Influence factors on temperature behavior of robot test pool

Arakawa, Ryoki ; Nosaki, Nobuhisa 

The Naraha Center for Remote Control Technology Development has various test facilities for the decommissioning work after the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, and is now promoting external use. In the test facilities, the robot test pool for the underwater robot can be used in different temperature conditions from room temperature to 60C, maximum setting temperature. In order to clarify the temperature behavior in heating condition, a heating test from room temperature to 60C was performed. The data was obtained this way. From the data, a heat transfer model for evaluating the temperature behavior was investigated, and the temperature evaluation method for the robot test pool was developed. By using the developed evaluation method, the influence of various factors such as flow rate and humidity on the temperature behavior was investigated for the condition of temperature heating, holding (test condition) and cooling. From the investigation, the temperature behavior of the robot test pool was analytically clarified, and a reasonable operation method was proposed. This report summarizes the results of analytical study at the temperature heating, holding and cooling condition.