Hydrogen storage-bed design for tritium systems test assembly

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-027311-2.50057-7· OSTI ID:6179630

Cullingford, H S; Wheeler, M G; McMullen, J W

The Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed the design of a hydrogen storage bed for the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA). Our objective is to store hydrogen isotopes as uranium hydrides and recover them by dehydriding. The specific use of the storage bed is to store DT gas as U(D,T)/sub 3/ when it is required for the TSTA. The hydrogen storage bed consists of a primary container in which uranium powder is stored and a secondary container for a second level of safety in gas confinement. The primary container, inlet and outlet gas lines, cartridge heaters, and instrumentation are assembled in the secondary container. The design of the hydrogen storage bed is presented, along with the modeling and analysis of the bed behavior during hydriding-dehydriding cycles.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6179630
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-1906; CONF-810497-1; ON: DE81025336
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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