نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 پژوهشکده چرخه سوخت هسته‌ای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هسته‌ای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 8486-11365، تهران ـ ایران

2 دانشکده مهندسی هسته‌ای، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، کدپستی: 1983969411، تهران ـ ایران

چکیده

در این پژوهش، عملکرد انتقال جرم ستون ضربه‌ای افقی نوع سینی‌دار در استخراج اورانیم از محلول فروشویی سولفاته بندرعباس توسط آلامین 336 با استفاده از مدل پراکندگی محوری مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. فاز آلی حاوی 6% حجمی استخراج‌کننده آلامین 336، 5% حجمی اصلاح‌کننده ایزودکانول و کروزن به­ عنوان رقیق‌کننده بود. محلول فروشویی بندرعباس حاوی سولفات و اورانیم با غلظت‌های M 22/0 و ppm 250 به ­عنوان فاز آبی استفاده شد. از مدل‌ اختلاط محوری به ­منظور تعیین پارامترهای انتقال جرم و مدل‌­سازی این سیستم استفاده شد. هم‌چنین اثر پارامترهای عملیاتی مؤثر ستون مانند شدت ضربه، دبی حجمی فازها بر پارامترهای انتقال جرم مانند ضرایب کلی حجمی انتقال جرم فاز پیوسته (Koca) و ضرایب پراکندگی محوری فاز پیوسته و پراکنده (Ec و Ed) نیز مورد بررسی قرار گرفتند. نتایج نشان داد که پارامترهای انتقال جرم ستون شدیداً وابسته به شدت ضربه و میزان آشفتگی سیستم می‌باشند. هم‌چنین عملکرد انتقال جرم این ستون برای استخراج اورانیم از محلول فروشویی سولفاته بالا می‌باشد. علاوه بر این روابط تجربی جدیدی براساس پارامترهای عملیاتی و مشخصات فیزیکی سیستم به روش آنالیز ابعادی به ­منظور پیش‌بینی پارامترهای انتقال جرم پیشنهاد شدند؛ این روابط با دقت بسیار بالایی مقادیر تجربی را در این سیستم پیش‌بینی می‌کنند.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Evaluation of mass transfer performance of uranium extraction from sulfate medium of Bandar Abbas with Alamine 336 in horizontal pulsed column by using axial dispersion model

نویسندگان [English]

  • F. Khanramaki 1 2
  • R. Torkaman 1
  • A.S. Shirani 2
  • J. Safdari 1

1 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box: 11365-8486, Tehran - Iran

2 Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box: 11365-8486, Tehran - Iran

چکیده [English]

In this study, the mass transfer performance of the Horizontal pulsed sieve plate column for the extraction of uranium from Bandar Abbas sulfate leach solution with Alamine 336 was investigated using a dispersion model. The organic phase contained 6% (v/v) Alamine 336 as extractant and 5% (v/v) isodecanol as a modifier in kerosene as diluent. The sulfate solution of Bandar Abbas containing 0.22 M sulfate and 250 ppm Uranium was used as the aqueous phase. The axial dispersion model was used to determine the mass transfer parameters and modeling of this system. Also, the effect of operating parameters such as pulsation intensity, the rate of phases flow on the volumetric overall mass transfer parameters was investigated; namely total volumetric coefficients of continuous phase mass transfer (Koca) and axial scattering coefficients of continuous and scattered phase (Ec and Ed). The obtained results showed that the mass transfer parameters are strongly dependent on the pulse intensity and turbulence degree of the system. In addition, the mass transfer performance of this column is high for the uranium extraction from sulfate leach liquors. Moreover, the practical and novel correlations have been determined for prognostication of mass transfer parameters which are closely matched with the experimental results in the horizontal pulsed column.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Horizontal pulsed column
  • Alamine 336
  • Sulfate leach liquor of Bandar Abbas
  • Mass transfer
  • Modeling
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