Additive Manufacturing of Porous Metal [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 2017.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Physical Description:: 18 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

Currently, helium is obtained through separation from natural gas. The current industrial process incurs significant costs and requires large energy resources to successfully achieve separation. Through utilizing Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies it is possible to reduce both of these burdens when refining helium gas. The ability to engineer porosity levels within Inconel 718 discs for controlled separation of helium from natural gas was investigated. Arrays of samples fabricated using the electron beam melting process were analyzed for their relative porosity density. Based upon the measurements, full scale discs were fabricated, and subsequently tested to determine their effectiveness in separating helium from liquefied natural gas.

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E 1.99:ornl/tm--2017/137
ornl/tm--2017/137

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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/2017.
"ornl/tm--2017/137"
"ED2802000"
"CEED492"
"CRADA/NFE-15-05778"
Ryan R. Dehoff; Michael M. Kirka.

Funding Information:

AC05-00OR22725

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