Material Selection Considerations for Fluoride Thermal Energy Storage Containment in a Sodium Heat Pipe Environment.

Abstract

This contract involved a literature survey to determine the state-of-the-art of materials in a high temperature Na and vacuum environment as applied to thermal energy storage. It was found that little information exists for materials or heat pipes in the high temperature (1400 K) Na or vacuum environments. Program recommendations are to perform life tests on candidate materials and Na heat pipes with post test corrosion analyses. Na wicking parameter must be determined experimentally for accurate heat pipe design. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042389

Entities

People

  • Dean L. Jacobson

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Creep
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Engineering
  • Heat Pipes
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Temperature
  • Life Tests
  • Liquid Metals
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Working
  • Physical Properties
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design