Hydrogen isotope separation by cryogenic distillation: system modelization and design

The design of fusion reactor systems involves high safety constraints, especially concerning tritium quantity retained in the reactor processes. It is thus necessary to carefully design the separation cascade in order to minimize the tritium inventory. A simulation code has been developed which describes precisely the packed column, based on a mass transfer model and on an automatic optimization procedure for isotopic separation cascades. 4 figs., 5 refs