Contactors rotor

FIGURE 10.3 Inside view of a 2-cm contactor rotor with the bottom removed. 

FIGURE 10.4 Inside bottom view of a 4-cm contactor rotor. 

Inside the separating zone of the typical contactor rotor are four vertical vanes that divide the rotor into four quadrants (see Figure 10.4). The vanes are formed by... 

The initial SRL and ANL contactors used motorized spindles to drive the contactor rotors. These spindles have a large-diameter shaft that gives good stiffness to the motor/rotor assembly. The shaft is also hollow so that it can supply air to the... 

In all CINC contactors and the latest ANL contactor (a 15-cm unit that has been designed but not yet built), the motor rotor and the contactor rotor are isolated from each other with respect to their vibrations. This separation is accomplished by means... 

The INET contactors have also been applied to non-nuclear processes, such as the removal of a specific rare metal (yttrium) from other rare metals (Zhou et al., 2007), hydrocortisone from fermentation liquor (Zhou et al., 2006b), phenol from wastewater (Xu et al., 2006), and caffeine from coffee beans (Duan et al., 2006). As described by Zhou et al. (2007), the contactor rotor is driven by a motor that is not above the contactor. Instead, a belt connects the motor to the top of the rotor shaft. This design is possible because these materials are not radioactive, and hands-on maintenance is thus possible. 

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