ML19241C081

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Discusses Incore Thermocouple Error Evaluation.Results Indicate Average + 7.94 F Error at 98% & a + 5.59 F Error at 16% Power,Which Extropolates to a + 5.16 F Error at 1% Power
ML19241C081
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Issue date: 04/10/1979
From: Weimer J
BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
To: Meyer G
BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
References
THE-79-194, NUDOCS 7907260567
Download: ML19241C081 (3)


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AN ANALYSIS WAS DCNE TO DETERM!NE THE MAGNITUDE OF INCCRE THERMCCCUPLE ERRORS FOR TMI-2 PRIOR TO MARC'I 23, 1979.

THIS ANALYSIS NAS 3ASED CN A TEMPERATURE AND PC11ER DISTRI2UTION AT 94i AND 15% FULL POWER.

THIS NORR ASSUMES THAT THE INLET AND OUTLET RTD.(RESISTA::CE TEMPEPATURE DETECTCR) TEMPERATURES AND ?C'VER DISTRIBUTIONS '15:LE CCRRECT, AND INADDITICN, ASSUMED A CCNSERVATIVE O

+ S F DIFFERENCE 3ETWEEN THE CORE CUTLET AND '/ESSEL CUT'.ET TEMPEPJTURE 93's POWER.

THIS RESULTS IN A 0.50 F DIFFERENCE AT 16*, PCNER.

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0 REALISTIC TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES (IE.

2 F AT 9Si FP AND.2 7 AT 16% FP) WCULD INCREASE THE PREDICTED T-C ERRORS SLIGHTLY.

THE METHOD USED FOR THIS ANALYSIS WAS 3ASED ON A KNONN EUNDLE DELTA ENT9ALPY, AND FLOW RATES (FROM CNLINE COMPUTER (OLC)) FOR AN AVERAGE PCNER 3UNDLE (RELATIVE PCNER = 1.0).

THE EQUATICN USED FOR THIS ANALYSIS IS:

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= RELATIVE FOWER OF SUNDLE FOR EACH CALCULATION (FROM 2

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= RELATIVE PCWER OF 3UNDLE FOR AN RFD CF 1.0 1

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= 1.0 1

Wy = 3UNDLE FLCW FOR AN RFD OF 1.0 (FRCM OLC)

W2 = BUNDLE FLOW OF SUNDLE FOR EACH CALCULATION (FROM CLC)

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= DELTA ENTHALFY FOR AN RFD CF 1.0 0U.

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RFD = RELATIVE FCWER DIFFERENCE (NORMALIZED TO AVERAGE ASSEMBLY FONER)

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(T-C READINC).

THIS ANALYSIS (AT 931 AND 16% FF) NAS EXTRAFOLATED TO lt FF.

ANY INHERENT ERRORS ON THE OLC FLOW AND RFD CALCULATIONS ARE ELIMINATED 3Y THIS RATICING METHOD.

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UNCERTAINTY IS IN THE H AND H MEASUREMENTS.

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1 ASSUMED CORRECT FOR THIS ANALYSIS.

THE RESULTS OF THIS ANALYSIS INDICATE AN AVER.tGE + 7.94 0 F ERROR AT 93t, AND A + 5.590F ERROR AT 15% F0WER.

THIS EXTRAPOLATES TO A - 5.150 F ERROR AT 11 PONER.

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ASSUMING NO DMtAGE CCCURRED TO THE T-C'S EURING THE TPANSIENT OF MARCH 23, 1979 AT TMI-2 THESE RESULTS WCULD APPLY TO THE PRESENT T-C READINGS, THUS IT.IS POSS!3LE THAT T!!E INCORE T!!ER'10CCUPLE READINGS PRESENTLY EEING OBTAINED ARE HICli 3Y AN AVERAGE OF 53 F.

FINALLY, THE AVERAGE T-C ERRORS 1lERE CALCULATED AS A FUNCTICN OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE CORE.

THE RESULTS SI!Ot1 NO INHERENT CORE REGION DEPENDENCY.

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FE UNIT MANAGERS WERE REVIENED AND FOUND TO 3E J. S. TULENKO CORE HOT SPOT TASK FORCE CORRECT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE STATED ASSUMPTIONS.

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