Abstract
The theory of the model Q-cascade is generalized for the case of presence of losses of working substance. Analytical solutions are obtained to determine the cascade parameters for specified rates of losses. Calculations to reveal the effect of the losses on the total and feed flows for given concentrations of a target component in the product and waste flows are carried out. The dependence of the total and feed flows on the losses for multi- and binary isotope mixtures is defined.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research was carried out in the framework of the joint Sino-Russian project “The development of the theory of the optimum in the total flow cascade for the separation of multi-isotope mixtures” supported by the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under the Contracts No. 10875069 and No. 11011120082 as well as the Russian Fund for Basic Research (RFBR) under Contract No. 10-08-91151 GFEN_a.