TY - BOOK ID - 7616468 TI - Studies of Intensified Small-scale Processes for Liquid-Liquid Separations in Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing PY - 2015 SN - 3319225863 3319225871 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Physical & Theoretical Chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Reactor fuel reprocessing. KW - Separation (Technology) KW - Nuclear reactor fuel reprocessing KW - Reprocessing of nuclear fuels KW - Spent reactor fuel processing KW - Chemistry. KW - Nuclear energy. KW - Chemical engineering. KW - Nuclear chemistry. KW - Nuclear Chemistry. KW - Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. KW - Safety in Chemistry, Dangerous Goods. KW - Nuclear Energy. KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Chemistry, Technical KW - Technology KW - Fission products KW - Nuclear fuels KW - Waste products KW - Accelerator-driven systems KW - Chemicals KW - Safety measures. KW - Chemistry, Industrial KW - Engineering, Chemical KW - Industrial chemistry KW - Engineering KW - Metallurgy KW - Chemistry, Nuclear KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Analytical chemistry KW - Atomic energy KW - Atomic power KW - Energy, Atomic KW - Energy, Nuclear KW - Nuclear power KW - Power, Atomic KW - Power, Nuclear KW - Force and energy KW - Nuclear physics KW - Power resources KW - Nuclear engineering KW - Nuclear facilities KW - Nuclear power plants KW - Physical sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7616468 AB - The present work focuses on the development of intensified small-scale extraction units for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing using advanced process engineering with combined experimental and modelling methodologies. It discusses a number of novel elements, such as the intensification of spent fuel reprocessing and the use of ionic liquids as green alternatives to organic solvents. The use of ionic liquids in two-phase liquid-liquid separation is new to the Multiphase Flow community, and has proved to be challenging, especially in small channels, because of the surface and interfacial properties involved, which are very different to those of common organic solvents. Numerical studies have been also performed to couple the hydrodynamics at small scale with the mass transfer. The numerical results, taken together with scale-up studies, are used to evaluate the applicability of the small-scale units in reprocessing large volumes of nuclear waste. ER -