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Team 44

Team Members

Faculty Advisor

Andrew Marji
Frederic Fladenmuller
Spencer Kelsey

Tianfeng Lu

Sponsor

Zachry Nuclear Engineering, Inc.

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Pipe Freezing in Stagnant Lines

The objective of the Pipe Freezing in Stagnant Lines project is to research the relationship between ice formation and pipe lengths in a stagnant ‘dead leg’. Zachry Nuclear Engineering provides engineering design and project management services to the nuclear power industry. Specifically, Zachry strives to fully understand the relationship between ambient air temperatures, and the fluid heat transfer within the dead legs of their cooling system. This understanding is essential in the nuclear power industry to prevent full freezing of the cooling system in non-winterized areas causing power plants to have issues during atypical cold fronts.