Greatly Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Fully Inert Matrix Dispersion Pellet (IMDP) Produced by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Technique

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaodandan Ma ◽  
Tong Liu ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Maozhou Sun ◽  
Zhiwei Lu
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Inert Matrix ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma ◽  
New Type ◽  
Normal Method ◽  
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Better Than

In order to improve nuclear reactor’s performance and safety, a new-type fuel, Inert Matrix Dispersion Pellet (IMDP) with greatly enhanced thermal conductivity was studied. In this paper, the pellet was developed by Spark Plasma Sintering Technique (SPS), which brings an improved thermal conductivity compared with normal method and exhibits fully dense SiC matrix with a higher TRISO volume in kernel of pellet. Thermal-physical properties of the IMDP from room temperature to 1400 °C were investigated. The thermal conductivity improved 1100% at room temperature and 974% under 1000°C when TRISO volume is 40%, which behave much better than traditional UO2 fuel. The thermal diffusivity reduced and heat capacity increased at different TRISO volumes, linearly implied stable geometry at high temperature. From CT test we can see an intact structure of uniform TRISO granules. For comparison, modeling thermal conductivity is analyzed by FEM, which shows lower than measured data, indicating an optimized technology of this new method. Advantages of SPS will be discussed as well.

Bi2Te3 and Bi2Te3/Nano-SiC Prepared by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

2007 ◽  
Vol 280-283 ◽  
pp. 397-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Liu ◽  
Jing Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Electrical Resistivity ◽  
Mechanical Alloying ◽  
Seebeck Coefficient ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Materials ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Mechanically Alloyed ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Bi2Te3-based alloys are currently best-known, technological thermoelectric materials near room temperature. In this paper, Bi2Te3 and nano-SiC dispersed Bi2Te3 were prepared by mechanical alloying followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Raw powders of Bi, Te and SiC were mixed and mechanically alloyed in an argon atmosphere using a planetary ball mill. The SPS temperature was 623K, and the holding time was 5 minutes. The samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning electron Microscope (SEM). The thermoelectric properties: i.e. Seebeck coefficient, electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity were measured at temperatures from room temperature to 573K, followed by the evaluation of figure of merit. The results revealed that the SiC dispersion in the Bi2Te3 matrix increased Seebeck coefficient. Although the electrical resistivity was increased somewhat, the thermal conductivity was reduced by the SiC dispersion, indicating that promising thermoelectric materials with enhanced mechanical properties may be obtained in the nano-SiC dispersed Bi2Te3 composites with optimal compositions.

Magnetic Properties and High Thermal Conductivity of Al2O3 Ceramics Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering

2013 ◽  
Vol 750-752 ◽  
pp. 512-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Hua Jia ◽  
Xin Gui Tang ◽  
Donge Chen ◽  
Jun Bo Wu ◽  
Qiu Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Room Temperature Ferromagnetism ◽  
High Thermal Conductivity ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Spark Plasma

The Al2O3 ceramics with high thermal conductivity prepared the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technology. The structure, image and magnetic properties of the SPS Al2O3 ceramics was characterized by X-ray, field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and the vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) at room temperature. The results shown that the average grain size of the Al2O3 ceramics is about 5~15μm, the thermal conductivity of Al2O3 ceramics up to 24.928 W/(m·K), and the remanent magnetization as higher as 0.00546emu/g and the saturation magnetization as higher as 0.0321 emu/g, respectively. The room-temperature ferromagnetism, which is different from the traditional, possibly originates from the oxygen vacancies.

Densification and Thermal Conductivity of Y2O3-Doped AlN Ceramics by Spark Plasma Sintering

2007 ◽  
Vol 352 ◽  
pp. 227-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Shen ◽  
Z.D. Wei ◽  
Mei Juan Li ◽  
Lian Meng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Particle Surface ◽  
Boundary Phase ◽  
Homogeneous Microstructure ◽  
Densification Mechanism ◽  
Sintering Additive ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

AlN ceramics doped with yttrium oxide (Y2O3) as the sintering additive were prepared via the spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique. The sintering behaviors and densification mechanism were mainly investigated. The results showed that Y2O3 addition could promote the AlN densification. Y2O3-doped AlN samples could be densified at low temperatures of 1600-1700oC in 20-25 minutes. The AlN samples were characterized with homogeneous microstructure. The Y-Al-O compounds were created on the grain boundaries due to the reactions between Y2O3 and Al2O3 on AlN particle surface. With increasing the sintering temperature, AlN grains grew up, and the location of grain boundaries as well as the phase compositions changed. The Y/Al ratio in the aluminates increased, from Y3Al5O12 to YAlO3 and to Y4Al2O9. High-density, the growth of AlN grains and the homogenous dispersion of boundary phase were helpful to improve the thermal conductivity of AlN ceramics. The thermal conductivity of 122Wm-1K-1 for the 4.0 mass%Y2O3-doped AlN sample was reached.

Formation of a unique glass by spark plasma sintering of a zeolite

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 3241-3245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianjun Wang ◽  
Wan Jiang ◽  
Lidong Chen ◽  
Zhijian Shen
Keyword(s):  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Glass Sample ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Vickers Microhardness ◽  
Simple Approach ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopic ◽  
Spark Plasma

A simple approach, order–disorder transition (ODT), has been developed to synthesize a novel glass using ZSM-5 as starting materials. In this process, the ZSM-5 powders were pressed uniaxially in a graphite die and rapidly sintered using spark plasma sintering (SPS). High-resolution transmission electron microscopic images revealed that a few crystalline zeolite fragments were still preserved locally inside the SPS consolidated sample. Vickers microhardness and fracture toughness of this as-prepared transparent glass sample at room temperature reaches 7.3 ± 0.2 GPa and 2.0 ± 0.3MPa·m1/2, respectively. It is very interesting that these novel bulk transparent glasses exhibit ultraviolet photoluminescence (PL) properties at about ∼360 nm.

scholarly journals Thermoelectric properties of Cu3SbSe3 with intrinsically ultralow lattice thermal conductivity

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (38) ◽  
pp. 15829-15835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kriti Tyagi ◽  
Bhasker Gahtori ◽  
Sivaiah Bathula ◽  
A. K. Srivastava ◽  
A. K. Shukla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Solid State Reaction ◽  
Electrical Transport ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma

Intrinsically ultra-low thermal conductivity and electrical transport in single-phase Cu2SbSe3 synthesized employing a solid state reaction and spark plasma sintering.

Spark Plasma Sintering of Ti-4.5Al-3V-2Fe-2Mo (SP-700)

2010 ◽  
Vol 654-656 ◽  
pp. 819-822
Author(s):  
Genki Kikuchi ◽  
Hiroshi Izui ◽  
Yuya Takahashi ◽  
Shota Fujino
Keyword(s):  
Spark Plasma Sintering ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Titanium Boride ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Plasma Sintering ◽  
Spark Plasma ◽  
Tib2 Particles

In this study, we focused on the sintering performance of Ti-4.5Al-3V-2Mo-2Fe (SP-700) and mechanical properties of SP-700 reinforced with titanium boride (TiB/SP-700) fabricated by spark plasma sintering (SPS). TiB whiskers formed in titanium by a solid-state reaction of titanium and TiB2 particles were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The TiB/SP-700 was sintered at temperatures of 1073, 1173, and 1273 K and a pressure of 70 MPa for 10, 30, and 50 min. The volume fraction of TiB ranged from 1.7 vol.% to 19.9 vol.%. Tensile tests of TiB/SP-700 were conducted at room temperature, and the effect of TiB volume fraction on the tensile properties was investigated.

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