Plugging temperature indicator computer simulation

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:436894

Vaden, D E ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory-West, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II) is a sodium-cooled nuclear reactor with thermal and electrical outputs of 62 and 20 MW, respectively. EBR-II has plugging temperature indicators (PTIs) in the sodium coolant system to measure the temperature that impurities will precipitate from the coolant. High plugging temperatures are undesirable because impurities can precipitate in cold reactor piping and inhibit sodium flow. Reading a plugging temperature accurately from a typical plugging run is important. A computer simulation program performs simulated plugging runs to optimize PTI operation. The simulation program also assisted electrical engineers in designing and testing a new PTI control system in their computer development laboratory.

• OSTI ID: 436894
• Report Number(s): CONF-9606116--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 74; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EBR-2 REACTOR
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT