CTR Fuel recovery system using regeneration of a molecular sieve drying bed
Abstract
A primary molecular sieve drying bed is regenerated by circulating a hot inert gas through the heated primary bed to desorb water held on the bed. The inert gas plus water vapor is then cooled and passed through an auxiliary molecular sieve bed which adsorbs the water originally desorbed from the primary bed. The main advantage of the regeneration technique is that the partial pressure of water can be reduced to the 10.sup.-9 atm. range. This is significant in certain CTR applications where tritiated water (T.sub.2 O, HTO) must be collected and kept at very low partial pressure.
- Inventors:
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- Livermore, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863786
- Patent Number(s):
- 4248607
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ctr; fuel; recovery; regeneration; molecular; sieve; drying; bed; primary; regenerated; circulating; hot; inert; gas; heated; desorb; water; held; plus; vapor; cooled; passed; auxiliary; adsorbs; originally; desorbed; main; advantage; technique; partial; pressure; reduced; 10; -9; atm; range; significant; applications; tritiated; hto; collected; kept; molecular sieve; water vapor; inert gas; partial pressure; tritiated water; sieve bed; sieve drying; plus water; drying bed; /95/96/
Citation Formats
Folkers, Charles L. CTR Fuel recovery system using regeneration of a molecular sieve drying bed. United States: N. p., 1981.
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Folkers, Charles L. CTR Fuel recovery system using regeneration of a molecular sieve drying bed. United States.
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"CTR Fuel recovery system using regeneration of a molecular sieve drying bed". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863786.
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title = {CTR Fuel recovery system using regeneration of a molecular sieve drying bed},
author = {Folkers, Charles L},
abstractNote = {A primary molecular sieve drying bed is regenerated by circulating a hot inert gas through the heated primary bed to desorb water held on the bed. The inert gas plus water vapor is then cooled and passed through an auxiliary molecular sieve bed which adsorbs the water originally desorbed from the primary bed. The main advantage of the regeneration technique is that the partial pressure of water can be reduced to the 10.sup.-9 atm. range. This is significant in certain CTR applications where tritiated water (T.sub.2 O, HTO) must be collected and kept at very low partial pressure.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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