RADIATION PROTECTION ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 410-415.

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Study on supercritical water oxidation of waste anion resin used in a nuclear power plant

PAN Yuelong1, ZHANG Zhidong1, CHAI Tao2, GAO Yahua2, LAN Shuren2, LIU Yucun2   

  1. 1.China Nuclear Power Design Company Ltd.,Guangdong Shenzhen 518028;
    2.College of Environmental and Safety Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051
  • Received:2018-11-23 Online:2019-09-15 Published:2019-10-14

Abstract: A supercritical water oxidation (SCWO)equipment of batch-type was used to study the treatment of anion resin water suspension under supercritical conditions. The effects of reaction temperature, reaction pressure, reaction time, and oxidation coefficient on the removal rate of COD were investigated experimentally. At the same time, the effects of catalyst, reaction pressure and reaction temperature on ammonia removal rate were explored. Through an orthogonal experiment, the most significant factors influencing the reaction system are ranked as follows: reaction temperature>reaction pressure>reaction time>oxidation coefficient. The experiment results show that the removal rate of COD for anion resin is 99.65% under the conditions of reaction temperature of 540 ℃, reaction pressure of 26 MPa, reaction time of 8 min, and oxidation coefficient of 3. The content of NH3-N in anion resin is high and difficult to be removed, so catalysts CuSO4, MnO2, and CeO2 were added, and the catalytic effect was ranked as CuSO4>CeO2>MnO2. The maximum removal rate of NH3-N was 96.53%.

Key words: supercritical water oxidation, orthogonal experiment, anion resin, COD, NH3-N