Laboratory and field acceptance performance of CONAC

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5383505

Humphris, D A; Lynch, R W; Tassicker, O J; Epstein, M; Brown, D R; Gozani, T

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are sponsoring a program for the development of the CONAC (Continuous On-Line Nuclear Analysis of Coal) instrument, with Science Applications, Inc. (SAI) as the prime contractor. EPRI and TVA are jointly sponsoring a field demonstration of CONAC at TVA's Paradise Steam Plant in Kentucky. The field demonstration began in October 1983. Prior to the field demonstration tests, the CONAC instrument underwent a 1-month acceptance test program at SAI's Sunnyvale laboratory, and a similar acceptance test program has been conducted during the first phase of the field demonstration at Paradise. The field and laboratory acceptance test programs have demonstrated that the CONAC determinations for carbon, hydrogen, sulfur, nitrogen, ash, moisture, chlorine, and heat content fall within acceptable prescribed limits of accuracy and precision. The test program has further demonstrated that the short-termed mechanical and electronic performance of CONAC under dynamic operation is acceptable, and that the radiation emitted from the CONAC system is well below acceptable prescribed safety limits. 8 figures, 7 tables.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga (USA). Div. of Energy Demonstrations and Technology; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA); Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5383505
• Report Number(s): TVA/OP/EDT-84/5; CONF-8311129-2; ON: DE84900619
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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