Tritium cleanup system and method

Xiao, Xin; Angelette, Lucas M.; Beaumont, Paul R.; Sessions, Henry T.; Mentzer, Heather; Clark, Jared L.

Tritium cleanup system and method

Patent · 13 July 2021

OSTI ID:1840244

Xiao, Xin; Angelette, Lucas M.; Beaumont, Paul R.; Sessions, Henry T.; Mentzer, Heather; Clark, Jared L.

Work area cleanup systems and methods are described for removing tritium from the atmosphere of a work area such as inert gas gloveboxes. Systems utilize a multi-column approach with parallel processing. Tritium of a tritium-contaminated stream is converted into tritiated water and adsorbed onto the separation phase of a first column as a second, parallel column can be simultaneously regenerated. The gaseous stream that exits the column during the regeneration phase can carry a high tritium concentration. The system can also include and a separation stage during which the tritium of the gaseous regeneration stream can be separated from the remainder of the regeneration product.

Research Organization:: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

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

Patent Number(s):: 11,058,994

Application Number:: 16/251,456

OSTI ID:: 1840244

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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