Plugging temperature indicator computer simulation

Conference · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:238572

Vaden, D E

The Experimental Breeder Reactor 2 (EBR-2) is a sodium-cooled nuclear reactor with thermal and electrical outputs of 62 and 20 megawatts, respectively. EBR-2 has plugging temperature indicators (PTIs) in the sodium coolant system to measure the temperature that impurities will precipitate from the coolant. High plugging temperatures are undesirable because impurities can precipitate in cold reactor piping and inhibit sodium flow. Reading a plugging temperature accurately from a typical plugging run is important. A computer simulation program performs simulated plugging runs to optimize PTI operation. The simulation program also assisted electrical engineers in designing and testing a new PTI control system in their computer development laboratory.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 238572
• Report Number(s): ANL/TP/SUMM-88932; CONF-9606116-39; ON: DE96010770; TRN: 96:015082
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Reno, NV (United States), 16-20 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
EBR-2 REACTOR
REACTOR INSTRUMENTATION
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN
REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
IMPURITIES
PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS