American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Nuclear Engineering Division

SERMACS 2006 Fall Meeting

Nuclear Engineering Division Program Sessions

Click on the links below to view the various abstracts and slides from the meeting. For each group of papers click on the links below and then click on the Presentation Title to view the presentation.

Design, Operation, and Research in Pilot Plants

Advances in Production and Storage of Hydrogen

Chemical Processing in Department of Energy I

Chemical Processing in Department of Energy II

Design, Operation, and Research in Pilot Plants

Papers discussing various pilot scale work in DOE National Labs.

	115		Investigations to control rheological properties during preparation of simulants of high-level nuclear waste sludge David Koopman, Dan Lambert, Mark Barnes, Russ Eibling
	116		Pilot-scale evaporator neutralization and full-scale transfer demonstration Duane J. Adamson
	117		Experimental study of the effect of an anti-foam agent on gas holdup in waste slurries Hector N. Guerrero, Mark D. Fowley
	118		Pretreatment facility demonstration for the Hanford Site waste treatment and immobilization plant: its evolution and operation Mark R. Duignan
	119		WTP pilot-scale evaporation tests Zafar H. Qureshi
	120		Considerations in design of pilot scale facilities T. J. Steeper
	121		Overview of pilot scale fluidized bed steam reforming test for WSRC tank 48 Gene Daniel

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Advances in Production and Storage of Hydrogen

Papers discussing hydrogen production and storage.

231		Generation of hydrogen using Hybrid Sulfur Process electrolyzer John Steimke, T. J. Steeper
232		A new process for the production of hydrogen from refinery waste gases Israel E. Wachs, Andrew G. Gibson
233		Mixed metal complex hydrides Polly A. Berseth, Ashley C. Stowe, Ragaiy Zidan, Donald L. Anton, Laura K. Laughlin, Thomas P. Farrell
234		Potential hydrogen storage materials: chemical hydrides vs. complex metal hydrides Ashley C. Stowe, Ragaiy Zidan
235		Electrolyzer component testing for Hybrid Sulfur Process Hector Colon-Mercado, Amy Ekechukwu, David Hobbs
236		H2 production in a PEM electrolyzer from SO2 oxidation John A. Staser, John W. Weidner
237		Effect of SO2 poisoning of Pt catalyst on fuel cell performance Sivagaminathan Balasubramanian, John W. Weidner

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Chemical Processing in Department of Energy I

Papers on chemical processing projects in the Department of energy.

382		Savannah River Site update and future Jeffrey M. Allison
383		Tank 48: The search for a solution Renee Spires
384		Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) technology for organic and nitrate destruction Carol Jantzen
385		Planned investigation of wet air oxidation for destruction of potassium tetraphenylborate in high level radioactive waste Kofi Adu-wusu, Daniel J. McCabe, William R. Wilmarth
386		Radiochemical separations for the pretreatment of high activity nuclear waste solutions David T. Hobbs
387		Volatility rate of Isopar, benzene, and salt solution using ASTM E2008-04 Fernando Fondeur

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Chemical Processing in Department of Energy II

620		Heuristic evaluation of potential impact of organic additions to SRS waste tanks Tue Le
621		Development of a rotary microfilter for SRS high level waste applications Michael R. Poirier, David T. Herman, Samuel D. Fink
622		Modeling pilot-scale cross-flow filtration of simulated nuclear waste Michael R. Poirier, Samuel D. Fink, Vince Van Brunt
623		Solvent extraction at Savannah River Site: near-term salt processing Seth G. Campbell
624		Guidelines for successful implementation of new chemical processes James N. Brooke