Studies of Hydrogen Isotope Separation Using Vanadium Hydride in a Temperature Cycling Process

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5806175

Wong, Y. W.; Chan, Y. N.I.; Hill, F. B.

Separations of gaseous HT-H₂ mixtures on vanadium monohydride were carried out using a two-column temperature cycling process similar to parametric pumping. An equilibrium theory of process operation is presented which was in qualitative agreement with experimental results. Failure to achieve complete removal of HT from the cold column effluent as predicted was ascribed to the finite rates of the exchange reaction and to the presence and operation of an isotope effect in the rate of hydrogen absorption.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• OSTI ID: 5806175
• Report Number(s): BNL-26663; CONF-791108-8; TRN: 79-021349
• Resource Relation: Conference: 72nd AICHE meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 25-29 Nov 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
HYDROGEN
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
TRITIUM
ADSORPTION
DESORPTION
ISOTOPE EFFECTS
ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE
VANADIUM HYDRIDES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SORPTION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
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