System and method for testing the steam system of a boiling water reactor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDaniel Charles Pappone, Daniel Verne Sommerville, Teddy Earl McDowell, John Joseph Lynch, David Galbally, Venkat Arunachalam Ramani, Jeffrey H. Sanders, Matthew Christopher O'Connor
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Abstract
A system and method for predicting acoustic loads expected on a boiling water reactor (BWR) may include a BWR scale model, a test fixture for generating air flow in the scale model, and one or measurement devices for monitoring system behavior to predict how acoustic loads may affect plant operation for the BWR being evaluated.
Claims11
A system for monitoring the effect of acoustic loads expected on boiling water reactor (BWR) steam dryers comprising:
- a BWR scale model, the BWR scale model including a scale model of a reactor pressure vessel and a system dryer;
- a test fixture located upstream of the BWR scale model, the test fixture configured to generate and supply air flow, and associated acoustic loads, into the BWR scale model;
- at least one measurement device attached to the BWR scale model and configured to monitor system behavior of the BWR scale model to predict how acoustic loads affect plant operation at the BWR;
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- at least one main steam line located downstream of the BWR scale model,
- wherein the at least one main steam line includes at least one adjustable component, the adjustable component including at least one of a pipe length adjuster and a relief valve inlet length adjuster.
A system for monitoring the effect of acoustic loads expected on boiling water reactor (BWR) steam dryers, comprising:
- a BWR scale model, the BWR scale model including a scale model of a reactor pressure vessel and a system dryer;
- a test fixture located upstream of the BWR scale model, the test fixture configured to generate and supply air flow, and associated acoustic loads, into the BWR scale model;
- at least one measurement device attached to the BWR scale model and configured to monitor system behavior of the BWR scale model to predict how acoustic loads affect plant operation at the BWR;
- and
- at least one main steam line located downstream of the BWR scale model,
- wherein the at least one main steam line includes at least one adjustable component that is a relief valve inlet length adjuster,
- wherein the relief valve inlet length adjuster includes a valve length setting device configured to cause a valve seat to move in and out of valve piping to vary the effective length of the relief valve inlet length adjuster.
A system for monitoring the effect of acoustic loads expected on boiling water reactor (BWR) steam dryers, comprising:
- a BWR scale model, the BWR scale model including a scale model of a reactor pressure vessel and a system dryer;
- a test fixture located upstream of the BWR scale model, the test fixture configured to generate and supply air flow, and associated acoustic loads, into the BWR scale model;
- at least one measurement device attached to the BWR scale model and configured to monitor system behavior of the BWR scale model to predict how acoustic loads affect plant operation at the BWR;
- and
- at least one main steam line located downstream of the BWR scale model,
- wherein the at least one main steam line includes at least one adjustable component that is a pipe length adjuster,
- wherein the pipe length adjuster includes a length adjustment setting device configured to insert or retract a first pipe section into and out of a second pipe section to vary the effective length of the pipe length adjuster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.