Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1740933 Progress in Nuclear Energy 2012 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The effect of the column number on deuterium recovery from H–D gas mixture in the countercurrent-flow Frazier scheme of thermal diffusion columns with the total sum of column heights fixed, has been investigated. The equations for predicting the optimal number of columns and the corresponding maximum separation have been derived. Considerable improvement in deuterium recovery is obtainable if the multi-column device with the optimal number of columns is employed, instead of using the single-column device with the same total sum of column heights, especially for the cases of higher volume flow-rate operation and larger total sum of column heights. Furthermore, countercurrent-flow operation is much better than forward-flow operation.

► The effect of column number on deuterium recovery in the countercurrent-flow Frazier scheme has been investigated. ► The equation for predicting the maximum separation has been derived. ► Considerable improvement in deuterium recovery is obtainable in the multi-column device. ► Countercurrent-flow operations is much better than forward-flow operation.

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