Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification

0517108 - ÚSMH 2020 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Lee, S.M. - Hrma, P. - Pokorný, R. - Kloužek, Jaroslav - Eaton, W.C. - Kruger, A.A.
Glass production rate in electric furnaces for radioactive waste vitrification.
Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Roč. 102, č. 10 (2019), s. 5828-5842. ISSN 0002-7820. E-ISSN 1551-2916
Institutional support: RVO:67985891
Keywords : bubbling flux * cold-cap bottom temperature * feed-to-glass conversion heat * glass production rate * melt viscosity
OECD category: Ceramics
Impact factor: 3.502, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jace.16463

Correlating the melting rates of feeds in electric melters with results of simple laboratory experiments can help evaluate melter feed additives and their effects on melting rate, and support the feed scheduling and plant operation. A recently proposed melting rate correlation (MRC) equation, relating the melting rate to melt viscosity, feed-to-glass conversion heat, and cold-cap bottom temperature, was tested using data from experiments covering various feed compositions and melter operating parameters. The MRC equation is shown to reasonably represent the measured data and thus can be used to quantify how individual variables (melt viscosity, cold-cap bottom temperature, conversion heat, melter operating temperature, and bubbling flux) affect the glass production rate.
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