Experimental Research on Performance of Gaseous Methyl Iodide Removal

Under the circumstance of gaseous methyl iodide removal process in containment venting system, taking the deionized water and alkalescent sodium thiosulphate as absorber, the experimental researches on the performance of gaseous methyl iodide removal were carried out at different solution temperatures and concentrations. And the effects of two types of mechanisms, namely mass transfer and chemical reaction, on gaseous methyl iodide removal process were analyzed based on the experimental results. The research results show that at room temperature, the mass transfer mechanism plays a dominant role in gaseous methyl iodide removal process through the absorption of alkalescent sodium thiosulphate solution. Thus, the slow chemical reaction rate is the major factor that limits gaseous methyl iodide removal efficiency. With temperature increasing, the effect of chemical reaction is constantly enhanced in the methyl iodide removal process. However, the gas absorption process will get into an insensitive region when the reaction rate reaches to a certain point and the continuously enhancing chemical reaction rate will not greatly influence the removal efficiency. At that point, mass transfer performance becomes the major factor that limits gaseous methyl iodide removal process. The efficiency of gaseous methyl iodide removal can be further improved by necessary means of enhancing mass transfer process through increasing contact surface and so on.