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Title: 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.:
Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1568699
Patent Number(s):
10371445
Application Number:
15/351,710
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27B - FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27D - DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
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. Web.
Ripley, Edward B. Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components. United States.
Ripley, Edward B. Tue . "Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568699.
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