Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2018 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section
Volume 63, Number 16
Friday–Saturday, October 12–13, 2018; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Session G01: Poster Session
5:00 PM,
Friday, October 12, 2018
CSC
Room: 205/206
Chair: David Kieda, University of Utah
Abstract ID: BAPS.2018.4CS.G01.47
Abstract: G01.00047 : Moving Magnet Pump for Transportation of Liquid Sodium*
Presenter:
Rachel Day
(Fort Lewis College)
Author:
Rachel Day
(Fort Lewis College)
A renewed interest in fast neutron reactors has opened a need for better understanding of pump design with hazardous fluids, such as liquid sodium. When these fluids are used as coolants in the reactors, moving magnet induction pumps have shown to be beneficial with their simplicity in design and repair, as well as their potential to perform at a higher efficiency than other electromagnetic (EM) pumps. The use of strong permanent magnets to produce a traveling magnetic field eliminates the need of windings in standard EM 3-phase induction pumps. A moving magnet pump has been designed, constructed and will be tested to move liquid sodium at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Assessing efficiency of the Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) and Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) magnets in the pump will be based upon measurements of pressure-flowrate characteristics while varying the type and amount of magnets, motor speed, and fluid flow through a test loop.
*Dr. William K. Nollet at Fort Lewis College
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2018.4CS.G01.47
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