Thermoacoustic enhancements for nuclear fuel rods and other high temperature applications

Garrett, Steven L.; Smith, James A.; Kotter, Dale K.

Title: Thermoacoustic enhancements for nuclear fuel rods and other high temperature applications

Patent · Tue May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1356207

Garrett, Steven L.; Smith, James A.; Kotter, Dale K.

A nuclear thermoacoustic device includes a housing defining an interior chamber and a portion of nuclear fuel disposed in the interior chamber. A stack is disposed in the interior chamber and has a hot end and a cold end. The stack is spaced from the portion of nuclear fuel with the hot end directed toward the portion of nuclear fuel. The stack and portion of nuclear fuel are positioned such that an acoustic standing wave is produced in the interior chamber. A frequency of the acoustic standing wave depends on a temperature in the interior chamber.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Assignee:: The Penn State Research Foundation

Patent Number(s):: 9,646,723

Application Number:: 13/968,936

OSTI ID:: 1356207

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Aug 16

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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