Influence of some physical parameters on the separation efficiency of a gas centrifuge

To increase the separation efficiency of a gas centrifuge is one of the key objectives for uranium isotope separation. It can provide great benefit with little effort. The separation efficiency is affected by many parameters. Some physical parameters, such as the pressure of UF6 at the wall of the centrifuge cylinder, the position of the waste scoop, the temperature profile on the wall of the centrifuge cylinder, the direction of the feed into the gas centrifuge are chosen as variables to optimize the separation efficiency of a gas centrifuge. The optimization is based on analytical and experimental results. Local separation efficiency distribution is a good method to describe the separation phenomena in the gas centrifuge.