Corrosion property of container using hybrid material for thermal decomposition process of sulfuric acid

Ioka, Ikuo; Kuriki, Yoshiro*; Iwatsuki, Jin; Kawai, Daisuke*; Yokota, Hiroki*; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki; Kubo, Shinji

Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 2020) (Internet), 5 Pages, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE2020-16783

A thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur processes (IS process) is one of candidates for the large-scale production of hydrogen using heat from solar power. Severe corrosive environment which is thermal decomposition of sulfuric acid exists in the IS process. A hybrid material with the corrosion-resistance and the ductility was made by a plasma spraying and laser treatment. The specimen had excellent corrosion resistance in the condition of 95 mass% boiling sulfuric acid. This was attributed to the formation of SiO on the surface. The container using the hybrid material was experimentally made. The pre-oxidized container using hybrid technique was prepared for the corrosion test in boiling sulfuric acid to evaluate the corrosion characteristics of the container. There was no detaching of the surface with the weld part and the R processing. We proposed the calculation method of corrosion rate from the ions dissolved in the sulfuric acid solution after the corrosion test.

IS process hydrogen production test for components and system made of industrial structural material, 2; HSO decomposition, HI distillation, and HI decomposition section

Noguchi, Hiroki; Takegami, Hiroaki; Kamiji, Yu; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Iwatsuki, Jin; Kasahara, Seiji; Kubo, Shinji

Proceedings of 8th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR 2016) (CD-ROM), p.1029 - 1038, 2016/11

JAEA has been conducting R&D on the IS process for nuclear-powered hydrogen production. We have constructed a 100 NL/h-H-scale test apparatus made of industrial materials. At first, we investigated performance of components in this apparatus. In this paper, the test results of HSO decomposition, HI distillation, and HI decomposition were shown. In the HSO section, O production rate is proportional to HSO feed rate and SO decomposition ratio was estimated about 80%. In HI distillation section, we confirmed to acquire a concentrated HI solution over azeotropic HI composition in the condenser. In HI decomposition section, H could be produced stably by HI decomposer and decomposition ratio was about 18%. The HSO decomposer, the HI distillation column, and the HI decomposer were workable. Based on the results added to that shown in Series I, we conducted a trial continuous operation and succeeded it for 8 hours.

Development research of corrosion-resistant structural material using Fe-Si alloy lining centrifugal cast-iron for thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur process

Ioka, Ikuo; Kuriki, Yoshiro*; Iwatsuki, Jin; Kubo, Shinji; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki

Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2015/05

The thermochemical water-splitting (IS process) for hydrogen production has been developed by JAEA as application of a high-temperature gas cooled reactor. The IS process includes a severe corrosion environment which is made to boil and decompose concentrated sulfuric acid. Two kinds of brittleness materials, SiC and Fe-high Si alloy, are reported as materials having enough corrosion resistance in this corrosion environment. The two-layer pipe consisted of the Fe-high Si alloy with boiling sulfuric acid-resistant and the carbon steel with the ductility was produced by centrifugal casting. The evaluation of characteristics was carried out. The Fe-high Si alloy lining showed enough corrosion resistance in boiling sulfuric acid. As evaluation of the Fe / Fe-high Si alloy interface, thermal cycle test (100C-900C) was executed. There was not the interface detachment and it was confirmed to have enough interfacial strength.

The Characterization of passive films on Fe-Si alloy in boiling sulfuric acid

Ioka, Ikuo; *; ; Futakawa, Masatoshi; Onuki, Kaoru

Journal of Materials Science Letters, 18(18), p.1497 - 1499, 1999/00

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006638216420

no abstracts in English

Corrosion resistance of oxide scale formed on SiSiC in boiling sulfuric acid

Futakawa, Masatoshi; Onuki, Kaoru; Steinbrech, R. W.*

Hyomen Gijutsu, 48(6), p.88 - 89, 1997/00

no abstracts in English

IS Process for thermochemical hydrogen production

Onuki, Kaoru; Nakajima, Hayato; Ioka, Ikuo; Futakawa, Masatoshi; Shimizu, Saburo

JAERI-Review 94-006, 53 Pages, 1994/11

JAERI-Review-94-006.pdf:1.52MB

no abstracts in English

Chemical decontamination process with sulfuric acid-cerium(IV) for decommissioning; Decontamination of dismantled components

Suwa, Takeshi; *; *; Tachikawa, Enzo

Proc. of 1991 JAIF Int. Conf. on Water Chemistry in Nuclear Power Plants: Water Chemistry,91, p.737 - 742, 1991/00

no abstracts in English

Measurement of cerium(IV) concentration in sulfuric acid and nitric acid solutions by cyclic voltammetry

; ; ; Tachikawa, Enzo

Denki Kagaku, 54, p.974 - 976, 1986/00

no abstracts in English

Development of hybrid material using plasma spraying for thermo-chemical hydrogen production IS process

Iwatsuki, Jin; Ioka, Ikuo; Kuriki, Yoshiro*; Kubo, Shinji; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki

no journal, , 

JAEA has pursued the development of a thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur process (IS process) to realize hydrogen production systems for high temperature gas cooled reactors. The IS process is a chemical process to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water by combining chemical reactions of iodine (I) and sulfur (S). One of important tasks is to develop corrosion-resistant structural materials because the process uses very corrosive chemicals such as sulfuric acid. A surface reforming technique forming a corrosion-proof coating was introduced to develop a material which is provided with workability, strength, and corrosion resistance. Specimens was fabricated using a silicon plasma spraying, which were examined for corrosion resistance in sulfuric acid solution, concentrations of 47wt% and 95wt%, at temperature of the boiling points. Test results showed the technique is promising to improve corrosion resistance in such harsh environment.

Effect of pre-oxidation on corrosion resistance of plasma sprayed and laser treated material for thermochemical water-splitting process

Ioka, Ikuo; Kuriki, Yoshiro*; Iwatsuki, Jin; Kubo, Shinji; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki; Sakaba, Nariaki

no journal, , 

IS process is one of candidates for the large-scale production of hydrogen. Thermal decomposition of sulfuric acid exists in the IS process. A hybrid material with the corrosion-resistance and the ductility was made by a plasma spraying and laser treatment. The specimen had excellent corrosion resistance in the condition of 95 mass% boiling sulfuric acid. The corrosion rate of the specimen in 47 mass% boiling sulfuric acid was fifty times higher than that in 95 mass% boiling sulfuric acid. It seems that the cracks of the surface layer weren't sealed up perfectly in the condition of 47 mass% boiling sulfuric acid. To improve the corrosion resistance of the specimen, the specimen was treated with a thermal treatment for pre-oxidation. The pre-oxidized specimen got superior corrosion resistance in the condition of 47 mass% boiling sulfuric acid. It was confirmed that the pre-oxidation was effective in improving corrosion resistance of the specimen.