Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components
Abstract
A microwave furnace includes a microwave casket having an inner surface forming an internal cavity. A heatable body, formed at least in part of a microwave susceptor material, is located in the internal cavity of the casket and heats in response to a microwave field. A thermal control system is provided, which includes a fluid flow path extending through the casket and has an inlet and an outlet formed in the microwave casket. A portion of the fluid flow path is adjacent the heatable body. The thermal control system flows a thermal transfer fluid through the fluid flow path via the inlet to absorb heat from the heatable body and to transfer the absorbed heat along the fluid flow path until the thermal transfer fluid exits the fluid flow path via the outlet.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568699
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,371,445
- Application Number:
- 15/351,710
- Assignee:
- Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0001942
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/15/2016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Ripley, Edward B. Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components. United States: N. p., 2019.
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Ripley, Edward B. Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components. United States.
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"Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568699.
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abstractNote = {A microwave furnace includes a microwave casket having an inner surface forming an internal cavity. A heatable body, formed at least in part of a microwave susceptor material, is located in the internal cavity of the casket and heats in response to a microwave field. A thermal control system is provided, which includes a fluid flow path extending through the casket and has an inlet and an outlet formed in the microwave casket. A portion of the fluid flow path is adjacent the heatable body. The thermal control system flows a thermal transfer fluid through the fluid flow path via the inlet to absorb heat from the heatable body and to transfer the absorbed heat along the fluid flow path until the thermal transfer fluid exits the fluid flow path via the outlet.},
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