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Title: Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors

Abstract

Technique(s) to mitigate creep and/or cascade failure in high temperature heat pipe reactor cores may include gas loading each heat pipe such that when one or more heat pipes in the heat pipe array fail, the adjacent heat pipes can accommodate added heat load with little change in temperature.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892691
Patent Number(s):
11270802
Application Number:
16/186,090
Assignee:
Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
DOE Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 11/09/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Reid, Robert Stowers. Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Reid, Robert Stowers. Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors. United States.
Reid, Robert Stowers. Tue . "Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892691.
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patent, October 1971


Dynamic barrier for heat pipe
patent, May 1974


Multiple temperature sensitive devices using two heat pipes
patent, January 2004


Thermal control chamber
patent, August 1970


Phase Change Cooling Device and Phase Change Cooling Method
patent-application, March 2018


Variable-conductance heat transfer device
patent-application, August 2018


Cooling liquid de-gassing system
patent, September 1977


Mobile heat pipe cooled fast reactor system
patent-application, January 2016


Variable conductance heat pipe enhancement
patent, September 1991


Variable-conductance heat transfer device
patent, November 2017


Methods for fluid separations, and devices capable of separating fluids
patent, September 2007


Thulium-170 heat source
patent, January 1992