Universal Research Cryogenic Unit for Xenon Production

Xenon is a cryogenic product that is currently in short supply. Requirements for its purity are increasing. Its consumption in microelectronics, medicine, and space technology and for high-energy particle physics research is rising. The permissible impurity contents in Xe for various applications we...

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Published in:Chemical and petroleum engineering 2019-03, Vol.54 (11-12), p.806-814
Main Authors: Bondarenko, V. L., Kupriyanov, M. Yu, Ustyugova, T. G., Verkhovnyi, A. I., Stefanovskii, A. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorptivity
Backup software
Catalysis
Chemical plants
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Coulometers
Detection equipment
Flame ionization detectors
Gas chromatography
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hygrometers
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Industrial Pollution Prevention
Ionization
Mineral Resources
Particle physics
Physics research
Purity
Raw materials
Technology
Thermal conductivity
Trace impurities
Water vapor
Xenon
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Summary:Xenon is a cryogenic product that is currently in short supply. Requirements for its purity are increasing. Its consumption in microelectronics, medicine, and space technology and for high-energy particle physics research is rising. The permissible impurity contents in Xe for various applications were analyzed. A universal research cryogenic unit for Xe production of throughput up to 10 Nm 3 /h of feedstock mixture was designed. A scheme with separation by rectification and preliminary catalytic and adsorptive purification of the feedstock was chosen. The unit was built in blocks so that processing schemes for Xe production from various mixtures, e.g., Kr–Xe, Xe–N 2 , Xe–O 2 , could be studied. Trace impurities in Xe were analyzed by gas chromatographs with thermal conductivity (TCD), He-ionization (HID), and flame-ionization detectors (FID). Water vapor in the analyzed gases was measured using laseroptical and coulometric hygrometers. The first runs showed that the unit could produce Xe of purity up to 99.9999 %. Experimental data for rectification of Xe to a purity of 99.999 % are presented. Xe could be purified experimentally from traces of CF 4 , C 2 F 6 , SF 6 , hydrocarbons, CO 2 , and H 2 to 0.05; O 2 and N 2 , 0.1; Kr, 0.01; and water vapor, 0.2 ppm.
ISSN:0009-2355
1573-8329
DOI:10.1007/s10556-019-00554-4