Thermoacoustic enhancements for nuclear fuel rods

Steven L. Garrett; James A. Smith; Dale K. Kotter

Thermoacoustic enhancements for nuclear fuel rods

Steven L. Garrett (Inventor), James A. Smith (Inventor), Dale K. Kotter (Inventor)

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Abstract

A nuclear thermoacoustic device includes a housing defining an interior chamber and a portion of nuclear fuel disposed in the interior chamber. A stack is disposed in the interior chamber and has a hot end and a cold end. The stack is spaced from the portion of nuclear fuel with the hot end directed toward the portion of nuclear fuel. The stack and portion of nuclear fuel are positioned such that an acoustic standing wave is produced in the interior chamber. A frequency of the acoustic standing wave depends on a temperature in the interior chamber.

Original language	American English
Patent number	10,283,225
State	Published - May 2019

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