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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