Design and Performance of a Test Facility for Evaluating Potato Sprout Inhibitors

To validate the performance and safety of an integral type reactor of SMART, a thermal-hydraulic integral effect test facility, VISTA-ITL, is introduced with a discussion of its scientific design characteristics. The VISTA-ITL was used extensively to assess the safety and performance of the SMART design, especially for its passive safety system such as a passive residual heat removal system, and to validate various thermal-hydraulic analysis codes. The VISTA-ITL program includes several tests on the SBLOCA, CLOF, and PRHRS performances to support a verification of the SMART design and contribute to the SMART design licensing by providing proper test data for validating the system analysis codes. A typical scenario of SBLOCA was analyzed using the MARS-KS code to assess the thermal-hydraulic similarity between the SMART design and the VISTA-ITL facility, and a posttest simulation on a SBLOCA test for the shutdown cooling system line break has been performed with the MARS-KS code to assess its simulation capability for the SBLOCA scenario of the SMART design. The SBLOCA scenario in the SMART design was well reproduced using the VISTA-ITL facility, and the measured thermal-hydraulic data were properly simulated with the MARS-KS code.

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The Design and Testing of a Molten Salt Steam Generator for Solar Application

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.3268235 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 110 (1) ◽

pp. 38-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

W. A. Allman ◽

D. C. Smith ◽

C. R. Kakarala

Keyword(s):

Molten Salt ◽

Steam Generator ◽

Test Facility ◽

Process Conditions ◽

Test Results ◽

Overall Design ◽

Central Receiver ◽

And Performance ◽

Design And Testing ◽

Solar Application

This paper describes the design and testing of the Steam Generator Subsystem (SGS) for the Molten Salt Electric Experiment at Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Molten Salt Electric Experiment (MSEE) has been established at the Department of Energy’s five megawatt thermal Solar Central Receiver Test Facility, to demonstrate the feasibility of the molten salt central receiver concept. The experiment is capable of generating 0.75 megawatts of electric power from solar energy, with the capability of storing seven megawatt-hours of thermal energy. The steam generator subsystem transfers sensible heat from the solar-heated molten nitrate salt to produce steam to drive a conventional turbine. This paper discusses the design requirements dictated by the steam generator application and also reviews the process conditions. Details of each of the SGS components are given, featuring the aspects of the design and performance unique to the solar application. The paper concludes with a summary of the test results confirming the overall design of the subsystem.

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The Design and Performance of a Reverse Flow Combustion System for the TP 500 Gas Turbine Engine

Volume 3: Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels; Combustion and Fuels; Oil and Gas Applications ◽

10.1115/89-gt-250 ◽

1989 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E. Carr ◽

H. Todd

Keyword(s):

Gas Turbine ◽

Sea Level ◽

Reverse Flow ◽

General Aviation ◽

Test Facility ◽

Spray Combustion ◽

Combustion System ◽

Turbine Engine ◽

Turboprop Engine ◽

And Performance

The TP 500 is a 525 SHP turboprop engine being produced by Teledyne Continental Motors for general aviation use. This paper describes the design and performance of the reverse flow fan spray combustion system being supplied for this engine. The main features of the design are described in some detail, together with the performance of the system as established in the combustion test facility at AIT Ltd and covering light-up to Take-Off conditions and sea level to 6km altitude.

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Design, construction and performance of the current lead test facility CuLTKa

Cryogenics ◽

10.1016/j.cryogenics.2017.07.005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 22-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

T. Richter ◽

S. Bobien ◽

W.H. Fietz ◽

M. Heiduk ◽

R. Heller ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Current Lead ◽

Test Facility ◽

And Performance ◽

Design Construction

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Radiative cooling test facility and performance evaluation of 4-MIL aluminized polyvinyl fluoride and white-paint surfaces

10.2172/6541558 ◽

1980 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M.S. Kruskopf ◽

P. Berdahl ◽

M. Martin ◽

F. Sakkal ◽

M. Sobolewski

Keyword(s):

Performance Evaluation ◽

Test Facility ◽

Radiative Cooling ◽

And Performance

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Metallurgical and Fluid Dynamic Results of a 2000-Hour Endurance Test on a Two-Stage, 200-Horsepower Turbine in Wet Potassium Vapor

ASME 1967 Gas Turbine Conference and Products Show ◽

10.1115/67-gt-9 ◽

1967 ◽

Author(s):

W. F. Zimmerman ◽

R. J. Rossbach

Keyword(s):

Stainless Steel ◽

Fluid Dynamic ◽

Turbine Blades ◽

Metal Corrosion ◽

Test Facility ◽

Endurance Test ◽

Two Stage ◽

316 Stainless Steel ◽

Potassium Vapor ◽

And Performance

In a potassium Rankine-cycle technology program concerned with the life and performance of turbines in wet potassium vapor, a two-stage turbine has been designed, built, and performance tested in potassium vapor up to a temperature of 1580 F. Subsequently, a 2000-hr endurance test was completed at 1500 F with the objectives of determining the relative erosion resistance of refractory blading materials, the degradation in turbine performance with erosion, if any, and the contamination effects on selected refractory alloys in a Type 316 stainless steel facility. Performance was unaffected in 2000 hr of testing. Although minor liquid-metal corrosion of turbine blades was noted, no impact erosion occurred on turbine components. Some evidence of mechanical damage by liquid-drop impact or by cavitation was observed in test-specimen inserts behind the second stage. The 2000-hr test indicated the adequacy of a Type 316 stainless steel potassium turbine test facility for development testing of space power turbines with molybdenum alloy components.

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An Overview of Initial Operational Experience With the Closed-Loop sCO2 Test Facility at Cranfield University

Volume 9: Oil and Gas Applications; Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles; Wind Energy ◽

10.1115/gt2019-91391 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Eduardo Anselmi ◽

Ian Bunce ◽

Vassilios Pachidis

Keyword(s):

Closed Loop ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Test Facility ◽

Working Fluid ◽

Operational Experience ◽

And Performance ◽

The Uk ◽

And Control ◽

Measurement And Control ◽

Initial Objective

Abstract An experimental facility is currently operating at Cranfield University in the UK and it is being used to explore supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid for future bottoming power cycle applications. The initial objective of this experimental programme is to de-risk and demonstrate the robustness of a closed-loop system, whilst proving the function and performance of individual components and various measurement and control modules. This paper describes the first operational experience gained whilst operating the test facility. More specifically, it summarizes the lessons learned from the commissioning phase and first test campaigns carried out in 2018.

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