Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4921120 | Fusion Engineering and Design | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
When the long term tritium storage is intended, metal hydride materials, particularly the titanium (Ti) beds, seems to be the recommended option, due to its compliance with the criteria of selection (e.g. material cost, stability, storage capacity, loading and unloading conditions, or radioactivity). However few experimental and numerical analyses have been published so far to better support the understanding of the recovery capabilities for different forms of titanium beds. In this work, an investigation on the recovery of different hydrogen isotopes from two types of titanium (Ti) beds, namely Ti powder and Ti sponge, has been performed. Hydrogen isotope release was experimentally verified up to a temperature of 600 °C for both Ti powder and Ti sponge beds. The desorption percentages were determined to be from 24.98 to 20.54 in the case of D2 on Ti sponge, and from 34.36 to 29.77 in the case of H2 on Ti sponge. The paper describes in detail the experimental set up, the measurements and the drawn conclusions.
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Authors
Eusebiu Ilarian Ionete, Kris Dylst, Costeanu Claudiu Gheorghe, Spiridon Ionut Stefan, Monea Bogdan Florian, Wouter Broeckx,