An Automotive intelligent catalyst that contributes to hydrogen safety for the Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1FD)

Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Masaki, Sayaka*; Aotani, Takuro*; Inagawa, Kohei*; Iwata, Sogo*; Aida, Tatsuya*; Yamamoto, Tadasuke*; Kita, Tomoaki*; Ono, Hitomi*; Takenaka, Keisuke*; et al.

SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-0534 (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0534

Performance tests of catalysts for the safe conversion of hydrogen inside the nuclear waste containers in Fukushima Daiichi

Reinecke, E.-A.*; Takenaka, Keisuke*; Ono, Hitomi*; Kita, Tomoaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Hino, Ryutaro; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(23), p.12511 - 12521, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.262

The safe decommissioning as well as decontamination of the radioactive waste resulting from the nuclear accident in Fukushima Daiichi represents a huge task for the next decade. At present, research and development on long-term safe storage containers has become an urgent task with international cooperation in Japan. One challenge is the generation of hydrogen and oxygen in significant amounts by means of radiolysis inside the containers, as the nuclear waste contains a large portion of sea water. The generation of radiolysis gases may lead to a significant pressure build-up inside the containers and to the formation of flammable gases with the risk of ignition and the loss of integrity. In the framework of the project "R&D on technology for reducing concentration of flammable gases generated in long-term waste storage containers" funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), the potential application of catalytic recombiner devices inside the storage containers is investigated. In this context, a suitable catalyst based on the so-called intelligent automotive catalyst for use in a recombiner is under consideration. The catalyst is originally developed and mass-produced for automotive exhaust gas purification, and is characterized by having a self-healing function of precious metals (Pd, Pt and Rh) dissolved as a solid solution in the perovskite type oxides. The basic features of this catalyst have been tested in an experimental program. The test series in the REKO-4 facility has revealed the basic characteristics of the catalyst required for designing the recombiner system.

Structure refinement of black phosphorus under high pressure

Akahama, Yuichi*; Miyakawa, Masashi*; Taniguchi, Takashi*; Sano, Asami; Machida, Shinichi*; Hattori, Takanori

Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(1), p.014704_1 - 014704_5, 2020/07

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0012870

The structure refinement of black phosphorus was performed at pressures of up to 3.2 GPa at room temperature by powder neutron diffraction techniques. The bond lengths and bond angles between the phosphorus atoms at pressures were precisely determined and confirmed to be consistent with those of the previous single crystal X-ray analysis [Brown and Randqvist, Acta Cryst. 19, 684 (1965)]. Although lattice parameters exhibited an anisotropic compressibility, the covalent P1-P2 and P1-P3 bond lengths were almost independent of pressure and only the P3-P1-P2 bond angle was reduced significantly. On the basis of our results, the significant discrepancy in the bond length reported by Cartz et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 71, 1718 (1979)] has been solved. Our structural data will contribute to the elucidation of the Dirac semimetal state of black phosphorus under high pressure.

Research on hydrogen safety technology utilizing the automotive catalyst

Ono, Hitomi*; Takenaka, Keisuke*; Kita, Tomoaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Matsumura, Daiju; Nishihata, Yasuo; Hino, Ryutaro; Reinecke, E.-A.*; Takase, Kazuyuki*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 11(1), p.40 - 45, 2019/05

https://www.jsm.or.jp/ejam/Vol.11No.1/AA/AA155/AA155.html

X-ray absorption spectroscopy study on water formation reaction of palladium metal nanoparticle catalysts

Matsumura, Daiju; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Nishihata, Yasuo

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(11), p.7749 - 7754, 2017/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.189

Development of new type passive autocatalytic recombiner, 1; Experimental study on degradation of catalyst

Kamiji, Yu; Matsumura, Daiju; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Hirata, Shingo*; Hara, Mikiya; Hino, Ryutaro

Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 4 Pages, 2015/05

In a severe accident at a nuclear power plant, a large amount of hydrogen can be released to primary containment vessel or reactor building. Passive autocatalytic recombiner (PAR) is one of the most effective systems for hydrogen mitigation and safety accident management. The new type PAR is under developing to improve conventional PARs, especially its size and weight. In this study, the influence of steam coexistence for the automotive catalyst activity was experimentally examined. These results show that the steam slightly affects the reaction start up and catalyst activity.

Development of new type passive autocatalytic recombiner, 1; Characterization of monolithic catalyst

Kamiji, Yu; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Nagaishi, Ryuji; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Hirata, Shingo*; Hara, Mikiya; Hino, Ryutaro

Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Science and Technology (ICMST-Kobe 2014), p.87 - 88, 2014/11

For hydrogen mitigation, a new type passive autocatalytic recombiner is under development. In this study, the activation energy of hydrogen-oxygen recombination reaction was examined to clarify the basic characteristics of the catalyst. In addition, the degradation of the catalyst by -ray irradiation simulating the environmental condition in nuclear power plants was also examined. As a result, the activation energy was experimentally estimated at 5.75 kJ/mol. Besides, no significant differences were observed in the compositional distribution from the EPMA results between the non-irradiated and the irradiated catalyst. However, the irradiated catalyst showed much more activity because of larger specific surface area of the catalyst and surface area of the precious metals. It showed that -ray irradiation up to 1.0 MGy can increase activity of the catalyst.

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with enhanced orbital moments of Fe adatoms on a topological surface of BiSe

Ye, M.*; Kuroda, Kenta*; Takeda, Yukiharu; Saito, Yuji; Okamoto, Kazuaki*; Zhu, S.-Y.*; Shirai, Kaito*; Miyamoto, Koji*; Arita, Masashi*; Nakatake, Masashi*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 25(23), p.232201_1 - 232201_5, 2013/06

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/25/23/232201

no abstracts in English

NO dissociation on Cu(111) and CuO(111) surfaces; A Density functional theory based study

Padama, A. A. B.*; Kishi, Hirofumi*; Arevalo, R. L.*; Moreno, J. L. V.*; Kasai, Hideaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Nishihata, Yasuo

Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 24(17), p.175005_1 - 175005_6, 2012/05

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/17/175005

no abstracts in English

Dynamic structural change in Pd-perovskite automotive catalyst studied by time-resolved dispersive X-ray absorption fine structure

Matsumura, Daiju; Nishihata, Yasuo; Mizuki, Junichiro; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*

Journal of Applied Physics, 107(12), p.124319_1 - 124319_5, 2010/06

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3437084

The structural transformation of a Pd-perovskite automotive catalyst, LaFePdO, which has a high catalytic activity during aging, was studied by in situ time-resolved dispersive X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy at 473-773 K. An AlO-based conventional catalyst was also studied. In a reductive atmosphere, both catalysts showed similar temperature dependences of structural transformation from an oxide to a metal. However, different temperature dependence was observed in an oxidative atmosphere. A faster response in the structural change was observed in the Pd-perovskite catalyst than in the Pd/AlO catalyst. It was revealed that Pd-perovskite shows a considerably fast structural change to the oxidized state via the movement of Pd atoms into the perovskite crystal, in comparison with Pd/AlO showing two-step structural change for making PdO.