Study of potential cavitation in LMFBR components [electronic resource]
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| Language: | English |
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Argonne, Ill. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Argonne National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1974.
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| Abstract: | A brief survey of the literature on cavitation inception and cavitation damage in hydraulic components such as pumps, flow control valves, inlet flow nozzles and orifices wag carried out to determine whether cavitation initiating conditions exist under LMFBR plant operating conditions. Due to lack of significant experimental data in alkali liquid metal systems and the complex interaction of the various parameters that control cavitation inception, characterization of cavitation in liquid metals cannot be made based on data from aqueous systems without major uncertainties. Analyses of the cavitation characteristics of selected LMFBR components such as the primary pump, the butterfly valves of the SPTF and the inlet flow nozzle and orifice blocks for the fuel subassemblies were carried out using a selected set of existing theories and empirical correlations. The analytical results show that cavitation inception is not likely to occur at the design flow condition for the above mentioned components, except that cavitation may occur at the fourth butterfly valve of the SPTF. It should be noted that the selected theories and empirical correlations may not be the most up-to-date or the most widely used theories and correlations. 56 references. (auth) |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 01/01/1974. "anl-ct--74-3" Arakeri, V.H.; Misra, B. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 81 : digital, PDF file. |