were evaluated for technical and economic feas… more
Date: June 1, 1992
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Recovery and reuse of asphalt roofing waste. Final report

Description: Burning of asphalt roofing waste as a fuel and incorporating asphalt roofing waste in bituminous paving were identified as the two outstanding resource recovery concepts out of ten studied. Four additional concepts might be worth considering under different market or technical circumstances. Another four concepts were rated as worth no further consideration at this time. This study of the recovery of the resource represented in asphalt roofing waste has identified the sources and quantities of … more
Date: February 2, 1984
Creator: Desai, S.; Graziano, G. & Shepherd, P.
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Gas separations using inorganic membranes

Description: This report summarizes the results from a research and development program to develop, fabricate, and evaluate inorganic membranes for separating gases at high temperatures and pressures in hostile process environments encountered in fossil energy conversion processes such as coal gasification. The primary emphasis of the research was on the separation and recovery of hydrogen from synthesis gas. Major aspects of the program included assessment of the worldwide research and development activity… more
Date: April 1, 1992
Creator: Egan, B.Z.; Singh, S.P.N. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)); Fain, D.E.; Roettger, G.E. & White, D.E. (Oak Ridge K-25 Site, TN (United States))
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Silver recovery system data

Description: In August of 1990 the Savannah River Site Photography Group began testing on a different type of silver recovery system. This paper describes the baseline study and the different phases of installation and testing of the system.
Date: August 26, 1991
Creator: Boulineau, B.
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DOE solvent handbook information sheet

Description: Solvents and cleaners are used in the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy-Defense Program (DOE-DP) maintenance facilities for removing wax, grease, oil, carbon, machining fluids, solder fluxes, mold releases, and other contaminants before repairing or electroplating parts. Private industry also uses cleaners and degreasers for surface preparation of various metals. Growing environmental and worker safety concerns have brought attention to these solvents and cleaners, most o… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Chavez, Angela A.
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Municipal waste energy recovery

Description: Materials recovery and energy recovery from municipal solid waste, offering at least a partial solution to a city's solid waste management and disposal problem, are discussed. The most important barriers and issues which relate to energy and materials recovery from waste in urban areas are discussed. Energy recovery practices and processes, environmental issues, and municipal market economics are considered. (MCW)
Date: October 30, 1979
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Industrial energy-efficiency-improvement program

Description: Progress made by industry toward attaining the voluntary 1980 energy efficiency improvement targets is reported. The mandatory reporting population has been expanded from ten original industries to include ten additional non-targeted industries and all corporations using over one trillion Btu's annually in any manufacturing industry. The ten most energy intensive industries have been involved in the reporting program since the signing of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and as industrial … more
Date: December 1, 1980
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Maximizing the life cycle of plastics. Final report

Description: The Plastics Research Institute has conducted a coordinated research program designed to extend the useful life of plastics. Since feedstock for practically all synthetic plastics is derived from fossil fuel, every effort should be made to obtain the maximum useful life from these materials. Eventually, plastic scrap may be used as a fuel supplement, but this disposal route should be followed only after the scrap is no longer reusable in its polymeric form. The extent to which plastic scrap wil… more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Hawkins, W. L.
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Industrial recovered-materials-utilization targets for the textile-mill-products industry

Description: The Congress, in the National Energy Conservation and Policy Act of 1978 (NECPA), directed the Department of Energy to establish materials recovery targets for the metals and metal products, paper and allied products, rubber, and textile-mill-products industries. The targets were developed to provide incentives for using energy-saving recorded materials and to provied a yardstick for measuring progress and improvement in this endeavor. The NECPA indicates that the targets should represent the m… more
Date: January 1, 1979
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Literature search for the non-aqueous separation of zinc from fuel rod cladding. [After dissolution in liquid metal]

Description: This report reviews the literature of processes for the nonaqueous separation of zinc from dissolved fuel assembly cladding. The processes considered were distillation, pyrochemical processing, and electrorefining. The last two techniques were only qualitatively surveyed while the first, distillation, was surveyed in detail. A survey of available literature from 1908 through 1978 on the distillation of zinc was performed. The literature search indicated that a zinc recovery rate in excess of 95… more
Date: June 21, 1980
Creator: Sandvig, R. L.; Dyer, S. J.; Lambert, G. A. & Baldwin, C. E.
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Sulfur recovery from low-quality natural gas

Description: The objectives of this work are to (1) demonstrate on a bench-scale the Direct Sulfur Recovery Process (DSRP) for up to 99% or higher recovery of sulfur (as elemental sulfur) from SO{sub 2}-containing regeneration off-gases produced in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power generating systems employing hot-gas cleanup and (2) promote DSRP technology transfer to industry. The treatment of SO{sub 2}-containing regeneration off-previously (Gangwal and McMichael, 1991). Technology tran… more
Date: January 1, 1992
Creator: Ganwal, S.K. & McMichael, W.J.
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Reclaiming sulfur hexafluoride: a system to repurify, store, and recirculate SF/sub 6/

Description: Large quantities of sulfur hexafluoride (SF/sub 6/) gas are used in the operation of electron beam accelerators in Sandia Laboratories Technical Area V. A commercial SF/sub 6/ gas transfer cart has been modified to reclaim this gas by repurification and storage for later use. The system will not be installed and in operation until about March 1978, but it is anticipated it will be much more economical than current and estimated future costs for purchasing replacement SF/sub 6/.
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Staller, G. E. & Aker, M.F. Tr.
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Development of a risk analysis model. Appendix E. 1,000 ton per day anaerobic digestion plant case study, Final report, October 1979

Description: The Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating processes for the recovery of energy from urban wastes, with the intention of determining how the barriers standing in the way of commercialization of these processes can be overcome. Commercialization of any urban waste energy recovery process is constrained by many complex, uncertain components and interactions. Technical, economic, and institutional barriers presently exist which increase both the real and perceived risks of making such a ventu… more
Date: October 1, 1979
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Biomimetic Membrane for CO2 Capture from Flue Gas

Description: These Phase III experiments successfully addressed several issues needed to characterize a permeator system for application to a pulverized coal (PC) burning furnace/boiler assuming typical post-combustion cleanup devices in place. We completed key laboratory stage optimization and modeling efforts needed to move towards larger scale testing. The SOPO addressed six areas. Task 1--Post-Combustion Particle Cleanup--The first object was to determine if the Carbozyme permeator performance was likel… more
Date: May 31, 2007
Creator: Trachtenberg, Michael C.
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Technetium Behavior and Recovery in Soil

Description: Technetium-99 in soils is of great concern because of its long half-life and because it can not be detected readily. This work reviews the behavior of technetium in various types of soils. A method for extracting technetium from soil was developed with the use of technetium-95m and 99m to determine recoveries at each step. Technetium chemistry is very complicated and problem areas in the behavior and recovery have been highlighted. Technetium is widely used in nuclear medicine and a review of i… more
Date: December 1, 1995
Creator: Meinken, G. E.
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New Adsorption Cycles for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration

Description: The objective of this three-year project was to study new pressure swing adsorption (PSA) cycles for CO{sub 2} capture and concentration at high temperature. The heavy reflux (HR) PSA concept and the use of a hydrotalcite like (HTlc) adsorbent that captures CO{sub 2} reversibly at high temperatures simply by changing the pressure were two key features of these new PSA cycles. Through the completion or initiation of nine tasks, a bench-scale experimental and theoretical program has been carried … more
Date: July 31, 2008
Creator: Ritter, James; Ebner, Armin; Du, Steven Reynolds Hai & Mehrotra, Amal
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In-plant testing of microbubble column flotation

Description: Microbubble column flotation (MCF) was developed at the Virginia Center for Coal and Minerals Processing (VCCMP) for the selective recovery of fine particles. Bench-scale test work conducted at VCCMP, largely under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), showed that the technology worked well for both coal and mineral applications. For the technology to be commercially successful, however, a full-scale demonstration of the MCF technology was deemed necessary. This report summari… more
Date: July 31, 1991
Creator: Yoon, R. H.; Luttrell, G. H.; Adel, G. T. & Mankosa, M. J.
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