Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration Research Articles

DC Graphite Arc Furnace and Diagnostic System for Soils

ABSTRACT The need for systems to treat waste materials in a new manner has prompted the formation of an Industry-National Laboratory-University consortium to address the issue. The partners include Electro-Pyrolysis, Inc. (EPI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). The program includes technology transfer from industry to the national laboratory and university technology transfer to the national laboratory. The national laboratory provides the problem and funding while transferring technology to industry and the university. The goal of the program is to apply EPI's Arc Furnace to the processing of Subsurface Disposal Area (SDA) waste from Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). This is being facilitated through the Department of Energy's Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration (BWID) program. A second objective is to apply the diagnostics capability of MIT's Plasma Fusion Center to the understanding of the high temperature processes taking place in the...