ORNL-1771 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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TABLE 2.5. SUMMARY OF CFRE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS<br />
Estimated<br />
Proiect Proiect Title<br />
Objective Number of<br />
Number<br />
Man Hours<br />
1 Beryllium Thermal Stress Investigation of beryllium under severe thermal stress<br />
2 Care Hydrodynamics Investigation of flaw separation, velocity distri- 3880 <strong>ORNL</strong>-1515, -1692, -1701; YF-15-11; Memo,<br />
8<br />
9<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
15<br />
Xenon Removal Pump (plastic<br />
model)<br />
Xenon Removal Pump (hat test<br />
unit)<br />
Model-T Component Tesi<br />
(isothermal)<br />
Model-T Component Test (100-kw<br />
heat input to care)<br />
conditions<br />
bution, and perverse particle dwell time<br />
Development of attitude-insensitive pump and header<br />
tank geometry to remove xenon and degas fuel<br />
Performance and cavitation tests with water,<br />
sodium, and fuel; endurance test<br />
Check of fabricability and endurance test of fuel<br />
pump, plenum chamber, and care shell assembly<br />
Check far flow separation; estimate of full-scale<br />
boundary layer thickness<br />
Second Fuel-to-NaK Heat Exchanger Performance and endurance test at full-scale pres-<br />
(4000 kw, 1000-kw input)<br />
sures, pressure drops, and temperature differentials<br />
lncanel Thermal Stress Investigation of effects of severe thermal stress<br />
Leak Characteristics of Tube-to-<br />
Header Welds<br />
Fill-and-Drain System<br />
cycling on cracking and distortion<br />
Investigation of possibility of self-plugging of weld<br />
cracks between fuel and NaK<br />
Performance test with water, NaK, and fuel<br />
Control Drive Mechanism Check of fabricability; shokedown and endurance<br />
Fuel Addition System<br />
Woad and Plastic Reactor Mockup<br />
(1/2 scoctle)<br />
Sample Heat Exchanger Tube<br />
Bundle<br />
Zero Power Unit<br />
tests<br />
Check of fabricability; shakedown and endurance<br />
Tests<br />
Check of fabricability and test demonstration<br />
Check of fabricability and cost determination<br />
Check of fabricability; shakedown and endurance<br />
tests<br />
2280<br />
3080<br />
5200<br />
8920<br />
4400<br />
9280<br />
2680<br />
760<br />
2280<br />
3200<br />
3200<br />
960<br />
2240<br />
References Status September 1, 1954<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong>-1515, -1517, and -1721 First test completed; no cracks<br />
Fraas to file, 8/4/54; Memo, Wislicenus<br />
to Briant, 6/19/53<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong>-1649, <strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-5-1; Memo,<br />
Fraas to file, 8/4/54<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong>-1649; Memo, Fraas to file, 8/4/54<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-2-35<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong>-1215, -1330, -1509, -1729 (P 28);<br />
CF-54-1-155; Memo, Ahern to Fraas,<br />
6/12/54<br />
appeared in beryllium speci-<br />
men<br />
Tests under woy with water<br />
Tests under way with water<br />
Design completed; fabrication<br />
under way<br />
Pump, header-tank, and care-<br />
shell design held pending<br />
results of projects 2 and 3<br />
Same as above<br />
Design of about one half of<br />
components completed; heat<br />
exchanger being fabricated<br />
Design of test rig nearly<br />
comp leted<br />
<strong>ORNL</strong>-1215, <strong>ORNL</strong> CF-54-1-155 Parts being fabricated<br />
Detail design completed for<br />
one proposal<br />
Preliminary luyouts completed<br />
for several proposals<br />
Prel imi nary layouts corn pie ted<br />
for several proposals<br />
Fabrication under way<br />
Detail design completed far<br />
one proposal<br />
Preliminary design under way<br />
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