CompRex, LLC, a Wisconsin-based small business that specializes in the provision of compact heat exchanger and reactor solutions, announced that it has received grants from the U.S. Department of Energy for two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects:
Highly Efficient Diffusion Bonded Inconel 617 Heat Exchanger for Nuclear Energy Applications
A high temperature supercritical carbon dioxide-based nuclear power plant will efficiently provide baseload electricity without accessing a water reservoir and without discharging heated water into the local environment. This project will develop a high temperature and high pressure Alloy 617 diffusion bonded heat exchanger with a novel architecture suitable for many types of advanced nuclear power plants.
Low cost modular diffusion bonded heat exchanger
This project aims to substantially lower the capital costs of many types of advanced nuclear power plants, which require several types of expensive heat exchangers. This will be achieved by developing a fast inexpensive stamping process that completely replaces the labor intensive and time consuming photochemical etching process currently required for highly efficient printed circuit heat exchangers.
“CompRex is honored to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to further develop its compact heat exchange technology,” said Dr. Zhijun Jia, Chief Executive Officer of CompRex.