Improvement in performance of thermal diffusion columns on heavy water enrichment under sidestream operations and flow-rate fraction variations

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3373-3403

  Ho, Chii Dong ^a   Chen, Sheng Hung ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy water enrichment; Separation efficiency; Sidestream operations; Thermal diffusion

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; HEAVY WATER; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

CLUSIUS-DICKEL COLUMNS; DIFFUSION COLUMNS;

SEPARATION;

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; WATER;

COLUMN SEPARATION; HEAVY WATER; LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENT; FLOW RATE; PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THEORY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 7444235417     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/SS-200028904     Document Type: Article

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