Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology

The Korean Society of Marine Engineering (한국마린엔지니어링학회)
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CFD analysis of the effect of different PAR locations against hydrogen recombination rate

  • Lee, Khor Chong (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Ryu, Myungrok (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Park, Kweonha (Division of Mechanical & Energy Systems Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • Received : 2015.09.15
  • Accepted : 2015.11.09
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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Abstract

Many studies have been conducted on the performance of a passive autocatalytic recombiner (PAR), but not many have focused on the locations where the PAR is installed. During a severe accident in a nuclear reactor containment, a large amount of hydrogen gas can be produced and released into the containment, leading to hydrogen deflagration or a detonation. A PAR is a hydrogen mitigation method that is widely implemented in current and advanced light water reactors. Therefore, for this study, a PAR was installed at different locations in order to investigate the difference in hydrogen reduction rate. The results indicate that the hydrogen reduction rate of a PAR is proportional to the distance between the hydrogen induction location and the bottom wall.

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