JSC-09306 NASA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NASA TM X-58149 January 1975

WATER-COOLED FURNACE HEADS FOR USE WITH STANDARD MUFFLE-TUBE FURNACES

9 FURNACE (NASA-TM-X-5814 ) WATER-COOLED TUBE MUFFLE STANDARD HEADS FOR USE WITH

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1. Report No.

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No. 5. Report Date

TM X-58149
4. Title and Subtitle

WATER-COOLED FURNACE HEADS FOR USE WITH STANDARD MUFFLE-TUBE FURNACES

7. Author(s)

January 1975
6. Performing Organization Code

JSC-09306
8. Performing Organization Report No.

Richard J. Williams, JSC, and 0. Mullins, Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

NASA TM X-58149
10. Work Unit No.

383-35-00-00-72
11. Contract or Grant No.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058

13. Type of Report and Period Covered 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Technical Memorandum 14. Sponsoring Agency Code

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546

15. Supplementary Notes

The JSC Director waived the use of the International System of Units (SI) for this Technical Memorandum because, in his judgment, the use of SI units would impair the usefulness of the report or result in excessive cost.
16. Abstract

The design of water-cooled furnace seals for use in high-temperature controlled-atmosphere gas and vacuum studies is presented in detailed engineering drawings. Limiting design factors and advantages are discussed.

17. Key Words (Suggested by Author(s))

18. Distribution Statement

'Controlled Atmospheres *Liquid Cooling ' High-Temperature Environments 'Vacuum Furnaces ' Gas Analysis
19. Security Classif. (of this report)

STAR Subject Category: 31 (Engineering, General)

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

21. No. of Pages

22. Price*

Unclassified

Unclassified

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NASA JSC

ISC Form 1424 (Rev Jul 74)

NASA TM X-58149

WATER-COOLED FURNACE HEADS FOR USE WITH STANDARD MUFFLE-TUBE FURNACES Richard J. Williams Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 and O. Mullins Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc. Houston, Texas 77058

WATER-COOLED FURNACE HEADS FOR USE WITH STANDARD MUFFLE-TUBE FURNACES By Richard J. Williams and 0. Mullins* Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

SUMMARY

A water-cooled furnace-head system has been designed at the NASA Lyndon temperaB. Johnson Space Center to facilitate studies involving the use of high is and seals 0-ring incorporates tures in controlled atmospheres. The system conto expensive Although useful in noncritical vacuum and gas atmospheres. of samples and sensors struct, the design permits adaptation to a wide variety of constant use. period and has proved to be free of problems during a 2-year

INTRODUCTION

ceramic or In metallurgical, chemical, and geological studies, sealing or atmospheres gas controlled glass muffle tubes is often necessary so that such Because periods. vacuums can be produced and maintained over extended temperatures, the experiments often require the maintenance of high process sealing method should the Also, sealing device must incorporate water cooling. by various required sensors be adaptable to a wide variety of samples and experiments.

FURNACE-HEAD DESIGN

water-cooled The detailed engineering specifications necessary to build a sealing system similar to that designed at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space To construct Center (JSC) are shown in the eight attached engineering drawings. considered. be should the furnace heads, the following design factors should be To obtain maximum effect from water cooling, all O-ring grooves milled so that all metal parts press tightly against each other. This design 13000 C while all enables the running of all processes at a temperature of temperatures. slightly warm parts of the heads are maintained at only

*Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc.

The end plates were modified for use with a solid ceramic oxygen electrolyte cell and a vertical quenching capacity. End plates can be designed to meet individual experiment requirements. Despite their heavy weight, brass heads were used because all joints can be sealed with soft solder. However, aluminum can be used if lighter heads are desired. (Aluminum joints must be heliarc welded.) All heads should be plumbed for series water flow with the flow running from top to bottom. This method of circulation ensures preheating of the cooling water to prevent thermal shocking of the muffle tube. Any clogging within the series flow system will be noticed immediately because the water outflow will decrease.

The eight draings..are scale for a muffle tlube having an outside diameter of 1.5 inches. This system is the smallest that can conveniently be used with both the ceramic electrolyte cell and vertical quenching. However, the design can be scaled to include larger or smaller muffle tubes if necessary. The drawings provided should supply investigators with enough data to build furnace-head systems similar to those used at the JSC. Although the heads are expensive, their adaptability provides the investigator with almost complete freedom for experiment design. Several sets of these highly dependable heads have been in almost continuous use for more than 2 years at the JSC without problems.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

The water-cooled furnace-head system designed at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has been in use for 2 years and has proved to be free of problems. Although expensive to construct, the system is adaptable to a wide variety of samples and sensors and permits the investigator complete freedom in experiment design.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Houston, Texas, January 16, 1975

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