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Investigation into steam generator tube life expectancy affected by SFR transients by Pathak, S.P., Velusamy, K., Pandey, S.K., Kumar, V.A Suresh

“…One of the decay heat removal systems in sodium cooled fast reactors (SFR) is the operation grade decay heat removal system (OGDHRS). During deployment of…”
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Failure analysis of a reducer section in the creep loop of INSOT facility by Prasanthi, T.N., Sudha, C., Chandran, T., Shanmughavel, M., Ganesan, V., Chandra Mouli, S., Prasad Reddy, G.V., Suresh Kumar, V.A., Sreedhar, B.K.

“…•Sodium leak was observed in a reducer component of the INSOT (in-sodium testing) facility.•The reducer component was fabricated out of Ni based Alloy…”
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Experimental evaluation of the heat transfer performance of sodium heated once through steam generator by Vinod, V., Sivakumar, L.S., Kumar, V.A. Suresh, Noushad, I.B., Padmakumar, G., Rajan, K.K.

“…•PFBR has eight units of steam generators to transfer 1250MWt power.•A model steam generator was tested for its heat transfer performance.•The model steam…”
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Experimental evaluation of sodium to air heat exchanger performance by Vinod, V., Pathak, S.P., Paunikar, V.D., Suresh Kumar, V.A., Noushad, I.B., Rajan, K.K.

“…► Sodium to air heat exchangers are used to remove the decay heat produced in fast breeder reactor after shutdown. ► Finned tube sodium to air heat exchanger…”
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In-situ calibration of permanent magnet flow meters in PFBR using noise analysis technique by Ramakrishna, Ranga, Anup Kumar, P., Thirumalai, M., Vijayakumar, G., Suresh kumar, V.A., Suresh Kumar, K.V., Prakash, V., Rajan, K.K.

“…In Fast Breeder Reactor sodium circuits, permanent magnet flow meters (PMFM) are extensively used to measure the liquid sodium flow rate. The performance of…”
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Steam generator test facility—A test bed for steam generators of Indian sodium cooled fast breeder reactors by Suresh Kumar, V.A., Noushad, I.B., Rajan, K.K.

“…► Performance testing of a 5.5MW capacity once through straight tube steam generator. ► 5000h of endurance test has demonstrated the steam generator design. ►…”
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