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A new optimization criterion for iterative zirconium isotope recovery by laser-assisted retardation of condensation is introduced. Generally, the optimization should be performed over the following set of parameters: gas flow pressure and temperature, target gas molar fraction, laser pulse intensity, laser beam radius, nozzle throat height and width, total processing time (number of iterations), and irradiation cell length. The laser intensity variation range should satisfy the condition of applicability of the isotope separation method used, and temperature in the mixing tank should be high enough to prevent condensation of the target gas. The evolution of the objective function for zirconium isotope separation has been evaluated as a function of the gas flow core temperature at different ambient gas pressures.
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This work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant 17-11-01388.
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Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2021, Vol. 313, pp. 143–153 https://doi.org/10.4213/tm4172.
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Lyakhov, K.A., Pechen, A.N. Constrained Optimization Criterion for Zirconium Isotope Separation by the Method of Laser-Assisted Retardation of Condensation. Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 313, 131–141 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0081543821020139
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