Award Number: DE-EE0008381CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Solar Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): MAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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August 20, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008381
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): MA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to design, develop, fabricate, and test cermet/refractory materials to be used in pumps and valves for high temperature molten salt (capable of withstanding temperatures greater than 750°C or 800°, depending on the component in question). A centrifugal pump, valve plug, and vertical turbine pump would be developed from the cermet/refractory materials. One pump would also be developed from conventional materials (i.e. Nickel based alloys). Testing and materials development would focus on optimizing the cermet/refractory materials’ corrosion resistance, as well as insuring that the components developed from the materials are mechanically stiff and creep resistant.