Chang LIU, Jian SHAN, Jiulin YUAN, et al. Influence of air pumping flow rate on the continuous measurement of open-loop radon exhalation rate[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(1): 010401
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Chang LIU, Jian SHAN, Jiulin YUAN, et al. Influence of air pumping flow rate on the continuous measurement of open-loop radon exhalation rate[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(1): 010401 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2016.hjs.39.010401.
Influence of air pumping flow rate on the continuous measurement of open-loop radon exhalation rate
The research on radon exhalation rate mainly focuses on the influence factors of radon exhalation rate on the media surface
while research is still lacking with respect to equilibrium radon concentrations in radon cover sets
gas flow rate and other factors affecting the measurement accuracy of radon exhalation rate.
Purpose:
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This study aimed to explore the relationship of the open-loop air-bleed rate
equilibrium radon concentrations and radon exhalation rate through theoretical calculations and actual measurements.
Methods:
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MATLAB was used to simulate the variations of radon concentrations with time at different air-bleed rates during the open-loop measurement of radon exhalation rate in radon cover sets. The results were further proven by experiments.
Results:
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In the case of constant parameters in radon cover sets in the measurement of radon exhalation rate
the equilibrium concentrations of radon decreased with the increase of air-bleed rates
and the time to reach the equilibrium concentrations
was also shortened. The decrease of equilibrium concentrations of radon minimized the effect of the leakage and counter diffusion. The increase of air-bleed rates shortened the time for radon concentrations to reach equilibrium with better inlet gas uniformity in the radon cover sets.
Conclusion:
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Reasonable parameters were obtained in this experiment with 1.94-3.0 L·min
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