• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.389-400
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• 1994

The predictability of KAERI version of RELAP5/MOD3 on reflood peak cladding temperature during large break loss-of-coolant accident is assessed against 18 test runs in FLECHT SEASET test data. The associated uncertainty is statistically quantified. The selected test runs include a gravity feed test and several forced feed tests with wide range of the parameters such as flooding rate, system pressure, initial clad temperature, rod bundle power. The results show that the code under-predicts the peak cladding temperature by 7.56 K on average. The upper limit of the associated uncertainty at 95% confidence level is evaluated to be about 99 K, It including the bias due to the under-prediction.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.358-365
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 수직 단일관에서의 재관수(reflux) 응축 현상에서 증기유량이 역류제한치보다 큰 경우에 발생하는 다양한 유동 패턴을 예측하고, 그 동적 특성을 해석하기 위한 모델을 개발하였다. 특히 L/D가 큰 재관수 응축기에서 발생하는 충전 방출 모드에서의 동적 특성을 예측하는 것이 목표이다. 응축기의 내부를 액체와 증기의 두 영역으로 나누어 질량, 에너지, 운동량 보존에 입각한 본 모델은, 형성된 물기둥의 진동시 갈래질 경계(bifurcation boundary)와 진동주기를 예측할 수 있다. 이 모델은 McMaster 대학에서 수행한 실험결과와 비교한 결과 양호한 예측을 했고, 튜브 직경변화 효과를 잘 묘사하였다. 이러한 단순 모델은 재관수 응축기의 설계시에 설계변수를 도출하는데 사용될 수 있고, 인위적으로 부여한 압력펄스를 이용하여 재관수 응축기의 운전영역을 개선하는데 기초로 활용될 수 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.265-276
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• 1994

Several improvements to the RELAP5/MOD3 reflood model hate been made. These improvement were made to correct deficiencies in the reflood model identified by the assessment of the RELAP5/MOD3 code against FLECHT-SEASET experiments. The improvements consist of modification of reflood wall heat transfer package and adjusting the droplet size in dispersed flow regime. The time smoothing of wall vaporization and level tracking of transition flow are also added to eliminate the pressure spikes and level oscillation during reflood process. Assessment of the improved model against FLECHT-SEASET experimental data and application of LBLOCA analysis for plant shows that the deficiencies have been corrected.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.259.2-259
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.177-177
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• 2002

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 1980

Reflood experiments under atmospheric pressure have been conducted with a single heated tube to investigate basically the rewetting phenomena following a LOCA. Experimental conditions are 180cm length of test tube, wall temperature range of 300-80$0^{\circ}C$, coolant flooding rate of 5-30cm/sec. and subcooling of 35-85$^{\circ}C$. Experiments show that the rewetting velocity is dependent on the initial wall temperature of test tube, coolant flow rate and coolant subcooling. It is required to develop the proper method to evaluate the rewetting temperature and the heat transfer coefficient.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.171-171
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.181.2-181
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• 2001

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.32-38
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• 2024

The best estimate plus uncertainty methodologies for loss-of-coolant accident analyses make use of the best-estimate codes and relevant experimental databases. Inherently, best-estimate codes have various uncertainties in the model parameters, which can be quantified by the dedicated experimental database. Therefore, this study was devoted to establishing procedures for identifying the input parameters of predictive models and quantifying their uncertainty ranges. The rod bundle heat transfer experiments were employed as a representative reflood separate effect test, and the TRACE code was utilized as a best-estimate code. In accordance with the present procedure for uncertainty quantification, the integrated list of the influential input parameters and their uncertainty ranges was obtained through local sensitivity calculations and screening criteria. The validity of the procedure was confirmed by applying it to uncertainty analyses, which checks whether the measured data are within computed ranges of the variables of interest. The uncertainty quantification procedure proposed in this study is anticipated to provide comprehensive guidance for the conduct of uncertainty analyses.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.297-310
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• 1992

FLECHT SEASET unblocked forced reflood tests are assessed using Apollo version of RELAP5/MOD3 5M5. The main purpose of the study is to examine the code predictability under forced reflood conditions having different initial power levels and flooding rates. Among various test matrices, the assessment calculations are performed for the test numbers 31701 31302, 31203, 31805, 34524, 31021, 34006 and 35807 These have been selected because they have similar initial conditions but different initial peak rod powers or flooding rates. In addition, various sensitivity calculations are performed for test number 31203 on the improved models of RELAP5/MOD3. Those are for the effect of Counter Current Flow Limit (CCFL) option at the outlet junction of the test section, for the effect of grid modelling on the interfacial drag calculations as well as on the heat structure calculations, and for the effect of nodalization and the time step size. The results of sensitivity studies show that the improved models of RELAP5/MOD3 enhance the code predictability. The assessment results show that the RELAP5/MOD3 has a tendency to underpredict the turn around temperature and the turn around time. But RELAP5/MOD3 silghtly overpredicts the turn around temperature for high flooding rate. The results also show that the calculated quenching by RELAP5/MOD3 is delayed with the increase of the rod power or the decrease of the flooding rate.