FFTF vertical sodium storage tank preliminary thermal analysis

Technical Report · Tue Feb 21 00:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/28238· OSTI ID:28238

Irwin, J J

In the FFTF Shutdown Program, sodium from the primary and secondary heat transport loops, Interim Decay Storage (IDS), and Fuel Storage Facility (FSF) will be transferred to four large storage tanks for temporary storage. Three of the storage tanks will be cylindrical vertical tanks having a diameter of 28 feet, height of 22 feet and fabricated from carbon steel. The fourth tank is a horizontal cylindrical tank but is not the subject of this report. The storage tanks will be located near the FFTF in the 400 Area and rest on a steel-lined concrete slab in an enclosed building. The purpose of this work is to document the thermal analyses that were performed to ensure that the vertical FFTF sodium storage tank design is feasible from a thermal standpoint. The key criterion for this analysis is the time to heat up the storage tank containing frozen sodium at ambient temperature to 400 F. Normal operating conditions include an ambient temperature range of 32 F to 120 F. A key parameter in the evaluation of the sodium storage tank is the type of insulation. The baseline case assumed six inches of calcium silicate insulation. An alternate case assumed refractory fiber (Cerablanket) insulation also with a thickness of six inches. Both cases assumed a total electrical trace heat load of 60 kW, with 24 kW evenly distributed on the bottom head and 36 kW evenly distributed on the tank side wall.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 28238
• Report Number(s): WHC-SD-FF-ER-102; ON: DE95007782; TRN: 95:008386
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 21 Feb 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
FFTF REACTOR
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
SODIUM
STORAGE
STORAGE FACILITIES
THERMAL ANALYSIS
CARBON STEELS
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ORIENTATION
THERMAL INSULATION
HEATING
TIME DEPENDENCE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SPECIFIC HEAT
HEAT TRANSFER