Published December 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Activities to improve reliability and operability of pumps for nuclear power plants

  • 1. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nuclear Energy Systems, Nuclear Plant Designing Department, Kobe, Hyogo (Japan)
  • 2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nuclear Energy Systems, Kobe, Hyogo (Japan)

Description

In nuclear power plants, a wide variety of pumps are used for heat transport in the power generation cycle, as well as for safety system equipment for injecting cooling water. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has been supplying various large-capacity pumps and high-pressure pumps for domestic PWR (pressurized water reactor) nuclear power plants, utilizing our design and manufacturing technology in which technical knowledge from the founding period of numerous domestic plants to the latest plants is brought together. This report presents the latest technology adopted in circulating water pumps and high-pressure multi-stage pumps aiming for increased power generation output, improved economic efficiency and the further improvement of safety and reliability in nuclear power plants in recent years, as well as newly developed maintenance tools. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.mhi.co.jp/technology/review/en/abstracte-57-4-70.html

Abstract (Japanese)

原子力発電所では,多種多様のポンプが発電サイクルにおける熱輸送の手段や,安全系機器として冷却水の注水手段として使用されている。当社は,国内 PWR(加圧水型軽水炉:Pressurized Water Reactor)原子力発電所向けに,プラント建設初期から最新プラントに至るまでの技術知見を結集した設計・製造技術で,各種の大容量ポンプ・高圧ポンプを納入してきている。本報では,近年の発電出力の増加や経済性の向上,原子力発電所における更なる安全性・信頼性の向上に向けた,循環水ポンプや高圧多段ポンプに採用している最新技術や,新規開発されたメンテナンス治工具を紹介する。(著者)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Japanese)
原子力発電所向けポンプの信頼性向上/運用高度化の取組み

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Mitsubishi Juko Giho
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
4
Series
雑誌名:三菱重工技報
Journal Page Range
p. 1-7
ISSN
0387-2432

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Notes
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