Open AccessTESTING OF HNPF FREEZE-SEAL PUMP
Author(s) -
R.W. Atz
Publication year - 1960
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4108774
Subject(s) - seal (emblem) , centrifugal pump , head (geology) , volumetric flow rate , nuclear engineering , flow (mathematics) , petroleum engineering , power (physics) , sodium pump , materials science , mechanics , sodium , environmental science , marine engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , geology , thermodynamics , physics , metallurgy , geography , archaeology , geomorphology , impeller , ouabain
>A centrifugal pump performed adequately at a flow rate of 7200 gpm of 945 gas-cooled F sodium at a 150-ft head. A two-region freeze seal was developed and used successfully as a shaft seal on this pump. The results indicate that this pump could perform satisfactorily in the Hallam Power Reactor. (auth