Joshua Kane

Publications:
"Understanding the reaction of nuclear graphite with molecular oxygen: Kinetics, transport, and structural evolution" Joshua Kane, Cristian Contescu, Rebecca Smith, Gerhard Strydom, William Windes, Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 493 2017 343-367 Link
For the next generation of nuclear reactors, HTGRs specifically, an unlikely air ingress warrants inclusion in the license applications of many international regulators. Much research on oxidation rates of various graphite grades under a number of conditions has been undertaken to address such an event. However, consequences to the reactor result from the microstructural changes to the graphite rather than directly from oxidation. The microstructure is inherent to a graphite's properties and ultimately degradation to the graphite's performance must be determined to establish the safety of reactor design. To understand the oxidation induced microstructural change and its corresponding impact on performance, a thorough understanding of the reaction system is needed. This article provides a thorough review of the graphite-molecular oxygen reaction in terms of kinetics, mass and energy transport, and structural evolution: all three play a significant role in the observed rate of graphite oxidation. These provide the foundations of a microstructurally informed model for the graphite-molecular oxygen reaction system, a model kinetically independent of graphite grade, and capable of describing both the observed and local oxidation rates under a wide range of conditions applicable to air-ingress.
Additional Publications:
"Experimental evidence for ‘buckle, ruck and tuck’ in neutron irradiated graphite" Lingfeng He, Joshua J. Kane, William E. Windes, Rick Ubic, Chinnathambi Karthik, Steve Johns, [2020] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.12.028
"A GPU-accelerated package for simulation of flow in nanoporous source rocks with many-body dissipative particle dynamics" Ansel Blumers, Zhen Li, Lixiang Luo, Yu-Hang Tang, Joshua Kane, Jan Goral, Hai Huang, Milind Deo, Matthew Andrew, Yidong Xia, [2020] Computer Physics Communications · DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2019.106874
"The Degradation of Strength under Varying Oxidizing Conditions for Nuclear Graphite" Austin C. Matthews, Joshua J. Kane, W. David Swank, William E. Windes, [2019] · DOI: 10.2172/1512803
"Formation of carbon nanostructures in nuclear graphite under high-temperature in situ electron-irradiation" Tyler Poulsen, Joshua J. Kane, William E. Windes, Rick Ubic, Chinnathambi Karthik, Steve Johns, [2019] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.11.077
"A new oxidation based technique for artifact free TEM specimen preparation of nuclear graphite" Wontak Shin, Joshua J. Kane, William E. Windes, Rick Ubic, Chinnathambi Karthik, Steve Johns, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.03.058
"Beyond the classical kinetic model for chronic graphite oxidation by moisture in high temperature gas-cooled reactors" Robert W. Mee, Yoonjo (Jo Jo) Lee, José D. Arregui-Mena, Nidia C. Gallego, Timothy D. Burchell, Joshua J. Kane, William E. Windes, Cristian I. Contescu, [2018] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.11.001
"Effective gaseous diffusion coefficients of select ultra-fine, super-fine and medium grain nuclear graphite" Austin C. Matthews, Christopher J. Orme, Cristian I. Contescu, W. David Swank, William E. Windes, Joshua J. Kane, [2018] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.05.003
"Understanding the reaction of nuclear graphite with molecular oxygen: Kinetics, transport, and structural evolution" Cristian I. Contescu, Rebecca E. Smith, Gerhard Strydom, William E. Windes, Joshua J. Kane, [2017] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.06.001
"Evaluating quantitative 3-D image analysis as a design tool for low enriched uranium fuel compacts for the transient reactor test facility: A preliminary study" I.J. van Rooyen, A.E. Craft, T.J. Roney, S.R. Morrell, J.J. Kane, [2016] Nuclear Engineering and Design · DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.01.005
"Neutron irradiation induced microstructural changes in NBG-18 and IG-110 nuclear graphites" Joshua Kane, Darryl P. Butt, William E. Windes, Rick Ubic, Chinnathambi Karthik, [2015] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.01.036
"An oxygen transfer model for high purity graphite oxidation" Chinnathambi Karthik, Rick Ubic, William E. Windes, Darryl P. Butt, Joshua J. Kane, [2013] Carbon · DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.02.053
"Microstructural Characterization of Next Generation Nuclear Graphites" Joshua Kane, Darryl P. Butt, William E. Windes, Rick Ubic, Chinnathambi Karthik, [2012] Microscopy and Microanalysis · DOI: 10.1017/s1431927611012360
Abstract

This article reports the microstructural characteristics of various petroleum and pitch based nuclear graphites (IG-110, NBG-18, and PCEA) that are of interest to the next generation nuclear plant program. Bright-field transmission electron microscopy imaging was used to identify and understand the different features constituting the microstructure of nuclear graphite such as the filler particles, microcracks, binder phase, rosette-shaped quinoline insoluble (QI) particles, chaotic structures, and turbostratic graphite phase. The dimensions of microcracks were found to vary from a few nanometers to tens of microns. Furthermore, the microcracks were found to be filled with amorphous carbon of unknown origin. The pitch coke based graphite (NBG-18) was found to contain higher concentration of binder phase constituting QI particles as well as chaotic structures. The turbostratic graphite, present in all of the grades, was identified through their elliptical diffraction patterns. The difference in the microstructure has been analyzed in view of their processing conditions.

"Oxidation Investigation of NBG-18 Nuclear-grade Graphite" [2012] Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
"In situ transmission electron microscopy of electron-beam induced damage process in nuclear grade graphite" J. Kane, D.P. Butt, W.E. Windes, R. Ubic, C. Karthik, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.03.024
"Microstructural characterization and pore structure analysis of nuclear graphite" C. Karthik, D.P. Butt, W.E. Windes, R. Ubic, J. Kane, [2011] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2011.05.053
"Oxidation studies on NBG-18 grade nuclear graphite" [2011] Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
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