Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt

Holcomb, David E.; Wilson, Dane F.

Title: Apparatus and method for stripping tritium from molten salt

Abstract

A method of stripping tritium from flowing stream of molten salt includes providing a tritium-separating membrane structure having a porous support, a nanoporous structural metal-ion diffusion barrier layer, and a gas-tight, nonporous palladium-bearing separative layer, directing the flowing stream of molten salt into contact with the palladium-bearing layer so that tritium contained within the molten salt is transported through the tritium-separating membrane structure, and contacting a sweep gas with the porous support for collecting the tritium.

Inventors:: Holcomb, David E.; Wilson, Dane F.

Issue Date:: 2017-02-07

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1343279

Patent Number(s):: 9564251

Application Number:: 14/333,627

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT

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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
G21C19/307 - specially adapted for liquids
G21C3/54 - Fused salt, oxide or hydroxide compositions

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
G21F9/06 - Processing

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21G - CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
G21G1/001 - {Recovery of specific isotopes from irradiated targets}
G21G2001/0094 - {Other isotopes not provided for in the groups listed above}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Jul 17

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Removal of tritium and tritium-containing compounds from a gaseous stream
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Removal of tritiated species from gas streams comprised thereof
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Apparatus for separating gaseous hydrogen isotopes
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Process for the preparation of a two-layer metal palladium or palladium alloy composite membrane
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Ultrathin porous nanoscale membranes, methods of making, and uses thereof
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Metal palladium composite membrane or alloy palladium composite membrane and their preparation methods
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Nuclear Reactors and Related Methods and Apparatus
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patent-application, August 2015

Quantitative measurement of beryllium-controlled redox of hydrogen fluoride in molten Flibe
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Palladium–silver composite membranes by electroless plating technique
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Cavitation mechanism of ultrasonic melt degassing
journal, January 1995

JUPITER-II molten salt Flibe research: An update on tritium, mobilization and redox chemistry experiments
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Synthesis and hydrogen permeation properties of ultrathin palladium-silver alloy membranes
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