Upcoming Meetings & Conferences
21st Symposium: Turbomachinery Measuring
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22-23 March - 2012
Conference on Thermal Energy Management
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26 March - 2012
The Energy Institute training course
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27-29 March - 2012
6th International Conference: Thermal Engineering
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22-25 May - 2011
8th ECI International Conference
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3-7 June - 2012
Sustainable Energy In Buildings
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14-20 October - 2012
Heat Pipe-based Emergency Cooling System for Nuclear Reactors and Spent Fuel Ponds
At the Japan Association of Heat Pipe Meeting, Waseda University on 9 July 2011, Masataka Mochizuki of the company Fujikura Ltd. in Tokyo, gave a most illuminating talk on the role heat pipes might play in emergency cooling systems for nuclear reactors and spent fuel storage. This was most topical, the conference taking place after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant destruction. The overheads are given here:
View the talk: Heat Pipe Based Emergency Cooling System (PDF)