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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Molten salts"”.
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Oxidation of organic compounds in molten salts
… the oxidation of organic compounds in molten alkali metal hydroxides containing manganates. It has been shown that controlled oxidation can be readily achieved with high specificity to give products in high yield with very short reaction times. The concurrent changes in the melt were …
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Oxidation of Organic Compounds in Molten Salts
… was the oxidation of organic compounds in molten alkali metal nitrates containing manganates. It has been shown that controlled oxidation can be readily achieved with high specificity to give products in high yield with very short reaction times. In order to monitor concurrent changes in …
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Fuels from tyres by pyrolysis in molten salts
… have shown that tyre can be pyrolised, using a molten carbonate system as the reaction medium, at rates corresponding to 14.9-42.7 g tyre/min. per litre of melt over the range 475 and 650°C. The product yields by weight of tyre input between the same temperatures are: hydrocarbon oil 23-36 wt. …
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Colloidal stability of magnetic nanoparticles in molten salts
Molten salts are important heat transfer fluids used in nuclear, solar and other high temperature engineering systems. Dispersing nanoparticles in molten salts can enhance the heat transfer capabilities of the fluid. High temperature and high ionicity of the medium make it difficult to make a …
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Anodic Metal Dissolution In Haloaluminate Molten Salts/Ionic Liquids
… investigated in the low-melting, mixed halide molten salt system, lialbr4-naalcl4-kalcl4 (30-50-20 m/o), and in the Lewis acidic Chloroaluminate ionic liquid, aluminum chloride-1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (alcl3-etmeimcl) using rotating disk electrode voltammetry. In both cases, at …
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Redox and complexation chemistry in chloride ionic liquids and molten salts
Molten salts are a unique solvent class composed entirely of ions that have emerged as an important technology in both advanced nuclear technologies and other green energy applications. In particular, molten salts based on the chloride anion have garnered prevalence among innovative molten salt …
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Accelerated atomistic prediction of structure, dynamics and material properties in molten salts
… high-temperature salt-cooled reactors (FHRs), molten salt reactors (MSRs) and fusion devices have proposed to use molten salt coolants. However, there remain many uncertainties in the chemistry, dynamics and physicochemical properties of many salts, especially over the course of reactor …
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Telluridm-induced corrosion of structural alloys for nuclear applications in molten salts
… corrosion (IGC) of structural alloys in molten salt reactors is currently poorly understood. Limited corrosion testing has been performed on a few select alloys in simulated reactor conditions. In this thesis, the results of performing 50 h, 100 h, and 150 h corrosion tests on alloys …
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HYPERION: A HYdrogen PERmeatION Experiment to Quantify Hydrogen Transport in Fusion-Relevant Molten Salts
… measurement of hydrogen transport properties of molten salts like FLiBe is crucial for the development of advanced nuclear technologies like lithium-bearing liquid immersion breeding blankets for fusion reactors. Tritium production and the quantification of its mobility in these materials is …
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Measurement of optical properties of molten salts and metallic compounds for advanced solar and nuclear systems
… fuels. Solar thermal systems designed to use molten salts to directly absorb the solar heat are promising due to (1) potentially higher efficiency in capture of sunlight and (2) use of the salt to simultaneously capture sunlight and store heat in the salt. The optical properties of the molten …
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The construction, development and application of potential simulation models to the filling of carbon nanotubes by molten salts
… �filling of carbon nanotube templates with molten salts. The resulting structures, usually rationalised in terms of known bulk crystal structures, are shown to be contained within a general set of structures classifi�ed in terms of folded sheets of in�finite squares and hexagons. A flexible …
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Influence of environmental conditions and proton irradiation on molten salt corrosion of metals
Practical applications of molten salts have emerged, especially in the power industry, such as molten salt reactors and concentrated solar power plants. However, the understanding of the molten salts, both physically and chemically, is still lacking. As one of the interactions between molten salts …
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Molten Salt Nanomaterials for Thermal Energy Storage and Concentrated Solar Power Applications
… are compatible for these high temperatures. Molten salts are thermally stable up to 600 degrees C and beyond. Using the molten salts as the TES materials confers several benefits, which include: (1) Higher operating temperature can significantly increase the overall cycle efficiency and …
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Optical and chemical properties of molten salt mixtures for use in high temperature power systems
… volumetric absorption of the solar heat into molten salts seems to be a promising technology, in terms of efficiency and greenhouse gases emission reduction, which combines the good properties of molten salts as heat storage media with high operating temperatures. Accordingly, the selection of …
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Magnetohydrodynamic Heat Transfer for Fusion Energy
… choices for this function (liquid metals and molten salts) are electrically conductive, magnetohydrodynamic effects can alter the fluid flow fields, and therefore heat transfer, in these conditions. The primary mechanism by which these magnetohydrodynamic effects change the flow field is …
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Thermal-fluid characterization and performance enhancement of direct absorption molten salt solar receivers
… thermal-fluid analysis of direct absorption molten salt solar receivers. In this receiver concept, an open tank of semi-transparent liquid is directly irradiated with concentrated sunlight, where it is absorbed volumetrically and produces internal heat generation. The intensity distribution …
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Molten Alkali Metal Borate/Carbonate Salts for High Temperature CO₂ Capture and Electrochemical Conversion
In recent years, alkali carbonate molten salts have been developed as a medium for electrochemical conversion of CO2 into value-added carbonaceous materials, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs). While electricity requirements are significant, the high economic value of CNTs make these processes …
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