U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Scientific and Technical Information
Status of initial testing of the H2SO4 section of the ILS experiment.
Abstract
A sulfuric acid catalytic decomposer section was assembled and tested for the Integrated Laboratory Scale experiments of the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle. This cycle is being studied as part of the U. S. Department of Energy Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative. Tests confirmed that the 54-inch long silicon carbide bayonet could produce in excess of the design objective of 100 liters/hr of SO{sub 2} at 2 bar. Furthermore, at 3 bar the system produced 135 liters/hr of SO{sub 2} with only 31 mol% acid. The gas production rate was close to the theoretical maximum determined by equilibrium, which indicates that the design provides adequate catalyst contact and heat transfer. Several design improvements were also implemented to greatly minimize leakage of SO{sub 2} out of the apparatus. The primary modifications were a separate additional enclosure within the skid enclosure, and replacement of Teflon tubing with glass-lined steel pipes.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 945174
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2007-7841
TRN: US0900814
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; CATALYSTS; DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; MODIFICATIONS; SILICON CARBIDES; STEELS; SULFURIC ACID; TEFLON; TESTING; Nuclear reactors-Hydrogen content.; Sulfuric acid
Citation Formats
Moore, Robert Charles, Parma, Jr, Edward J, and Gelbard, Fred. Status of initial testing of the H2SO4 section of the ILS experiment.. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web. doi:10.2172/945174.
Moore, Robert Charles, Parma, Jr, Edward J, & Gelbard, Fred. Status of initial testing of the H2SO4 section of the ILS experiment.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/945174
Moore, Robert Charles, Parma, Jr, Edward J, and Gelbard, Fred. 2007.
"Status of initial testing of the H2SO4 section of the ILS experiment.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/945174. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/945174.
@article{osti_945174,
title = {Status of initial testing of the H2SO4 section of the ILS experiment.},
author = {Moore, Robert Charles and Parma, Jr, Edward J and Gelbard, Fred},
abstractNote = {A sulfuric acid catalytic decomposer section was assembled and tested for the Integrated Laboratory Scale experiments of the Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Cycle. This cycle is being studied as part of the U. S. Department of Energy Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative. Tests confirmed that the 54-inch long silicon carbide bayonet could produce in excess of the design objective of 100 liters/hr of SO{sub 2} at 2 bar. Furthermore, at 3 bar the system produced 135 liters/hr of SO{sub 2} with only 31 mol% acid. The gas production rate was close to the theoretical maximum determined by equilibrium, which indicates that the design provides adequate catalyst contact and heat transfer. Several design improvements were also implemented to greatly minimize leakage of SO{sub 2} out of the apparatus. The primary modifications were a separate additional enclosure within the skid enclosure, and replacement of Teflon tubing with glass-lined steel pipes.},
doi = {10.2172/945174},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/945174},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}