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