Evaluation of the scaling and corrosive potential of the cooling water supply system of a nuclear power plant based on the physicochemical control dataset
Павло Кузнєцов
Abstract
The data of physicochemical control for the cooling water supply system of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine), where water samples were monitored three times a day during 2022-2023. The pH, temperature, total dissolved salts, total hardness and total alkalinity were measured using standard methods. The differences in ϕ and ψ, Langelier saturation index (LSI) and Ryznar stability index (RSI), which characterise scaling and corrosive potential, were calculated The calculated values are ϕ - ψ: 0.29 (± 0.62), LSI: 1.51 (± 0.39), and RSI 5.74 (± 0.69). According to the scaling and corrosive classification, the water is characterised as susceptible to scale formation. Moreover, to the Pearson correlation coefficient (ρ), there is a very strong relationship ρ = -0.9635 between LSI and RSI, a weak relationship ρ = -0.2370 between ϕ - ψ and RSI, and ρ = -0.2997 between ϕ - ψ and LSI.