on a regular basis is helpful for the improvement of neutron economy of the reactor.
Purpose:
2
This study aims to investigate the evaporation behavior of CsF under different experimental conditions in FLiNaK molten salt.
Methods:
2
Two different evaporation methods
namely vacuum distillation and reductive evaporation by metal lithium
were employed in this work.
Results:
2
The results from the experiments of v
acuum distillation at 5 Pa revealed a linear correlation between evaporated mass of CsF and evaporation temperature. At 780℃
the CsF concentration in molten salt decreased from 1% to 0.14% upon distillation with a separation rate of 86% despite the loss of 9.5% of the carrier salt. Reductive evaporation by metal lithium was carried out at 700℃ and 1.01×10
5
Pa. The amount of evaporated CsF increased with the increase of lithium added into the molten salt. The separation rate was 91% at a molar ratio of lithium to CsF of 120.
Conclusion:
2
Fundamental data are provided to understand the evaporation behaviors of CsF in fluoride molten salt
which could further benefit the establishment of efficient separation technique for CsF removal from spent fuel.
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