Experimental Investigation of ZrCo Getter Beds as Candidate Process for the Tritium Extraction Systems of the European Test Blanket Modules
| Autor: | T. L. Le, A. Bükki-Deme, Italo Ricapito, M. Sirch, E. Fanghänel, Pattrick Calderoni, David Demange |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science Hydrogen 020209 energy Mechanical Engineering Nuclear engineering Extraction (chemistry) chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology Partial pressure Blanket Concentrator 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry Conceptual design Getter 0103 physical sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering General Materials Science Tritium Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Fusion Science and Technology. 71:527-531 |
| ISSN: | 1943-7641 1536-1055 |
| Popis: | ZrCo is a well-known tritium storage material and has been studied intensively in the literature. The most interesting properties with regards to the thermodynamics of the ZrCo-H system are the very low H2 partial pressure in equilibrium with ZrCoH3 at room temperature and the ease to reach sufficiently high temperature to completely release the stored H2. These properties motivate also to use ZrCo not as a simple storage, but rather as a concentrator of hydrogen isotopologues from inert gases like He. With such function, ZrCo getter beds are the reference solution adopted in the conceptual design of the tritium extraction system of the European Test Blanket Modules (TBM) to replace the cryogenic molecular sieve bed previously proposed. An experimental campaign was carried out on ZrCo in order to consolidate this choice. The results confirmed that ZrCo performs well as getter material but only substantially below the maximum loading capacity. They revealed that the dynamic thermo-mechanical respon... |
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