Commissariat a L'energie Atomique

Daniel Tollens

Jacques De Lallee

Robert Curtila

A heating element for producing very high temperature by the Joule effect comprising by a cylindrical .beta.-alumina bar, in which is provided at least one recess containing at least one sodium salt.

Very high temperature heating element

Heat exchanger comprising a first enclosure in which heat is supplied, in thermal contact with at least one second enclosure at the top of which arrives a cold heat transfer fluid in the liquid state and at least one pipe, placed in the second enclosure, via which the fluid is discharged in the form of vapor or a liquid-vapor mixture, wherein the second enclosure incorporates a filling making it possible to regulate the outflow of fluid to the bottom of the second container and the partial transformation of said fluid into vapor which can escape by means of the pipe which, for this purpose, has holes arranged over its entire height.

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Sassenage, France

Daniel Tollens