A Critical Review of Fluoride Salt Heat Transfer
Abstract
Interest in molten salts for next-generation nuclear reactors has given rise increasing design work over the last several years. Much of this builds off historic heat transfer experiments like those of the Molten Salt Reactor Program; yet, there is no comprehensive report covering experimental heat transfer in these fluids. This paper attempts to pull together all available reports on fluoride salt heat transfer to aid further research in this area. The data largely support the hypothesis that molten salt heat transfer will be easy to predict so long as salt properties are well known. Our work does not show any consistent indications of resistive films, entrained gases, or radiation heat transfer, but other unknowns are present. In addition to salt properties, these include unusual mass transfer and transition flow conditions.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1579204
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NE0008285
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 206; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5450
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis - formerly American Nuclear Society (ANS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; Molten salts; heat transfer; review
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Britsch, Karl, and Anderson, Mark. A Critical Review of Fluoride Salt Heat Transfer. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1080/00295450.2019.1682418.
Britsch, Karl, & Anderson, Mark. A Critical Review of Fluoride Salt Heat Transfer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1682418
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"A Critical Review of Fluoride Salt Heat Transfer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1682418. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1579204.
@article{osti_1579204,
title = {A Critical Review of Fluoride Salt Heat Transfer},
author = {Britsch, Karl and Anderson, Mark},
abstractNote = {Interest in molten salts for next-generation nuclear reactors has given rise increasing design work over the last several years. Much of this builds off historic heat transfer experiments like those of the Molten Salt Reactor Program; yet, there is no comprehensive report covering experimental heat transfer in these fluids. This paper attempts to pull together all available reports on fluoride salt heat transfer to aid further research in this area. The data largely support the hypothesis that molten salt heat transfer will be easy to predict so long as salt properties are well known. Our work does not show any consistent indications of resistive films, entrained gases, or radiation heat transfer, but other unknowns are present. In addition to salt properties, these include unusual mass transfer and transition flow conditions.},
doi = {10.1080/00295450.2019.1682418},
journal = {Nuclear Technology},
number = 11,
volume = 206,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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