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Title: Dry cooling tower operating experience in the LOFT reactor

Abstract

A dry cooling tower has been uniquely utilized to dissipate heat generated in a small experimental pressurized water nuclear reactor. Operational experience revealed that dry cooling towers can be intermittently operated with minimal wind susceptibility and water hammer occurrences by cooling potential steam sources after a reactor scram, by isolating idle tubes from the external atmosphere, and by operating at relatively high pressures. Operating experience has also revealed that tube freezing can be minimized by incorporating the proper heating and heat loss prevention features.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5192710
Report Number(s):
CONF-800804-4
TRN: 80-013558
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-76ID01570
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: ASME century 2 emerging technology conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 Aug 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; LOFT REACTOR; CLOSED-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFICATIONS; COOLING SYSTEMS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TEST REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors

Citation Formats

Hunter, J A. Dry cooling tower operating experience in the LOFT reactor. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Hunter, J A. Dry cooling tower operating experience in the LOFT reactor. United States.
Hunter, J A. 1980. "Dry cooling tower operating experience in the LOFT reactor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5192710.
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abstractNote = {A dry cooling tower has been uniquely utilized to dissipate heat generated in a small experimental pressurized water nuclear reactor. Operational experience revealed that dry cooling towers can be intermittently operated with minimal wind susceptibility and water hammer occurrences by cooling potential steam sources after a reactor scram, by isolating idle tubes from the external atmosphere, and by operating at relatively high pressures. Operating experience has also revealed that tube freezing can be minimized by incorporating the proper heating and heat loss prevention features.},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
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