Abstract
Enrichment of tritium in an adsorption-distillation column was experimentally investigated under the two processes of simple distillation and total-reflux distillation. Adsorption of water on silica-gel pellets enhanced the total isotope separation factor in the water distillation column. The transient behavior of tritium enrichment was analyzed using material balance equations of tritium and water in each cell with a height corresponding to HETP. The experimental transient behavior was well simulated by the material balance equations with additional assumptions on vapor and liquid flow rates regardless of the different processes of simple distillation and total-reflux distillation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 423-426 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | journal of nuclear science and technology |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering