Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article (FY21 Final Report)

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Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article - Fiscal Year 2023 (Final Report)

“…As discussed in [2] there is a critical pump operating point where enough fluid escapes the top of the pump case via generated head to be forced over the column pipe surrounding the shaft, Figure 6. This critical operating point was determined in 20 °C deionized water to be at a pump speed of 1,150 RPM with a flowrate of 11.4 GPM.…”

Thermal Hydraulic Experimental Test Article - Fiscal Year 2022 Final Report

“…The primary system was tested with deionized water in FY20 and early FY21 at Argonne's Building 206 [3]. The system was then transported to Building 308 where the Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop (METL) is located [4]. The system was disassembled for modifications to improve performance, as informed by the deionized water campaign.…”

“…The script program will be expanded to control secondary parameters when the secondary system is brought online. In order to preserve area for experimental work on the METL mezzanine the secondary THETA piping was updated this fiscal year from the design previously reported in [4]. An isometric drawing view of the piping network was given in Figure 2.…”