Helium Degassing Filter For Mercury Process Gas Liquid Separator

Justin Weinmeister; Dustin Ottinger; Charlotte Barbier

doi:10.1115/IMECE2021-72699

Helium Degassing Filter For Mercury Process Gas Liquid Separator

Justin Weinmeister, Dustin Ottinger, Charlotte Barbier

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Abstract

Testing was conducted to find a suitable filter to help separate helium gas from the Spallation Neutron Source's mercury process loop. This filter is proposed for installation on the gas-liquid separator (GLS) vent line to prevent a column of liquid mercury from flowing outside of the process loop shielding in the service bay. The filter's desired properties are to prevent the passage of liquid mercury, provide minimal resistance to helium flow, resist radiation, operate for the lifetime of the target, be replaceable, and have a reliable construction. Testing concluded that the Mott Corporation POU-10-S series of filters provided the best performance available. The filters could stop most liquid mercury passage while allowing helium passage at nominal pressures above the GLS in standard conditions. This result has several implications for the design of the GLS vent system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fluids Engineering
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791885666
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-72699
State	Published - 2021
Event	ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: Nov 1 2021 → Nov 5 2021

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Name	ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume	10

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Conference	ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	11/1/21 → 11/5/21

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1 This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doepublic-access-plan). 2 Contact author: [email protected]

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Multiphase Flow
Porous Filter
Process Equipment

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Weinmeister, J , Ottinger, D & Barbier, C 2021, Helium Degassing Filter For Mercury Process Gas Liquid Separator. in Fluids Engineering., V010T10A039, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), vol. 10, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2021, Virtual, Online, 11/1/21. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-72699

Helium Degassing Filter For Mercury Process Gas Liquid Separator. / Weinmeister, Justin ; Ottinger, Dustin; Barbier, Charlotte.
Fluids Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021. V010T10A039 (ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE); Vol. 10).

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