Technical activities report: Heat, water, and mechanical studies, December, 1951
This report discusses the progress on numerous studies undertaken at Hanford on heat transfer, water flow, and mechanical engineering for the production reactors. The heat transfer studies included studies on: boiling limits, scram delay time, power levels of the X Pile, pressure drop, full scale mock-ups, slug temperature measurement, induction heating of slugs, resistance heating of slugs, and enrichment of the B, D, and F Piles. The water flow studies included:sodium dichromate elimination, process water recirculation, process water coagulation, film formation and chemical removal, jacket abrasion at high flow rates, high temperature corrosion, solution potential measurements, corrosion of aluminum, corrosive effects of heavy metal ions, and electrographic detection of corrosion. Mechanical development studies included: seal test, television monitoring, chemical slug stripper, temperature monitoring, slug air weight, slug damage in charging, control rod conversion, process tube deflection, physical tests of heavy concrete, aluminum tube creep, charging machine tests, zirconium tube creep, functional test of the C Pile, strainer pressure drop, discharge tip-off at higher flows, and taper bore assembly test.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Richland, WA (United States). Hanford Atomic Products Operation
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10185166
- Report Number(s):
- HW-23153; ON: DE95000479; TRN: AHC29422%%60
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Declassified; PBD: 3 Jan 1952
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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