Operation Data from the UW Natural Circulation FLiBe Flow Loop
Published: 14 September 2018| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/mkbbwtztzy.1
Contributors:
Karl Britsch, William Doniger, Kumar Sridharan, Mark AndersonDescription
Operating measurements from three multi-week test campaigns of the natural circulation FLiBe loop. This system is investigating thermal hydraulic behavior of the molten salt BeF_2 -LiF (33 - 67 mol %). The system behaves in a stable fashion, but shows unusual local transients, such as flow break-down in the riser and thermal jumps at the cooler exit. Heat transfer shows promising trends that FLiBe will behave as a normal heat transfer fluid, as long as salt purity can be maintained. The most recent test shows heat transfer degradation that is likely a result of oxides and impurities. The data archive contains as-built dimensions, Matlab analysis codes, and the raw data files.
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Institutions
University of Wisconsin Madison
Categories
Nuclear Energy, Heat Transfer, Molten Salts, Thermal Hydraulics