CHAPTER 15

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CHAPTER 15EQUIPMENT FOR MOLTEN-SALT REACTOR heat -TRANSFERSYSTEMS*The equipment required in the heat -transfer circuits of a molten-saltreactor consists of the components needed to contain, circulate, cool, heat ,and control molten salts at temperatures up to 1300 F. Included in suchsystems are pumps, heat exchangers, piping, expansion tanks, storagevessels, valves, devices for sensing operating variables, and other for the fuel and blanket salts differ from standard centrifugalpumps for operation at high temperatures in that provisions must be madeto exclude oxidants and lubricants from the salts, to prevent uncontrolledescape of salts and gases, and to minimize heating and irradiation of thedrive motors.

CHAPTER 15 EQUIPMENT FOR MOLTEN-SALT REACTOR HEAT-TRANSFER ... heat exchangers, piping, expansion tanks, storage vessels, valves, devices for sensing operating variables, and other auxiliary equipment. Pumps for the fuel and blanket salts differ from standard centrifugal ... items suitable for a specific reactor plant are described in Chapter 17.

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