Thrust load determination for the high pressure turbo unit of the pebble bed micro model / Jacobus Janse van Rensburg
Commercial turbochargers used on earth-moving equipment, were used as the turbo machinery for the Pebble Bed Micro Model (PBMM) instead of custom-built turbo units. A premature thrust bearing failure occurred on the High Pressure Turbo Unit (HPTU) of the PBMM during a test. Due to the closed Brayton...
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North-West University
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1087 |