Science and Technology of Liquid Metal Coolants in Nuclear Engineering
- 1st Edition - August 25, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Author: Thiagarajan Gnanasekaran
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 1 4 5 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 6 7 - 7
Science and Technology of Liquid Metal Coolants in Nuclear Engineering is a comprehensive consolidation of the latest research and knowledge on liquid metal coolants. Over the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteScience and Technology of Liquid Metal Coolants in Nuclear Engineering is a comprehensive consolidation of the latest research and knowledge on liquid metal coolants. Over the last decades, various new technologies have been developed for the liquid metal coolants of fast breeder and fusion reactors and accelerator driven systems. Details of pumps and instrumentation used in these coolants and their operating principles are included to provide the reader with a well-rounded understanding of the topic and to guide on the operation of different liquid metal coolant systems.
Methods for the safe handling and control of impurity levels in these coolants are clearly discussed, along with alkali metal fires and their management, including methods for safe disposal of sodium waste.
- Discusses the thermophysical and chemical properties of liquid metals described with their microscopic origin
- Includes methods for the safe handling of liquid metal coolants and their purification and management
- Discusses pumps and instrumentation principles and design
Researchers and graduates of advanced nuclear reactor systems, fast breeder reactors, fusion reactors, and accelerator driven systems; those designing and handling liquid metal coolants; those coming to the topic from adjacent fields. Nuclear facility construction engineers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword by Anil Kakodkar
- Foreword by Christian Latgé
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Thermophysical and nuclear properties of liquid metal coolants
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Metallic bonding and the state of liquid metals
- 1.3. Cohesive energy of liquid metals
- 1.4. Structure of liquid metals
- 1.5. Surface energy of liquids and the phenomenon of wetting
- 1.6. Viscosity of liquid metals
- 1.7. Electrical conductivity of metallic materials
- 1.8. Thermal conductivity of materials
- 1.9. Molar heat capacity of liquid metals
- 1.10. Vapor pressure of liquid metals
- 1.11. Magnetic properties of metals
- 1.12. Nuclear properties of the liquid metal coolants
- 1.13. Choice of coolant for advanced nuclear systems
- 2. Chemical properties of liquid metal coolants
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Alkali metal coolants
- 2.3. Heavy liquid metal coolants
- 2.4. Solubility of metallic and nonmetallic species in liquid metals
- 2.5. Kinetics of precipitation and dissolution of solutes in liquid metal systems
- 3. Handling and operations of liquid metal systems
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Handling alkali metals
- 3.3. Handling Pb, LBE, and Pb-Li eutectic alloy
- 3.4. Purification of liquid metals
- 3.5. Chemical characterization of liquid metal coolants
- 3.6. Alkali metal fires
- 3.7. Methods of extinguishing alkali metal fires
- 3.8. Disposal of sodium
- 3.9. Regeneration of cold traps of sodium systems
- 4. Pumps and instruments for liquid metal coolant circuits
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Pumps for liquid metal circuits
- 4.3. Level measurements in liquid metal systems
- 4.4. Flow measurements in liquid metal circuits
- 4.5. Viewing of components immersed in liquid metals
- 4.6. Detectors for liquid metal leaks
- 4.7. On-line impurity monitors for liquid metal coolants
- 5. Corrosion and mass transfer in liquid metal systems
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. General factors that determine corrosion and mass transfer of structural materials in liquid metal systems
- 5.3. Corrosion and mass transfer in liquid sodium systems
- 5.4. Corrosion and mass transfer in liquid lithium systems
- 5.5. Corrosion in liquid lead and lead-bismuth eutectic systems
- 5.6. Corrosion in liquid lead-lithium eutectic systems
- 5.7. Wetting of structural materials by liquid metals
- Epilogue
- Annexure 1. Radial density function
- Annexure 2. Ferromagnetic materials
- Annexure 3. Basics of heat transfer by liquid metals
- Annexure 4. Thermochemical aspects of dissolution of solutes in liquid metals
- Annexure 5. Kinetics of precipitation of solutes from solutions
- Annexure 6. Magnetic effects of current, inductance, and eddy currents
- Annexure 7. Propagation of sound waves through matter
- Annexure 8. Piezoelectricity and piezoelectric materials
- Annexure 9. Solid electrolytes
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 25, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 560
- No. of pages (eBook): 560
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323951456
- eBook ISBN: 9780323958677
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Thiagarajan Gnanasekaran
Dr. T. Gnanasekaran has experience spanning more than 40 years in this field. He has been leading a group of scientists developing facilities for handling sodium, analytical characterisation of sodium and carrying out studies on reactions in liquid metals viz., sodium, lead and lead-bismuth eutectic alloy. He has measured thermochemical properties of various compounds formed in these coolant-structural material systems and established the phase diagrams of relevance for understanding corrosion in these systems. Notable instruments developed by him are sensors for measuring non-metallic impurities in liquid sodium and heavy liquid metals. He has also developed a method to fabricate a high temperature ultrasonic transducer for viewing components immersed in liquid metals.
Dr. Gnanasekaran superannuated as Associate Director of the Chemistry Group at IGCAR and was Raja Ramanna Fellow of the centre. He was a Senior Professor at Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) and formulating and conducting chemistry related courses at IGCAR. He is currently one of the editors of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier.
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Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, IndiaRead Science and Technology of Liquid Metal Coolants in Nuclear Engineering on ScienceDirect