A COMPACT HYDROGEN RECYCLING SYSTEM USING METAL-HYDRIDES

Authors
BERTL W HEALEY D ZMESKAL J HASINOFF MD BLECHER M WRIGHT DH
Citation
W. Bertl et al., A COMPACT HYDROGEN RECYCLING SYSTEM USING METAL-HYDRIDES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 355(2-3), 1995, pp. 230-235
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
355
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
230 - 235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)355:2-3<230:ACHRSU>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A gas recycling system to prevent losses of isotopically enriched hydr ogen gas has been developed for the operation of a liquid target (2.7 1) used by the Radiative Muon Capture group at TRIUMF. The experimenta l requirements for high gas purity (chemical impurities below 10(-9)), low operating pressure (below 1 bar abs) and high loading pressure (a bout 10 bar needed for a palladium purifier) together with the usual h ydrogen safety requirements were satisfied with a metal hydride storag e device in combination with a small pump/compressor system. A descrip tion of the complete system together with its characteristic operation al data are given in this paper.