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Concept Development of Core Protection Calculator with Trip Avoidance Function using Systems Engineering

  • Nascimento, Thiago (Department of NPP Engineering, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School) ;
  • Jung, Jae Cheon (Department of NPP Engineering, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School)
  • Received : 2020.09.15
  • Accepted : 2020.11.24
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Most of the reactor trips in Korean NPPs related to core protection systems were caused not because of proximity of boiling crisis and, consequently, a damage in the core, but due to particular miscalculations or component failures related to the core protection system. The most common core protection system applied in Korean NPPs is the Core Protection Calculator System (CPCS), which is installed in OPR1000 and APR1400 plants. It generates a trip signal to scram the reactor in case of low Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio (DNBR) or high Local Power Density (LPD). However, is a reactor trip necessary to protect the core? Or could a fast power reduction be enough to recover the DNBR/LPD without a scram? In order to analyze the online calculation of DNBR/LPD, and the use of fast power reduction as trip avoidance methodology, a concept of CPCS with fast power reduction function was developed in Matlab® Simulink using systems engineering approach. The system was validated with maximum of 0.2% deviation from the reference and the dynamic deviation was maximum of 12.65% for DNBR and 6.72% for LPD during a transient of 16,000 seconds.

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