Conceptual issues of the cold filter trap development for the sodium coolant purification in fast-neutron reactors

The paper presents the results of studying the peculiarities of heat and mass exchange in cold traps for the sodium purification of impurities in fast reactor circuits both in dedicated test areas simulating various trap components (isothermal sump, nonisothermal sump, filters, final cooling area) and in trap prototype models. As a result, a scientific rationale has been formed for developing traps of a unique design for various reactors. The impurity capacity of the traps is three to four times as high as that of the best foreign counterparts. Tests have shown these to be highly efficient in purifying sodium of oxygen and hydrogen and much less efficient in sodium purification of corrosion products and carbon. Taking into account the leakage of radioactive sodium during operation of the BN-600 reactor primary circuit traps, a decision was made to install the purification system in the reactor tank to improve the safety of the large fast reactor. It was resolved to exclude the accumulation of hydrogen in the primary circuit traps in nominal conditions. Two trap designs, with argon and sodium cooling, are discussed. It has been shown that operation of the reactor purification system with argon cooling will require 20 trap replacements during the reactor operating life and seven replacements if the deposition of hydrogen into the primary circuit cold traps is excluded. The sodium-cooled version of the trap built in the reactor tank has the same overall dimensions as the argon-cooled trap. The cooling sodium circulates in two trains: outside the jacketed working space body (up to 30% of the flow rate) and in the coil inside of the working space (up to 70% of the flow rate). Updates have been proposed to the trap design based on the calculations using the codes simulating the in-trap processes of heat and mass exchange.

PEMBUATAN PEREKAT LIGNIN RESORSINOL FORMALDEHID DARI NATRIUM LIGNOSULFONAT TANDAN KOSONG KELAPA SAWIT

Oil palm empty fruit bunchesn are waste from palm oil mill utilization is still limited. Lignin utilization of oil palm empty fruit bunhes made of natural adhesive manufacture. Making adhesive is carried out in several stages namely the manufacture of powder oil palm empty fruit bunches free extractives, lignin isolation, the manufacture of sodium lignosulfonate, sodium purification lignosulfonate and the manufacture of adhesive. Making the lignin resorcinol formaldehide adhesive is done by differences sodium lignosulfonate : resorcinol : formaldehyde mole ratio are ratio 1:1:1, ratio 1:1:2 and ratio 1:1:3. The results obtained from testing the appearance of the adhesive has a blackish brown color. pH of each ratio is ratio 1:1:1 11,2, ratio 1:1:2 11,4 and ratio 1:1:3 12,0. Adhesive densities are ration 1:1:1 1,2857, ratio 1:1:2 1,2119, and ratio 1:1:3 1,3097. Viscosities are ratio 1:1:1 108,83 cps, ratio 1:1:2 94,31 cps and ratio 1:1:3 129,92 cps. The rest of the evaporation are ratio 1:1:1 50,77%, ratio 1:1:2 42,35% and ratio 1:1:3 41,01%. Test results compared with standard phenol formaldehyde which is SNI 06-4567-1998 liquid phenol formaldehyde and result ratio 1:1:3 the best of another ratio .

The Computer Measuring and Controlling System for the Plugging Meter of the Mobile Sodium Purification Device

The plugging meter of mobile sodium purification device is the special equipment for on-line monitoring the plugging temperature, and according to which to calculate oxygen content in the sodium. This paper introduced the working principle of the test sodium loop, plugging meter and the computer measuring and controlling system. The core of the system was a data acquisition card, and using pure PID control algorithm to complete the whole measuring process of the plugging temperature and solving the plugging temperature by curve fitting method. The system could also display in real time the change curve of flow and temperature in plugging area, and record the test data simultaneously. After multiple debugging and trial running, the system was at good performance which laid foundation on debugging and running for other plugging meters.