Project Synopsis
Provide the conceptual design for vacuum relief systems for the ITER Fueling Pellet Injection System (FPIS) cask as a sub-contractor to a multi-disciplined engineering company.
Project Summary
PROCESS was hired by a multi-disciplined engineering company to support the completion of the final design of the ITER Fueling Pellet Injection System (FPIS) cask. In this scope of work (Task Order), the ‘cask’ is considered to include the cask shell and everything externally mounted to the cask, including the structural frame, cask doors, seals, relief devices/dampers, flight tube containment box, all equipment and components required to be mounted to the cask shell, and cask shielding (internal to the shell). More specifically, PROCESS was tasked with completing calculations for a vacuum relief rupture disk as well as a pressure relief rupture disk. Additionally, PROCESS produced datasheets and contacted vendors to ensure that the relief devices selected would meet systems requirements. This work is a follow-on activity from previous design activities performed by PROCESS.
Because the design of the pellet injection process system housed within the cask is still conceptual, the scope of this Task Order did not include updates to the process system.
Industry Type
Alternative Energy Research & Development
Utilized Skills
- Relief system design
- Relief device sizing.