Thermal Hydraulic & Structural Testing and Modeling of Compact Diffusion-Bonded Heat Exchanges for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles CX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 07/01/2016 Location(s): IdahoOffices(s): Nuclear Energy
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July 1, 2016Thermal Hydraulic & Structural Testing and Modeling of Compact Diffusion-Bonded Heat Exchanges for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 07/01/2016
Location(s): Idaho
Offices(s): Nuclear Energy
The primary focus of this research proposal would be on validating and verifying the structural integrity of continuous channel –type PCHEs such as the Heatric zig/zag or Marbond (otherwise known as Shimtec) continuous micro-channel heat exchanger opposed to fin-type geometries.