Special features of the enrichment of components with intermediate mass in a quasi-ideal cascade

Abstract

An approximate approach is described, making it possible to estimate without solving nonlinear equations describing the mass transfer of a multicomponent mixture in a quasi-ideal cascade, the maximum concentration of the intermediate target component which can be obtained in the product flux from the cascade. Asymptotic formulas are obtained for the range of existence of the solutions of the system of equations which relates the external and internal parameters of the cascade. The approach developed is illustrated by examples of a process of separation of a natural mixture of krypton isotopes in a quasi-ideal cascade for admissible concentrations of the target intermediate component in the product and waste flows.