Ceramic heat exchanger
Abstract
A tube containment system. The tube containment system does not significantly reduce heat transfer through the tube wall. The contained tube is internally pressurized, and is formed from a ceramic material having high strength, high thermal conductivity, and good thermal shock resistance. The tube containment system includes at least one ceramic fiber braid material disposed about the internally pressurized tube. The material is disposed about the tube in a predetermined axial spacing arrangement. The ceramic fiber braid is present in an amount sufficient to contain the tube if the tube becomes fractured. The tube containment system can also include a plurality of ceramic ring-shaped structures, in contact with the outer surface of the tube, and positioned between the tube and the ceramic fiber braid material, and/or at least one transducer positioned within tube for reducing the internal volume and, therefore, the energy of any shrapnel resulting from a tube fracture.
- Inventors:
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- Kennebunk, ME
- Portland, ME
- Biddeford, ME
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Hague International
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871617
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5765596
- Application Number:
- 08/491,038
- Assignee:
- HPS Merrimac (Portland, ME)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-90MC26008; AC21-94MC31327
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- ceramic; heat; exchanger; tube; containment; significantly; reduce; transfer; wall; contained; internally; pressurized; formed; material; strength; thermal; conductivity; shock; resistance; fiber; braid; disposed; predetermined; axial; spacing; arrangement; amount; sufficient; contain; fractured; plurality; ring-shaped; structures; contact; outer; surface; positioned; transducer; reducing; internal; volume; energy; shrapnel; resulting; fracture; ceramic heat; significantly reduce; internal volume; shock resistance; tube wall; thermal shock; ceramic material; thermal conductivity; heat exchange; heat exchanger; heat transfer; outer surface; material disposed; ceramic fiber; amount sufficient; reduce heat; transducer positioned; tube containment; ceramic mater; /138/
Citation Formats
LaHaye, Paul G, Rahman, Faress H, Lebeau, Thomas P. E., and Severin, Barbara K. Ceramic heat exchanger. United States: N. p., 1998.
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LaHaye, Paul G, Rahman, Faress H, Lebeau, Thomas P. E., & Severin, Barbara K. Ceramic heat exchanger. United States.
LaHaye, Paul G, Rahman, Faress H, Lebeau, Thomas P. E., and Severin, Barbara K. 1998.
"Ceramic heat exchanger". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871617.
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title = {Ceramic heat exchanger},
author = {LaHaye, Paul G and Rahman, Faress H and Lebeau, Thomas P. E. and Severin, Barbara K},
abstractNote = {A tube containment system. The tube containment system does not significantly reduce heat transfer through the tube wall. The contained tube is internally pressurized, and is formed from a ceramic material having high strength, high thermal conductivity, and good thermal shock resistance. The tube containment system includes at least one ceramic fiber braid material disposed about the internally pressurized tube. The material is disposed about the tube in a predetermined axial spacing arrangement. The ceramic fiber braid is present in an amount sufficient to contain the tube if the tube becomes fractured. The tube containment system can also include a plurality of ceramic ring-shaped structures, in contact with the outer surface of the tube, and positioned between the tube and the ceramic fiber braid material, and/or at least one transducer positioned within tube for reducing the internal volume and, therefore, the energy of any shrapnel resulting from a tube fracture.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/871617},
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year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
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