skip to main content
DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Anode shroud for off-gas capture and removal from electrolytic oxide reduction system

Abstract

An electrolytic oxide reduction system according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of anode assemblies and an anode shroud for each of the anode assemblies. The anode shroud may be used to dilute, cool, and/or remove off-gas from the electrolytic oxide reduction system. The anode shroud may include a body portion having a tapered upper section that includes an apex. The body portion may have an inner wall that defines an off-gas collection cavity. A chimney structure may extend from the apex of the upper section and be connected to the off-gas collection cavity of the body portion. The chimney structure may include an inner tube within an outer tube. Accordingly, a sweep gas/cooling gas may be supplied down the annular space between the inner and outer tubes, while the off-gas may be removed through an exit path defined by the inner tube.

Inventors:
; ; ; ;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1140274
Patent Number(s):
8771482
Application Number:
12/977,791
Assignee:
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (Wilmington, NC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25C - PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS
Show more
DOE Contract Number:  
ACO2-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Bailey, James L., Barnes, Laurel A., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., and Willit, James L.. Anode shroud for off-gas capture and removal from electrolytic oxide reduction system. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Copy to clipboard
Bailey, James L., Barnes, Laurel A., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., & Willit, James L.. Anode shroud for off-gas capture and removal from electrolytic oxide reduction system. United States.
Copy to clipboard
Bailey, James L., Barnes, Laurel A., Wiedmeyer, Stanley G., Williamson, Mark A., and Willit, James L.. Tue . "Anode shroud for off-gas capture and removal from electrolytic oxide reduction system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1140274.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1140274,
title = {Anode shroud for off-gas capture and removal from electrolytic oxide reduction system},
author = {Bailey, James L. and Barnes, Laurel A. and Wiedmeyer, Stanley G. and Williamson, Mark A. and Willit, James L.},
abstractNote = {An electrolytic oxide reduction system according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of anode assemblies and an anode shroud for each of the anode assemblies. The anode shroud may be used to dilute, cool, and/or remove off-gas from the electrolytic oxide reduction system. The anode shroud may include a body portion having a tapered upper section that includes an apex. The body portion may have an inner wall that defines an off-gas collection cavity. A chimney structure may extend from the apex of the upper section and be connected to the off-gas collection cavity of the body portion. The chimney structure may include an inner tube within an outer tube. Accordingly, a sweep gas/cooling gas may be supplied down the annular space between the inner and outer tubes, while the off-gas may be removed through an exit path defined by the inner tube.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {7}
}
Copy to clipboard
Patent:
View Patent
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Works referenced in this record:

Electrolytic production of metallic uranium from U3O8 in a 20-kg batch scale reactor
journal, May 2006

    [ × clear filter / sort ]

    Similar Records in DOE Patents and OSTI.GOV collections: