Liquid Fluoride Salt Experimentation Using a Small Natural Circulation Cell

Yoder Jr, Graydon L¹  Heatherly, Dennis Wayne¹  Williams, David F¹  Elkassabgi, Yousri M.²  Caja, Joseph³  Caja, Mario¹  Jordan, John⁴ 

[1] ORNL;Texas A&M University, Kingsville;Electrochemical Systems, Inc.;Texas A&M University, Kingsvill

关键词: liquid fluoride salt;    circulation cell;    molten salt;    natural circulation;    instrumentation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1130418
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2014/56
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1130418

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

A small molten fluoride salt experiment has been constructed and tested to develop experimental techniques for application in liquid fluoride salt systems. There were five major objectives in developing this test apparatus: Allow visual observation of the salt during testing (how can lighting be introduced, how can pictures be taken, what can be seen) Determine if IR photography can be used to examine components submerged in the salt Determine if the experimental configuration provides salt velocity sufficient for collection of corrosion data for future experimentation Determine if a laser Doppler velocimeter can be used to quantify salt velocities. Acquire natural circulation heat transfer data in fluoride salt at temperatures up to 700oC All of these objectives were successfully achieved during testing with the exception of the fourth: acquiring velocity data using the laser Doppler velocimeter. This paper describes the experiment and experimental techniques used, and presents data taken during natural circulation testing.