Estimation of thermodynamic properties of hydrogen isotopes and modeling of hydrogen isotope systems using Aspen Plus simulator

Jaehyun Noh; Alyssa Marie Fulgueras; Leah Jessica Sebastian; Hyeon Gon Lee; Dong Sun Kim; Jungho Cho

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.46, 1-8, February, 2017

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.07.053 Export Citation

Estimation of thermodynamic properties of hydrogen isotopes and modeling of hydrogen isotope systems using Aspen Plus simulator

Jaehyun Noh, Alyssa Marie Fulgueras, Leah Jessica Sebastian, Hyeon Gon Lee¹, Dong Sun Kim , and Jungho Cho^†

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, 275 Budae-dong, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do 331-717, South Korea
¹National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), 169-148 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon-si 305-806, South Korea

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Physical properties of hydrogen isotopes, hydrogen (H2), hydrogen-deuterium (HD), hydrogen-tritium (HT), deuterium (D2), deuterium-tritium (DT), and tritium (T2) were estimated through vapor pressure prediction, and validated by steady-state simulation of ITER isotope separation system (ISS). Peng-Robinson (PR) equation of state with Twu alpha function was selected for modelling which showed favorable prediction from the experimental vapor pressures of each hydrogen isotopes. The steady-state simulation of ITER ISS using Aspen Plus consists of four distillation columns and seven equilibrium reactors with four purified products: D2, T2, HD, and DT. Converged solution from simulation produced potential scenario for actual ITER ISS process.

Keywords:Hydrogen isotopes;Isotope separation system;Physical property estimation;Process simulation;Peng-Robinson equation of state

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