Corrosion-resistant coolant salt and method for making same

    公开(公告)号:US12049408B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US16571414

    申请日:2019-09-16

    申请人: TerraPower, LLC

    发明人: Brian C. Kelleher

    IPC分类号: C01F5/30 C01D3/20

    CPC分类号: C01F5/30 C01D3/20

    摘要: This document describes a method for reducing the corrosivity of certain magnesium salts. The salt product resulting from the method exhibits reduced corrosion of steels that come into contact with the salt relative to salt compositions that are not so treated. This makes such treated salts more efficient coolant salts as they will require less equipment replacement over time. The method uses magnesium metal to reduce unwanted impurities in the salts the reduced impurities are then removed as either gas or precipitate from the now purified salt. Without being bound to one particular theory, it is believed that the reduction of the level of impurities in the salt results in a salt with substantially reduced corrosiveness to steel.