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Solid Liquid Separation System Print E-mail
Customer:         Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Project:             High Level Waste Solid Liquid Separation System
Location:          DOE'S ORNL in Oak Ridge Tennessee
Services:          Engineering, design, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing

Scope of Work

  • Process engineering & design; specification of process and control elements in accordance with all applicable codes and standards, including ASME Sec. VIII and ANSI NQA-1
  • Fabrication drawings, structural and seismic analysis, pressure vessel and piping design including analysis for code compliance, pressure drop calculations, detailed analysis of shielding requirements, seismic analysis and analysis of structural integrity under extreme wind loads
  • Design and implementation of I & C, logic controls, graphical user interface and supervisory computer control system
  • Provision of fabrication procedures, Acceptance Test Procedure document, Quality Assurance package, and Installation, Operation and Maintenance manual
  • System and components fabrication, assembly and inspection
  • Functional and performance testing

System Function and Features

The SLSS employs "cross-flow" filter technology for the removal of radioactive solids from a mixed supernatant using a continuous concentrating process, as opposed to the more conventional "once-through" filtration process. The filtration equipment provided includes a "backpulse" crud removal system, and an acid/base chemical injection system to provide periodic thorough cleaning and decontamination of the filters and process equipment. The equipment is mounted inside a weatherproof enclosure on a single skid, which houses all of the piping and components required for the separation process.  The skid is provided with significant radiation shielding to protect personnel from exposure to the high activity fields resulting from process concentration.  Process equipment includes two inertial filters, main circulation pump, filtrate storage tank, backpulse system, chemical tanks and pumps, and required process piping.  Complete PLC control, instrumentation and monitoring systems are also provided.  Control is fully automated and comes complete with a PC based graphical user interface.

The skid weighs in excess of 50 tons.