HEXCES provides novel heat exchangers for National Lab test facility
HEXCES selected to provide novel compact platelet heat exchange devices to a facility for researchers and technology developers to test new microreactor concepts.
HEXCES provided multiple heat exchangers to Idaho National Laboratory (INL), who leads work under the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Microreactor Program. INL researchers and scientists conduct fundamental and applied research and development to reduce the risks associated with new technology performance and manufacturing readiness of microreactors.
The Microreactor AGile Non-Nuclear Experimental Test Bed (MAGNET), at INL’s Energy Systems Laboratory, offers integrated thermal testing capability to enable microreactors and is equipped with electrical heating elements to simulate core thermal behavior, primary heat exchanger performance, and passive decay heat removal for heat pipe and gas-cooled microreactors.
Our recuperative heat exchanger is featured in a recently published an article in the Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering titled, "Development, Construction, and Operation of the Agile Non-nuclear Microreactor Experimental Test Bed (MAGNET) and Helium Component Test Facility (He-CTF)."
Find the full article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295639.2024.2384218#abstract