scholarly journals APPLICABILITY OF GAS CENTRIFUGE TO ISOTOPE SEPARATION FOR ELEMENTS HEAVIER THAN TITANIUM

1956 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Separation ◽  
Gas Centrifuge

Investigation of the continuum-rarefied flow and isotope separation using a hybrid CFD-DSMC simulation for UF6 in a gas centrifuge

2021 ◽  
Vol 152 ◽  
pp. 107985
Author(s):  
Valiyollah Ghazanfari ◽  
Ali Akbar Salehi ◽  
Ali Reza Keshtkar ◽  
Mohammad Mahdi Shadman ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Askari
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Separation ◽  
Rarefied Flow ◽  
Gas Centrifuge ◽  
Dsmc Simulation ◽  
The Continuum

Modeling and Simulation of Flow and Uranium Isotopes Separation in Gas Centrifuges Using Implicit Coupled Density-Based Solver in OpenFOAM

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valiyollah Ghazanfari ◽  
Ali Akbar Salehi ◽  
Ali Reza Keshtkar ◽  
Mohammad Mahdi Shadman ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Askari
Keyword(s):  
Gas Flow ◽  
Isotope Separation ◽  
Splitting Method ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Uranium Isotopes ◽  
Gas Centrifuge ◽  
Total Reflux ◽  
Axial Mass ◽  
Fluent Software ◽  
Isotopes Separation

The performance of a gas centrifuge that is used for isotopes separation is dependent on the gas flow inside it. In this study, for modeling the UF6 gas flow, an Implicit Coupled Density-Based (ICDB) solver, was developed in OpenFOAM. To validate the ICDB solver, the gas flow within the rotor in total reflux state was compared with the analytical solution obtained by Onsager model and the numerical solution obtained by the Fluent software. The results showed that the ICDB solver had acceptable accuracy and validity. Also the computational efficiency of Roe, AUSM (Advection Upstream Splitting Method) and AUSM+ up schemes were compared. The results showed AUSM+ up scheme is efficient. Then, the uranium isotopes separation in a gas centrifuge was simulated. It was revealed that all gas flow characteristics including velocity, pressure, temperature and axial mass flux, as well as uranium isotope separation parameters including separation power and separation coefficients could well be predicted.

Multi-Isotope Separation in a Gas Centrifuge Using Onsager's Pancake Model

1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 1185-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houston G. Wood ◽  
Thomas C. Mason ◽  
Soubbaramayer
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Separation ◽  
Gas Centrifuge
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