Ho-Ming Yeh 1 and Ching-Chun Hsu1
1Energy and Opto-Electronic Materials Research Center, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.
Received:
April 13, 2012
Accepted:
May 17, 2013
Publication Date:
September 1, 2013
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ABSTRACT
The effect of column number N, as well as the column height h of thermal diffusion columns, on the deuterium removal rate from water-isotope mixture in the countercurrent-flow Frazier scheme with total sum of column heights L (= Nh) fixed, has been investigated. The equations, which may be employed to predict the optimal numbers of column for the maximum performances, have been derived. Considerable improvement in deuterium removal rate is obtainable if the scheme is constructed with the optimal number of thermal diffusion columns, especially for large flow rate and smaller L.
Keywords:
Thermal Diffusion, Frazier Scheme, Optimal Column Number, Recovery of Deuterium, Total Sum of Column Heights Fixed, Best Performance
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