Etude sur la Combination des Reservoirs et des Colonnes de Diffusion Thermique

Abstract

The heat siphon has long been in general use for the purpose of enriching the isotopes present in a reservoir into a thermal diffusion column. K. Clusius and H.H. Buhler developed an alternative method, the gas oscillator, which they utilized as a gas connecting method.
We analyzed both methods mathematically, resulting in the conclusion that the flow rate ¦σR¦ (g/sec) of the heat siphon and of the gas oscillator should have a value ranging from 3H to 5H, and that the period of the gas oscillator 2T(sec) has little influence on the enrichment process, which permits us to choose a value convenient for operation.