Apparatus for the separation of gas mixtures, particularly the enrichment of a gas mixture in a component containing uranium 235
An apparatus for separating a gas mixture into a heavy component and a light component, especially for the enrichment of a gas mixture in uranium 235 in which the uranium isotopes are provided in the form of uranium hexafluoride, comprises a cascade of centrifuge stages each formed by a pair of spaced-apart disks surrounded by a housing and driven by a common shaft from a motor. The relatively narrow passage between each pair of disks opens into a greater space which cooperates with the gas along the periphery of the disk as held in place by the housing to form a boundary layer with the heavy component tending to diffuse out of the layer. Means is provided to collect the light component in the boundary layer.
- Assignee:
- IFI; EDB-82-037637
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4294598
- OSTI ID:
- 5768367
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 24 Mar 1977, Austria
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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