In this study,an online detector system based on plastic scintillators is designed to monitor the activity of tritiated water in the liquid effluents of nuclear power plants.The feasibility of the detector is verified...In this study,an online detector system based on plastic scintillators is designed to monitor the activity of tritiated water in the liquid effluents of nuclear power plants.The feasibility of the detector is verified via simulation on Geant4,and the optimal detector structure size is determined.A back-end electronics system is designed and an experimental measurement platform forβ-rays based on a ^(40)KCl solution is constructed.Thirteen ^(40)KC solutions with different activities ranging from 10 to4500 Bq/L are measured,and 1300 V is determined as the optimal operating high voltage of the photomultiplier tubes.A linear fit is performed in 10-min counts,and the maximum linear goodness of fit(R^(2))achieved is 0.9992.Long-term stability measurements are performed for two detectors,one filled with air and the other with a ^(40)KCl solution exhibiting an activity of 2000 Bq/L.The relative deviation of the counts of the detector system every 10 min is 0.998%when the ^(40)KCl solution is used,and the maximum Gaussian R^(2) of the counts is 0.9849.展开更多
Currently,the liquid scintillation method is widely used to measure the activity of tritiated water in the primary circuit of nuclear power plants,which leads to the continuous production of radioactive waste during m...Currently,the liquid scintillation method is widely used to measure the activity of tritiated water in the primary circuit of nuclear power plants,which leads to the continuous production of radioactive waste during measurement.In addition,the real-time activity information of tritiated water cannot be obtained.To solve this problem,herein we present an online tritiated water measurement method based on plastic scintillators that used the optical transport process in the Geant 4 software toolkit to build a model of plastic scintillation detection for tritiated water.Through simulation,the basic geometric dimensions of the detector were determined.In this dimension,using one detector to measure for 3 h,when the tritiated water activity was 100 Bq/L,its resolution was 16%(16 Bq/L).In addition,calculations were performed for the presence of other background signals to obtain the minimum detectable concentration.展开更多
The emulsion liquid membrane technique was used to extract amino-J acid from industrial dye waste-water.The effects of stirring speed,ratio of the emulsion to water(Rew),ratio of the oil to internal phase(Roi)and memb...The emulsion liquid membrane technique was used to extract amino-J acid from industrial dye waste-water.The effects of stirring speed,ratio of the emulsion to water(Rew),ratio of the oil to internal phase(Roi)and membrane phase components on the extraction rate were investigated and optimized.The results showed that the extraction rate of amino-J acid approached 97% when the stirring speed was 300 r/min,Rew 1:6,Roi 1:1,trioctylamine(TOA)3 mL/100 mL kerosene,and methyl?didecyle?alcohol?acrylate(LMA-2)3 g/100 mL kerosene,respectively.The extraction rate had not changed with the oil phase reused for times.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12105029)。
文摘In this study,an online detector system based on plastic scintillators is designed to monitor the activity of tritiated water in the liquid effluents of nuclear power plants.The feasibility of the detector is verified via simulation on Geant4,and the optimal detector structure size is determined.A back-end electronics system is designed and an experimental measurement platform forβ-rays based on a ^(40)KCl solution is constructed.Thirteen ^(40)KC solutions with different activities ranging from 10 to4500 Bq/L are measured,and 1300 V is determined as the optimal operating high voltage of the photomultiplier tubes.A linear fit is performed in 10-min counts,and the maximum linear goodness of fit(R^(2))achieved is 0.9992.Long-term stability measurements are performed for two detectors,one filled with air and the other with a ^(40)KCl solution exhibiting an activity of 2000 Bq/L.The relative deviation of the counts of the detector system every 10 min is 0.998%when the ^(40)KCl solution is used,and the maximum Gaussian R^(2) of the counts is 0.9849.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12105029)。
文摘Currently,the liquid scintillation method is widely used to measure the activity of tritiated water in the primary circuit of nuclear power plants,which leads to the continuous production of radioactive waste during measurement.In addition,the real-time activity information of tritiated water cannot be obtained.To solve this problem,herein we present an online tritiated water measurement method based on plastic scintillators that used the optical transport process in the Geant 4 software toolkit to build a model of plastic scintillation detection for tritiated water.Through simulation,the basic geometric dimensions of the detector were determined.In this dimension,using one detector to measure for 3 h,when the tritiated water activity was 100 Bq/L,its resolution was 16%(16 Bq/L).In addition,calculations were performed for the presence of other background signals to obtain the minimum detectable concentration.
文摘The emulsion liquid membrane technique was used to extract amino-J acid from industrial dye waste-water.The effects of stirring speed,ratio of the emulsion to water(Rew),ratio of the oil to internal phase(Roi)and membrane phase components on the extraction rate were investigated and optimized.The results showed that the extraction rate of amino-J acid approached 97% when the stirring speed was 300 r/min,Rew 1:6,Roi 1:1,trioctylamine(TOA)3 mL/100 mL kerosene,and methyl?didecyle?alcohol?acrylate(LMA-2)3 g/100 mL kerosene,respectively.The extraction rate had not changed with the oil phase reused for times.