聚变堆低活化马氏体钢的发展

介绍了国际聚变堆低活化结构材料发展概况及趋势,以及国内发展自己特有的低活化马氏体钢的必要性。介绍了聚变堆结构材料——低活化铁素体/马氏体钢发展的必要性及迫切性,以及目前国际上包括欧洲、日本、美国等在此方面研究的进展概况及发展趋势,最后提出了国内发展自己特有的低活化马氏体钢——CLAM钢的必要性,并对目前的研究进展情况做了介绍。     

中国低活化马氏体钢CLAM在液态锂铅中腐蚀的初步实验研究

液态金属锂铅包层是最具发展潜力的聚变堆包层之一,其首选结构材料为低活化铁素体/马氏体钢,而它与液态锂铅的相容性是聚变堆材料研究领域的关键问题之一.本文介绍中国低活化马氏体钢CLAM在液态金属锂铅回路DRAGON-1热对流工况下的实验情况及500 h 480 ℃下初步腐蚀实验结果,并与同样工况下316L奥氏体钢腐蚀结果进行了对比分析.结果显示CLAM钢与液态锂铅的相容性优于316L钢.     

CLAM钢中氕氘的渗透与去除

低活化铁素体/马氏体钢（RAFM钢）是聚变堆产氚包层的优选结构材料。氢同位素在结构材料中的扩散渗透特性关系到产氚回收率、燃料循环及运行安全。本工作对国内研发RAFM钢之一的CLAM钢进行了气体驱动的氘渗透实验,得到573～873 K温度范围内氘的宏观溶解度S（mol/(m³•Pa^0.5)）为0.264exp(-22 447/RT),扩散系数D（m²/s）为1.38×10^-7exp(-17 271/RT),渗透率Φ（mol/(m•s•Pa^0.5)）为3.64×10^-8exp(-39 718/RT)。还进行了氕氘气体混合物的渗透实验,确认了渗透同位素效应;探索了钢中溶解氘的真空热释放去除。     

中国低活化马氏体钢CLAM研究进展

低活化铁素体/马氏体钢(RAFM钢)被普遍认为是未来聚变示范堆和聚变动力堆的首选结构材料。国际上给予了高度重视,许多国家都在研发其特有的RAFM钢。中科院等离子体物理研究所在与国内外多家单位的合作下发展了中国低活化马氏体钢———CLAM。本文总结了CLAM钢研制发展的主要进展,包括其成分优化设计、冶炼加工制备工艺、物理性能、机械性能、辐照性能及与液态LiPb的相容性等测试与研究以及各种焊接工艺研究等,并对今后的发展方向进行了展望。     

用于制造KOHCSBTBM低活化铁素体／马氏体不锈钢的焊接技术的开发

韩国氦冷固体氚增殖堆试验包层模块的概念设计已经完成，还研究了试验包层模块概念的制造可行性。因此，很有必要研究开发其制造技术，如结构材料的连接技术，这是因为低活化铁素体／马氏体钢被公认为是韩国氦冷固体氚增殖堆试验包层模块的结构材料。几种类型的低活化铁索体／马氏体钢已得到推荐，但是它们的焊接性仍然在研究之中。本文详细地调查研究了低活化铁素体／马氏体钢的电子柬焊接技术，包括焊接样品在焊后热处理之前和焊后热处理之后的拉伸、硬度、冲击及微观结构等性能。结果显示焊接质量和本文应用的工艺是合理的。     

注氘低活化马氏体钢在电子辐照下的缺陷行为

低活化铁素体/马氏体(RAFM)钢被视为国际热核聚变反应堆以及聚变反应堆的第1壁候选结构材料之一,很多国家均在研究不同的RAFM钢,中国低活化马氏体(CLAM)钢的研究亦正在进行。核聚变会产生氢、氦、氘及氚,这些气体元素与辐照缺陷结合在一起,对材料的辐照性能会产生较大影响。本文对注氘后不同温度下的辐照后微观结构进行研究。试验利用日本北海道大学的JEOL-1300高压电子显微镜研究注氘CLAM钢从室温到873K在1250keV电子辐照下的微观结构变化。研究结果表明,在电子辐照下,注氘产生的缺陷团会出现消失和长大两种现象,意味着间隙型与空位型位错环在注氘过程中同时产生。并研究了注氘产生的空洞。     

1.61 dpa/300℃中子辐照后CLAM钢的硬化和脆化行为

较低温度(350℃)下,反应堆结构材料的中子辐照硬化与脆化行为一直是其核工程应用中关注的热点问题之一。低活化铁素体/马氏体钢(RAFM)是国际热核聚变堆实验包层模块(ITER-TBM)首选结构材料,其在寿期内受到的中子辐照累积剂量不超过3 dpa,服役温度300~500℃。为推进具有我国自主知识产权的中国低活化钢-CLAM钢在ITER中国实验包层模块(ITER-CN-TBM)中的应用,本文通过开展1.61 dpa/300℃中子辐照前后CLAM钢拉伸性能和冲击性能测试以及与国际同类低活化钢相近辐照条件下的性能数据进行对比分析,研究了中子辐照后CLAM钢的硬化和脆化行为。结果表明,CLAM钢辐照后在室温测试时的抗拉强度和屈服强度分别为692 MPa和596 MPa,相比辐照前分别增加了29 MPa和56 MPa,表现出一定程度的辐照硬化。辐照后的韧脆转变温度DBTT相比辐照前增加了56℃,出现辐照脆化现象。与国际同类低活化钢在相近辐照条件下的测试结果对比分析,表明CLAM钢具有相对优异的抗中子辐照能力。     

低活性F/M钢形变退火过程中的组织演化

作为超临界水堆燃料包壳管用候选材料,设计和制备了一种高Cr低活性铁素体/马氏体钢（0.14C-11.06Cr-2.3W）,实验钢经淬火回火热处理后为回火马氏体组织。对实验钢进行60%冷变形,并随后在750～820℃下退火10～720min。通过显微组织观察和硬度测量,研究了变形前后板条马氏体在回复、再结晶、奥氏体化中的组织演化规律。结果表明,预变形既影响板条马氏体的再结晶行为,又影响奥氏体化行为。无变形的板条马氏体退火时难以发生再结晶,奥氏体直接在回火马氏体的原奥氏体晶界生成;60%预变形后易发生再结晶,奥氏体在完全再结晶的铁素体晶界上形核长大。     

钇对9Cr-2WVTa低活化马氏体钢力学性能的影响

研究了稀土合金元素钇对聚变堆用低活化马氏体钢9Cr-2WVTa力学性能的影响,分析了钇在低活化马氏体钢中的冶金行为.研究结果表明,钇元素容易在钢中聚集形成富钇的块状夹杂,割裂了基体的连续性,容易破裂形成微孔;轧板中这些富钇块夹杂沿着轧制方向成条线状分布,使得在拉伸和冲击断裂时出现断口分层现象,降低了钢的力学性能.     

中国液态锂铅包层材料研究进展

液态锂铅包层是国际上普遍关注和最有发展潜力的聚变堆包层概念设计之一,而包层材料是液态锂铅包层的核心问题之一.目前,液态锂铅包层普遍选用低活化铁素体/马氏体钢(RAFM钢)作为结构材料,液态锂铅作为中子倍增剂及氚增殖剂.另外,部分设计采用了耐高温、电绝缘流道插件作为功能材料,以降低磁流体动力学效应及提高冷却剂出口温度(高于700℃).为适应液态包层的发展需求,中国科学院等离子体物理研究所FDS团队联合国内外相关研究单位,进行了具有中国自主知识产权的中国低活化马氏体钢(CLAM钢)及液态锂铅包层功能材料研发,并开展了锂铅热对流及强迫对流回路的设计、研制及腐蚀实验研究,以研究液态金属锂铅的流动特性及其与结构和功能材料的相容性.同时建立了聚变堆材料数据库平台,为促进中国聚变堆液态包层及材料技术的研究和发展提供数据支持.     

氚在RAFM钢表面的吸附研究

采用气相吸附法研究了室温下RAFM钢表面对氚的吸附与释放行为,并使用316L钢、1Cr18Ni9Ti钢进行了对照实验。结果表明,RAFM钢表面的氚吸附与释放性质与316L钢、1Cr18Ni9Ti钢的非常相似,相同表面状态的样品,在相同实验条件下的吸附氚量相差不超过50%。可推测,未经深度除水处理的RAFM钢暴露于氚后,表面会形成富氚层,浓度远高于基体溶解氚,厚度不大于10 μm。表面氚的形态以化学吸附和物理吸附的氚化水为主,约占90%以上。室温下RAFM钢表面吸附的氚在干燥气氛中的释放非常缓慢,但遇水会因氚-水间的同位素交换而加速释放。     

氚在RAFM钢中的渗透

采用气相渗透方法，开展了国产低活化铁素体/马氏体钢（RAFM钢?）之一的CLAM钢的氚渗透实验，研究了影响渗透的关键因素，建立了可靠的实验方法。在573~823?K温度范围内，得出氚的渗透率F_T为2.57×10-8exp(-38639/RT)，氚溶解度S_T为2.2×10-1exp(-38639/RT)，扩散系数D_T?为1.17×10-7exp(-22011/RT)。另外，氘氚混合渗透时存在明显的正同位素效应，在实验温度范围内，推导得出的氘氚渗透分离系数α_DT为1.42，氕氚渗透分离系数α_HT为3.76。      

Hydrogen permeation of Hastelloy XR for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors

Hydrogen permeation of Hastelloy XR, which was developed for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, has been investigated with a simulated gas to the reactor environment, 80% H₂ + 15% CO + 5% CO₂. In this gas environment, Hastelloy XR formed chromium oxide and manganese-spinel oxide on the surface and showed a good quality to prevent hydrogen permeation. The prevention behavior can be interpreted in terms of a hydrogen diffusion model in a uniform oxide layer, and dependences of permeation rate on time and temperature are explained by variation of oxide thickness. The pressure dependence of the permeation rate for the oxidized alloy as well as bare metals obeyed Sieverts' law. The environmental effects on hydrogen permeation are also discussed on the basis of correlation between the characteristics of the surface layer and the permeation behaviors.     

PdY合金管束的氢渗透性能

PdY合金膜因其具有良好的透氢性能与机械性能,有望应用于聚变堆氢同位素纯化工艺.基于PdY合金膜的服役参数及氚安全要求,有必要研究在低氢压下PdY合金膜的氢同位素渗透特性,为后续设计氢同位素纯化组件提供数据支撑.本工作基于直管外压式PdY扩散器,研究了低氢压(<50 kPa)、工作温度为350～450℃条件下,厚度为8...     

Tritium diffusivity in crystal grain of Li2TiO3 and tritium release behavior under several purge gas conditions

It has been reported by the present authors that behavior of tritium release from solid breeder grain is consisted of diffusion in grain, tritium transfer at surface layer and surface reactions on grain surface such as adsorption or isotope exchange reactions. Tritium release curves estimated using the tritium release model gave good agreement with observed tritium release curves from Li₄SiO₄, Li₂ZrO₃ or LiAlO₂.

Tritium release behavior from Li₂TiO₃ under humid purge gas, dry purge gas and dry purge gas with hydrogen conditions is discussed in this study, tritium release curves using the release model that we proposed previously give a good agreements with experimental tritium release curves. Tritium effective diffusivity in the crystal grain of Li₂TiO₃ is also estimated in this study using a curve-fitting method applied to the release curves obtained under the humid purge gas condition. It is discussed that change of color of Li₂TiO₃ surface under hydrogen purge gas condition is observed and this phenomenon might affect tritium release behavior from Li₂TiO₃.     

R&D progress of Korean HCSB TBM

Several R&Ds are being performed for Korean helium cooled solid breeder (HCSB) test blanket module (TBM) in the field of hydrogen isotopes permeation characteristics measurement in the helium purge line, joining technologies of structural materials, breeder pebble materials development, and the measurement of pebble bed characteristics. Electron beam welding for reduced activated ferritic–martensitic (RAFM) steel is evaluated to find optimal welding conditions. Also, a hydrogen permeation measurement apparatus is newly installed for the evaluation of the permeation barrier characteristics of stainless steel and RAFM steels. Two fabrication methods of lithium orthosilicate pebbles are investigated using slurry droplet methods. As methods of silicon carbide coating on the graphite pebble, microwave coating and chemical vapor deposition coating are evaluated. Two apparatuses are established to assess the thermo-mechanical properties of graphite and breeder pebble beds. The current status of R&D activities on these areas is introduced and the main progresses are addressed in this paper.     

Hydrogen transport and solubility in 316L and 1.4914 steels for fusion reactor applications

Equations are given which describe the permeation rate, diffusivity and solubility of hydrogen over the range 250–600°C at pressures up to 10⁵Pa for the 316L stainless and modified 1.4914 martensitic candidate steels proposed for the construction of the Next European Torus (NET). For heat-treated 316L steel, the permeation rates measured agreed well with previous work and did not vary significantly from specimen to specimen or from batch to batch.

Measurements of the permeation rate of hydrogen and deuterium through the modified 1.4914 steel, believed to be the first made, show that the martensitic steel is significantly more permeable than the austenitic steel, by an order of magnitude at 250°C and a factor of five at 600°C. This difference could make it necessary to use permeation barriers on critical components made from the martensitic steel in order to reduce the tritium permeation rate to acceptable levels.     

Hydrogen and Deuterium Transport through Type 304 Stainless Steel at Elevated Temperatures

The permeation time-lag method have been used to determine the permeabilities, diffusion coefficients and solubilities of hydrogen and deuterium in type 304 stainless steel of three kinds of surface treated specimens; with oxide film, reduced by H₂ gas and Pd coated. For the specimen with a thin oxide film the permeability increased abruptly at the temperature higher than 1,050 K owing to reduction of the oxide film by H₂ gas introduced. The permeability and diffusion coefficient for hydrogen-reduced specimens agreed with those for Pd-coated specimens showing the data of bulk diffusion limited. The isotope effects for permeability Φ_H/Φ_D, diffusion coefficient D _H/D _D and solubility were about 1.4, 1.2 and 1.1, respectively. From these values θ(=hν/k)=1,530±50K and θ′(=hν/k)=2,740±20K were obtained by the quantum effect of a harmonic approximation.     

Potential application of Laser Solid Forming Technology for fabrication of breeding blanket

To solve the fabrication of breeding blanket with complex structure, LSF (Laser Solid Forming) as a novel technology is proposed. The fabrication process of U-shaped first wall (one of components in breeding blanket) by LSF was shown. To verify the feasibility of LSF being applied in fabrication of breeding blanket, experiments based on CLF-1 (one of Reduced Activation Ferritic/Martensitic (RAFM) steels) by LSF (which is assigned as LSFed CLF-1 in this paper) is performed. The preliminary results show that main chemical composition is almost not changed from forgings of CLF-1 to LSFed CLF-1. As-deposited LSFed CLF-1 has high tensile strength, anisotropy and low ductility. However LSFed CLF-1 after proper heat-treatment can achieve homogenized structure, fully martensite phase, better tensile strength (ultimate tensile strength is 848 MPa) and comparable ductility (elongation is 17.3%), which suggests the possibility that LSF can be applied in fabrication of breeding blanket.