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1R-K7W-S * 1 INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATION Westlake, Louisiana April 24, 1970 to: subject: Mr. R. H. Gerlach - Westlake SPECIAL TESTS DURING GXY REACTOR LOADING APRIL 19, 1970 During the oxy reactor recharge in April 1970, two special tests were performed. One tube on each reactor was filled with a special catalyst at the request of Stauffer. A sketch showing the location of these tubes is enclosed. In addition, pressure drop measurements were taken on all the reactors after loading. Data on pressure drops are as follows: R-301 Reactor: Flow on rotameter - 15.5 SCFH (times a correction factor of 2.8 for 100 psig) - 43.4 SCFH actual air flow at 80 degrees F. Thermowells Delta P - Inches Water SE location 4.75" SW location 5.70" One' traverse across reactor from west edge to center. Po:.nt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 119 10 12 13 Average - 4.8" Water. Continued on Page 2 4.2" 5.6" 4.7" 4.9" 4.7" 4.4" 4.9" 9.0" (omitted from average) 4.8" 4.8" 4.8" 4.6" 4.8" 000034227 OCR Hr. R. H. Gerlach Page 2 R-302 Reactor: One traverse across reactor from west edge to center. Point 1 5.0" 2 5.0" 3 5.0" 4 5.1" 5' 5.0" 6 5.5" 7 4.9" 8 4.8" 9 4.9" 10 5.3" 11 5.1" 12 5.0" Average equals 5.05" Water. R-303 Reactor: One traverse across reactor from west edge to center Point 1 5.1" 2 5.1" 3 5.3" 4 5.5" 5 5.7" 6 5.8" 7 5.9" 8 6.6" 9 6.5" 10 6.5" 11 6.5" 12 5.5" 13 5.7". Average equals 5.8" water. PMW-MC cc: JDM Martin Hawley Douglas Michels a'ia C _ JP. M. Wineirar CCR 00oo^a fJ I; <C U> v-io fate ifa (Ty'f?) 0. -------- O CXoX>o...o.4> o oooo GO I V o foSl: U) /1 // v' * '-.///; c. c7/' 7/yy*Y 5 \ 'JV'O- i? ' L /; // CCK 000034229