DEVELOPMENT OF PENA FUEL AT PODBEREZHE

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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 27, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION.
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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SUBJECT 3 i.or in t-.Lr?ea rot mu, Each room was equipped with the fol-
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a f?c~:~ trol pan l, liydr xl..B.~, tsnka..aiid'reservr r
-. Injector,, : t.:c:i.ng ais cooling tanks, and sodium tam
2. The two p& k o P s'u.. tike v4: r -q two 200.-lite-r e rd nay ii6n vats.' which wore
ereof.d aboat S. over the gr nid, .Th'e 'pot roidumvtiimk-.(NOA'i on attached
s:tt t h 110.:P.) -0,ras u'up? l it d with an eleatrio t+bmpeiatute control 'whioh kept
the potrolii~rm at, a f . z i ~ ,Wye of -ab6 t 80-90'0 C e i n t . ; , u T 'second p e ? t r O -
o r about 15-20 20 'Ca - f , ..
18-ax tarxk 'was -VI- ho r;t i tszn perature control and had a normal temperature
3o The tnhvrI. t?'s juirps were, dnk . ti by one f;wo-hp motor each,
4, The hydraullffc tank we c Lnatly joined to the control panel a ad was filled
with nitandard R sl 1a:n Ixedr'aulio oil,
5p T a.j&,e tO ? lrn;-%&J %t ad, of '9. t-,ylinde_r with a jot pips; and a n.?aryzle.
6, In t'l?.,) A.Gt,z:awR an r!Ii,as ::anl.v fine sifted sodium,
7, The flow uhaa V'or 'U ht, wrras as follows : (See Attach iuent No. 1)
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?a,, 1`1-ie kn . It hl ,: to is ?, v ti Est In mot. on 'bar a mat.ri swritch (c., 7) . Fray the
t ks 210 &x' a V-!,:1) the petroleum _a:nr1'hA, ? uli:c oil fIvowad over the
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)f tae - .a i1M th valvr a (8).at+ tae ci~a~ treil panes 'V lien the
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r C; ,w were o lows.,, the petroleum and hydraulic oil ran back again
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through the return pipe into the tanks.
When the valves were opened, the petroleum heated to"80-90 ? Cent in
tank ,we 1 flowed, with a pressure of 2-3 atmospheres, into-the cylinder
of the injector (13) and flowed. through the nozzle of the jet pipeo
co At the same time, a piston in the sodium tank pushed the sodium through
the jet pipe (14) and the nozzle, with a diameter of 1.5-2 mn, and dis-
persed it into the warm petroleume
d. This petroleum-sodium mixture flowed through a pipe into the mixing
and cooling tanks (15). The petroleum at-standard temperatures which
mbs in the second tank, flowed into the mixing and cooling tanks where
it was blended with the warm petroleum-sodium mixtureo
e. The completed Pena then flowed from the mixing and cooling tanks into
the reservoir,where it appeared as a gray-white, gelatinous mass.
8. The development of Pena petroleum was kept strictly secret. The experi-
m~nt was supervised only by an engineer from the Siebel''Works and a
petroleum specialist named Janke (ftu) from the BMW Works.
9. D4ring the experiment, the temperature of the petroleum in the 80-9Q ?
Cent. tank was finally set at a specific high temperature, and the
pressure of the whole installation was kept at 2-3 atm.l
10. The standard temperature of the petroleum of the second tank was treated
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there was a catalyst in the second tank.
llo There were special difficulties in keeping the nozzle operative since it
became easily plugged up, and therefore the mixture was no longer properly
proportioned. In the fall of 19501, the proper proportions of-the.Id t
ilhd, not" been found...
Attachments
1. Diagraemm of installation producing Pena.
2. Layout of factory at Podberezhe.
Conm nts Specific temperature not given.
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Diagram of Installation Producing Pena
1.;
Petroleum tank
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Main switch
12.
Ilydr ulic tank
2a
Petroleum tank
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Regulating valve
13.
Injesator
3 e
Lle otric pump
9.
Pressure-indicator
A.
Jet pipe with nozzle
4.
Rlectrie pump
10.
Temperature indicators and
15.
Mixing & cooling
5e
Electric pump
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pressure indicators
6.
Control panel
11.
Viewing glass for the
16.
Sodium tank
hydraulic tank
17.
Reservoir
Return pipe
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10. Tool storaatig
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14o Final assombly
15. Cell oonst ruct'tiol",,
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21. Power expari . t
220 Pena oxparimMut
230 Forts
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28. Boating pla t
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28 * Fire brigade
29! Canteen
30. Ca ? ge
31. pay' 'w1 :1
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