US 12,076,765 B2
System and method for an electrode seal assembly
Brett Campbell, Richland, WA (US); Craig Shearer, Moses Lake, WA (US); Kevin Finucane, Richland, WA (US); Steve Woosley, Pasco, WA (US); and Eric Dysland, Pasco, WA (US)
Filed by Veolia Nuclear Solutions, Inc., Westminster, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,014.
Application 17/447,014 is a division of application No. 16/660,024, filed on Oct. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,148,181.
Application 16/660,024 is a continuation of application No. 15/388,299, filed on Dec. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,449,581, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/272,604, filed on Dec. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394243 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B09B 3/00 (2022.01); B09B 3/20 (2022.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C03B 5/00 (2006.01); C03B 5/027 (2006.01); F27B 3/08 (2006.01); F27D 11/10 (2006.01); F27D 21/00 (2006.01); F27D 99/00 (2010.01); H05B 7/12 (2006.01); F27D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B09B 3/20 (2022.01) [B09B 3/00 (2013.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); C03B 5/005 (2013.01); C03B 5/027 (2013.01); F27B 3/085 (2013.01); F27D 11/10 (2013.01); F27D 21/0014 (2013.01); F27D 99/0073 (2013.01); H05B 7/12 (2013.01); F27D 2021/026 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vitrification process sensing and control system, comprising:
a vitrification container comprising at least one of a sand layer and/or a cast refractory layer;
one or more sensors comprising at least one temperature sensor used to monitor the temperature around an electrode seal; and
a control system configured to:
fuse data from the one or more sensors; and
at least one of automatically perform process adjustments based on data from the one or more sensors or display data to an operator for manual adjustments.