ISSN Online: 2377-424X
ISBN Print: 0-85295-345-3
International Heat Transfer Conference 10
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PLASMA FLOW AND MASS SEPARATION IN A PULSED PLASMA CENTRIFUGE
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.