Predicting emergency diesel performance
Description
The Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Plant Lifetime Improvement Program is looking at methods for predicting equipment performance so that degradation and failures can be detected before they become severe enough to limit plant performance. It is believed that prognostic monitoring techniques may provide a viable alternative to replacing or refurbishing equipment to facilitiate operation of commercial light water reactors beyond 40 years. One segment of this effort has been directed at emergency diesel systems, with the emergency diesel-driven pumps at the N-reactor serving as the specific items of interest. The N-reactor diesels are similar in size, operating requirements, and operating history to those in commercial plants. In addition, the N-reactor diesels have been in service longer than any of the commercial units and are therefore valuable from a viewpoint of aged equipment analysis
Availability note (English)
Available from NTIS, PC A04/MF A01; 1 as DE88006584.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 58 p.
- Report number
- SAND--87-2473
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19078387
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIESEL MOTORS; FAILURES; LIFETIME; N-REACTOR; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS; SAFETY ENGINEERING
- Descriptors DEC
- ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MOTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PRODUCTION REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted.