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Thermal analysis in the field of Energy industries

In times of climate change and dwindling fossil energy sources, it is becoming increasingly more important to use the remaining resources as efficiently as possible for energy and heat generation. It is indispensable to know the thermal properties of fuels such as coal, oil, and gas to achieve this goal.

Knowing the thermal characteristics of the materials used is an important safety factor, in areas such as nuclear energy. In this case, in particular, it is necessary to prevent leakage of the radioactivity arising in the nuclear power plant or in a nuclear drive from the reactor. This can only succeed if the construction uses materials that can withstand both radiation and high operating pressures and temperatures. High pressure instruments from Linseis are required to determine this. These instruments are produced to withstand the prevailing conditions.

Even higher temperatures and pressures are produced by recovering lithium secondary energy using fusion reactors. Although, the process is still in its infancy, research has been running at full speed for years. One of the most delicate questions in the design of this type of reactor is determining a suitable wall material. This answer can only be determined when using reliable thermal analysis methods such as Dilatometry, Simultaneous Thermal Analysis or Laserflash analysis.

LINSEIS offers scientists and developers in the nuclear and energy industries a broad range of high quality thermal analysis instrumentation that fully meets all accuracy, safety and functionality requirements.

Sustainable energy supply through Molten Salts

The use of Molten Salts is playing an increasingly important role in sustainable energy supply. These high-temperature stable materials offer remarkable thermal properties that are crucial in applications such as nuclear fission reactors and solar power plants. In particular, FLiNaK molten salt, a mixture of lithium fluoride (LiF), sodium fluoride (NaF) and potassium fluoride (KF), plays a key role in these technologies as it has exceptional thermal conductivity.

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Nuclear Brochure for Thermal analysis

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Devices for the nuclear and energy industries

DIL nuclear

Linseis Dilatometer for nuclear applications

LFA nuclear

Linseis LFA Laser Flash for nuclear applications

STA nuclear

Thermal Analysis - TG-DSC for glove box use

Applications with materials for energy industry

LSR – Constantan – Seebeck coefficient

App. Nr. 02-009-003 LSR – Constantan – Seebeck coefficient - Thermoelectric properties

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STA PT 1600 – Titanium hydride – STA

App. Nr. 02-004-003 STA PT 1600 – Titanium hydride – STA

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TFA – thermoelectric thin film Au

App. Nr. 02-013-002 TFA – thermoelectric thin film – thermoelectric properties – metals&alloys 2

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TFA – thermoelectric thin film Bi87Sb13

App. Nr. 02-013-001 TFA – thermoelectric thin film – thermoelectric properties - semiconductor

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TFA – thermoelectric thin film PEDOT:PSS

App. Nr. 02-013-003 TFA – thermoelectric thin film – thermoelectric properties - semiconductor

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LSR – Copper – Electric conductivity

App. Nr. 02-009-005 LSR – Copper – Electric conductivity

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LSR – Constantan – Seebeck coefficient

App. Nr. 02-009-004 LSR – Constantan – Seebeck coefficient - Thermoelectric properties

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Chip-DSC 1 – crude oil analysis – wax appearance temperature

App. Nr. 02-011-011 - Differential Scanning Calorimeter - Chip-DSC 1 – crude oil analysis – wax appearance temperature

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STA HP1 – Coal gasification – HP STA

App. Nr. 02-017-003 STA HP1 – Coal gasification – High Pressure TGA

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STA PT 1000 – Stability from Molten Salts

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LFA 1000 – Thermal diffusivity measurement of Molten Salts

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