Hydrogen isotopes separation

The experimental system used in this study was modeled after the heatless adsorber used by Shendalman and Mitchell (6) and constructed by Weaver and Hamrin (T) for hydrogen isotope separation (Figure 2). 

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A potential application of the WGS reaction carried out in an MR is represented by the tritium recovery process from tritiated water from breeder blanket fluids in fusion reactor systems. The hydrogen isotopes separation at low concentration in gaseous mixtures is a typical problem of the fusion reactor fuel cycle. In fact, the tritium produced in the breeder needs a proper extraction process to reach the required purity level. Yoshida et al. (1984) carried out experimental and theoretical studies of a catalytic reduction method which allows tritium recovery from tritiated water with a high conversion value (> 99.99%) at a relatively low temperature, while Hsu and Buxbaum (1986) studied a palladium-catalysed oxidative diffusion... 

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