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Vogtle-3 shuts down for valve issue
One of the new Vogtle units in Georgia was shut down unexpectedly on Monday last week for a valve issue that has been investigated and repaired. According to multiple local news outlets, Georgia Power reported on July 17 that unit 3 was back in service.
Southern Company spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed that Vogtle-3 went off line at 9:25 p.m. on July 8 “due to lowering water levels in the steam generators caused by a valve issue on one of the three main feedwater pumps.”
T. Koehler, M. Yoda, S. I. Abdel-Khalik, D. L. Sadowski, S. Shin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | October 2007 | Pages 526-530
Technical Paper | The Technology of Fusion Energy - High Heat Flux Components | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1542
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The liquid surfaces of liquid-protected high heat flux plasma-facing components may be subject to large temperature gradients caused by non-uniform incident particle and heat flux. Thermocapillary flows due to such gradients can potentially cause dry-out in high-temperature regions. Experimental and numerical investigations have been conducted to determine the maximum allowable non-dimensional temperature gradient just before rupture in thin liquid films of various aspect ratios and viscosities . Experiments were conducted using a needle contact method to measure the liquid film height of axisymmetric silicone oil ( = 4.8 × 10-3 Ns/m2-9.6 × 10-1 Ns/m2) films for aspect ratios of 0.0065 to 0.02 on a non-isothermal stainless steel surface. The experimental data were compared with predictions from both an axisymmetric asymptotic analysis for the steady-state film height for thin layers and a direct numerical simulation using the level contour reconstruction method for thicker layers. The results of this investigation will provide component designers with experimentally-validated limits on the maximum allowable temperature radients to prevent local dry spot formation and possible burnout.