Convective heat transfer behavior of the product slurry of the Nitrate to Ammonia and Ceramic (NAC) process
Conference
Muguercia, I, Yang, G, Ebadian, MA et al. (1995). Convective heat transfer behavior of the product slurry of the Nitrate to Ammonia and Ceramic (NAC) process
. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, 320 95-101.
Muguercia, I, Yang, G, Ebadian, MA et al. (1995). Convective heat transfer behavior of the product slurry of the Nitrate to Ammonia and Ceramic (NAC) process
. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, 320 95-101.
The Nitrate to Ammonia and Ceramic (NAC) process is an innovative technology for immobilizing liquid form low level radioactive waste (LLW). An experimental study has been conducted to measure the heat transfer properties of the NAC product slurry. The results indicate that the heat transfer coefficient for both concentration slurries is much higher than that of pure water, which may be due to the higher conductivity of the gibbsite powder. For the 20% concentration slurry, the heat transfer coefficient increased as the generalized Reynolds number and slurry temperature increased. The heat transfer coefficient of 40% is a function of the Reynolds number only. The test results also indicate that the thermal entrance region can be observed only when the generalized Reynolds number is smaller than 1,000. The correlation equation is also developed based on the experimental data in this paper.
