Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Syeilendra Pramuditya
Department of Nuclear Engineering Tokyo Institute of Technology September 25, 2012
Introduction
This educational program is intended for new comers in nuclear engineering department
Introduce thermal-hydraulic experimental research Introduce basic experimental techniques Introduce the methods of data acquisition, extraction, and processing
Experimental activities
Spot welding Silver brazing Cavitation Single-phase heat transfer Two-phase boiling regimes
Spot Welding
Spot welding is one of the most basic experimental techniques. The purpose is to attach thermocouple onto heater pin surface so that temperature measurement can be performed.
SUS304 Heater pin Safety goggles
V /
Thermocouples
Student activity
Spot welder
Silver Brazing
Silver brazing is part of heater pin construction technique. The purpose is to connect/combine SUS304 pin and copper electrodes.
As a TA:
Make sure that the equipments, tools, and materials are all ready Make the students understand about the purpose of the activity Teach students about best practices related to the safety of the activity
SUS304, 4.57mm, 0.28mm, 420mm
Air fan
Leather gloves
Cavitation
Cavitation is one of the key issues in the LMFR development & design since it can cause component damages. And therefore cavitation must be avoided in reactor operation. Occurrence of cavitation can be identified using the concept of cavitation coefficient Teach the technique to get cavitation coefficient experimentally.
K =
27.2 6.5 10 20 60 30 21 21
(V12 V02 ) 2
P0 P
P0 P
2 V1 2
Mass flow rate calibration curve
1200 1000 y = 1040. - 6. 9x 1218 9783 R 2 = 0.
(Mpa-a)
MPa absolute
0.02 0 0 2 4 6 8 mV 10 12 14 16 18
(L/m i n)
mV
(Tw
Tb
D=13.0mm (O.D.15mm)
L=400mm
d=4.57mm (t 0.28mm)
L1
V
C 0-10V D
(Tin
Nu hDe / k q h= Tw Tb
Pressure gauge
Safety valve
P P
Heater pin
MS2
Projector
Door
(Churn flow, Froth flow) (Slug flow) BWR (Bubbly flow) PWR (Surface boiling flow) (Liquid flow)
Test section
Thermocouples
Concluding Remarks
A number of improvements have been made to this educational program (the use of handy talky, megaphone, double monitoring stations, replacement of orifice, signal noise reduction, improved spot welding technique, etc) Students understood the importance of safety, best practices, and standard procedures when doing experimental works Good results could be obtained according to the students reports As a TA: help the students to understand each of the experiment, good preparation, emphasize the importance of safety, support them during the activity (smooth & effective experiment) I myself gained a lot of knowledge, since my own work is not directly related to experiments
Newly constructed apparatus for condensation experiment was described to new students