The present work focuses on the development of intensified small-scale extraction units for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing using advanced process engineering with combined experimental and modelling methodologies. It discusses a number of novel elements, such as the intensification of spent fuel reprocessing and the use of ionic liquids as green alternatives to organic solvents. The use of ionic liquids in two-phase liquid-liquid separation is new to the Multiphase Flow community, and has proved to be challenging, especially in small channels, because of the surface and interfacial properties involved, which are very different to those of common organic solvents. Numerical studies have been also performed to couple the hydrodynamics at small scale with the mass transfer. The numerical results, taken together with scale-up studies, are used to evaluate the applicability of the small-scale units in reprocessing large volumes of nuclear waste.
| ISBN: | 9783319225869 |
| Publication date: | 17th September 2015 |
| Author: | Dimitrios Tsaoulidis |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 170 pages |
| Series: | Springer Theses |
| Genres: |
Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering Nuclear power and engineering |
The present work focuses on the development of intensified small-scale extraction units for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing using advanced process engineering with combined experimental and modelling methodologies. It discusses a number of novel elements, such as the intensification of spent fuel reprocessing and the use of ionic liquids as green alternatives to organic solvents. The use of ionic liquids in two-phase liquid-liquid separation is new to the Multiphase Flow community, and has proved to be challenging, especially in small channels, because of the surface and interfacial properties involved, which are very different to those of common organic solvents. Numerical studies have been also performed to couple the hydrodynamics at small scale with the mass transfer. The numerical results, taken together with scale-up studies, are used to evaluate the applicability of the small-scale units in reprocessing large volumes of nuclear waste.
Studies of Intensified Small-Scale Processes for Liquid-Liquid Separations in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing features in the following genres: Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, Nuclear power and engineering
Studies of Intensified Small-Scale Processes for Liquid-Liquid Separations in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing is available in Hardback
Studies of Intensified Small-Scale Processes for Liquid-Liquid Separations in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing was written by Dimitrios Tsaoulidis and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Studies of Intensified Small-Scale Processes for Liquid-Liquid Separations in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing has 170 pages
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