Monte-Carlo Calculations (GEANT4) of Ions Resulting of the Irradiation and Interaction of a Static Electric Field and Some Experimental Tests – an Attractive Way to Improve the Enhancement of the Yield of Hydrogen

Abstract

The past decade has emerged a growing interest in the electrolysis and Hydrogen technology as a surrogate of the conventional energy sources. Many novel materials have been tested to improve the Hydrogen yield and to reach a breakthrough with them. In the present analysis the electrolysis with additional 6 MV ionizing radiation produced by a linear accelerator has been tested in order to suggest γ-radiation of radioactive waste of nuclear reactors and other sources, which is the goal of this study. For this purpose, a box consisting of laboratory glass filled with water and capacitors as electrodes has been used for the performance of the tests. The experimental tests have provided significant differences of the Hydrogen release, if the test phantom has been subjected to radiation and the comparison without it. A theoretical insight obtained by the consideration an extension of the diffusion equation by a static electric field in order to describe the transport of ions. Quantitative examinations have been made possible by Monte Carlo calculations with GEANT4, which provided good agreement with experimental data, since this code is also applicable by inclusion of external electric and magnetic fields.