Dry cooling tower operating experience in the LOFT reactor

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5192710

Hunter, J A

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.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5192710
• Report Number(s): CONF-800804-4; TRN: 80-013558
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASME century 2 emerging technology conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10 Aug 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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