Permeation Data Analysis Considering a Nonzero Hydrogen Concentration on the Low Pressure Detector Side for a Purged Permeation Experiment

Abstract:

Currently available diffusion constant and Sieverts constant experimental results are based on time dependent permeation experiments. The common principle is an analysis which is expecting that the permeating hydrogen is “transported” from the retentate chamber to the permeate chamber through the connecting membrane, with a vanishing hydrogen partial pressure on the permeate side. But reality shows a different behaviour caused by the fact that a nonzero hydrogen partial pressure in the permeate chamber is necessary for detection purposes. This nonzero pressure is mostly not considered by analysis. This issue is solved (approximatively) numerically by the procedure as described in this paper. This work is rooted in the field of fusion research, where so called purge gas with low partial pressure of tritium is contacting the structural materials (300-550°C) of the fusion reactor (blanket) and of process equipment, where the tritium losses are of interest. The developed algorithms are intended for the evaluation of an experiment termed “Q-PETE” (Q for any hydrogen isotope, PEermeation Transport Experiment), which abstracts the hydrogen transport conditions of the fusion blanket, and where the effect of nonzero hydrogen concentration on the permeate side is relevant. The algorithms are useful for all experiments, where the ratio of hydrogen pressures between retentate and peremeate side are far from infinite.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 391)
• Pages: 18-29
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/DDF.391.18
• Online since: February 2019
• Authors: Axel von der Weth*, Frederik Arbeiter, Dmitry Klimenko, Volker Pasler, Georg Schlindwein
• Keywords: Bound Algorithm, Branch, Diffusion Constant, Experiment Analysis, Hydrogen, Permeation

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