Japanese developments in condenser fouling control. Part III: Characterization of various sponge balls for aluminum brass tubes

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:414831

Ishimaru, Haruo; Kubota, Seigo; Shiota, Shuji ^[1]

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1. Kansai Power Co., Fukui (Japan); and others

Four types of sponge balls: normal, granulate, polishing and corundum were evaluated for fouling removal capabilities, polarization resistance residue and cleaning force. The sponge balls under evaluation were removed from Unit 1 of the Mihama Nuclear Power Station. It was found that the granular ball was the best, however its cleaning force decreased rapidly; the 26 mm polishing ball was better than the normal ball, and, the corundum ball must be used with caution. 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 414831
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-106781; CONF-960857-; TRN: 96:006225-0020
• Resource Relation: Conference: Condenser technology seminar and conference, Boston, MA (United States), 26-30 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: Condenser technology conference; Tsou, J.L.; Mussalli, Y.G. [eds.]; PB: 463 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
MIHAMA-1 REACTOR
STEAM CONDENSERS
TUBES
SCRAPERS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BRASS
BIOLOGICAL FOULING
SEAWATER
SURFACE CLEANING
GRANULAR MATERIALS
MECHANICAL POLISHING
CORUNDUM