Cross-Flow Filtration of Department of Energy Hanford Waste Streams Using Sintered Metal Mott and Graver Filters at the Savannah River Technology Center

摘要

Treatment processes have been proposed that will utilize cross-flow filtration to filter supernate and concentrated sludge waste streams at a Department of Energy plant in Hanford, Washington. Two waste processing applications have been identified as candidates for this technology. The first of the Hanford applications involves filtration of the decanted supernate from sludge leaching and washing operations. This process requires the concentration and removal of dilute fines from the bulk of the supernate. The second application involves filtration to wash and concentrate the sludge during out-of-tank processing of a relatively concentrated solids feed stream.