Treatment of simulated waste TBP/n-dodecan and halogenated oils with steam reforming system

Sone, Tomoyuki ; Nonaka, Kazuharu; Sasaki, Toshiki ; Yamaguchi, Hiromi 

Steam reforming method has been developed for the treatment of organic wastes which are not suitable materials (tributyl phosphate, halogenated oil) for the incineration due to large quantities of secondary wastes generation. Process demonstration tests were conducted with the demonstration scale steam reforming system to examine the feasibility of treatment of simulated waste solvent (TBP and n-dodecane mixture) and simulated waste oils (halogenated oils and mineral oil mixture). These tests were also conducted to optimize the process conditions. The results of these studies are as follows: (1)More than 98wt% of the simulated wastes were evaporated in the gasification process. Solid residues removed from the gasification process as secondary wastes were inorganic compounds. (2)While the simulated waste oils were treated, the stacking of the filter is reduced by increasing the feed rate of steam from 1.5 kg/h to 3.0 kg/h. (3)Most of phosphoric acids produced by thermal decomposition of TBP were vaporized in the gasification process at 600650C. This result shows that volume of radioactive secondary waste can be effectively reduced.