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Molten-Salt Synthesis of Complex Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Published on: October 27, 2018
Applications of Thermochemical Modeling in Molten Salt Reactors
Theodore M Besmann1, Juliano Schorne-Pinto1, Mina Aziziha1
1Nuclear Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Abstract:
The extensively evaluated and consistent thermodynamic database, the Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database-Thermochemical (MSTDB-TC), was used along with additional thermodynamic values from other sources as examples of ways to examine molten salt reactor (MSR) fuel behavior. Relative stability with respect to halide potential and temperature for likely fuel and fission product components were mapped in Ellingham diagrams for the chloride and fluoride systems. The Ellingham diagrams provide a rich, visual means for identifying halide-forming components in proposed fuel/solvent salt systems. Thermochemical models and values from MSTDB-TC and ancillary sources were used in global equilibrium calculations to provide compositions for a close analysis of the behavior of a possible Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor and a Molten Salt Reactor Experiment-type system at high burnup (100 GWd/t). The results illustrated the oxidative nature of burnup in MSRs and provided information about redox behavior and possible control.
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