Opportunities for advanced ceramics and composites in the nuclear sector

WE Lee, M Gilbert, ST Murphy… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ceramics have played a crucial role in the development of fission based nuclear power, in
glass & glass composite high level wasteforms, in composite cements to encapsulate …

Discrete element method for effective thermal conductivity of packed pebbles accounting for the Smoluchowski effect

M Moscardini, Y Gan, S Pupeschi, M Kamlah - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Discrete Element Method (DEM) for the evaluation of the effective thermal
conductivity of pebble beds in fusion blankets is presented. Pebble beds are multiphase …

The effects of packing structure on the effective thermal conductivity of granular media: A grain scale investigation

W Dai, D Hanaor, Y Gan - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Structural characteristics are considered to be the dominant factors in determining the
effective properties of granular media, particularly in the scope of transport phenomena …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Li-M (Ti, Al, Co, Ni, Mn, Fe)-O Energy Materials

IY Kim, SY Shin, JH Ko, KS Lee, SP Woo… - Journal of the Korean …, 2017 - jkcs.or.kr
Many new functional materials have been studied for efficient production and storage of
energy. Many new materials such as sodium-based and sulfide-based materials have been …

Review of the experimental research on the thermal‐hydraulic characteristics in the pebble bed nuclear reactor core and fusion breeder blankets

L Liu, J Deng, D Zhang, H Gu - International Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Merits in the inherent safety characteristics and multiple applications, cause the pebble‐bed‐
type nuclear reactors, including the High‐Temperature Gas‐cooled Reactors, Fluoride‐salt …

Hafnium silicate: a new microwave dielectric ceramic with low thermal expansivity

J Varghese, T Joseph, KP Surendran, TPD Rajan… - Dalton …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A HfSiO4 ceramic was prepared by a conventional solid state synthesis method by sintering
at 1600° C. The morphology of the sintered surface was characterized using scanning …

Estimation of effective thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficient of lithium orthosilicate pebble bed in carbon dioxide–air medium

NS Ghuge, D Mandal, MC Jadeja… - Experimental Heat …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lithium orthosilicate has the highest absorption capacity among other materials used to
capture carbon dioxide (CO2) at a higher temperature. To design a CO2 adsorption system …

Beam-assisted large elongation of in situ formed Li2O nanowires

H Zheng, Y Liu, SX Mao, J Wang, JY Huang - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
As an important component of the solid electrolyte interface in lithium ion batteries and an
effective blanket breeding material in fusion reactor, the mechanical property of Li2O is of …

Experimental measurements of the effective thermal conductivity of a lithium titanate (Li2TiO3) pebbles-packed bed

A Abou-Sena, A Ying, M Abdou - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2007 - Elsevier
Tritium breeding materials, which have the ability to react with neutrons and produce tritium,
are required to fuel fusion reactions. Tritium is produced inside the fusion blanket by neutron …

Fusion DEMO reactor design based on nuclear analysis

Y Someya, K Tobita, R Hiwatari, Y Sakamoto… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The neutronics of a fusion reactor is crucial in the conceptual design of all in-vessel
components and the overall reactor design. A successful DEMO reactor must demonstrate …