Design, development and testing of prototype cold trap for Pb-16Li purification

Deoghar, A.; Jaiswal, A.; Rao, P. Prasad; Verma, S.; Sasmal, C.S.; Gupta, Sandeep; Saraswat, Abhishek; Prajapati, A.; Sahu, S.; Bhattacharyay, R.

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.08.021

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“…Another bypass line of the loop is located just after the IG bypass line and connected to the CT. The CT used in this system was earlier used in the previous purification experiment [18]. Some modifications have been performed in the CT internals by incorporating the provision of mesh packing of US mesh size 16 and installation of ten thermowell fitted K-type thermocouples.…”

Section: Brief Description Of Pb-16li Purification Systemmentioning

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“…As a part of the R & D activities towards the development of the Pb-16Li purification component for the breeding blanket system, indigenous activities have been initiated in our institute towards the prototype CT development. As a first trial, a wire mesh packing based CT has been designed and tested for its performance in a Pb-16Li liquid metal loop [18]. Based on the experimental findings of the previous experiment [18] and literature studies [9,14,15], modifications were performed in the CT as well as in the purification loop.…”

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“…As a first trial, a wire mesh packing based CT has been designed and tested for its performance in a Pb-16Li liquid metal loop [18]. Based on the experimental findings of the previous experiment [18] and literature studies [9,14,15], modifications were performed in the CT as well as in the purification loop.…”

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Entrapment of impurities inside a cold trap: a purification process for removal of corrosion impurities from molten Pb-16Li

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As a part of the development and testing of a lead lithium eutectic (Pb-16Li) purification system at IPR, a wire mesh packing based prototype cold trap (CT) was designed, fabricated and installed in a purification loop to remove the impurities from ∼ 260 kg of the Pb-16Li. In the present work, the functionality of CT has been assessed continuously for a long duration of ∼3500 hour (∼5 months), in the molten Pb-16Li system. This long-duration operation of CT in the Pb-16Li system was imperative to test its reliability, since the recurrent replacement of the CT in the Pb-16Li system may not be feasible due to stringent operating conditions of fusion reactors. During the present experiment, the working of an impurity generator has been tested and the deposition of corrosion impurities has been achieved on the wire mesh packing of CT. The efficiency of CT has been estimated to assess the performance of the CT. Some oxide depositions were also found inside the CT. Different characterization techniques such as SEM-EDX, XRD, and ICP-AES were used for the characterization of the samples taken from the CT. The characterization results of needle shape deposition suggest the formation of iron–nickel intermetallic while the characterization of oxide deposition suggests the formation of Pb2O, Li2O, and PbO.

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