Thermal Performance Study of Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Insulations

Three types of metallic thermal insulations were investigated analytically and experimentally. These were multilayer reflective plates, multilayer honeycomb composite and multilayer screen insulation. Each of these insulations was subjected to evacuated and non-evacuated conditions where thermal measurements were made to determine their thermal physical characteristics. A variation of the separation distance between adjacent reflective plates of multilayer reflective plates and multilayer screen insulations was also experimentally studied to reveal its significance. One of the configurations of the multilayer screen insulation was further selected to be examined in sodium and sodium oxide environments. The emissivity of stainless steel 304 used in comprising the insulations was measured by employing infrared technology.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nuclear Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Shiu, Kelvin Kwok-Kay

• Engineering, Nuclear
• Energy

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8108659

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67796