• Title of article

    ApplicationoftheSeebeckeffectformonitoringofneutronembrittlementandlow-cyclefatigueinnuclearreactorsteelOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Markus Niffenegger، نويسنده , , K.Reichlin، نويسنده , , Kalkhof، D. نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    1777
  • To page
    1788
  • Abstract
    Themonitoringofneutronembrittlementandlow-cyclefatigueinnuclearreactorsteelisanimportanttopicinlifetimeextensionofnuclearpowerplants.Amongseveralmaterialparametersthatmaychangeduetomaterialdegradationarethethermoelectricproperties.Therefore,weinvestigatedtheapplicationoftheSeebeckeffectfordeterminingmaterialdegradationofcommonreactorpressurevessel(RPV)steel.TheSeebeckcoefficients(SC)ofseveralirradiatedCharpyspecimensmadefromJapanesereferencesteelJRQweremeasured.Thespecimenssufferedfluencesfrom0upto4.5E19neutrons/cm2,withenergieshigherthan1MeV.MeasuredchangesoftheSCwithinthisrangewereabout500nV/°C,increasingcontinuouslyintherangeunderinvestigation.Someindicationsofsaturationappearedatfluencieslargerthan4.5E19neutrons/cm2.WeobtainedalineardependencybetweentheSCandthetemperatureshiftΔT41oftheCharpyenergyversustemperaturecurve,whichiswidelyusedtocharacterizematerialembrittlement.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894957