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PERIOD ENDING JUNE 10, 1956<br />

Fig. 1.4.9. Section of Resistance Heater Removed from Small Heat Exchanger Test Stand C Showing<br />

Effects of Overheating.<br />

cold-trap-evaluation data. Upon receipt of a new<br />

25-tuk small heat exchanger (type SHE-7),14 <strong>the</strong><br />

Stru<strong>the</strong>rs-Wells heater exchanger No, 1 will be<br />

replaced, and <strong>the</strong> test stand will be put back into<br />

ful I operation.<br />

Cold-Trap Evaluation in Heat Exchanger<br />

. Test Stands<br />

J. C. Amos<br />

Six similar Cin.-dia circulating cold traps have<br />

been operated in <strong>the</strong> various heat exchanger test<br />

' stands. These d traps were previously referred<br />

5 m circulating cold traps.l5 It<br />

%<br />

Bd<br />

14J. C. Amos, L. H. Devlin, and J. G. Turner, ANP<br />

Qum. Prog. Rep, Dec. 10, 1955, <strong>ORNL</strong>-2012, p 49.<br />

15F. A. Anderson and J. J. Milich, ANP Quar. Prog.<br />

Rep. Sept. 10, 195% <strong>ORNL</strong>-1947, p 54.<br />

has been found that care must be exercised duing<br />

initial cold-trap operation to prevent oxide plugging<br />

during main system heatup. The original design<br />

specified copper cooling coils which necessitated<br />

maintaining <strong>the</strong> cold-trap temperatures below 700°F<br />

at all times to prevent excessive oxidation of <strong>the</strong><br />

copper. This meant that at system temperatures<br />

above NOOF, with high contaminant saturation<br />

levels (800 to llOO°F), it was possible to pre-<br />

cipitate material in <strong>the</strong> economizer which tended<br />

to settle out and plug <strong>the</strong> cold-trap inlet line.<br />

One cold trap with a stainless steel cooling coil<br />

has been tested. This trap was brought up to<br />

1200°F with <strong>the</strong> main system. The temperature of<br />

<strong>the</strong> trap was <strong>the</strong>n gradually reduced by supplying<br />

maximum air cooling and reducing <strong>the</strong> cold-trap<br />

NaK flow. By using this method of startup, no<br />

indication of serious plugging was observed: No<br />

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