Laboratory (PNNL) conducted an extensive evaluation of the ability of three ultrasonic instruments to detect critical velocity for a broad range of simulated Hanford nuclear waste streams containing particles with mean particle sizes of >50 microns. Evaluations were perform using the pipe loop at the Process Development Laboratory – East (PDL-E) at PNNL that was designed and built to evaluate the pipeline plugging issue during slurry transfer operations at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. In 2011 the ability of the ultrasonic PulseEcho system to detect critical velocity continued to be evaluated using the PDL-E flow loop and new simulants containing high-density particles with a mean particle size of
Revised: July 9, 2013 |
Published: April 1, 2012
Citation
Denslow K.M., J.R. Bontha, H.E. Adkins, J.W. Jenks, C.A. Burns, P.P. Schonewill, and D.F. Hopkins, et al. 2012.Continued Evaluation of the Pulse-Echo Ultrasonic Instrument for Critical Velocity Determination during Hanford Tank Waste Transfer Operations. In Waste Managemetn Symposium (WM 2012): Improving the Future in Waste Management, February 26-March 1, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, Paper No. 12518. Tuscson, Arizona:Waste Management Symposia Inc.PNNL-SA-85110.