Review of sodium effects on candidate materials for central receiver solar-thermal power systems

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5895010· OSTI ID:5895010

Chopra, O K; Wang, J Y.N.; Natesan, K

Available information on the corrosion behavior and mechanical properties of structural materials in a high-temperature sodium environment has been reviewed to compile a data base for selection of materials for advanced central-receiver solar-power systems, for which sodium is being considered as a heat-transfer fluid and thermal-storage medium. Candidate materials for this application (e.g., Types 304, 316, and 321 stainless steel, Alloy 800, and Fe-2 1/4 Cr-1Mo and Fe-9Cr-1Mo ferritic steels) have been used in the construction of various components for liquid-metal fast-breeder reactors in this country and abroad with considerable success. Requirements for additional information on material properties in a sodium environment are identified. The additional data coupled with more quantitative deformation models, failure criteria, and component design rules will further reduce uncertainties in the assessment of performance limits and component reliability in large sodium heat-transport systems. 120 references.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5895010
• Report Number(s): ANL-79-36
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702 -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360103* -- Metals & Alloys-- Mechanical Properties
360105 -- Metals & Alloys-- Corrosion & Erosion
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
CARBURIZATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-NICKEL STEELS
CORROSION
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
CREEP
DATA
DATA FORMS
DECARBURIZATION
DEFORMATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY STORAGE
EVALUATION
FAILURES
FATIGUE
FLUIDS
GRAPHS
HARDENING
HEAT RESISTANT MATERIALS
HEAT RESISTING ALLOYS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
INFORMATION
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LIQUID METALS
LIQUIDS
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
METALS
MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS
NICKEL ALLOYS
POWER PLANTS
RELIABILITY
RUPTURES
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SODIUM
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STAINLESS STEEL-304
STAINLESS STEEL-316
STAINLESS STEEL-321
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
STORAGE
SURFACE HARDENING
SURFACE TREATMENTS
TABLES
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TITANIUM ADDITIONS
TITANIUM ALLOYS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS