EVOLUTION OF A TWO-LAYER OXIDE COATING ON THE STEEL SURFACE OF THE PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUIT IN THE COURSE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATION

An analysis of the laws governing mass transfer in a uniform oxide coating on the surface of a circuit is presented. As a result of calculations, the distribution of the fluxes of magnetite and of the particles of corrosion product suspensions depositing on the surface of the throughput section, as well as the distribution of the fluxes of dissolved iron, emerging from steel, along the length of the hydraulic system of the primary coolant circuit of the BREST-type plant, have been refined. The laws governing the process of mass transfer in the BREST-type primary coolant circuit with account for the oxide coating thickness variable in time have been obtained. The distribution of the thicknesses of the magnetite and spinel layers on the steel surface along the length of the BREST-type circulation loop after 365 days from the start of operation in a nominal regime is shown.
   
Author:  V. V. Alekseev, E. A. Orlova, F. A. Kozlov, and E. V. Varsee
Keywords:  heat-transfer agent (coolant), mass transfer, admixture, oxygen, oxide, steel, lead
Page:  272