Chi Hsin Wang

US Patent:

20210057114, Feb 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug 13, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/993207

Inventors:

- Cambridge MA, US
Matteo Bucci - Boston MA, US
Olorunsola Akinsulire - Jamaica NY, US
Bren Phillips - Upton MA, US
Youngsup Song - Cambridge MA, US
Chi Wang - Cambridge MA, US
Guanyu Su - Watertown MA, US
Md Mahamudur Rahman - El Paso TX, US

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G21C 3/08
G21C 15/25

Abstract:

Engineered surfaces, such as surfaces having nano- and/or micro-scale features, may provide an enhanced flow boiling Critical Heat Flux (CHF) at ambient or higher pressures, which may enhance cooling. Enhancing flow boiling CHF may be desirable for nuclear reactors, where heat is generated by a heater such as a nuclear reactor core. Enhanced flow boiling CHF may provide larger safety margins and/or better economics of nuclear reactors, for example, because reactor power rating may be increased as cooling is enhanced.