Thermo-chemical fuel removal from porous materials by oxygen and nitrogen dioxide

Physica Scripta

Volumn T159, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Moller S ^a   Alegre, D ^b   Kreter, A ^a   Petersson, P ^c   Esser, H G ^a   Samm, U ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE FUSIÓN   (Spain)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amorphous carbon; fuel removal; fuel retention; reaction kinetics; thermo chemical removal; thermo oxidation; tritium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS CARBON; D REGION; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; TRITIUM;

FUEL RETENTION; HYDROGEN INVENTORY; LINEAR RELATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; OXYGEN AND NITROGENS; REACTION-DIFFUSION PROCESS; THERMO-CHEMICAL; TRITIUM INVENTORY;

ELECTRIC REACTORS;

EID: 84902199733     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2014/T159/014065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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