Apparatus for the separation of isotopes by the separating nozzle process

Patent · Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6666161

Wenzel, W

An apparatus for isotope separation has a plurality of separating stages connected in a separation cascade. Each of the stages has a separating-nozzle unit and a heat exchanger connected upstream of the unit for abstracting heat from the compressed gas forced through said unit. According to the invention the apparatus comprises a substantially cylindrical vessel having a generally horizontal axis and is subdivided internally by a plurality of diametral partitions defining chambers between them, each of the chambers receiving a respective one of said stages. All of the heat exchangers are in line with one another and are all at the same level in said vessel, the heat exchangers having common heat exchanger tubes extending substantially the length of the vessel through all of the chambers and through the partitions.

• Assignee: Nustep Trenndusen Entwicklungs and Patentverwertung Gmbh Kg and Co (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4222752
• OSTI ID: 6666161
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
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SEPARATION NOZZLE METHOD
EQUIPMENT
URANIUM ISOTOPES
COMPRESSED GASES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
FLUIDS
GASES
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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