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UM conducts molten salt experiment
For 2,300 hours, the molten salt pump Shaft Seal Test Facility (SSTF) operated at the University of Michigan’s Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory, according to an article from UM. The large-scale experiment was designed to evaluate shaft seal performance in high-temperature pump systems. Fewer than 10 facilities worldwide have successfully operated fluoride or chloride salts for more than 100 hours using over 10 kilograms of material.
M. M. Yarosh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1960 | Pages 32-43
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE8-1-32
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Heat transfer and pressure drop test data were obtained on liquid metal-to-molten salt heat exchangers and on liquid metal-to-air radiators. The data were correlated to permit predictions of the heat transfer and pressure drop performance of heat exchange equipment to be used on the Aircraft Reactor Test scheduled at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The test results agreed well with analytical predictions using the Dittus-Boelter and Kaufman-Lubarsky equations except that in the transition region from laminar to turbulent flow marked differences were found in the heat transfer coefficients for flow through round tubes and axial flow between tubes. These differences appeared to stem in part from the irregular geometry of the flow passage between tubes, and in part, from the tube spacers employed.