Thermal transport in multi-phase flows for concentrating solar applications

该项目旨在推进涉及液态金属的高温系统的传热领域，重点是储能和太阳能发电技术。该概念将管式钠锅炉与氯化钠相变存储系统相结合，以实现连续能源供应。氯化钠成本低，其熔融温度适用于广泛的工业过程。该项目计划通过研究液态金属的质量、动量、能量和辐射输运来解决高辐照管中钠稳定性的挑战。这将为新型钠锅炉的设计和测试提供信息，为连续或按需生产电力、化学燃料和商品提供稳定的等温过程热量。

This project seeks to advance the field of heat transfer in high-temperature systems involving liquid metals, with emphasis on energy storage and solar power technologies. The concept couples a tubular sodium boiler with a sodium chloride phase-change storage system for continuous energy supply. Sodium chloride is low cost and has a melting temperature suitable for a wide range of industrial processes. The project plans to address the challenge of sodium stability in highly irradiated tubes by investigating mass, momentum, energy and radiative transport in liquid metals. It is intended that this will inform the design and testing of novel sodium boilers to provide stable and isothermal process heat for continuous or on-demand production of power, chemical fuels and commodities.