Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system
Accurate knowledge of molten salt thermophysical properties is crucial to optimize the efficiency, safety, and reliability of molten salt based energy applications. For molten fluorides, currently of high interest for fission and fusion reactors, data regarding these properties are either poor or no...
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| description | Accurate knowledge of molten salt thermophysical properties is crucial to optimize the efficiency, safety, and reliability of molten salt based energy applications. For molten fluorides, currently of high interest for fission and fusion reactors, data regarding these properties are either poor or non-existent. Thermal diffusivity and sound speed in particular play important roles in the modeling of a reactor's steady state, transient, and accident scenarios. Fluoride salt-compatible property measurement systems have thus far been the bottleneck in accurately obtaining these properties. We present the design of an optical system optimized for molten fluoride salt thermophysical property measurement, along with characterization of its thermal performance. Demonstration of system capabilities is achieved through acquisition of sound speed and thermal diffusivity in lithium chloride (LiCl), showing excellent agreement with literature data. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1369732021-11-02T03:45:13Z Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system Robertson, Sean G Short, Michael P Accurate knowledge of molten salt thermophysical properties is crucial to optimize the efficiency, safety, and reliability of molten salt based energy applications. For molten fluorides, currently of high interest for fission and fusion reactors, data regarding these properties are either poor or non-existent. Thermal diffusivity and sound speed in particular play important roles in the modeling of a reactor's steady state, transient, and accident scenarios. Fluoride salt-compatible property measurement systems have thus far been the bottleneck in accurately obtaining these properties. We present the design of an optical system optimized for molten fluoride salt thermophysical property measurement, along with characterization of its thermal performance. Demonstration of system capabilities is achieved through acquisition of sound speed and thermal diffusivity in lithium chloride (LiCl), showing excellent agreement with literature data. 2021-11-01T16:40:08Z 2021-11-01T16:40:08Z 2021 2021-10-28T17:19:51Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136973 Robertson, Sean G and Short, Michael P. 2021. "Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system." Review of Scientific Instruments, 92 (6). en 10.1063/5.0049727 Review of Scientific Instruments Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf AIP Publishing Sean Robertson |
| spellingShingle | Robertson, Sean G Short, Michael P Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
| title | Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
| title_full | Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
| title_fullStr | Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
| title_short | Design and performance of a molten fluoride salt-compatible optical thermophysical property measurement system |
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