Calculation of molten salt heat exchangers
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Friends, I need to build a molten salt heat exchanger at the moment, but I’m not sure where to start. How did everyone solve it? For molten salt calculations, it’s difficult to modify the physical properties. I tried to modify the material properties in Aspen, but the results were not satisfactory. I’d like to ask everyone: is there a direct molten salt model available for use in HTRI? Thank you all
Melting salts do not require a special model. It’s just a matter of entering the properties of the molten salt – that’s not a problem. In the words of Heat Exchanger Master, I can do the calculations – you just need to tell me what the composition of the molten salt is.
It is mainly necessary to have accurate physical properties of the lava. There doesn’t seem to be a specific lava model in HTRI; I’ve seen a lava heat exchanger in the form of double tubes before.