Feed-pump hydraulic performance and design improvement, Phase I: research program design. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5241661· OSTI ID:5241661

Brown, W H; Gopalakrishnan, S; Fehlau, R; Thompson, W E; Wilson, D G

As a result of prior EPRI-sponsored studies, it was concluded that a research program should be designed and implemented to provide an improved basis for the design, procurement, testing, and operation of large feed pumps with increased reliability and stability over the full range of operating conditions. This two-volume report contains a research plan which is based on a review of the present state of the art and which defines the necessary R and D program and estimates the benefits and costs of the program. The recommended research program consists of 30 interrelated tasks. It is designed to perform the needed research; to verify the results; to develop improved components; and to publish computer-aided design methods, pump specification guidelines, and a troubleshooting manual. Most of the technology proposed in the research plan is applicable to nuclear power plants as well as to fossil-fired plants. This volume discusses the design, performance and failures of feed pumps, and recommendations for research on pump dynamics, design, and specifications.

• Research Organization: Borg-Warner Corp., Carson, CA (USA). Byron Jackson Pump Div.; Borg-Warner Corp., Carson, CA (USA). Borg-Warner Research Center; Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5241661
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-2323-Vol.1; ON: DE82903116
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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