Title: Cladding material, tube including such cladding material and methods of forming the same

Abstract

A multi-layered cladding material including a ceramic matrix composite and a metallic material, and a tube formed from the cladding material. The metallic material forms an inner liner of the tube and enables hermetic sealing of thereof. The metallic material at ends of the tube may be exposed and have an increased thickness enabling end cap welding. The metallic material may, optionally, be formed to infiltrate voids in the ceramic matrix composite, the ceramic matrix composite encapsulated by the metallic material. The ceramic matrix composite includes a fiber reinforcement and provides increased mechanical strength, stiffness, thermal shock resistance and high temperature load capacity to the metallic material of the inner liner. The tube may be used as a containment vessel for nuclear fuel used in a nuclear power plant or other reactor. Methods for forming the tube comprising the ceramic matrix composite and the metallic material are also disclosed.

Inventors:

Garnier, John E.; Griffith, George W.

Issue Date:

2016-03-01

Research Org.:

Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1240692

Patent Number(s):

9275762

Application Number:

12/901,326

Assignee:

ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16L - PIPES

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C - CHEMISTRY C04 - CEMENTS C04B - LIME, MAGNESIA

C04B2235/3251 - Niobium oxides, niobates, tantalum oxides, tantalates, or oxide-forming salts thereof
C04B2235/3258 - Tungsten oxides, tungstates, or oxide-forming salts thereof
C04B2235/3409 - Boron oxide, borates, boric acids, or oxide forming salts thereof, e.g. borax
C04B2235/3427 - Silicates other than clay, e.g. water glass
C04B2235/3821 - Boron carbides
C04B2235/3826 - Silicon carbides
C04B2235/383 - Alpha silicon carbide
C04B2235/3834 - Beta silicon carbide
C04B2235/3839 - Refractory metal carbides
C04B2235/3843 - Titanium carbides
C04B2235/3847 - Tungsten carbides
C04B2235/3891 - Silicides, e.g. molybdenum disilicide, iron silicide
C04B2235/428 - Silicon
C04B2235/5228 - Silica and alumina, including aluminosilicates, e.g. mullite
C04B2235/524 - Non-oxidic, e.g. borides, carbides, silicides or nitrides
C04B2235/5244 - Silicon carbide
C04B2235/5248 - Carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B2235/5252 - having a specific pre-form
C04B2235/5256 - Two-dimensional, e.g. woven structures
C04B2235/5268 - Orientation of the fibers
C04B2235/616 - Liquid infiltration of green bodies or pre-forms
C04B2235/9607 - Thermal properties, e.g. thermal expansion coefficient
C04B2235/9684 - Oxidation resistance
C04B2237/062 - based on silica or silicates
C04B2237/08 - Non-oxidic interlayers
C04B2237/365 - Silicon carbide
C04B2237/38 - Fiber or whisker reinforced
C04B2237/40 - Metallic
C04B2237/403 - Refractory metals
C04B2237/405 - Iron metal group, e.g. Co or Ni
C04B2237/406 - Iron, e.g. steel
C04B2237/60 - Forming at the joining interface or in the joining layer specific reaction phases or zones, e.g. diffusion of reactive species from the interlayer to the substrate or from a substrate to the joining interface, carbide forming at the joining interface
C04B2237/62 - Forming laminates or joined articles comprising holes, channels or other types of openings
C04B2237/704 - of one or more of the ceramic layers or articles
C04B2237/706 - of one or more of the metallic layers or articles
C04B2237/708 - of one or more of the interlayers
C04B2237/84 - Joining of a first substrate with a second substrate at least partially inside the first substrate, where the bonding area is at the inside of the first substrate, e.g. one tube inside another tube
C04B35/565 - based on silicon carbide
C04B35/571 - obtained from {Si-containing} polymer precursors {or organosilicon monomers}
C04B35/573 - obtained by reaction sintering {or recrystallisation}
C04B35/62863 - {Silicon carbide}
C04B35/80 - Fibres, filaments, whiskers, platelets, or the like {
C04B37/021 - {in a direct manner, e.g. direct copper bonding [DCB]}
C04B37/025 - {consisting of glass or ceramic material}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16L - PIPES

F16L58/14 - by ceramic or vitreous materials
F16L9/10 - of glass or ceramics, e.g. clay, clay tile, porcelain
F16L9/14 - Compound tubes, i.e. made of materials not wholly covered by any one of the preceding groups

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F22 - STEAM GENERATION F22B - METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION

F22B37/002 - {specially adapted for nuclear steam generators, e.g. maintenance, repairing or inspecting equipment not otherwise provided for}
F22B37/06 - Flue or fire tubes

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23M - CASINGS, LININGS, WALLS OR DOORS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, e.g. FIREBRIDGES

F23M2900/05004 - Special materials for walls or lining

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS

G21C13/028 - Seals, e.g. for pressure vessels or containment vessels
G21C3/07 - characterised by their material, e.g. alloys

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

Y02E30/30 - Nuclear fission reactors

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DOE Contract Number:  

AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2010 Oct 08

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS