Apparatus and method for manufacturing deuterium enriched water
Enriched water is manufactured by suppling a flow of deuterium-enriched steam to a catalytic production plant in which hydrocarbons are dissociated in the presence of steam while effecting a deuterium isotope exchange between the hydrogen and steam. The mixture flowing from the plant is passed to a condensor which condenses out deuterium-enriched water for use as the raw material in a heavy water plant. This water is also used to enrich the steam passed into the catalytic production plant for the hydrogen. The mixture is also passed onto an exchange stage to enrich a further supply of water before exhaustion of the hydrogen gas to further processing plants. This additional enriched water is also used to enrich the steam.
- Assignee:
- Sulzer Brothers Limited
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4123508
- OSTI ID:
- 6458055
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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070101* -- Heavy Water Production
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE
LIGHT NUCLEI
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRODUCTION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STABLE ISOTOPES
STEAM
WATER