Design of an intensified coprecipitation reactor for the treatment of liquid radioactive wastes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-183

  Flouret, J ^a   Barre Y ^a   Muhr, H ^b   Plasari, E ^b  

^a Research Department of Mining and Fuel Recycling ProCesses   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Coprecipitation; Decontamination; Design; Reactor classifier; Strontium

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CO-PRECIPITATION PROCESS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CONTINUOUS TREATMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPLICATION; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LIQUID RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LIQUID WASTES; OPERATING MODES; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; REACTOR/CLASSIFIER; RECYCLING RATIO; SEMI-BATCH PROCESS; SEMIBATCH REACTOR; THEORETICAL EQUATION;

BARIUM; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; COPRECIPITATION; DECONTAMINATION; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; STRONTIUM;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84862863018     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.01.051     Document Type: Article

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