黄沛尧, 王舟, 巨永林, 等. 暗物质探测器用超高纯氙去除氪和氡的低温精馏塔运行气相负荷数据分析[J]. 真空与低温, 2022, 28(3): 359-367. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7086.2022.03.017
引用本文: 黄沛尧, 王舟, 巨永林, 等. 暗物质探测器用超高纯氙去除氪和氡的低温精馏塔运行气相负荷数据分析[J]. 真空与低温, 2022, 28(3): 359-367. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7086.2022.03.017
HUANG Peiyao, WANG Zhou, JU Yonglin, et al. Data Analysis of Gas Phase Load for Ultra-high Purity Xenon Removal Krypton/Radon Cryogenic Distillation Tower for Dark Matter Detector[J]. VACUUM AND CRYOGENICS, 2022, 28(3): 359-367. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7086.2022.03.017
Citation: HUANG Peiyao, WANG Zhou, JU Yonglin, et al. Data Analysis of Gas Phase Load for Ultra-high Purity Xenon Removal Krypton/Radon Cryogenic Distillation Tower for Dark Matter Detector[J]. VACUUM AND CRYOGENICS, 2022, 28(3): 359-367. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7086.2022.03.017

暗物质探测器用超高纯氙去除氪和氡的低温精馏塔运行气相负荷数据分析

Data Analysis of Gas Phase Load for Ultra-high Purity Xenon Removal Krypton/Radon Cryogenic Distillation Tower for Dark Matter Detector

  • 摘要: PandaX(Partical and Astrophysics Xenon Experiments)实验使用两相型液氙探测器直接探测暗物质,介质液氙中氪-85与氡-222含量会影响暗物质探测器的灵敏度,PandaX-4T项目组通过McCabe-Thiele(M-T)方法设计研制高效的低温精馏系统以降低氪-85与氡-222含量获得高纯度氙。该系统在回流比为145、回收率99%的情况下,以10 kg/h的进料质量流量将商品氙中氪的摩尔分数由5×10-7降低至1×10-14;通过精馏反向运行,在回流比为0.16、回收率99%的情况下,以56.5 kg/h(160SLPM)的进料质量流量将探测器中氡的含量降低为原料氙中氡含量的35%,从而满足探测器低本底、高灵敏度的要求。根据精馏系统的调试运行数据对其气相负荷进行分析,使用Hysys软件进行模拟,提出低温精馏操作的优化操作参数,模拟结果与实验结果基本吻合,证明所建立的模拟模型较接近实验模型,同时证明了模拟方法的可靠性。这对超高纯氙去除氪和氡及低温精馏系统产品纯度的提高具有重要作用。

     

    Abstract: The PandaX experiment uses a two-phase liquid xenon detector to directly detect dark matter.According to the sensitivity requirements of the dark matter detector,the content of radioactive krypton-85 and radon-222 in the liquid xenon need to be reduced to obtain high-purity xenon.The PandaX-4T team developed and designed an efficient cryogenic distillation system through the McCabe-Thiele(M-T)method and the conservations of material and energy.According to the design,this system can reduce the mole fraction of krypton in commercial xenon from 5×10-7to 1×10-14 at a feeding mass flow rate of 10 kg/h when the reflux ratio is 145 and the recovery rate is 99%.It can also be operated in the reverse direction through rectification,at that time,when the reflux ratio is 0.16 and the recovery rate is 99%,the radon content in the detector is reduced to 35% of the radon content in original xenon at a feeding mass flow rate of 56.5 kg/h(160SLPM),so as to meet the low background and high sensitivity requirements of the detector.This paper analyzes its gas phase load based on the commissioning and operating data of the distillation system,and uses Hysys software to simu-late,and proposes the optimized operating parameters of the cryogenic distillation operation,the simulation results are basically consistent with the experimental results,which proves that the simulation model is close to the experimental model,and proves the reliability of the simulation method.It plays an important role in improving the product purity of cryogenic distillation system for the removal of krypton and radon by ultra-high purity xenon.

     

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