• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.57-63
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• 2010

Layer crystallization process was tested for the separation(or concentration) of cesium and strontium fission products in a LiCl waste salt generated from an electrolytic reduction process of a spent oxide fuel. In a crystallization process, impurities (CsCl and $SrCl_2$) are concentrated in a small fraction of the LiCl salt by the solubility difference between the melt phase and the crystal phase. Based on the phase diagram of LiCl-CsCl-$SrCl_2$ system, the separation possibility by using crystallization was determined and the molten salt temperature profile during layer crystallization operation was predicted by using mathematical calculation. In the layer crystallization process, the crystal growth rate strongly affects the crystal structure and therefore the separation efficiency. In the conditions of about 20-25 l/min cooling air flow rate and less than 0.2g/min/$cm^2$ crystal flux, the separation efficiency of both CsCl and $SrCl_2$ showed about 90% by the layer crystallization process, assuming a LiCl salt reuse rate of 90wt%.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.389-394
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• 1997

The distribution of impurity included in benzene layer crystal was explored in layer crystallization of cyclohexane and benzene mixtures. The influence of crystal growth rate on crystal purity was investigated. All experimental results for bezene-cyclohexane system obtained in layer crystallizer have been evaluated with the criterion of Wintermantel. The purity of crystal decreases with increasing degree of subcooling, decreasing feed concentration and increasing crystal growth rate. The crystal growth rate was a key parameter to determine the inclusion of impurity in crystals. The results obtained from runs performed at increasing crystallization time(i.e. crystal thickness) have clearly shown that migration of inclusions within crystal layer to the melt, leading to the removal of impurity occurs. The diffusion of impurity which takes place during the crystallization from the beginning, enhances a further purification of the crystal layer if that underwent a thermal gradient after growth of the layer crystal stops.

• Clean Technology
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.157-164
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• 2006

In order to purify 2-methylnaphthalene as main impurity included in naphthalene, SLE (solid-liquid equilibria) on two components system including naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene were measured and a layered melt crystallization has been studied. SLE in the present system is shown a simple eutectic mixture and the experimental results using DSC method is similar to the static method. Purity and yield of naphthalene in crystal depended mainly on the cooling rate: Increasing cooling rate, the purity of naphthalene in crystal increase, whereas the yield of that decrease. The effective distribution coefficient (Keff) as the degree of impurity removal was observed to decrease with decreasing of cooling rate. Therefore, the purity of naphthalene by melt crystallization can be enhanced to 5~7 %.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.219-220
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• 2012

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.308-314
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• 1996

The crystal growth rate of benzene from benzene-cyclohexane mixtures at a cylindrical layer crystallizer was determined from the slope of the line of correlation between operating time and layer thickness. The thickness of crystal layer was obtained from the amount of crystal deposited on the cooled wall surface of the crystallizer. The crystal growth rate was related with the degree of subcooling, which was defined as the difference between temperature of melt and that of growing crystal surface. The linear crystal growth rate for binary mixtures was proportional to the second power of the degree of subcooling. Equation model which was obtained from data through the rate of heat and mass transfer in the crystallizer and thus can tell crystal thickness and surface temperature of crystal layer according to the elapsed time was presented and successfully correlated to the experimental data. For the benzene-cyclohexane mixtures contains 5wt% and 10wt% of cyclohexane, the comparison of experimental data with calculation using model equation was done for crystal thickness corresponding to the various cooling temperatures.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.107-108
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.257-258
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.215-216
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.329-330
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• 2015

• Clean Technology
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• v.13 no.1 s.36
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• pp.72-78
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• 2007

As a basic research fur the separation of effective components included in pyrolysis gas oil, the crystallization on each system of naphthalene with 2-methylnaphthalene, indene and 1-methylnaphthalene as impurity has been carried out in column and cold-finger type crystallizer, respectively. In crystallization operation, the purity of naphthalene has been a tendency of increase with decreasing of cooling rate and in the presence of impurity with lower melting point. In comparison of crystallizer types, naphthalene purity in column type crystallizer was a higher value than that in cold-finger type due to effective sweating operation after crystallization.