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The desorption and enrichment of tritiated water from organic functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 were investigated. The desorption behavior of tritiated water was dependent on the nature of the organic functional group present i.e., COOH, SO 3 H, and NH 2 . Enriched tritiated water was obtained by thermal desorption from SO 3 H and NH 2 grafted SBAs after spontaneous desorption of tritiated water at 25 °C. Although the volumetric amount of concentrated tritiated water was small, the concentration ratios of tritiated water thermally desorbed and at 25 °C were 1.2 and 1.3 for SO 3 H and NH 2 grafted SBA, respectively. In contrast, COOH grafted SBA showed a lower T concentration after thermal desorption. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy studies using deuterated water (D 2 O) indicated the presence of strong interactions between COO groups and D. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Usage of CuO and water bubbler is one of the conventional and convenient methods for tritium recovery. In present work, influence of CuO particle size and diameter of reaction tubing on the tritium recovery was evaluated. Reaction rate constant of tritium with CuO particle has been calculated by the combination of experimental results and a simulation code. Then, these results were applied for exploring the dependence of reaction tubing length on tritium conversion ratio. The results showed that the surface area of CuO has a great influence on the oxidation rate constant. The frequency factor of the reaction would be approximately doubled by reducing the CuO particle size from 1.0 mm to 0.2 mm. Cross section of reaction tubing mainly affected on the duration of tritium at the temperature below 600 K. Reaction tubing with length of 1 m at temperature of 600 K would be suitable for keeping the tritium conversion ratio above 99.9%. The length of reaction tubing can be reduced by using the smaller CuO particle or increasing the CuO temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Experimental and analytical studies on hydrogen-tritium isotope separation by a dual temperature dual pressure catalytic exchange (DTDP-CE) with liquid phase chemical exchange columns were carried out in order to apply it to a part of the water detritiation system for DEMO fuel cycle. A prototype DTDP-CE apparatus was successfully operated and it was confirmed that tritium was separated by the apparatus as significantly distinguishable. A calculation code was developed based on the channeling stage model. The values of separation factors and the effects of some operating parameters were well predicted by the separative analyses with the code. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]