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Reactor kill system

The kill system is automatically used if the computer system, which monitors the key polymerization parameters outlined above, detects serious reactor continuity problems, thus eliminating direct operator action to initiate the kill system. Removing the manual reactor kill decision to the computer model monitoring the polymerization process, eliminates the difficult decision required by the reactor operator to shut down a commercial reactor. However, one downside of the automatic injection of the reactor kill system by the computer system is that it may lead to an occasional unnecessary shut down. However, the benefits of such an automatic kill system have resulted in the almost complete elimination of extreme fouling, which requires the reactor to be opened up and cleaned out by the plant maintenance personnel. [Pg.272]

Reaction (A) takes place immediately after the introduction of the carbon monoxide to the polymerization reactor, thus stopping the insertion of ethylene into the growing polymer chain and therefore stopping the heat of polymerization. Reaction (B) will take place very slowly, which results in the incorporation of a carbonyl group into the growing polymer. This slow reaction is responsible for the reversibility of the kill system. Once the added carbon monoxide has been incorporated into the polymer, then the active center will again react with ethylene and the polymerization process will restart. [Pg.273]

Conventional nuclear reactors and advanced breeder reactors were America s primary energy strategy since the 1950s to resolve the fossil fuel problem but when a reactor accident occurred in 1979 at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, public and investor confidence in nuclear fission dropped. The accident was triggered by the failure of a feedwater pump that supplied water to the steam generators. The backup feedwater pumps were not connected to the system as required, which caused the reactor to heat up. The safety valve then failed to act which allowed a radioactive water and gas leak. This was the worst nuclear power accident in the U.S., but in this accident no one was killed and no one was directly injured. At Three Mile Island faulty instrumentation gave incorrect readings for the... [Pg.213]

In each case described profiles of the interior of the reactor can be plotted from the collected data. The pressure measurements were the least informative, as was expected. Pressure in a carbon black reactor is employed primarily as a conveyor of materials, i.e., the materials are fed into the reactor with sufficient pressure to move the feed materials at the rates described through the reaction zone and into the collection system after the reaction has been "killed" (quenched). [Pg.287]

The worst nuclear power accident in the U.S. occurred at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania. In this accident no one was killed and no one was directly injured. The event at Three Mile Island occurred from faulty instrumentation that gave erroneous readings for the reactor vessel environment. A series of equipment failures and human errors along with inadequate instrumentation allowed the reactor core to be compromised and go into a partial melt. The radioactive water that was released from the core was confined within the containment building and very little radiation was released. In the Three Mile Island incident, the safety devices worked as planned and prevented any serious injury. This accident resulted in improved procedures, instrumentation, and safety systems being implemented. [Pg.237]

Answer For this specific simation, a mobile unit goes into the forest and carries out fast pyrolysis near the site of death. Given that a mobile reactor is always a small-scale unit and grinding biomass could be problematic in this case, an ablative reactor would be a good choice here. Dr. Resende at the University of Washington is currently developing an ablative system to cany out pyrolysis of beetle-killed trees. [Pg.14]

Acute radiation damage results from exposure to large amounts of radiation in a short period of time. The main sources of this kind of exposure are nuclear bombs and exposed nuclear reactor cores. These high levels of radiation kill large numbers of cells. Rapidly dividing cells, such as those in the immune system and the intestinal lining, are most susceptible. Consequently, people exposed to high levels of radiation have weakened immune systans and a lowered abihty to absorb nutrients from food. In milder cases, recovery is possible with time. In more extreme cases, death results, often from infection. [Pg.937]


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