An analytical study of separation efficiency on the enrichment of heavy water in double-flow thermal-diffusion columns with flow-rate fraction variations

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 192, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 424-444

  Ho, Chii Dong ^a   Guo, Jian Jan ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Orthogonal expansion techniques; Separation efficiency; Thermal diffusion; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEPARATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

HEAVY WATER SEPARATION; IMPERMEABLE SHEETS; ORTHOGONAL EXPANSIONS; THERMAL DIFFUSION COLUMNS;

HEAVY WATER;

SEPARATION;

EID: 16344384727     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440590477782     Document Type: Article

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