TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient behavior of enrichment of tritium water in adsorption-distillation column
AU - Fukada, Satoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
The present study was financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, (B) 17360443, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/18811248.2006.9711116
DO - 10.1080/18811248.2006.9711116
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010510338
SN - 0022-3131
VL - 43
SP - 423
EP - 426
JO - Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
IS - 4
ER -