PATHFINDER ATOMIC POWER PLANT FINAL REPORT MOISTURE DE-ENTRAINMENT TESTS IN TWO- AND FOUR-INCH DIAMETER TEST SECTIONS

Tests are described to determine the amount of entrained moisture occurring in the steam of the Pathfinder Power Plant as design parameters were varied. It was found that the height of the moisture separator and the velocity of the steam should be adjusted so that the permissible steam velocity for the particular height is not exceeded. If this is done, the amount of moisture entering the separator should be less than 1%, an amount of moisture that should not be difficult to remove with moisture separators. (J.R.D.