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Title: Production Facility Prototype Blower Installation Report with 1000 Hour Test Results

Abstract

The roots blower in use at ANL for in-beam experiments and also at LANL for flow tests was sized for 12 mm diameter disks and significantly less beam heating. Currently, the disks are 29 mm in diameter, with a 12 mm FWHM Gaussian beam spot at 42 MeV and 2.86 μA on each side of the target, 5.72 μA total. The target design itself is reported elsewhere. With the increased beam heating, the helium flow requirement increased so that a larger blower was needed for a mass flow rate of 400 g/s at 2.76 MPa (400 psig). An Aerzen GM 12.4 blower was selected, and is currently being installed at the LANL facility for target and component flow testing. This report describes this blower/motor/pressure vessel package and the status of the facility preparations. The blower has been operated for 1000 hours as a preliminary investigation of long term performance, operation and possible maintenance issues. The blower performed well, with no significant change in blower head or mass flow rate developed under the operating conditions. Upon inspection, some oil had leaked out of the shaft seal of the blower. The shaft seal and bearing race have been replaced. Test results andmore » conclusions are reported.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
OSTI Identifier:
1245566
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-22212
TRN: US1601241
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BLOWERS; LANL; MECHANICAL SHAFTS; PRESSURE RANGE MEGA PA 01-10; ANL; HELIUM; FLOW RATE; MEV RANGE 10-100; PRESSURE VESSELS; HEATING; MOTORS; SEALS; BEARINGS; DESIGN; LEAKS; OPERATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; Accelerator Design, Technology, and Operations

Citation Formats

Woloshun, Keith Albert, Dale, Gregory E., Romero, Frank Patrick, and Dalmas, Dale Allen. Production Facility Prototype Blower Installation Report with 1000 Hour Test Results. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1245566.
Woloshun, Keith Albert, Dale, Gregory E., Romero, Frank Patrick, & Dalmas, Dale Allen. Production Facility Prototype Blower Installation Report with 1000 Hour Test Results. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1245566
Woloshun, Keith Albert, Dale, Gregory E., Romero, Frank Patrick, and Dalmas, Dale Allen. 2016. "Production Facility Prototype Blower Installation Report with 1000 Hour Test Results". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1245566. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245566.
@article{osti_1245566,
title = {Production Facility Prototype Blower Installation Report with 1000 Hour Test Results},
author = {Woloshun, Keith Albert and Dale, Gregory E. and Romero, Frank Patrick and Dalmas, Dale Allen},
abstractNote = {The roots blower in use at ANL for in-beam experiments and also at LANL for flow tests was sized for 12 mm diameter disks and significantly less beam heating. Currently, the disks are 29 mm in diameter, with a 12 mm FWHM Gaussian beam spot at 42 MeV and 2.86 μA on each side of the target, 5.72 μA total. The target design itself is reported elsewhere. With the increased beam heating, the helium flow requirement increased so that a larger blower was needed for a mass flow rate of 400 g/s at 2.76 MPa (400 psig). An Aerzen GM 12.4 blower was selected, and is currently being installed at the LANL facility for target and component flow testing. This report describes this blower/motor/pressure vessel package and the status of the facility preparations. The blower has been operated for 1000 hours as a preliminary investigation of long term performance, operation and possible maintenance issues. The blower performed well, with no significant change in blower head or mass flow rate developed under the operating conditions. Upon inspection, some oil had leaked out of the shaft seal of the blower. The shaft seal and bearing race have been replaced. Test results and conclusions are reported.},
doi = {10.2172/1245566},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1245566}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}