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ISSN Online: 2377-424X

ISBN Print: 0-85295-345-3

International Heat Transfer Conference 10
August, 14-18, 1994, Brighton, UK

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PLASMA FLOW AND MASS SEPARATION IN A PULSED PLASMA CENTRIFUGE

Get access (open in a dialog) DOI: 10.1615/IHTC10.300
pages 367-371

Abstrakt

The results of the experiments in a high ionized pulsed plasma centrifuge are reported. Detailed probe and optical measurements of the velocity and temperature are presented. An improved Abel inversion technique has been developed for computing the ion velocity and temperature distributions from the spectroscopic data. The mass separation of the ions were analysed by a time-of-flight mass-spectrometer. The separation factors of 15 for Ar−Kr mixtures and 1.4 for Xe129 − Xe136 isotopes are attained. Such enrichments are compared with predictions of a two-fluid model based on observed velocity and temperature distributions.