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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2016.27.1.022

Dehydriding Performance in a Depleted Uranium Bed  

KOO, DAESEO (KAERI)
KIM, YEANJIN (Korea University of Science and Technology (UST))
YUN, SEI-HUN (NFRI)
CHUNG, HONGSUK (KAERI)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.27, no.1, 2016 , pp. 22-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is necessary to store and supply hydrogen isotopes for Tokamak operation. A storage and delivery system (SDS) is used for storing hydrogen isotopes as a metal hydride form. We designed and fabricated a depleted uranium (DU) bed to store hydrogen isotopes. The rapid storage of hydrogen isotopes is very important not only for safety reasons but also for the economic design and operation of the SDS. The delivery rate at the desorption temperatures without the operation of a dry pump was analyzed in comparison with that with the operation of the dry pump. The effect of the initial desorption temperatures on the dehydriding of the DU without the operation of the dry pump was measured. The effect of the initial desorption temperatures on the dehydriding of DU with the operation of the dry pump was also measured and analyzed. The primary pressure on the desorption temperatures without the operation of the dry pump was analyzed in comparison with that with the operation of the dry pump. The temperature gradient of the coil heater and the primary vessel was also analyzed. Our results will be used to develop pilot scale hydrogen isotope processes. It was confirmed that dehydriding of a medium-scale DU bed has enabled without the operation of the dry pump.
Keywords
Dehydriding; Uranium bed; Hydrogen isotope; Hydriding; Nuclear fusion;
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