IP Library Granted Patent US 12,176,118
Granted Patent B2
US 12,176,118 · App. 17/223,078 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Organic iodine trapping apparatus

Inventors: Sohei Fukui (Tokyo, JP); Kazushige Ishida (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Tominaga (Ibaraki, JP); Motoi Tanaka (Ibaraki, JP); Tomoharu Hashimoto (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
G21F9/02B01D53/1487B01D53/185B01D53/70B01D53/78B01D53/79G21C9/004G21C13/10G21F9/12B01D2252/103B01D2252/504B01D2257/2068
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Patent No.
US 12,176,118
App. No.
17/223,078
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an organic iodine trapping apparatus that can efficiently trap an organic iodine without using complicated or large equipment. An organic iodine trapping apparatus 30 is an apparatus that traps an organic iodine, including: a trapping vessel 1 through which gas containing an organic iodine is passed; an organic iodine remover 2 (Example: trihexyl (tetradecyl) phosphonium chloride, or the like) that is disposed in or injected into the trapping vessel 1 and decomposes the organic iodine; and a trapping material 3 that is disposed in or injected into the trapping vessel 1 and traps iodine ions generated by decomposition of the organic iodine, in which the trapping material 3 is a metal (Example: silver or the like) or a metal compound (Example: silver chloride, silver oxide, or the like).

Claims (34)

1. An organic iodine trapping apparatus that traps an organic iodine, comprising:

a trapping vessel through which gas containing an organic iodine is passed;

an organic iodine remover that is injected into the trapping vessel and decomposes the organic iodine;

a trapping material that is injected into the trapping vessel and traps iodine ions generated by decomposition of the organic iodine;

a first storage vessel containing the organic iodine remover;

a second storage vessel containing the trapping material;

a third storage vessel containing the organic iodine remover;

a first injection pipe that connects the first storage vessel to the trapping vessel;

a second injection pipe that connects the first storage vessel to the second storage vessel; and

a third injection pipe that connects the second storage vessel to the third storage vessel,

wherein the trapping material is a metal or a metal compound.

2. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic iodine remover is a substance composed of cations and anions.

3. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the cations are a quaternary ammonium cation, a quaternary phosphonium cation, a tertiary sulfonium cation, a pyrrolidinium cation, a piperidinium cation, or a morpholinium cation, and

the anions are H 3 C − , H 2 RC − , HR 2 C − , R 3 C − , NC − , RCC − , RS − , N 3 − , H 2 N − , HRN − , R 2 N − , RO − , RCO 2 − , RPO 3 − , RSO 3 − , RPO 4 − , R 2 PO 2 − , R 3 CO − , HO − , NO 2 − , FO 3 − , ClO 3 − , BrO 3 − , IO 3 − , FO 4 − , ClO 4 − , BrO 4 − , IO 4 − , F − , Cl − , Br − , I − , F 3 − , Cl 3 − , Br 3 − , or I 3 − .

4. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the trapping material is a zero-valent metal composed of transition elements or a metal-oxide composed of the transition elements.

5. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the trapping material is a metal salt composed of transition elements.

6. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the trapping material is contained as a dispersoid in the organic iodine remover.

7. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

the trapping material contained in an inner layer of the trapping vessel.

8. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

the trapping material disposed as a fixed floor in the trapping vessel.

9. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

the trapping material contained as a part of a filter installed in a gas phase portion of the trapping vessel.

10. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

scrubbing water is retained inside the trapping vessel.

11. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a particle size of the trapping material is equal to or less than 300 nm.

12. The organic iodine trapping apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

an amount of the trapping material is 0.1% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less with respect to 100% by mass of the organic iodine remover.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 5, 2026
From: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
To: HITACHI GE VERNOVA NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 074188/0822 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: FUKUI, SOHEI; ISHIDA, KAZUSHIGE; TOMINAGA, KAZUO; TANAKA, MOTOI; HASHIMOTO, TOMOHARU
To: HITACHI-GE NUCLEAR ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055830/0955 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-071039 · Apr 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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