Apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes

Heung, Leung K; Sessions, Henry T; Xiao, Xin

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Title: Apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes

Abstract

The apparatus and process for separating hydrogen isotopes is provided using dual columns, each column having an opposite hydrogen isotopic effect such that when a hydrogen isotope mixture feedstock is cycled between the two respective columns, two different hydrogen isotopes are separated from the feedstock.

Inventors:: Heung, Leung K; Sessions, Henry T; Xiao, Xin

Issue Date:: 2013-06-25

Research Org.:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1086956

Patent Number(s):: 8470073

Application Number:: 12/882,962

Assignee:: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (Aiken, SC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B01D59/26 - by sorption, i.e. absorption, adsorption, persorption

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DOE Contract Number:: AC09-08SR22470

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Palladium/kieselguhr composition and method patent, September 1993

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Hydrogen isotope separation utilizing bulk getters patent, August 1991

Separation of isotopes by cyclical processes patent, November 1976

Method and apparatus for extracting tritium and preparing radioactive waste for disposal patent, March 1994

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Metal Hydride Based Isotope Separation -- Large-Scale Operations journal, March 1992

Method and system for recovering and recirculating a deuterium-containing gas
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Hydrogen isotope separation
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Method and apparatus for extracting tritium and preparing radioactive waste for disposal
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