BARODIFFUSION MECHANISM OF SEPARATION OF AN ISOTOPIC GAS MIXTURE IN SUPERSTRONG CENTRIFUGAL FIELDS UNDER THE IMPACT OF AN ACOUSTIC WAVE

In the rotating gas in a superstrong centrifugal fi eld, new mechanisms of separation of a binary isotopic gas mixture that are absent from a quiescent gas appear under the impact of waves. In the present work, an analysis of these mechanisms has been made. The mechanism of separation associated with the gas barodiff usion due to the diff erences between the radial distributions of the perturbation of pressure in the wave and pressure in an unperturbed fi eld has been considered in detail. Dependences of the separation, by the barodiff usion mechanism, on the frequency and amplitude of the wave have been obtained.
In the rotating gas in a superstrong centrifugal fi eld, new mechanisms of separation of a binary isotopic gas mixture that are absent from a quiescent gas appear under the impact of waves. In the present work, an analysis of these mechanisms has been made. The mechanism of separation associated with the gas barodiff usion due to the diff erences between the radial distributions of the perturbation of pressure in the wave and pressure in an unperturbed fi eld has been considered in detail. Dependences of the separation, by the barodiff usion mechanism, on the frequency and amplitude of the wave have been obtained.
Author:  S. V. Bogovalov, D. N. Dzhulya, I. V. Tronin
Keywords:  gas centrifuge, separation of isotopes, gas dynamics, computer simulation
Page:  1450