2004
DOI: 10.1063/1.1649568
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An Overview of Long Duration Sodium Heat Pipe Tests

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“…The candidate heat pipe fluids are potassium, sodium, and lithium as shown in Table II. There has been large-scale development of sodium, potassium, and lithium heat pipes, [36][37][38][39][40] primarily for space nuclear reactors. Many of these studies and experiments have included start up and shut down under hot and cold temperatures.…”
Section: Iiia Choice Of Fluidmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The candidate heat pipe fluids are potassium, sodium, and lithium as shown in Table II. There has been large-scale development of sodium, potassium, and lithium heat pipes, [36][37][38][39][40] primarily for space nuclear reactors. Many of these studies and experiments have included start up and shut down under hot and cold temperatures.…”
Section: Iiia Choice Of Fluidmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These life test results collectively have demonstrated the potential for high-temperature sodium heat pipes at the temperatures expected in salt fission and fusion systems to serve as reliable energy conversion system components for power applications that require a long operating lifetime with high reliability. 39 There have been many sodium heat pipes built and tested for space applications including long-duration runs (>100 000 h) and different operating temperatures. In a space reactor, heat pipes move heat from the reactor around the radiation shield to the power conversion system.…”
Section: Ivb Sodium Heat Pipe Experiencementioning
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“…Overall, properly designed HPs are excellent heat transfer devices whose effective thermal conductivities can exceed 90 times that of a similarly-dimensioned copper rod [1]. Additionally, HPs/TSs are of high reliability, with reported lifetimes exceeding 13 years without exhibiting any signs of deterioration [6]. It is noted, however, that the heat transfer capability of HPs/TSs is limited by several factors, such as the boiling limit, or capillary and flooding limits that are important primarily to HP and TS operation, respectively [1].…”
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“…Sandia performed significant work on resolving sodium-side corrosion issues [25], and developed cleaning methods that have been successful in avoiding corrosion of stainless steel fine wick structures and stainless or Haynes-230 alloy containment. These approaches have been used by Thermacore and ACT in successful long duration heat pipes [26] with some samples approaching 100,000 hours of operation without failure. Similar approaches to heat pipe processing have been documented recently by NASA [27] and incorporated by Infinia in their FOA work for DOE.…”
Section: Wick Technologiesmentioning
confidence: 99%