US4599196A
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Process for the conditioning of contaminated waste, particularly cation exchange materials
Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives
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Filing: 1984-04-09
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Granted: 1986-07-08
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Expires: 2004-04-09
Abstract
Abstract Process for the conditioning of waste, such as radioactive or toxic waste, whose acidity can inhibit polymerization reactions, e.g. waste containing cation exchange materials. This process consists of incorporating the waste into a liquid epoxy resin at ambient temperature and then bringing about the polymerization of the resin by means of a hardener, in order to obtain a solid block. A hardener containing at least one compound having at least one NH 2 group in an adequate quantity for blocking the active sites of the cation exchange materials present in the waste or for neutralizing the acidity of the humid waste and for polymerizing the epoxy resin is used. This process can be more particularly used for conditioning resin beds used for the purification of the water of nuclear power stations.
Inventors
- 👤 Christian de Tassigny
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:49
CPC Classifications
G; G21; G21F; G21F9/00; G21F9/28; G21F9/30; G21F9/301; G21F9/307; C; C08; C08G; C08G59/00; C08G59/18; C08G59/40; C08G59/50; C08G59/5006; C08G59/5026; C08G59/5033
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A process for the conditioning of waste, whose acidity can inhibit polymerization reactions, consisting of incorporating said waste into a liquid thermosetting resin consisting essentially of epoxy resin at ambient temperature, polymerizing the resin by using a hardener comprising an aliphatic polyamine and an aromatic amine having at least one NH 2 group, for blocking the acidity of the waste and for polymerizing the epoxy resin to obtain a solid block of polymerized resin including said waste.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
77 words
A process for the conditioning of waste, whose acidity can inhibit polymerization reactions, consisting of incorporating said waste into a liquid thermosetting resin consisting essentially of epoxy resin at ambient temperature, polymerizing the resin by using a hardener comprising an aliphatic polyamine and an aromatic amine having at least one NH 2 group, for blocking the acidity of the waste and for polymerizing the epoxy resin to obtain a solid block of polymerized resin including said waste.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin is a bisphenol A diglycidyl ether.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the epoxy resin is diluted by a direactive diluent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 3, wherein the direactive diluent is neopentyl diglycidyl ether.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the waste consists of cation exchange resins.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic amine is diamino diphenyl methane.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the hardener is initially reacted with a predetermined quantity of epoxy resin and then added to the liquid thermosetting resin/waste mixture.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 7, wherein the hardener also contains a hardening accelerator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the hardening accelerator is a salt obtained by reacting acrylic acid, benzoic acid, salicylic acid, or a phenol, such as resorcinol with aromatic amine.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the aliphatic polyamine is a cycloaliphatic polyamine having an amine number close to 63.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the aromatic amine is a diamino diphenyl methane adduct.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the aliphatic polyamine/aromatic amine ratio in said hardener is chosen as a function of the water content of the waste to be conditioned.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said waste comprises cation exchange materials.
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