A Comparative Analysis of the Liquid Metal Heat Transfer Systems for WMA
Description:
Introduction. As stated in Report KAPL 116, one of the objectives of the KAPL reactor is "to provide a prototype demonstration of the practical general of electrical power from Nuclear energy using molten sodium as the primary coolant. The reactor will generate steam at a temperature of 550 degrees F and 465 psia, including 90 degree superheat potentially capable of an efficiency of twenty-eight per cent in electrical output." The work reported here is intended to increase the scope and supply …
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Date:
April 29, 1949
Creator:
Selby, J. D.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department