Comparative Analysis of Heat Exchangers for High Temperature High Pressure Helium Component Testing
Helium gas loops have been designed and built to gain a better understanding of the gas thermohydraulic phenomena that take place in a helium system. Some of these loops are used for validation and testing of components for high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). However, most of them operate at lower pressure and temperature than an […]
Program Review: Thermal Systems Pillar
Program Review: Thermal Systems Pillar Slides go over the 3 year plan for the integrated energy systems program DETAIL. The plan goes into connections between the DETAIL components and plans for future integration.
Analysis on the Preliminary Gap Conductance Test with Single Primary Heat Extraction and Removal Emulator
Microreactor is a type of nuclear reactor that is intended to produce thermal energy from the micro and integrated design. Among various microreactor roadmaps, microreactor with heat pipes is one of the promising designs that under active development. At Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) Microreactor Program (MRP), a […]
SPHERE Gas Composition Test and SOCKEYE Validation
The single primary heat extraction and removal emulator (SPHERE) gas composition test was performed to obtain data on the temperature distribution of a 2-m, 0.625-in.-diameter sodium-filled heat pipe from Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) in a horizontal orientation filled with varying gas compositions to support NEAMS tool development.