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Advanced Physics-Based Fluid System Performance Monitoring to Support Nuclear Power Plant Operations. Final CRADA report

This project targeted performance monitoring requirements for nuclear power plants with the goal of improving plant economics. We introduced a new and innovative technology to the industry that can reduce operations staffing levels by automating surveillance and can reduce maintenance staffing levels by providing early detection of degrading equipment. A beta-stage release of the PRO-AID power plant equipment fault diagnostic software ready for deployment in nuclear power plants will be delivered and demonstrated in a utility pilot project. To provide for efficient use of DOE funds the aim is to generate a minimum viable product for which we can prove the value of the product. The end state product will be serviceable for use in either a simulator environment or plant environment. The former provides a means for demonstration of the diagnostic capability for faults unlikely to be encountered in day-to-day operations.

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS↗
NASA NTRS1971

Study to develop improved methods to detect leakage in fluid systems, phase 2

An ultrasonic contact sensor engineering prototype leak detection system was developed and its capabilities under cryogenic operations demonstrated. The results from tests indicate that the transducer performed well on liquid hydrogen plumbing, that flow and valve actuation could be monitored, and that the phase change from gaseous to liquid hydrogen could be detected by the externally mounted transducers. Tests also demonstrate the ability of the system to detect internal leaks past valve seats and to function as a flow meter. Such a system demonstrates that it is not necessary to break into welded systems to locate internal leaks.

Janus, J. C.↗
NASA NTRS1972

Study to develop improved methods to detect leakage in fluid systems, phase 3

Research was undertaken to design and fabricate a prototype flight weight ultrasonic contact sensor leak detection system and to perform the necessary testing to collect enough data to establish design parameters and develop necessary baseline operating characteristics. The prototype system consists of five channels and is capable for monitoring frequencies from 1 KHz to 110 KHz.

Janus, J. C.↗
NASA NTRS1973

Zero Gravity Facility for space vehicle fluid systems research.

Review of the major features and characteristics of the 5- to 10-second Zero Gravity Facility of the NASA Lewis Research Center. The facility consists primarily of a vertical (155 m) vacuum chamber wherein a variety of free-fall (weightless) experiments can be performed.-

Petrash, D. A.↗
NASA NTRS1984

Ageostrophic instabilities in a two fluid system with rotation

The stability of synoptic scale waves formed on a frontal surface is studied including nongeostrophic effects with the basic flow subjected to both vertical and horizontal shear. Spectral method is used to obtain the desired solutions. The stability characteristics of the developed unstable modes are presented as a function of shears of the basic flow. With the inclusion of barotropic shear the spectrum of instabilities increase. The lower speeded member of the mixed mode (gravitational-rotational) pair is influenced by the barotropic shear in the basic current and it appears at lower vertical shears. The structure of the height perturbations are utilized to distinguish the various unstable modes developed in the system together with their stability characteristics. This investigation has shown that the ageostrophic effects can be a significant factor in the development of synoptic scale waves on a frontal surface.

Ramanathan, N.↗
NASA NTRS1991

Convection in a two-layer fluid system

Experimental results are presented, and preliminary computations are performed on a system of two immiscible liquid layers with a temperature gradient applied parallel to the interface. The experiments reflect the combined contribution of buoyancy and surface-tension-induced (Marangoni) convection. It is concluded that buoyancy effects appear to be dominant and mask any surface-tension-induced convection present. Numerical computations show significant modification of pure buoyant convection by surface-tension gradients. The results are of interest in connection with the liquid encapsulation of GaAs melts in a microgravity environment.

Prakash, A.↗
NASA NTRS1990

Slosh wave excitation and stability of spacecraft fluid systems

The instability of liquid and gas interface can be induced by the pressure of longitudinal and lateral accelerations, vehicle vibration, and rotational fields of spacecraft in a microgravity environment. Characteristics of slosh waves excited by the restoring force field of gravity jitters have been investigated. Results show that lower frequency gravity jitters excite slosh waves with higher ratio of maximum amplitude to wave length than that of the slosh waves generated by the higher frequency gravity jitters.

Hung, R. J.↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Axisymmetric Two-Dimensional Modeling of No Vent Filling of a Cryogenic Tank using Generalized Fluid System Simulation Program

This paper presents preliminary analysis using a finite volume based computational method for network flow analysis for the simulation of chill and fill of a cryogenic tank. An axisymmetric two-dimensional model of a spherical tank was developed using a nodal approach. No Vent Filling (NVF) was accomplished using a Thermodynamic Vent System assisted injector where the injector was cooled by the cold gas generated by Joule-Thompson expansion of the liquid propellant. The numerical model accounts for a) different regimes of pool boiling heat transfer, b) condensation of vapor around spray droplets, and c) condensation of vapor at the interface of the cooled injector and ullage. The numerical predictions of tank pressure, filling rate, and wall temperatures were compared with the test data and one-dimensional (1D) model predictions. It was demonstrated that the axisymmetric 2D model provided a more realistic prediction than the 1D model.

Cryogenics↗