Apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes

Heung, Leung K; Sessions, Henry T; Xiao, Xin

Title: Apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes

Patent · Tue Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1086956

Heung, Leung K; Sessions, Henry T; Xiao, Xin

The apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes is provided using dual columns, each column having an opposite hydrogen isotopic effect such that when a hydrogen isotope mixture feedstock is cycled between the two respective columns, two different hydrogen isotopes are separated from the feedstock.

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Research Organization:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Assignee:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)

Patent Number(s):: 8,470,073

Application Number:: 12/882,962

OSTI ID:: 1086956

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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