Tritium recovery by cryogenic hydrogen isotope distillation

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7031963

Embury, M C; Kent, L R; Erwin, M G

The Hydrogen Isotope Separation System (HISS) recovers radioactive tritium (H/sup 3/) from mixtures of hydrogen isotopes using cryogenic distillation. HISS receives feeds containing six molecular species of hydrogen and enriches the tritium to greater than 90% with a single raffinate containing less than 0.5 Ci/day. Test results with protium-deuterium mixtures are presented.

• Research Organization: Monsanto Research Corp., Miamisburg, OH (USA). Mound
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053
• OSTI ID: 7031963
• Report Number(s): MLM-3406(OP); CONF-861146-9; ON: DE87003020
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIChE winter annual meeting, Miami, FL, USA, 2 Nov 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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