1. Liquid Metal Power Cycle By: Se Joong (David) Kang

2. What Is Liquidmetal? First developed by CalTech Most are quite SOLID at room temp Hard wearing Withstand thermal cycling High tensile strength High coeff of restitution Excellent anti-wearing

3. Use of Liquid Metal in Power Plant Referred as liquid metal cooled reactor Its first adaptation occurred in 1957 Uses molten metals or actually “liquid” metals Used in power generation

4. Commonly Used Sources Molten Metals –sodium, lead, bismuth alloys “liquid” metals @ room temp –Mercury, NaK

5. Advantages Higher power density Reactor doesn’t need to be kept under pressure Requires little space Disadvantages Difficulty with inspection/reactor repair Possible corrosion Potential toxic production

6. Nuclear Power Plant

7. Questions?

8. References http://art4gamers.com/Wallpapers/LiquidMetal2.jpg http://www.mainstreamwrestling.net/liquid-metal-blue.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/milangelic/17697317 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmetal http://www.nucleartourist.com/type/metal.htm