INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES - ICIT RM. VALCEA

GENERAL PRESENTATION OF ICIT RM. VILCEAGENERAL PRESENTATION OF ICIT RM. VILCEA

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

o Isotopes separation at industrial pilot plants level;o Gases separation process, purification technologies and high-efficiency

recuperative systems;o Cryogenic installation and technologies for separation, purification and gases

liquefaction (argon, helium, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen);o Technologies for heavy water separation, technical analysis and tritium analysis;o Hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells;o Business and technology incubator for research transfer;o Turbo molecular pumps, vacuum accessories, membrane for compressors,

cryogenic pumps;o Heavy water etalons, depleted water;o Risk studies for chemical and petrochemical plants.

NATIONAL R&D INSTITUTE FOR CRYOGENICS AND ISOTOPES TECHNOLOGIES

TRITIUM REMOVAL FACILITY-CRYOGENIC PILOT PLANT Workshop Diaspora 2010

GENERAL PRESENTATION OF ICIT RM. VILCEAGENERAL PRESENTATION OF ICIT RM. VILCEA

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

NUCLEAR NON-NUCLEAR

TRITIUM HEAVY WATERHYDROGEN

AND FUEL CELLS

ENVIRONMENT&LIFE SCIENCE



ICIT Rm Valcea general strategy for R&D between 2006-2013 is focused on the

following objectives:

o Romanian and European nuclear program (NPP, TRITIUM, HEAVY WATER)o Hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cellso Researches in the materials fieldo Environment and quality of lifeo Business and technology incubator for research transfero Development of the infrastructure and services for technological transfer and

innovationo Development of young researcher teams

GENERAL STRATEGYGENERAL STRATEGY



PILOT PLANT FOR DEUTERIUM AND TRITIUM SEPARATION

TRITIUM SEPARATION SYSTEM AT ICIT RM.VALCEATRITIUM SEPARATION SYSTEM AT ICIT RM.VALCEA




o Helium liquefier - LINDE L5;

o Hydrogen liquefier - PPH 100 (model A20 );

o Nitrogen liquefier - PPG;

o Toughness testing stand with polystyrene foam as thermal

insulator at 20K – 300K;

o Experimental stand for tensile strength determination at

20K-700K;

o Tritium permeability experimental stand;

o Cryostats for tensile tests (round and plate samples);

o Thermal treatment furnace;

o Experimental stand for tritium endurance tests.

CRYOGENIC LABORATORYCRYOGENIC LABORATORY



•tritium maximum activity in heavy water: 30 Ci/kg•maximum tritium inventory: 300,000 Ci•quantity of heavy water annually processed : 2000 kg•minimum deuterium concentration in feed water: 99.8 % •water feed rate: 8 kg/h•tritium inventory in CD: 200,000 Ci•design service life: 30 years

DESIGN DATES DESIGN DATES

Tritium Removal and Storage

Theoretical Models and Simulation of Isotopic

Separation Process

Experimental FacilitiesPILOT PLANT

Theoretical Study of

Catalytic Exchange

Software for Simulation of processes:

-Isotopic Exchange- Cryogenic Distillation

Tritium Storage Tritium Extraction



DETRITIATION TECHNOLOGYDETRITIATION TECHNOLOGY

Chosen detritiation technology: LPCE – CD (Liquid Phase Catalytic Exchange – Cryogenic Distillation)

Underlying technology:A) tritium transfer from water - by isotopic catalytic exchange B) tritium concentration - by cryogenic distillation C) tritium safe storage - (as metallic hidrides)



result of ICIT experience in detritiation systems: CTRF – Cernavoda Tritium Removal Facility

Reducing of tritium activity from moderator and maintaining at 10 Ci/kg level Objective: tritium concentration 10 Ci/kg at maturity in time interval 3-4 years Feeding with heavy water with isotopic content between 5 and 99,8% D2O The final isotopic content in heavy water after detritiation - 99,95% Implement in existent building space

L

P

C

E

ELECTROLYZER

RECOMBINATOR

CD

MODERATOR

D2

DTDTO

D2O

Storage

O2

-From electrolyze

-Supplementary

O2

D+T


ICIT PILOT PLANTCatalytic isotopic exchange tritiated heavy water - deuterium, followed by cryogenic distillation

P IEC

CD

Tritiated Feed Water

Tritium Depleted Water

D2

Tritium Analysis System

MONITORING AND SAFETY SYSTEMS

Links between experimental modules for Tritium and Deuterium Separation Pilot Plant

TritiumStorage System

HR

CD 1

Boiler

O2 PurifierElectrolyser

H2O, HTO

H2, HTLPCE Column

Heater

Condenser

Boiler

H2O

O2

CD2

H2 • HR – Helium refrigerator• CD1, CD2 – Cryogenic distillation

Potential combination of WDS and ISS at ITER

WDS / ITER: LPCE ELECTROLYSES (PERMEATION) CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION

WDS / ICIT LPCE PURIFICATION CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION

Research activities/facilities for Fusion Technologies at ICIT Rm.Valcea



ICIT – EURATOM/EFDA PROJECTSICIT – EURATOM/EFDA PROJECTS1. SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYDROGEN ISOTOPES SYSTEM FOR TRITIUM EXTRACTION FROM TRITIATED HEAVY

WATER. (TWO-TRIT/REM)

2. OPTIMISATION OF THE PACKAGE/CATALYST RATIO FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSFER OF TRITIUM AND DEUTERIUM

IN A WATER DETRITIATION FACILITY. (JW0-FT-2.1)

3. ENDURANCE TEST FOR THE CATALYST- PACKAGE MIXTURE PROPOSED FOR WATER DETRITIATION SYSTEM AT JET

USING SCK-CEN MIXTURE. (JW4-FT-2.20)

4. TRITIUM PERMEABILITY IN DIFFERENT MATERIALS AS A FUNCTION OF PARTIAL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE AND

CONCENTRATION.(NUC–INT–UT 4);

5. MECHANICAL DESIGN PACKAGE. DEVELOPMENT OF ITER PRM AND STANDARD PARTS CATALOGUES IN CATIA V5 FOR

TRITIUM-CONTAINING SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS. (TW5-TTFD-TPI-51);

6. UPDATE OF ITER ISS-WDS PROCESS DESIGNTW6-TTFD-TPI-55;

7. UPGRADE OF GAMMA-RAY CAMERAS - NEUTRON ATTENUATORS.(KN3-G/ KN3-VC-NA / NUC-INT-F7);

8. ENDURANCE TESTS OF WDS COMPONENTS.(TW6-TTFD-TR64);

9. RESEARCH TRAINING NETWORK - „PREPARING THE ITER FUEL CYCLE“- CONTRACT NO. 042862 (FU 06);

10. RESEARCH TRAINING NETWORK ”TRITIUM TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUSION FUEL CYCLE TRI-TOFFY “

11. C4T/09/90/PMT - PRI0001338 – “DEVELOPMENT OF METHOD FOR HIGHLY TRITIATED WATER HANDLING IN ITER

TRITIUM

PLANT. PHASE 1”;

12. F4E-2010-GRT- 045 (PNS-VTP) FINALIZATION OF THE SYSTEM CAPACITY, ENHANCEMENTS STUDIES AND DETAILED

DESIGN OF WDS COMPONENTS INCLUDING HAZOP STUDIES.



MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM Tri-Pla-CA

• Karlsruhe Institue of Technology, KIT;• Commissariate d’Énergie Atomique, CEA• Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente ENEA• Ministry of Education and Research/Association EURATOM-MEdC/National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopes Technologies - ICIT Rm Valcea

CONSORTIUM STRUCTURECONSORTIUM STRUCTURE

F4E

Others

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IndustryMANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAMMANAGEMENT SUPPORTING TEAM

MANAGEMENT BODYMANAGEMENT BODY

PARTY LEADERPARTY LEADER

COLLABORATION MANAGERCOLLABORATION MANAGER WORK PACKAGE LEADERSWORK PACKAGE LEADERS

PARTIES REPRESENTATIVESPARTIES REPRESENTATIVES

KITKIT CEACEAENEAENEAICITICIT

PARTIESPARTIES

STEERING COMMITTEESTEERING COMMITTEE



HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLSHYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLSThe ICIT research is concentrated basically on the next directions:Hydrogen production by natural gas steam reformationHydrogen purification by high and low shift reactionHydrogen purification using dense and porous metallic membranesProton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and PEM electrolyzers developmentNew type of membranes, catalysts and gas diffusion layers synthesis and testingFuel cells and electrolyzers improvement using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and PEM electrolyzers stacks development


ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE QUALITYENVIRONMENT AND LIFE QUALITYICIT Rm. Valcea supplies also public services, especially in

the fields of environmental protection and food quality control, such as: environmental monitoring and industrial products detection (using gas – chromatography and mass

spectrometry) physical-chemical analyses of liquid and solid samples (drinking water, industrial water, sparkling

water, waste water from various processes, soil samples) food quality control, alcoholic and non - alcoholic beverages analyses using GCMS systems ( gas-

chromatograph - mass spectrometer system) mass spectrometry analyses, IR spectrometry analyses and dens meter analyses applied to various

products control

BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INCUBATORBUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL INCUBATOR


PRODUCTS AND SERVICESPRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Products: Pure and highly pure gases: (argon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, helium, methane, carbon dioxide); Welding gases; Gas mixtures for welding in controlled environment; Gas mixtures used for fire extinguishers; Pure gases used for analyses, calibration and checking of analysis instrumentation; Pure gases and gas mixtures used in the food industry; Special gas mixtures used in the calibration of internal combustion and continuous emission engines; Liquefied gases (nitrogen, hydrogen, argon); Deuterium depleted water

Services:

Expertise, technical assistance, technical solution and special equipments for heavy water production plants;

Tightness tests on equipments and plants;

Advanced vacuum for the equipments and assembly of plants;

Isotopic and physical-chemical analyses;

Technological transfer for innovating technologies and products;

Software and IT optimizing for isotopic separation processes from the heavy water separation plants.



STRUCTURE AND STAFF BREAKDOWNSTRUCTURE AND STAFF BREAKDOWN

Breakdown by age (total 217): 53 employees < 35 years 69 employees 36-45 years 82 employees 46-55 years 13 employees >56 years

Breakdown by qualification: Nuclear Scientists/Engineers: 27 Non-Nuclear Scientists/Engineers: 64 Technical Staff: 96 Administration and Service: 30

PERSONNEL WITH HIGHER EDUCATION

PhD Attendants30%

specialists49%

MD Attendants2%

Doctors 19%



““Research & Development Activities as Support for Research & Development Activities as Support for Commissioning and Commissioning and Decommissioning and Operation of Tritium Removal FacilitiesDecommissioning and Operation of Tritium Removal Facilities (TRF)”(TRF)”

•Quality management plans and computer codes for procedures decommissioning of a TRF plant;•Minimization of volume and radio toxicity of radioactive waste through:

o Detritiation methods and techniques of materials ( metals; oils; catalyst, etc) from a TRF plant;

o Treatment and conditioning of waste containing tritium and C-14; o Methods of tritium transport and storage o Investigation of materials properties from TRF plants;o Techniques to measure the tritium content (in and post operation of the TRF

plants) as well as the design of equipment necessary for these analysis

Research directionsResearch directions



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