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Determination and verification of required water chemistry limits. Volume 5. Model boiler 5B tests. Final report. [PWR]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6777918
A model boiler test was performed to determine the potential deleterious effects of synthetic corrosion products and low level chloride additions on steam generator materials, when the generator is operated under All Volatile Treatment (AVT) chemistry. The first indication of tube denting was provided by a positive strain gauge response within the carbon steel drilled support plate after 21.4 ppM-chloride days (294 steaming days). All tubes passing through the carbon steel drilled support plate were found to be dented by profilometry after 47.5 ppM-chloride days exposure (462 steaming days). A reduction in the average bulk water chloride concentration from 0.18 to 0.06 ppM, once active tube denting had been initiated, did not result in a decease in carbon steel corrosion and tube denting. Enhanced heat flux operation, nominal 50 to 80 KBtu/hr-sq.ft, did not affect the carbon steel corrosion or the rate of tube denting. Carbon steel drilled support plate ligament cracking was observed after 52.3 ppM-chloride days of exposure (530 steaming days) as a result of stresses generated from the formation of non-protective magnetite in the tube/support annuli. There was no evidence of accelerated corrosion of the 405 stainless steel drilled support plate, 409 stainless steel eggcrate support and carbon steel eggcrate support systems.
Research Organization:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (USA). Nuclear Power Systems
OSTI ID:
6777918
Report Number(s):
EPRI-NP-3274-Vol.5; ON: TI85920023
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English