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Osaki, Hirotaka; Shimazaki, Yosuke; Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Konishi, Takashi; Ishihara, Masahiro
Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2015/05
For the design on the VHTR graphite components, it is desirable to employ graphite material with higher strength. IG-430 graphite has been developed as an advanced candidate for VHTR. However, the new developed IG-430 does not have enough databases for the design of HTGR. In this paper, the compressive strength (Cs) of IG-430, one of important strengths for design data, is statistically evaluated. The component reliability is evaluated based on the safety factors defined by the graphite design code, and the applicability as the VHTR graphite material is discussed. It was found that IG-430 has higher strength (about 11%) and lower standard deviation (about 27%) than IG-110 which is one of traditional graphites used for HTGR, because the crack in IG-430 would not easy to propagate rather than IG-110. Since fracture probability for IG-430 is low, the higher reliability of core-component will be achieved using IG-430. It is expected that IG-430 is applicable for VHTR graphite material.
Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Fujita, Ichiro*; Kunimoto, Eiji*; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Eto, Motokuni*; Konishi, Takashi*; Sawa, Kazuhiro
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 271, p.314 - 317, 2014/05
Times Cited Count：11 Percentile：64.59(Nuclear Science & Technology)In this study, in order to develop evaluation method for material properties and to evaluate the irradiation-induced property changes under higher neutron doses for IG-430, the oxidation and densification effects on elastic modulus of IG-430 were investigated. Moreover, the correlation of the microstructure based on the X-ray tomography images and the material properties was discussed. It was shown that the elastic modulus of the densified graphite depends on only the closed pores and it is possible to evaluate the material properties of graphite by using X-ray tomography method. However, it is necessary to take into account of the change in the number and shape of closed pores in the grain to simulate the elastic modulus of the highly oxidized and irradiated materials by the homogenization analysis.
Fujita, Ichiro*; Eto, Motokuni*; Osaki, Hirotaka; Shibata, Taiju; Sumita, Junya; Konishi, Takashi; Yamaji, Masatoshi; Kunimoto, Eiji
JAEA-Research 2013-004, 20 Pages, 2013/07
JAEA-Research-2013-004.pdf:2.4MB
Graphite components in HTGR and VHTR may be oxidized by impurities in coolant helium-gas even at normal operation, as well as by air at air-ingress accident. In this study, by air-oxidation test at 520-900
C, oxidation characteristics of IG-110 and IG-430 graphites, and associated decrease in compressive strength were examined. The following results were obtained. (1) The activation energy of the air-oxidation for IG-430 is 176 kJ/mol being almost same as for IG-110, though the oxidation rate for IG-430 is less than a half of that for IG-110. (2) There are correlations between density change and decrease in compressive strength. Decrease in strength is the largest in case that the oxidation temperature is lower than 600 C where the homogenous oxidation occurs. (3) In the process of oxidation, amorphous binder regions are predominantly oxidized. It suggests that peeling-off of cokes grains is necessary to be considered for oxidation weight loss, as well as gasification.
Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Fujita, Ichiro*; Kunimoto, Eiji*; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Eto, Motokuni*; Konishi, Takashi*; Sawa, Kazuhiro
Proceedings of 6th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR 2012) (USB Flash Drive), 6 Pages, 2012/10
In this study, in order to develop evaluation method for material properties and to evaluate the irradiation-induced property changes under higher neutron doses for IG-430, the oxidation and densification effects on elastic modulus of IG-430 were investigated. Moreover, the correlation of the microstructure based on the X-ray tomography images and the material properties was discussed. It was shown that the elastic modulus of the densified graphite depends on only the closed pores and it is possible to evaluate the material properties of graphite by using X-ray tomography method. However, it is necessary to take into account of the change in the number and shape of closed pores in the grain to simulate the elastic modulus of the highly oxidized and irradiated materials by the homogenization analysis.
Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Kunimoto, Eiji*; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Konishi, Takashi*; Sawa, Kazuhiro
IOP Conference Series; Materials Science and Engineering, 18(16), p.162012_1 - 162012_4, 2011/09
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：52.78(Materials Science, Ceramics)For control rod element of Very High Temperature Reactor, carbon fiber reinforced carbon matrix composite (C/C composite) is one of the major candidate materials for its high strength and thermal stability. The development of a property prediction model of the two-dimensional (2D)-C/C composite is one of the most important subjects for the design methodology for control rod. Since the property of the 2D-C/C composite is strongly dependent on its microstructure, fiber/matrix, it would be possible to evaluate the properties of the 2D-C/C composite from its microstructure. In this study, in order to develop the property prediction model of the 2D-C/C composite base on its microstructure, pore distribution was investigated by using the X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) images and developed image based voxcel model. The compressive strength of the 2D-C/C composite was measured and evaluated by the voxcel model. This study shows that the pore distribution in the 2D-C/C composite can be confirmed visually and the volume and shape of the pores can be estimated from X-ray CT images. It is also shown that evaluation of the compressive strength by using the voxel model is useful to simulate the trend of the stress distribution of the 2D-C/C composite. However, it is necessary to characterize the property of the 2D-C/C composite and to set up the appropriate mesh to simulate the absolute stress value precisely.
Eto, Motokuni*; Konishi, Takashi*; Shibata, Taiju; Sumita, Junya
IOP Conference Series; Materials Science and Engineering, 18(16), p.162003_1 - 162003_6, 2011/09
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：87.38(Materials Science, Ceramics)High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) and Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) are attractive nuclear reactors to obtain high temperature helium gas to the reactor outlet. To enhance the thermal efficiency, the core internals of HTGR/VHTR are subjected to the very severe high temperature condition. The carbon fiber reinforced carbon-carbon composite (C/C composite) is one of the advanced material candidates for the control rod sheath of the reactors because of its excellent thermal resistance and stability in the severe condition. The R&Ds on the C/C composite application to HTGR have been carried out since 1990'. JAEA and Toyo Tanso have been in collaboration with each other in the R&Ds. The development of control rod made of C/C composite is recently focused as one of the important subjects to develop the VHTR in the international R&Ds. The scheme of the development of JAEA is categorized as the following phases; (1) Database establishment, (2) Design and manufacturing of component and (3) Demonstration test by HTTR. At the initial stage of the development in 1990' in JAERI, the feasibility of the control rod using C/C composite was demonstrated by a conceptual design. The phase (2) is planned to be completed within 5 years. This paper presents the review of the development of the control rod made of C/C composite and the recent R&D results.
Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Kunimoto, Eiji*; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Konishi, Takashi*; Sawa, Kazuhiro
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 47(4), p.411 - 420, 2010/04
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：30.63(Nuclear Science & Technology)Two dimensional carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite (2D-C/C composite) is one of the candidate materials for a reactor internals, e.g. control rod element, of Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) because of its high strength at high temperature and thermal stability. From the viewpoint of its application to the reactor internals of VHTR, it is important to investigate the anisotropy effect on its properties for the design and safety analysis of VHTR. Moreover, the property of 2D-C/C composite is strongly related to its microstructure, therefore, it is necessary to observe the internal microstructure to investigate the relationship between the microstructural change and the property change. This study has shown that the X-ray tomography could be applied to observe the microstructural change of thermally 2D-C/C composite. The relationship between the thermal conductivity and the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) change and burn-off of thermally oxidized 2D-C/C composite could be expressed by the empirical exponential decay formula in both directions perpendicular and parallel to lamina. It could be explained the direction of hexagonal graphite crystal structure from carbon atoms and microstructural change of 2D-C/C composite.
Tobita, Kenji; Konishi, Satoshi; Nishio, Satoshi; Kosako, Kazuaki*; Tabara, Takashi*
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 77(10), p.1035 - 1039, 2001/10
no abstracts in English
Takahashi, Tsuneo*; Ishihara, Masahiro; Baba, Shinichi; Arai, Taketoshi; Hayashi, Kimio; Konishi, Takashi*
JAERI-Research 2001-005, 62 Pages, 2001/03
JAERI-Research-2001-005.pdf:6.8MB
no abstracts in English
Takahashi, Tsuneo*; Ishihara, Masahiro; Baba, Shinichi; Hayashi, Kimio; Arai, Taketoshi; Konishi, Takashi*
Proceedings of 1st World Conference of Carbon (EUROCARBON 2000), 1, p.397 - 400, 2000/00
no abstracts in English
Eto, Motokuni; Konishi, Takashi*
Tanso, (186), p.30 - 35, 1999/00
no abstracts in English
Eto, Motokuni; Arai, Taketoshi; Konishi, Takashi*
JAERI-Research 98-024, 58 Pages, 1998/03
JAERI-Research-98-024.pdf:2.03MB
no abstracts in English
; Nishiyama, Yutaka; Konishi, Takashi*
SMiRT 11 Transactions,Vol. G, p.313 - 318, 1991/08
no abstracts in English
Eto, Motokuni; Oku, Tatsuo; Konishi, Takashi*
Carbon, 29(1), p.11 - 21, 1991/01
Times Cited Count：24 Percentile：73.78(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
Ioka, Ikuo; *; Konishi, Takashi*
Carbon, 28(4), p.489 - 495, 1990/00
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：35.72(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
Ioka, Ikuo; *; Konishi, Takashi*
Carbon, 28(6), p.879 - 885, 1990/00
Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：52.87(Chemistry, Physical)no abstracts in English
Ioka, Ikuo; *; Konishi, Takashi*
Zairyo, 38(434), p.1247 - 1253, 1989/11
no abstracts in English
Shibata, Taiju; Kunimoto, Eiji; Sumita, Junya; Yamaji, Masatoshi*; Konishi, Takashi*; Sawa, Kazuhiro
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Fine-grained isotropic graphite IG-110 (Toyo Tanso Co.) is used for the core components in the HTTR. It is a proven graphite and a major candidate for in-core components of the VHTR. Japanese graphite code and standard for the HTTR show the criteria of IG-110 for the application to the in-core components. They include IG-110 property data, oxidation effect, irradiation effect and so on. They are established on the basis of IG-110 component test results. It is thought that the code and standard for the IG-110 would be applicable to the VHTR with some adjustments. For this purpose, establishment of the IG-110 design data for the VHTR condition is one of the key subjects. The development of interpolation and extrapolation for the irradiation data would help the design data establishment. The R&D subjects on the IG-110 for the in-core VHTR components will be summarized and presented in this study.
Konishi, Takashi*; Miki, Sokan*; Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Sawa, Kazuhiro
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no abstracts in English
Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Fujita, Ichiro; Kunimoto, Eiji; Yamaji, Masatoshi; Eto, Motokuni*; Konishi, Takashi; Sawa, Kazuhiro
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no abstracts in English
