Published date: 4 November 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 July 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Chemical elements, inorganic acids and compounds - 24311000

  • Instruments for checking physical characteristics - 38400000

  • Instruments for measuring flow, level and pressure of liquids and gases - 38420000

    • Densitometers - 38425800

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

20211104160046-72814

Published date

4 November 2021

Closing date

15 July 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 August 2021

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

There are several possible candidate classes of coolants for future fusion reactors, including molten salts, liquid metals, gases, and supercritical fluids. Some liquid coolants have advantageous thermophysical properties over other types of coolant. In particular, molten salts demonstrate good heat transfer, allow low pressure operation, and do not suffer from disadvantageous MHD effects as liquid metals do. To determine the feasibility of fluoride molten salts for this application, it is necessary to accurately determine the properties of salt mixtures at and around the melting point.
The purpose of this project is to accurately determine the density and melting point of a range of fluoride salt mixtures. Compositions of five fluoride salts will be provided, and the melting point and density should be investigated. Specifically, the melting point of each composition and the density as a function of temperature around the melting point should be accurately determined. These measurements should be repeated for five variations of each base composition, including the base composition itself. A high purity should be maintained throughout the production and testing of the salts, to ensure accurate measurements are recorded.

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Award information

Awarded date

25 August 2021

Contract start date

26 October 2021

Contract end date

1 July 2022

Total value of contract

£86,287

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The University of Manchester

Address

Oxford Road
Manchester
M1 9PL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Abigail Woods

Address

Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX14 3DB
ENG

Email

abigail.woods@ukaea.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-atomic-energy-authority