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Ho-Ming Yeh This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.1

1Department of Chemical Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.


 

Received: June 22, 2005
Accepted: April 28, 2006
Publication Date: September 1, 2008

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2008.11.3.03  


ABSTRACT


The optimun plate spacings for maximum separation, maximum production rate and minimum column length in a flat-plate thermal diffusion column for the improvement in separation of heavy water (D2O) from water - isotopes mixture (H2O-HDO-D2O) have been determined. Considerable improvement in performance is obtainable if the plate spacing is suitably adjusted. The appropriate temperature differences between two vertical plates of a thermal diffusion column for keeping the total expense fixed are also delineated.


Keywords: Heavy Water, Thermal Diffusion, Plate Spacing


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