Published 2004 | Version v1
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Estimation of deuterium recovery from the separation of water-isotopes mixture by thermal diffusion

Creators

  • 1. Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tamkang Univ., Tamsui, Taiwan (China)

Description

Heavy water (D2O) is the most feasible moderator and coolant in nuclear-fission reactors while deuterium (D) will be the nuclear fuel for thermonuclear fusion in the distant future. The enrichment of D2O and HDO from the H2O-HDO-D2O system by thermal diffusion has been investigated. The degrees of separation for each component of water-isotope mixtures in thermal diffusion columns are predicted and discussed. It was found that the maximum recovery of deuterium might be obtained when the feed concentration of D2O is 0.44 mass fraction. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 15th world hydrogen energy conference (HYDROGEN 2004)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan
Imprint Place
Yokohama, Kanagawa (Japan)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 15th world hydrogen energy conference (HYDROGEN 2004)
Imprint Pagination
1 v.
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]

Conference

Title
15. world hydrogen energy conference
Acronym
HYDROGEN 2004
Dates
27 Jun - 2 Jul 2004
Place
Yokohama, Kanagawa (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
36083919
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DEUTERIUM; EQUATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; PRIMARY RECOVERY; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; WATER
Descriptors DEC
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER

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Notes
This CD-ROM can be used for WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, MACINTOSH; Acrobat Reader is included; Data in PDF format P04-02.pdf; 12 refs., 2 figs.