Investigations of Advanced Measurement Methods for High-Temperature Heat-Pipe Experiments

Conference · Wed Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2022

OSTI ID:1969520

Qin, Sunming ^[1]; Sabharwall, Piyush ^[1]; Bardet, Philippe ^[2]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory
2. The George Washington University

Various types of microreactor designs are under consideration, and among those, the heat-pipe cooled reactor designs are currently being actively investigated at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). In order to support non-nuclear testing and demonstration of technology under the Department of Energy (DOE) Microreactor Program (MRP), Single Primary Heat Extraction and Removal Emulator (SPHERE) was designed and constructed to perform high-temperature heat pipe (HP) experiments at INL. Based on the SPHERE experimental setup, this summary paper conducts the preliminary investigations among the available literature and summarizes some potential advanced measurement techniques for operando high-temperature heat pipe which can be implemented to support MRP. The primary objective for the extensive literature research is to investigate the possibilities and feasibilities for designing and construct an advanced experimental test facility with the aim of producing high-fidelity high-resolution heat pipe data during its operations.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1969520
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-22-67827-Rev001
• Conference Information: 2022 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo, Phoenix, AZ, 11/13/2022 - 11/17/2022
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
Advanced Measurement Methods
High-Temperature Heat-Pipe Experiments
Microreactor Program (MRP)