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About FAC2008 Abstracts - March 2008

 
 

Speaker : Takuya FUKUMURA
Profession : Senior Researcher

Co-author : Koji ARIOKA
Profession : Chief Researcher

Company : Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Incorporated

Department : Institute of Nuclear Technology

Country : Japan

Topics : FAC prediction - R&D and Test loop results

Sector : Nuclear



ABSTRACT :

  

Some PWR plants have introduced ethanol-amine (ETA) injection for the purpose of decreasing iron transfer in steam generator. The ETA injection is supposed to decrease flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) rate, because of secondary system pH increase. But the water chemistry in the secondary system is very complicated. So water chemistry following ETA injection and the effect of ETA injection on FAC rate have not been studied systematically. To assess the influence of ETA injection on FAC rate, it is assumed that the model of FAC rate is proportional to the concentration gradient of magnetite. Then chemical concentration and magnetite solubility of the secondary system are calculated and the change of FAC rate is evaluated in the outline. It has been clarified that the effect of ETA injection reduces the FAC rate to about 1/3 - 1/22 of that of ammonia. In some portions of the secondary sy! stem, the effects of ETA injection have been measured experimentally. The FAC rate of ETA injection is larger than that of ammonia at high temperature. And the FAC rate peaks at about 180 °C in the case of ammonia, but the peak seems to shift to higher temperatures in the case of ETA.

         

Speaker Biographical Information :


  

Education: Kyoto University.BE, ME, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Chemistry 1985: Kansai Electric Power Company 1999: Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Incorporated Field of research: Material Ageing of PWR.

 

         

 

Schedule : Wednesday  March 19th, 2008     9:30 - 10:00 AM

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