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1776375 
Technical Report 
Initial MAR Assessments to Access the Impact of AI-dissolution on DWPF Operating Windows 
Newell, JD; Edwards, TB; Peeler, DK 
2007 
NTIS/03290072_a 
GRA and I 
GRA and I 
SRNL was tasked to provide an assessment of the downstream impacts (or lack thereof) to DWPF of decisions regarding the implementation of Al-dissolution to support sludge mass reduction and processing. Based on future sludge batch compositional projections, assessments have been made with respect to the ability to maintain comparable projected operating windows for sludges with high temperature Al-dissolution and without Al-dissolution. In general, paper study assessments indicated that most of the future sludge batches (twelve with and fourteen without high temperature Al-dissolution) had multiple frits available that yielded relatively large operating windows. The projected operating windows were defined by the waste loading (WL) interval over which glasses were classified as acceptable based on current process control models and their related constraints. Although multiple frits were identified, using a 17-point width as a general guide for a reasonable operating window (e.g., 25-41% WL), there generally appeared to be more flexibility in frit selection for the without Al-dissolution flowsheets. This larger frit compositional platform could allow frit development efforts to make more significant adjustments to melt rate. 
Radioactive waste processing; Aluminium; Dissolution; Vitrification; Process control; Sludges; Glass; Chemical comoposition; Performance evaluation