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Accumulation of Isotope Mixture Components in a Separation Cascade

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Numerical investigations have been conducted into the process of separating a multicomponent isotope mixture in a cascade. Regular patterns have been established for the effects of the cascade parameters on the component concentration value in the cascade gas content. Conditions have been identified under which the maximum quantity of the target component is accumulated in the cascade. The investigation results can be used for further study of unsteady processes of accumulating isotope mixture components in a separation cascade.

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  1. JSC Company “Production Association “Electrochemical Plant” (Enterprise of the TVEL Fuel Company of the State Corporation “Rosatom”), 1 Pervaya Promyshlennaya Str., Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, 663690, Russia

    A. A. Ushakov & V. P. Sovach

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 30 Lenin Ave, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 95, No. 2, pp. 316–322, March–April, 2022.

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Ushakov, A.A., Orlov, A.A. & Sovach, V.P. Accumulation of Isotope Mixture Components in a Separation Cascade. J Eng Phys Thermophy 95, 309–315 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-022-02485-z

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