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):
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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.
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Reid, Robert Stowers. Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors. United States.
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"Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892691.
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title = {Creep and cascade failure mitigation in heat pipe reactors},
author = {Reid, Robert Stowers},
abstractNote = {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.},
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journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {3}
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