Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students -- Advanced Reactors

Recent Advancements and Prospects of Chemical Heat Pumps for Temperature Amplification for Nuclear Process Heat Applications

10:00–10:20AM MST

Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)

Helium-Air Mixing in Simulated Reactor Cavities of Very High Temperature Reactors

10:20–10:40AM MST

Abdullah Abubakar (City Univ. New York), Mathieu Davis (City Univ. New York), James Kim (City Univ. New York), Dinesh Kalaga (City Univ. New York), Masahiro Kawaji (City Univ. New York)

A Multifaceted Analysis of Chemical-Absorption Heat Pump Technology for Integrated Energy Systems

10:40–11:00AM MST

Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State), Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State)

An Investigation of Heat Transfer Properties of Liquid Sodium at Low Peclet Numbers

11:00–11:20AM MST

Nicholas Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Deployment Pathways of Small Modular Reactors in Electric Power and Industrial Markets to Achieve Cost Reductions and Widespread Use

11:20–11:40AM MST

Max Vanatta (Univ. Michigan), Deep Patel (Univ. Michigan), Daniel Cooper (Univ. Michigan), Todd Allen (Univ. Michigan), Jacob Mays (Cornell Univ.), Michael T. Craig (Univ. Michigan)

Manufacturing and X-ray Imaging of Kilowatt-Scale Sodium Heat Pipes for Microreactor Applications

11:40AM–12:00PM MST

Erik M. Tillman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)