Passive thermal control of microwave furnace components
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.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0001942
- Assignee:
- Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,371,445
- Application Number:
- 15/351,710
- OSTI ID:
- 1568699
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 11/15/2016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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