High Temperature Transducers for Online Monitoring of Microstructure Evolution

Technical Report · Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1214779· OSTI ID:1214779

Lissenden, Cliff ^[1]; Tittmann, Bernhard ^[2]

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1. Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA (United States)
2. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

A critical technology gap exists relative to online condition monitoring (CM) of advanced nuclear plant components for damage accumulation; there are not capable sensors and infrastructure available for the high temperature environment. The sensory system, monitoring methodology, data acquisition, and damage characterization algorithm that comprise a CM system are investigated here. Thus this work supports the DOE mission to develop a fundamental understanding of advanced sensors to improve physical measurement accuracy and reduce uncertainty. The research involves a concept viability assessment, a detailed technology gap analysis, and a technology development roadmap.

• Research Organization: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1214779
• Report Number(s): 11-3046; 11-3046
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English