Patent ID: 9633751
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G21B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for maintaining liquid lithium on a surface area of internal walls of a reactor chamber, the method comprising: installing at least one layer of at least one porous open-cell tile on the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber, wherein a portion of the at least one tile facing an interior of the reactor chamber is divided into a plurality of channels; and applying an electric charge to the liquid lithium; flowing the liquid lithium into an interior network of open cells of the at least one tile; circulating the liquid lithium through the interior network of the at least one tile via at least one of the open cells to allow for the liquid lithium to seep from the interior network of the open cells to the channels on an external surface of the at least one tile that faces the interior of the reactor chamber; and outputting the circulated liquid lithium from the at least one tile.