Method of independently operating a group of stages within a diffusion cascade

Patent · Tue Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:862566

Benedict, Manson; Fruit, Allen J.; Levey, Horace B.

1. A method of operating a group of the diffusion stages of a productive diffusion cascade with countercurrent flow, said group comprising a top and a bottom stage, which comprises isolating said group from said cascade, circulating the diffused gas produced in said top stage to the feed of said bottom stage while at the same time circulating the undiffused gas from said bottom stage to the feed of said top stage whereby major changes in inventory distribution within the group of stages are prevented.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Eastman Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-23
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 3,961,917
• Application Number: 02/104,404
• OSTI ID: 862566
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1949 Jul 13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

productive diffusion
productive diffusion cascade
countercurrent flow
undiffused gas
inventory distribution
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