Alignment and operability analysis of a vertical sodium pump

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6279971

Gupta, V K; Fair, C E

With the objective of identifying important alignment features of pumps such as FFTF, HALLAM, EBR II, PNC, PHENIX, and CRBR, alignment of the vertical sodium pump for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant (CRBRP) is investigated. The CRBRP pump includes a flexibly coupled pump shaft and motor shaft, two oil-film tilting-pad hydrodynamic radial bearings in the motor plus a vertical thrust bearing, and two sodium hydrostatic bearings straddling the double-suction centrifugal impeller in the pump.

• Research Organization: Borg-Warner Corp., Carson, CA (USA). Byron Jackson Pump Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF98001
• OSTI ID: 6279971
• Report Number(s): CONF-810801-48; TRN: 81-013863
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology, Paris, France, 17 Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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