Design of LPCE column for performance tests on tritium separation with TLK facility

Sugiyama, Takahiko*; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Munakata, Kenzo*; Asakura, Yamato*; Yamamoto, Ichiro*; Glugla, M.*

We report a design of the column interior which was designed to fit into the existing facility dedicated for LPCE process characterization (under the limitation of the TLK facility). The experimental conditions such as liquid and gas flow-rates, temperature have been established during preliminary investigations carried out at Nagoya University. The column to be used in the TLK facility is stainless steel tube with 55 mm internal diameter and 2 m length. The tritium separation experiments are performed at 120 kPa, 343 K. A stage-wise model was also developed to predict separative performance of the column. This model requires the channeling coefficients. The channeling coefficient which represents axial dispersion of the packed bed is evaluated against flow rates of water by impulse response. Analytical results with the present model present effects of the catalysis quantity and the gas-liquid ratio on separative performances of the column.