Mercury Thermal Hydraulic Loop (MTHL) Summary Report

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1361323· OSTI ID:1361323

Felde, David K. ^[1]; Crye, Jason Michael ^[1]; Wendel, Mark W. ^[1]; Yoder, Jr, Graydon L. ^[1]; Farquharson, George ^[1]; Jallouk, Philip A. ^[1]; McFee, Marshall T. ^[1]; Pointer, William David ^[1]; Ruggles, Art E. ^[2]; Carbajo, Juan J. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a high-power linear accelerator built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) which incorporates the use of a flowing liquid mercury target. The Mercury Thermal Hydraulic Loop (MTHL) was constructed to investigate and verify the heat transfer characteristics of liquid mercury in a rectangular channel. This report provides a compilation of previously reported results from the water-cooled and electrically heated straight and curved test sections that simulate the geometry of the window cooling channel in the target nose region.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1361323
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2016/671
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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