The present invention belongs to the technical field of extraction and purification of
natural uranium in the
nuclear fuel cycle, and specifically relates to a
simulation modeling method for a
natural uranium extraction and purification
system. The parameter types of the extraction and purification
system are determined and divided into
process operation parameters and pulse column structural parameters; the
process operation parameters are used as input
operating variables, and the pulse column structural parameters are used as fixed quantities; the
mass transfer models of the extraction column, washing column, and stripping column in the extraction and purification
system are respectively established using the unit
differential method; the
mass transfer models are dimensionless; the dimensionless
mass transfer models are solved, and a
thermodynamic model of the
uranyl nitrate extraction and purification process and a hydraulic model of the pulse column are established. The
thermodynamic model and the hydraulic model are combined, that is, the extraction reaction process and the structural characteristics of the pulse column used in the extraction reaction process are combined. This method can realistically simulate the operating results of the
natural uranium extraction and purification process, and simulate and calculate the operating results under different two-phase flow ratios, concentrations, acidities, and temperatures.