• DOI:10.1787/9789264107717-23-EN
• Corpus ID: 54678717

Advanced CSiC Composites for High-temperature Nuclear Heat Transport with Helium, Molten Salts, and Sulphur-iodine Thermochemical Hydrogen Process Fluids

@article{Forsberg2004AdvancedCC,
  title={Advanced CSiC Composites for High-temperature Nuclear Heat Transport with Helium, Molten Salts, and Sulphur-iodine Thermochemical Hydrogen Process Fluids},
  author={Charles W. Forsberg and Per F. Peterson and Paul S. Pickard},
  journal={Nuclear Science},
  year={2004},
  pages={289-302}
}

• C. Forsberg, P. Peterson, P. Pickard
• Published 2004
• Materials Science
• Nuclear Science

This paper discusses the use of liquid-silicon-impregnated (LSI) carbon-carbon composites for the development of compact and inexpensive heat exchangers, piping, vessels and pumps capable of operating in the temperature range of 800 to 1100°C with high-pressure helium, molten fluoride salts, and process fluids for sulfur-iodine thermochemical hydrogen production. LSI composites have several potentially attractive features, including ability to maintain nearly full mechanical strength to temperatures approaching 1400°C, inexpensive and commercially available fabrication materials, and the capability for simple forming, machining and joining of carbon-carbon performs, which permits the fabrication of highly complex component geometries. In the near term, these materials may prove to be attractive for use with a molten-salt intermediate loop for the demonstration of hydrogen production with a gas-cooled high temperature reactor. In the longer term, these materials could be attractive for use with the moltensalt cooled Advanced High Temperature Reactor, molten salt reactors, and fusion power plants.