The cooling system for power generation plants is important to ensure that equipment operates properly with the appropriate filters, preventing equipment failure and unplanned production stoppages.
Efficient magnetic filters play a significant role in improving the performance of filtration devices and filter systems/fluid control, enhancing/reducing the running costs of systems, and increasing operational efficiency. They have improved the reliability of systems at nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic. They were introduced to reduce failures of various mechanical devices, such as electric valves in steam lines, which were previously considered impossible to address. Magnum was introduced in the steam generator blowdown sample line of steam generator number 4 at the nuclear power plant. This area is of great interest to plant owners and operators from the perspectives of efficiency (energy is wasted during the blowdown process, but the efficiency of the steam generator improves) and safety (especially in nuclear power plants, where the entire steam generation process is strictly managed). In the future, it will be necessary to further increase power generation efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide). Before the installation of Magnum, contaminants continued to circulate through conventional filters (most of which were smaller than 1 micron). These hard and sharp metal particles likely caused cascading wear, eroding all valves and stationary parts of the system, thus threatening the overall safety of the nuclear power plant.
