[2A11-16] Vitrification 2

[2A15] Basic research programs of vitrification technology for waste volume reduction

(48)Noble Metal Descending Behavior in Molten Glass -Numerical Analysis of the Motion of Plumes Containing Noble Metal Particles-

*Shunji Homma¹, Tamaki Yoshikawa¹, Ryota Nakajima¹, Iku Miyasaka², Midori Uchiyama², Hiroaki Fujiwara² (1. Saitama University, 2. IHI)

Keywords:Glass melting furnace, Platinum group particles, Numerical Analysis, Plumes

The motion of plumes containing platinum group particles in melting glass was simulated numerically as the motion of a single droplet. Estimation equations of falling velocities of a droplet were obtained from the numerical experiments with changing the droplet diameter and viscosity.