Natural circulation FLiBe loop overview

MOSCATO Solver Development and Integration Plan

“…In order to test the Nek5000 version of MOSCATO, we used a TCL experiment conducted at UW-Madison to demonstrate the developed corrosion modeling approach. Details of this experiment can be found in reference [26]. This experiment loop used FLiBe as the fluid.…”

“…In this demonstration, we used the Case 1 scenario in reference [26], which means the total power applied at all heaters was 952 W. A uniform heat flux boundary condition was applied at heater surface. This is a reasonable approach, as the radiation heater generates a uniform heat flux.…”

Corrosion of 316H stainless steel in flowing FLiNaK salt

“…Since the MSRE era, TCLs have been used to study compatibility with salt and liquid metal for fision and fusion energy [16][17][18][19][20]. With the recent surge in interest in MSRs, TCLs have been operated at the Kurchatov Institute [21] and The University of Wisconsin [22] and ORNL [23,24] A great deal of early work on material compatibility with fluoride salts was focused on Ni-based alloys. Alloy N, developed at ORNL specifically for use as a fluoride salt-facing structural material [25,26], was used extensively in the MSRE [27].…”

Corrosion of 316H Stainless Steel in Flowing FLiNaK Salt

“…TCLs were used extensively during the ARE and MSRE eras at ORNL [4,6,8,12], and in later years for studying compatibility with salt and liquid metal for fusion energy [13][14][15]. With the recent surge in interest in MSRs, TCLs have been operated at the Kurchatov Institute [16] and The University of Wisconsin [17] and ORNL [18,19] A great deal of early work on material compatibility with fluoride salts was focused on Ni-based alloys. Alloy N, developed at ORNL specifically for use as a fluoride salt-facing structural material [20,21], was used extensively in the MSRE [22].…”