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Silicon carbide fiber composite receiver tubes manufactured by PIP process

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0149637· OSTI ID:2447068
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  1. Ceramic Tubular Products, LLC, Lynchburg, VA (United States); Ceramic Tubular Products
  2. Ceramic Tubular Products, LLC, Lynchburg, VA (United States)
  3. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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The performance of SiC fiber composites made by a polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) process was investigated. Two types of tubular composites were manufactured using Hi-Nicalon and Nicalon-CG silicon carbide fibers infiltrated with SMP10 silicon carbide matrix. The fiber content in both composites was about 25 vol.% with an average density of 2.39 g/cc. The tubular SiC composites showed stable solar absorptance and emittance of 0.97 and 0.91, respectively, at 800 °C. The composites were thermally shocked at 900, 1000, and 1100 °C with a waterjet simulating raindrops. As a result, the hoop tensile strength of the composites revealed no loss of mechanical strength due to the thermal shock experiments up to 1100 °C.
Research Organization:
Ceramic Tubular Products, LLC, Lynchburg, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
Grant/Contract Number:
EE0008995
OSTI ID:
2447068
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2932; ISSN 0094-243X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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