Sodium testing of intermediate-size inducer pump in SPTF at ETEC

Technical Report · Fri Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6083698· OSTI ID:6083698

Pfouts, J O

The overall test program includes pump assembly, installation, testing, removal from the test loop, disassembly and final inspection of the entire pump. Testing will include checkout tests, head/flow and efficiency characterizations at selected speeds and sodium temperatures, suction performance determination, a 2000 hour endurance test, and thermal transient tests. The pump will be cleaned of sodium, disassembled, and examined before the 2000 hour endurance test and after the thermal transient tests to determine the effects that long-term operation at 200 percent NPSH margin has on the pump components. The testing will be done at Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC). Assembly, sodium removal, disassembly, and initial inspection will be performed at Component Handling and Cleaning Facility (CHCF) and sodium testing will be done at Sodium Pump Test Facility (SPTF).

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (United States). Energy Systems Group
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-76SF76026
• OSTI ID: 6083698
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/76026-T24; ON: DE82004218; TRN: 82-000423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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