Honeycomb-type hydrogen safety catalyst developed (provided by Kwansei Gakuin University)
Daihatsu:’Honeycomb Type Hydrogen Safety Catalyst’at Fukushima Nuclear Power: Hydrogen in fuel debris (less than 4%)
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Kwansei Gakuin University: Research Group
On July 22, one of the important issues will be solved in the future for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning.
In order to establish hydrogen safety, we announced that we have developed a “honeycomb type hydrogen safety catalyst” to which an auto catalyst is applied.
Honeycomb-type hydrogen safety catalyst:
The honeycomb hydrogen safety catalyst does not require external power supply.
Hydrogen generated in storage containers such as fuel debris can be maintained at a safe concentration (less than 4%).
Because it is applied to the ceramic honeycomb,
Lightweight and easy to handle,
Compact, can be mounted without any modifications to the storage container
Mass production and high practicality
Decommissioning ：Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Fuel debris etc. can be safely transported out and stored safely for a long time.
In the future, we will shift to a step towards practical use.
“SPring-8”: Large synchrotron radiation facility
“Large-scale reactor”: Eurich Research Institute, Germany
Daihatsu and Kwansei Gakuin actively work on solving national issues, and fully cooperate with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.
Analyze the reaction mechanism in the large synchrotron radiation facility “SPring-8” to accelerate development.
For catalyst preparation, we got the cooperation of Catara and NGK.
The effect of catalyst modification has been demonstrated in the large scale reactor at the Eurich Research Institute, Germany.
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