Evaluation on the fretting abrasion of heat-transfer tubes of the integrated IHX/Primary sodium pump (2); Fretting wearing analyses

not registered ; Soman, Yoshindo; not registered; not registered; not registered

A primary sodium pump is installed in the center of an integrated component and heat transfer tubes surround the pump. Then, the pump rotation induces the vibration of heat transfer tubes and it leads the tubes to fretting wearing against support plates. Therefore, the tube wearing must be evaluated to confirm its integrity during the plant life span(60 years). This report describes the results of the tube wearing analysis by using vibration and wearing calculation models. In the first place, the vibration analysis of a pump shaft, shells, tube bundle etc. of the integrated component reveals its properties such as frequency, amplitude and vibration mode. In the second place, based on the above mentioned vibration analysis, the wearing analysis model shows the frequency and amplitude of the fretting wearing between tubes and support plates and the wearing depth of tubes. The amplitude of the pump vibration, vibration transmission paths and the contact condition between tubes and support plates especially affect the tube wearing, then the wearing evaluation needs that conservative calculation conditions must be found out by surveying these parameters. This calculation result indicates that the tube abrasion does not affect the tube integrity during the plant life time. However further evaluation by more detailed analysis and vibration and wearing tests are needed to acqire more accurate results.