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The Brave New World of
 Molten Salt Heat Transfer Technology

 

http://www.akotrace.com/blog/  Molten salt line tracing (heating) systems.

http://www.coastalchem.com/  Mfgr. of HITEC

MSR - HITEC Heat Transfer Salt .pdf

MSR - High Temperature Molten Salt Coolants - Literature-IAEA .pdf

Molten Salt - Price Estimates - ORNL-TM-2006-12 60.pdf 
FLiBe salt is savagely expensive.  300 tons of it?

How expensive?  http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/2012/mcs2012.pdf  Prices for all commodity minerals.  Lithium, Beryllium, Thorium, etc.

Molten Salts For High Temperature Reactors - 4502649.pdf  Important recent research.

Molten Salt Engineering Database - 4502650.pdf 

http://www.flowserve.com/Products/Pumps/Vertical/Wet-Pit/Molten-Salt-VTP-Pump%2Cen_US   Molten Salt Pumps

http://www.asme.org/products/journals/journal-of-solar-energy-engineering 

http://www.globalheattransfer.co.uk/home 

http://www.halotechnics.com/  Solar heat towers.

http://www.greendiary.com/entry/biggest-molten-salt-solar-power-plants-world/  5 biggest.

http://www.ajaxelectric.com/  Molten salt furnaces

http://www.kolene.com/  Molten salt cleaning

http://moltensalt.org/whatIsMoltenSalt.html  Bruce Hoglund's "What is molten salt?" 

 

The first major use of Flibe for nuclear power applications was in the 8 MWth Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) constructed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Operating between June 1965 and May 1969, the MSRE used a mixture of 66 mole% LiF (792g) and 34 mole% BeF2 (748g) at 545°C (1,010°F) to 580°C (1,080°F), 34.4 k Pa (5 psi) gauge pressure, and 54 L/s circulation rate as an intermediate(?) coolant.

FLiBe has a density of 1.94 g/cm3 or 121 pounds per ft3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heat Transfer Salt properties, compared with Flibe

 

HTS (heat transfer salt)

Flibe

Chemical composition

49% NaNO3, 7% NaNO2, 44% KNO3

34% BeF2, 66% LiF

Melting temperature

142 C

460 C

Thermal decomposition temperature

530 C

Very high

Density

1.76 g/cm3

2.0 g/cm3

Viscosity (500C)

1.1 cp

15 cp

Thermal conductivity

0.57 W/m-K

1.0 W/m-K

Heat capacity

1550 J/kg-K

2350 J/kg-K

Electrical Conductivity

59 (Wm)-1

155 (Wm)-1

References:

H. W. Hoffman ORNL-2433 (1960) "DuPont Hitec Heat Transfer Salt," E. I. Dupont Chem. Products Sales Division, Wilmington, De. 1986.
E. G. Bohlman, ORNL-TM-3777
G. J. Janz "Physical Properties Data Compilations, relevant to energy storage" Part II and IV. National Bureau of Standards, NSRDS-NBS 61, Part II and IV, April 1979 and July 1981.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (Left) FlowServ molten salt
circulation pumps are available
on the web.

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.flowserve.com/Products/Pumps/Vertical/Wet-Pit/Molten-Salt-VTP-Pump%2Cen_US