• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.311-318
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• 1992

During mid-loop operation of Nuclear Power Plant, to prevent the Decay Heat Removal System (DHRS) from failure due to air entrainment of free surface vortex in the piping system, a set of simulating experiments was performed. Through these experiments, a relation between the non-dimensionalized numbers, such as H/d, Froude number, Reynolds number, was found. It was also found that the perturbation of the system by the disturbance such as pump start, valve operation, etc., has a strong effect on the free surface vortex. Furthermore, from viewpoint of reactor safety, a modified inlet device which is reducer type is strongly recommended for the prevention of air entrainment into DHRS.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.277-283
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• 1996

원자력 발전소의 일차계통 부분충수운전시 잔열제거 계통 입구에서 자유수면 와동으로 인해 계통에 공기가 흡입될 수 있으며 이로 인해 계통이 상실되거나 계기에 오차가 유발되어 많은 안전상의 문제를 야기할 수 있다. 이러한 문제들을 해결할 수 있도록 흡입구의 구조를 개선하기 위해 다양한 구조에 대해 실험을 수행한 결과 깔때기 모양과 우회유로를 설치한 경우. 그리고 기존 T자형에 와동 방지판을 부착하는 것이 매우 효과적임이 밝혀졌다. 하지만 깔때기 모양이나 우회유로의 경우는 배관구조의 변경이 필요하여 따라서 기존 발전소나 신설 발전소에 적용시 문제점이 많으므로 필요시 붙이고 불필요하면 제거가능한 탈착식인 다공 와동 방지판을 최종적으로 선정하였다. 이 경우에 대하여 1/4 축소 실험장치로 실험한 결과 운전유량 영역에서 와동의 발생으로 인한 공기흡입과 펌프의 정지를 획기적으로 줄여주는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.2126-2135
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• 1992

In order to prevent the decay heat removal system from failure due to air entrainment or free surface vortex in the piping system, a set of simulating experiments for the midloop operation of nuclear power plant was performed. Through these experiments, a relation between the dimensionless numbers, such as submergence H/d, froude number, reynolds number, was found. However, the effect of reynolds number was negligible for the operation conditions of Nuclear power plant. It was also found that the perturbation of the system by the disturbance such as pump start, valve operation, etc., has a strong effect on the free surface vortex. Furthermore, from a view point of reactor safery, a modified inlet device of reducer type is strongly recommendable for the prevention of air entrainment.