Study of container using hybrid technique for sulfuric acid decomposition of thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur process

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

Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 7(3), p.19-00377_1 - 19-00377_11, 2020/06

https://doi.org/10.1299/mej.19-00377

A thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur processes (IS process) is one of candidates for the large-scale production of hydrogen with high cost performance. 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. To confirm the production characteristics of a container using the hybrid material, the container which has a welded part, a chamfer, a curved surface was experimentally made. There was no detachment in the plasma spraying and laser treated layer of the container after the laser treatment. It was confirmed that the construction of the container with high corrosion resistance in sulfuric acid was possible in the hybrid technique.

Engineering design study of JT-60 superconducting modification

Sakasai, Akira; Ishida, Shinichi; Matsukawa, Makoto; Kurita, Genichi; Akino, Noboru; Ando, Toshinari*; Arai, Takashi; Ichige, Hisashi; Kaminaga, Atsushi; Kato, Takashi; et al.

Proceedings of 19th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), p.221 - 225, 2002/00

no abstracts in English

Piezoelectric paints as one approach to smart structural materials with health-monitoring capabilities

Egusa, Shigenori; *

Smart Mater. Struct., 7, p.438 - 445, 1998/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/7/4/002

no abstracts in English

Key design parameter study (II) for large scale-up fast breeder reactor; Optimizing analysis of inherent negative reactivity feedback effect (I); Analysis on thermal transformation of core support plate

*; Tanigawa, Shingo*; *; Yamaguchi, Katsuhisa; *; *; *

PNC TN9410 88-141, 159 Pages, 1988/09

PNC-TN9410-88-141.pdf:10.2MB

The structural analyses of the core support plate have been applied to study thermal transfomation behaviors and the differences of the movement by changing analytical model, under anticipated transient without scram (ATWS) conditions of FBR. The analyses have been performed for 1000 MWe class loop type fast breeder reactor using a structural analysis code FINAS. The thermal-hydraulic results, which have been performed to ATWS conditions using a plant system code, were used as the thermal boundary conditions to the calculation. The scope of the analyses included a whole section of reactor vessel and the dead load of core assemblies was also considered. Following results were obtained from these studies. (1)The thermal transformation of a upper core support plate can be evaluated according to the free expansion behavior owing to the temperature change of core support plate itself. (2)The radial restriction due to core subassemblies has much influence on the axial bend of the core support plate. (3)There are some differences to the transformation results between by the whole model and by the one dimensional model during the thermal transient is large. Another analysis will be needed, however, about the reactivity change according to the displacement of the core structure.

Creation of fluoropolymer-based nanostructures by swift-heavy-ion irradiation

Yamaki, Tetsuya

no journal, , 

My talk is devoted to the following two topics, both of which include the creation of fluoropolymer-based nanostructures with swift heavy ions mainly from the cyclotron of the Takasaki Ion Accelerators for Advanced Radiation Application. (1) We have prepared the ion-track membranes of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), a type of fluoropolymer, by etching out latent tracks of MeV-GeV heavy ions in an alkaline solution. (2) The electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications have been prepared by the direct grafting of a styrene monomer into the ion tracks in a fluoropolymer substrate, poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) film.