Isotope and Gas Separation in a Ternary Mixture Between Rotating Cylinders

摘要

New aerodynamic process to separate gas and isotopic mixtures. The mixture is sucked between two high speed rotating cylinders. The separation is induced by pressure diffusion, and is achieved by the mean of fixed skimmers properly located. The guidance design of entrance and exit flow, and the skimmers are drawn along the non-viscous flow streamlines between two rotating cylinders; when incompressible this two-dimensional flow corresponds to the classical flow with circulation around a circle. To separate heavy isotopes, UF sub 6 for instance, a light carrier gas, helium for instance, is used. An experimental device is briefly described. Process separative power is estimated. (Atomindex citation 11:522530)