GB1137494A - Improvements in apparatus for the manufacture of uranium fluoride - Google Patents
Improvements in apparatus for the manufacture of uranium fluorideInfo
- Publication number
- GB1137494A GB1137494A GB54032/65A GB5403265A GB1137494A GB 1137494 A GB1137494 A GB 1137494A GB 54032/65 A GB54032/65 A GB 54032/65A GB 5403265 A GB5403265 A GB 5403265A GB 1137494 A GB1137494 A GB 1137494A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- furnace
- gas
- uranium
- cooling zone
- rate
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C01—INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- C01G—COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C01D OR C01F
- C01G43/00—Compounds of uranium
- C01G43/04—Halides of uranium
- C01G43/06—Fluorides
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01J—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
- B01J8/00—Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes
- B01J8/08—Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes with moving particles
- B01J8/12—Chemical or physical processes in general, conducted in the presence of fluids and solid particles; Apparatus for such processes with moving particles moved by gravity in a downward flow
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- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Organic Chemistry (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Geology (AREA)
- Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
- Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
- Inorganic Compounds Of Heavy Metals (AREA)
Abstract
1,137,494. Uranium fluoride. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. 21 Dec., 1965 [12 Jan., 1965], No. 54032/65. Heading C1A. Apparatus for the manufacture of uranium fluoride by the reaction of hydrofluoric acid gas (HF) with uranium oxide (UO 2 ) comprises a furnace and a cooling zone through which the gas and oxide flow in counter-current, the cooling zone being downstream of the furnace in the direction of HF flow and having a temperature which is sufficiently lower than the furnace temperature to ensure the absorption of residual HF gas, and further comprises means for controlling the rate of feed of HF gas to the furnace or the rate of flow of uranium oxide, in accordance with the uranium oxide entering the cooling zone, to cause the apparatus continuously to produce an optinum yield of uranium fluoride. In a preferred form (Figs. 1-3, not shown) a main vertical furnace is connected to a horizontal extraction furnace, the HF gas being introduced both into the extraction furnace and the base of the vertical furnace, the rate of feed of the gas into the extraction furnace being fixed at a constant value, and the rate of feed into the vertical furnace being determined by the controlling means. Above the vertical furnace there may be disposed an intermediate zone of lower temperature than the vertical furnace, this zone having disposed above it a cooling sleeve constituting the cooling zone, the controlling means being actuated by signals originated by a pyrometer in the end of the sleeve through which the UO 2 is introduced. The vertical furnace may be at 500-600‹ C. the intermediate zone at 400- 500‹ C. and the cooling zone in two steps down to 200‹ C. The apparatus may include a reduction furnace in which granular UO 3 is transformed at 600-700‹ C. under the action of hydrogen and or ammonia, into UO 2 which is fed to the main furnace.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR1620A FR1429366A (en) | 1965-01-12 | 1965-01-12 | Improvements in processes and apparatus of the kind for obtaining uranium fluoride |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB1137494A true GB1137494A (en) | 1968-12-18 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB54032/65A Expired GB1137494A (en) | 1965-01-12 | 1965-12-21 | Improvements in apparatus for the manufacture of uranium fluoride |
Country Status (12)
Country | Link |
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JP (1) | JPS5212157B1 (en) |
BE (1) | BE674028A (en) |
CH (1) | CH448984A (en) |
DE (1) | DE1592234A1 (en) |
ES (2) | ES327670A1 (en) |
FR (1) | FR1429366A (en) |
GB (1) | GB1137494A (en) |
IL (1) | IL24823A (en) |
LU (1) | LU50195A1 (en) |
NL (1) | NL6600031A (en) |
OA (1) | OA02052A (en) |
YU (1) | YU31194B (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE2943338A1 (en) * | 1979-10-26 | 1981-04-30 | Nukem Gmbh, 6450 Hanau | Uranium tetra:fluoride continuous prodn. - from uranium di:oxide and excess hydrogen fluoride with recovery and re-use of excess as aq. hydrofluoric acid |
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1965
- 1965-01-12 FR FR1620A patent/FR1429366A/en not_active Expired
- 1965-12-17 IL IL24823A patent/IL24823A/en unknown
- 1965-12-20 BE BE674028D patent/BE674028A/xx unknown
- 1965-12-21 GB GB54032/65A patent/GB1137494A/en not_active Expired
- 1965-12-22 CH CH1768165A patent/CH448984A/en unknown
- 1965-12-27 OA OA52298A patent/OA02052A/en unknown
- 1965-12-28 DE DE19651592234 patent/DE1592234A1/en active Pending
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1966
- 1966-01-04 LU LU50195A patent/LU50195A1/xx unknown
- 1966-01-04 NL NL6600031A patent/NL6600031A/xx unknown
- 1966-01-05 YU YU14/66A patent/YU31194B/en unknown
- 1966-01-12 JP JP41001384A patent/JPS5212157B1/ja active Pending
- 1966-06-08 ES ES327670A patent/ES327670A1/en not_active Expired
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1967
- 1967-01-11 ES ES321612A patent/ES321612A1/en not_active Expired
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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CH448984A (en) | 1967-12-31 |
YU31194B (en) | 1973-02-28 |
ES327670A1 (en) | 1969-08-16 |
FR1429366A (en) | 1966-02-18 |
DE1592234A1 (en) | 1971-02-25 |
JPS5212157B1 (en) | 1977-04-05 |
LU50195A1 (en) | 1966-03-04 |
IL24823A (en) | 1969-11-30 |
ES321612A1 (en) | 1969-09-01 |
OA02052A (en) | 1970-05-05 |
BE674028A (en) | 1966-04-15 |
NL6600031A (en) | 1966-07-13 |
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