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Main activities of the Department

• Conducting tests (acceptance and approval tests, qualification tests, routine tests, certification tests, type tests, thermohydraulic tests, etc.) of power generating equipment.
• Tests of valves, heat exchange and other equipment for NPP.
• Marine valving tests.
• Tests of valves and other equipment for the oil and gas industry.
• Tests of recirculation coolers, recirculation ventilation plants, air conditioners and other finned-tube heat exchangers.
• Tests of gasketed plate heat exchangers.
• Tests of brazed plate heat exchangers (of Compabloc type).
• Tests of plate and shell heat exchangers.
• Tests of tube and shell heat exchangers.
• Pump tests.
• Drive tests.
• Experimental research of thermohydraulic processes and hydrodynamic stability at a large-scale model of natural circulation circuit for LNPP-2 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant 2) of afterheat removal passive system through the steam generator(ARPS PG).
• Experimental evaluation of hydraulic and cavitation behaviour of valves.
• Development of programs and procedures for thermal hydraulic tests of heat exchanging equipment.
• Development of thermohydraulic calculation software for heat exchanging equipment.
• Conducting heat, hydraulic and aerodynamic design procedures for heat exchanging equipment and pipeline valves.

• Tests of equipment included in main steam valve units of nuclear power plants and other products which must comply with nuclear power safety requirements.

Main steam isolation valve NI.006 for the first unit of LAES-2. DN = 600 mm; Pop = 7 MPa; Top = Тr = 286 °C ; height 3.5 m; weight 10 t

Isolation valve NT.001 for the first unit of LAES-2. DN = 400/300 mm; Pop = 7.5 MPa; Top = Тr = 293 °C ; height 2 m; weight 4.2 t

Main safety valve Р59504-450. DN = 300/400 mm; Pop = 8.5 MPa; Top = Тr =300 °C ; height 2,5 m; weight 4.5 t

Pilot-operated safety valve of pressurizer DN 100 UF50024-100-15 with additional control line for LAES-2

• Marine valving tests.

Straight-through shut-off valve with single-cavity drive and manual control

Bellows-operated angle-type isolation valve IUKL.492244.026

• Oil and gas valving tests.

Ball valve DN 300, PN 10 MPa, T 125 °C

Ball valve DN 300, PN 10 MPa , Т 200 °C

• Tests of nuclear submarine desalination plant.

• Pump tests.

Progressive cavity pump for Kursk NPP

• Tests of recirculation cooling units, recirculation ventilation plants, air conditioners and other corrugated-pipe heat exchangers.

Recirculation ventilation plant RUB-60 for the Novovoronezhsk Nuclear Power Plant-2

Recirculation cooling plant RCP-6.3 EMK.0155.000.00.000 for the third unit of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (emergency mode emulation)

• Tests of dismountable plate heat exchangers.

Heat exchangers NT150 SH/CD-16/15 and NT100 THV/CDL-10/15 for the Belarus Nuclear Power Plant

• Tests of brazed plate heat exchangers.

FPB 025 type heat exchanger for LAES-2

• Tests of plate and shell heat exchangers.

Gas blow-off processing system heat exchanger KKS 10KPL11AC002 with a stack of brazed plates Plate Stack XPSP 50 for the Belarus Nuclear Power Plant.

Опытный образец теплообменника KKS 30KPL10AC001 со сварным пакетом пластин Plate Stack XPSP 50 для АЭС Куданкулам

• Refrigerating machines tests.

Direct air cooling refrigerating machine of MAKK-77 type (industrial air conditioner condenser unit for NPP with Venturi flow nozzle).

• Test research of thermohydraulic processes and hydrodynamic stability at a large-scale model of natural circulation circuit for LAES-2 (Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant 2) that passively removes heat through the steam generator (SPOT PG).

Large-scale model SPOT PG of the reactor unit LAES-2. Coolant heat capacity and power scale (1:110)

1 – steam generator/separator;

2 – circulation pump;

3, 7 – throttling flow meters;

4, 5 – electric heaters;

6 – main steam isolation valve;

8 – steam pipeline;

9 – condensate pipeline;

10 – emergency cooling heat exchanger;

11 – emergency heat removal tank;

• Experimental evaluation of hydraulic and cavitation behaviour of valves.

Butterfly valve Dn 600 MA.233-600-02

Small circulation circuit for evaluation of hydraulic parameters up to DN100

Tests for evaluation of cavitation behaviour of three way ball valves DN50

Test rigs of the Center.

The department has a large and unique experimental facility.

Test rig КС10606

• The height is up to 37 m
• The temperature is from minus 70 to 600°C
• The pressure is from the minus 0.002 to 60 MPa
• Private electrically-heated plants for superheated steam generation. Maximum parameters (P = 32 MPa,t = 600°C)
• Electric heaters with a total capacity of up to 10 MW
• Air compressor designed for pressure value upto 40 MPa.
• Modern system of measurement and data collection

High-flow rate aerodynamic test rig 11604

• Air flow rate Q = 8 kg/s
• Excess air pressure Р = 8.2 atm

Hydraulic tests are possible:

• Water flow rate is up to 850 kg/s (3,000 t/h)
• Head is up to 40 m

Control panel of the Complex Test Rig KS10606

On of the testing spots of the Complex Test Rig KS10606 BZOK-600 and IPU PG are put on the test rig.