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The Soft-Sphere Equation of State for Liquid Flibe
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In this article, a soft sphere model for describing liquid metals was deployed with slight modifications for fitting the available experimental data for liquid Flibe, and the results show that the model has good thermodynamic behavior, although for a material like Flibe the "critical point" phenomenon is more complex than for pure component material.Abstract:
Molten Flibe (Li2BeF4) salt is a candidate material for the liquid blanket in the HYLIFE-II inertial confinement fusion reactor. The thermodynamic properties of the liquid are very important for the study of the thermohydraulic behavior of the concept design, particularly, the compressible analysis of the blanket isochoric heating problem. In this paper, a soft sphere model equation of state, which was used for describing liquid metals previously, is deployed with slight modifications for fitting the available experimental data for liquid Flibe. It is found that within the available temperature range the model gives a good agreement with experimental data for density, enthalpy and speed of sound. Additionally the model provides reasonable isotherms, spinodal line and predicts a “critical point”. The results show that the model has good thermodynamic behavior, although for a material like Flibe the “critical point” phenomenon is more complex than for pure component material.read more
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Thermo-Physical Properties and Equilibrium Vapor-Composition of Lithium Fluoride-Beryllium Fluoride (2LiF/BeF2) Molten Salt
TL;DR: An assessment of Flibe thermo-physical properties relevant to the prompt x-rays ablation of the liquid wall is presented with emphasis given to the equilibrium vapor composition and vapor pressure as discussed by the authors.
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New RELAP5-3D Lead and LBE Thermophysical Properties Implementation for Safety Analysis of Gen IV Reactors
TL;DR: In this paper, a tool for the generation of new properties binary files has been developed for the lead and the lead Bismuth Eutectic using the ATHENA code integration.
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Fitted equations of state for Flibe gas
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented two fitted equations of state of the Flibe gas to meet the needs of the Hylife-II reactor, which used molten salt Flibe as the liquid blanket material.
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A consistent model for the equilibrium thermodynamic functions of partially ionized flibe plasma with Coulomb corrections
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple consistent model for determining the detailed plasma composition and thermodynamic functions of high-temperature, fully dissociated and partially ionized flibe gas is presented and used to calculate different thermodynamic properties of interest to fusion applications.
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IFE Liquid Wall Response to the Prompt X-Ray Energy Deposition: Investigation of Physical Processes and Assessment of Ablated Material
TL;DR: In this paper, the physical processes and material removal mechanisms associated with the energy deposition in an inertial fusion energy liquid wall from the prompt X-ray spectrum of an indirect-drive IR target were investigated.
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