The feedwater heaters are critical components in a nuclear power plant. As the operation years of heaters go by, the maintenance costs required for continuous operation increase. Integral drains cooler is the separate heat exchanger combined in the heater shell. The integral drains cooler must be isolated from the other zones. The integral drains cooler must be free from leakage and the entrance into the zone be sealed against the entrance of steam from the condensing zone. Cause of tubes leakage since tubes replacement is the same as the cause before tubes replacement. Therefore, feedwater refurbishment method was selected by heater internal structure condition.

선박에 사용되는 TEMA 열교환기 전열관의 확관 공정에서 발생되는 탄소성 응력과 변형량의 거동을 유한요소법으로 해석하였다. 열교환기의 관판 구명의 홈 깊이와 롤러 익스팬더의 작용압력을 변화시켜 해석한 결과, 전열관의 관판 구멍의 홈 깊이가 커지면 탄소성 압축응력은 감소하였고, 롤러 익스팬더 압력이 높을수록 관판 구멍의 홈 모서리 부분의 탄소성 응력이 증가되었다.

The electrophoretic deposition process of Ni nano-particles in organic suspension was employed for self-repairing of heat exchanger tubes. For this purpose, Ni nano-particles prepared by levitational gas condensation method were dispersed into the solution of ethanol with the addition of dispersant Hypermer KD2. For electrophoretic deposition of Ni nano-particles on the Ni alloy specimen, constant electric fields of 20 and 100 V were applied to the specimen in Ni-dispersed solution. It was found that as electrophoretic deposition proceeds, the size of the pit or crack remarkably decreased due to the agglomeration of Ni nano-particles at the pit or crack. This strongly suggests that the electrophoretic mobility of the charged particles is larger for the damaged part with a higher current value rather than outer surfaces with a lower current value.