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Thermal protection barrier

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1924934
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A thermal protection barrier including a base layer having a high melting temperature granular media having free standing granules disposed within the base layer and a distributor grid layer having a plurality of spaced-apart distributors composed of a high melting temperature material disposed adjacent to the base layer. The spaced-apart distributors are dimensioned and configured to provide load bearing support to the thermal protection barrier prior to a breach of the thermal protection barrier and to divide and disperse a superheated flowing mass to the free standing granules of the base layer upon occurrence of a breach. In certain embodiments, the thermal protection barrier is positioned adjacent to a nuclear system such that, upon occurrence of a loss of containment accident, the distributor grid layer is positioned and configured to divide and disperse a superheated flowing nuclear mass to the free standing granules.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NA0001942
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
11,400,688
Application Number:
16/857,668
OSTI ID:
1924934
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Heat Transfer in Vertical Granular Flows journal April 1997
Experimentally Validated Numerical Modeling of Heat Transfer in Granular Flow in Rotating Vessels
  • Chaudhuri, Bodhisattwa; Muzzio, Fernando J.; Tomassone, M. Silvina
  • Heat Transfer - Mathematical Modelling, Numerical Methods and Information Technology https://doi.org/10.5772/13536
book February 2011

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