[en] The concentric tubular type hydrogen isotope liquid phase catalytic exchange(LPCE) column for the front end process of the Wolsong Tritium Removal Facility(WTRF) was simulated. Both D/T and H/D systems were simulated for the WTRE and the pilot plant for the WTRE respectively. As the difference of latent heats among the hydrogen isotopes and the amount of tritium in the feed heavy water are very small as well as the column is thermally insulated, energy balance was ignored in the model. Pressure drop, the efficiencies of the catalytic bed and the hydrophilic bed, and the recycle of the condensed vapour to the top of the column were considered in the model. The column is simulated from the bottom progressively so that no iteration was required. The performance of the column was enhanced as the increase of the column temperature and the decrease of the pressure. To process the feed heavy water of 100 kg/h and tritium content of 6.3x10^-6 in mole fraction with the detriation factor of 35 using a 55 stage column the column temperature would be 70 .deg. C and the efficiency of the hydrophilic bed should be more than 0.69 when the efficiency of the catalytic bed was 0.8