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Safety Research Experiment Facility Project: conceptual design report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5226276
The Sodium Experiment Loop Cooling System provides the SAREF with a broad range of testing capability. The loop consists of sodium pumps, heat exchanger, cold trap, expansion tank, storage/dump tank and the related valves, instrumentation and controls required to simulate the thermo/hydraulic sodium conditions in an experiment test vehicle. The system has been designed to accommodate tests up to a prototypic multisubassembly experiment (equivalent to 4 - 271 pin subassemblies). During operation, sodium is pumped through an experimental test vehicle, to the heat exchanger and back to the pumps. A storage/dump tank, a cold trap clean-up system, a Nak-to-air heat exchanger and an inert gas blanket expansion tank complete the loop system.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5226276
Report Number(s):
ANL/SAREF-75-1(Vol.10)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English