@inbook{d8ec75b0eff142988b832f1912a6a97b,
title = "Consideration of Alumina Coating Fabricated by Sol-Gel Method for PbLi Flow",
abstract = "Electrical insulation coating is extremely important for lead lithium (PbLi) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) thermofluid research from point view of secure electric insulating wall condition. The Al2O3 coatings fabricated by a sol-gel method have never studied as electrical insulation coating against PbLi as a working fluid. The present paper discusses on the feasibility of the Al2O3 coating as an electrical insulation coating for PbLi MHD flows. It is examined the electrical insulating durability of the Al2O3 coating by the sol-gel method with the molten PbLi exposed. The Al2O3 coatings worked as electrical insulation coating for 170 h with PbLi temperature at 300°C in this study. However, the Al2O3 coating cured up to around 370°C seemed to have a threshold for the electric insulation break above 400°C. Nevertheless, the Al2O3 coating fabricated by the sol-gel method will be a potential electric insulation coating for PbLi flow under the MHD condition with the operation time and the temperature limitation.",
keywords = "Alumina, Electrical insulation coating, Lead-lithium, Sol-gel method",
author = "Yoshitaka Ueki and Tomoaki Kunugi and Masatoshi Kondo and Akio Sagara and Morley, {Neil B.} and Abdou, {Mohamed A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors were grateful for the great financial support the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology of Japan and the US Department of Energy via the Japan–US Joint Research Project, Tritium, Irradiation and Thermofluid for America and Nippon (TITAN).",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-4-431-99779-5_61",
language = "English",
isbn = "9784431997788",
series = "Green Energy and Technology",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "373--379",
booktitle = "Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009",
}