نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

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

چکیده

در این پژوهش، امکان بازیابی اورانیم از محلول­‌های آبی با استفاده از فرایند الکترودیالیز بررسی شد. اثر زمان جداسازی، اختلاف پتانسیل الکتریکی، دبی، اسیدیته، غلظت اورانیم و غلظت محلول شستشوی الکترودها مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت. نتایج نشان داد که زمان پایداری الکترودیالیز کم‌تر از 20 دقیقه است. با افزایش اختلاف پتانسیل الکتریکی از 5 تا V 20، جداسازی اورانیم افزایش یافت و سپس به‌دلیل پدیده آبکافت، ثابت ماند. به‌دلیل مقاومت کم‌­تر، عملکرد مدول غشایی تک‌­محفظه‌ای از مدول چندمحفظه‌­ای مناسب­‌تر بود. با افزایش دبی و غلظت خوراک، جداسازی اورانیم به‌دلیل کاهش زمان اقامت و افزایش پدیده پلاریزاسیون غلظتی کاهش یافت. افزایش اسیدیته خوراک به‌دلیل رقابت بین یون‌­های اسید با اورانیم، باعث کاهش جداسازی اورانیم و افزایش شدت جریان الکتریکی گردید. با افزایش غلظت نیترات سدیم در محلول شستشوی الکترودها از 01/0 به M 25/0، درصد جداسازی اورانیم افزایش یافت. نتایج این پژوهش نشان داد که امکان بازیابی اورانیم از محلول‌های آبی با استفاده از فرایند الکترودیالیز وجود دارد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Performance Evaluation of Electrodialysis for Uranium Recovery from Aqueous Solutions

نویسندگان [English]

  • M. Ghasemi Torkabad
  • A.R. Keshtkar
  • F. Zahakifar
  • A. Yadollahi
  • A. Zaheri

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

چکیده [English]

in the present study, the possibility of uranium recovery from aqueous solutions was investigated using electrodialysis process. Also, the effect of separation time, electrical potential difference, flow rate, acidity, uranium concentration, and concentration of electrodes wash solution were studied. The results showed that the electrodialysis process remained stable in less than 20 minutes. As the electrical potential difference rises from 5 to 20 V, the separation of uranium increased and then remained constant due to the hydrolysis phenomenon. Due to less resistance, the membrane module performance of the single-cell was more appropriate than the multi-cell module. In addition, the uranium separation was reduced by increasing the flow rate and the feed concentration, according to the reduction of residence time and increasing the concentration polarization phenomenon. Anothert result was that the increase of feed solution acidity reduced the uranium separation and increased the electric current, which can be justified by the competition between acid ions and uranium. By increasing the concentration of sodium nitrate in the electrodes wash solution from 0.01 to 0.25 M, the percentage of uranium separation increased. The results of this study showed that the recovery of the uranium from aqueous solutions using electrodialysis process is possible.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Electrodialysis
  • Uranium
  • Membrane
  • Electrical potential difference
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