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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Mikio Enoeda, Yoshinori Kawamura, Kenji Okuno, Ken-ichi Tanaka, Mitsuru Uetake, Masabumi Nishikawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 591-596
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30467
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Experimental results showed that Q2 gas was adsorbed effectively by CMSB on an early stage of breakthrough even though CH4 exists in the inlet gas. Particularly, in the case of Q2 with low concentration of CH4, the break through curve of Q2 showed almost the same curve as in the case of pure Q2 adsorption. However, CH4 gas spilled over adsorbed Q2 in the course of CH4 break-through. This means that the CMSB will eventually lose the ability to adsorb Q2 in the final stage of adsorption. The critical time when the CMSB loses the adsorption ability depends on the inlet CH4 concentration. Analysis of the results showed that the adsorption of Q2 and CH4 mixture can be roughly described by assuming the multi-component adsorption equations for Q2 and CH4 using Langmuir's equations. It was certified that the analysis model described and predicted the experimental observations very well.
