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BOILING WATER TEST LOOPCore Flux Designers
Problem Statement: Design and build a boiling water test loop that recreates the conditions seen in a commercial boiling water reactor, by changing the flow and thermal inputs.
Sponsor: Dr. Akira Tokuhiro
Adam Leschber, ME Andrew Dahlke, ME Dakota Nickerson, ME Kyle Pflueger, ME
Boiling Water Test Loop with B9-Position
Specifications:
Piping and Control Specifications:Condensate Pump: AC motor driven centrifugal pump, self cooled
Design Flow Rate – 25 gpm; Inlet pressure – 2 psig; Outlet pressure – 160 psig
Booster Pump: AC motor driven centrifugal pump, self cooledDesign Flow Rate – 25 gpm; Inlet pressure – 160 psig; Outlet pressure – 600 psig
Feedwater Pump: AC motor driven centrifugal pump, self cooled
Design Flow Rate – 25 gpm; Inlet pressure – 600 psig; Outlet pressure – 1100 psig
Isolation Valve-1 Manually operated globe valve Size -TBDIsolation Valve-2 Manually operated globe valve Size -TBDPressure Control Valve-1 Solenoid operated control valve Size -TBDPressure Relief Valve-1 Spring loaded/self actuated Size -TBDRadiation Detector Ion Chamber Radiation Monitor
TBDDemineralizer Bed Resin Size -TBDQuench Tank TBDLine heater-1 Electric inline heating element
Voltage – TBD; Power – TBD; Inlet Temperature – 400F; Outlet Temperature – 530F
Line heater-2 Electric inline heating elementVoltage – TBD; Power – TBD; Inlet Temperature – 120F; Outlet Temperature – 400F
In Tube Heater element Electric inline heating elementVoltage – TBD; Power – TBD; Inlet Temperature – 530F; Outlet Temperature – 545F
Flow Element-1 Venturi TubeFlow Element-2 Venturi Tube or UntrasonicPressure Indicator-1 TBD Range - 2-200 psigPressure Indicator-2 TBD Range - 100-800 psigPressure Indicator-3 TBD Range - 100-1200 psigPressure Indicator-4 TBD Range - 100-1200 psigTemperature Element-1 RTD Range - 80-150 FTemperature Element-2 RTD Range - 80-600 FTemperature Element-3 RTD Range - 80-600 FTemperature Element-4 RTD Range - 400-600 FTemperature Element-5 RTD Range - 400-600 FTemperature Element-6 RTD Range - 400-600 FTemperature Element-7 RTD Range - 400-600 FPipe Stainless Steel Size -TBD
Reactor Specifications:From BWTL Preliminary Analysis document, the reactor portion will be in the B position. This means that the following specs should be true.
From Final Presentation, the dimensions of the pipes in the tube are. Pressure tube, schedule 5-1”, Outer Flow tube schedule 5-0.75” and Inner flow tube schedule 5-0.5” with the OD machined to 0.79” and ID bored out to 0.72”.
Outer Section Inner Section Units
Density 47.5 47.5 lbm/ft3
Dynamic Viscosity 6.4E-5 6.4E-5 lbm/ft s
Flow Rate 0.00148 0.00148 ft3/s
Flow Area 0.00121 0.00146 ft2
Hydraulic Diameter 0.0183 0.0108 ft
Velocity 1.011 1.220 ft/s
Reynolds # 13754 9896
304L SS