• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.165-172
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• 2016

An experimental study of the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of passive safety systems (PSSs) was conducted using a system-integrated modular advanced reactor-integral test loop (SMART-ITL). The present passive safety injection system for the SMART-ITL consists of one train with the core makeup tank (CMT), the safety injection tank, and the automatic depressurization system. The objective of this study is to investigate the injection effect of the PSS on the small-break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) scenario for a 0.4 inch line break in the safety-injection system (SIS). The steady-state condition was maintained for 746 seconds before the break. When the major parameters of the target value and test results were compared, most of the thermal-hydraulic parameters agreed closely with each other. The water level of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) was maintained higher than that of the fuel assembly plate during the transient, for the present CMT and safety injection tank (SIT) flow rate conditions. It can be seen that the capability of an emergency core cooling system is sufficient during the transient with SMART passive SISs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.423-428
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• 1996

피동형원자로 AP600을 참조발전소로하여 설정된 1000MWe급 대용량 피동형원자로의 계통개념에 대한 안전계통 성능 평가 및 코드의 적용성 평가를 목적으로 RELAP5/MOD3코드를 사용하여 대형냉각재상실사고를 모의 해석하였다. 피동형 안전계통으로 축압기, CMT IRWST를 모델하였으며 가압기에 연결된 1단계부터 3단계까지의 자동감압밸브계통을 모델링 하고 4단계 자동감압밸브계통은 각 루프의 고온관에 연결되어 있는 것으로 모델링 하였다. 피동형 안전계통의 모델이 향상된 RELAP5/MOD3.2와 그 이전의 코드인 RELAP5/MOD3.1의 냉각재상실사고 모의계산결과 원자로내의 압력변화, 노심냉각수 주입유량 및 핵연료 피복재 온도 거동이 거의 유사하게 나타났으며 1000MWe급 대용량 피동형원자로의 안전계통은 냉각재 상실사고시 충분한 노심냉각능력을 가지는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.439-446
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• 1995

원자력 발전소 안전성 향상을 위한 노력으로 현재 안전계통의 단순화및 피동화에 대한 연구가 활발히 지속적으로 수행되고 있다. 개량형 중수로에서는 특수 안전계통의 하나인 비상노심냉각계통의 피동화 및 단순화 방안을 다각적으로 검토한 결과, 비상노심냉각계통의 압력이 열수송계통(Heat Transport System) 압력보다 일정 크기 이상일 때만 파열되는 일방향파열판(One-way Rupture Disc)을 개발하여, 계통에 도입함으로써 전기적인 신호와 힘에 의해 작동되는 밸브 갯수를 크게 줄일 수 있게 되었고 이로 인해 계통의 피동성이 향상되었으며, 계통구성 측면이나 운전 측면에서도 단순화를 이루었다. 또한 물보다 비중이 작고 가스주입 차단 기능이 뛰어난 볼(Floating Ball)을 고압용 비상노심냉각 물탱크 내부에 설치하여 종래의 차단밸브 기능을 수행하게 함으로써 전동식 차단밸브를 제거할 수 있게 되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.534-541
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• 1997

1000MWe급 피동형원자로기 안전계통 성능 및 RELAP5 코드의 적용성 평가를 목적으로 AP600을 참조노형으로 설정된 1000MWe급 대용량 피동형원자로에 대한 냉각재 상실사고를 모의 해석하였다. 대형냉각재상실사고시 발생되는 현상들은 기존 원자로와 큰 차이가 없고, 이들 현상을 모의하기 위한 모델링 요건들이 피동형계통 분석에 동일하게 요구되었으며, 계산된 PCT가 규제기관의 허용치에 충분한 여유도를 갖고 있어 대형냉각재상실사고시 충분한 노심냉각 능력을 갖는 것으로 평가되었다. 또한 안전주입 배관이 파단되는 소형냉각재 상실사고를 해석한 결과 KP1000의 피동안전계통은 ADS의 작동에 의하여 노심을 노출시키지 않고 적절한 사고완화 기능을 수행할 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.185-191
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• 2016

The Hybrid Safety Injection Tank is a passive safety injection system that enables the safety injection water to be injected into the reactor pressure vessel throughout all operating pressures by connecting the top of the SIT and the pressurizer(PZR). In this study, the condition for balancing the pressure between the Hybrid SIT and PZR was derived theoretically. The pressure balancing condition was set at the point where the velocity of the Hybrid SIT coolant injected into the Direct Vessel Injection(DVI) line was at or above zero. If the condition was derived from a pressure network for the Hybrid SIT, pressurizer, and reactor pressure vessel, the pressure difference between the pressurizer and SIT is less than 0.07 MPa.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.124-132
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• 2016

In order to estimate the effect of flow distributors connected to an upper nozzle of CMT(Core Makeup Tank) on the thermal-hydraulic characteristics in the tank, a simplified 2 inch Small Break Loss of Coolant Accident(SBLOCA) was simulated by skipping the decay power and Passive Residual Heat Removal System(PRHRS) actuation. The CMT is a part of safety injection systems in the SMART (System Integrated Modular Advanced Reactor). Each test was performed with reliable boundary conditions. It means that the pressure distribution is provided with repeatable and reproducible behavior during SBLOCA simulations. The maximum flow rates were achieved at around 350 seconds after the initial opening of the isolation valve installed in CMT. After a short period of decreased flow rate, it attained a steady injection flow rate after about 1,250 seconds. This unstable injection period of the CMT coolant is due to the condensation of steam injected into the upper part of CMT. The steady injection flow rate was about 8.4% higher with B-type distributor than that with A-type distributor. The gravity injection during hot condition tests were in good agreement with that during cold condition tests except for the early stages.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.487-494
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• 1995

원자력발전소의 안전성 향상을 목적으로 신형원자로 안전주입계통의 축압기 설계에 적용이 고려되고 있는 피동적 유량조절 장치인 vortex 밸브의 유동장을 해석하여 밸브의 특성에 영향을 미치는 주요 인자들을 도출하고 이 인자들의 영향을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 Vortex 밸브의 성능 특성은 수송유량, 제어유량, chamber의 반경, 입구면적, 마찰계수 등의 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며 이들 인자 중 chamber의 반경의 영향이 가장 크고 Reynolds수의 영향은 비교적 작은 것으로 파악되었다. 또한 주어진 유동조건에서 제어유량이 작은 경우 점성손실이 vortex 밸브의 유동특성에 미치는 영향이 증대되는 경향을 보였으며 유량이 증가할수록 Reynolds수의 영향은 감소하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.64-70
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• 2017

The concept of Hybrid Safety Injection Tank (Hybrid SIT) proposed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been introduced for the purpose of application to the Advanced Power Reactor Plus (APR+). In this study, the SBO situation of the APR+ was analyzed by using the MARS-KS code in order to evaluate whether the operation of the Hybrid SIT has an effect on the cooling performance of the Reactor Coolant System (RCS). According to the analysis, when the actuation valve on the pressure balancing line (PBL) is opened, the Hybrid SIT's pressure rises rapidly, forming equilibrium with the RCS pressure; subsequently, a flow is injected from the Hybrid SIT into the reactor vessel through the direct vessel injection (DVI) line. The analysis showed that it is possible to keep the core temperature below melting temperature during the operation of a Hybrid SIT.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.50-60
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• 2016

A design methodology of the modeled test facility to conserve an injection performance of a passive safety injection system is proposed. This safety injection system is composed of a core makeup tank and a safety injection tank. Individual tanks are connected with pressure balance line on the top side and injection line on the bottom side. It is important to conserve the scaled initial injection flow rate and total injection time since this system can be operated by small gravity head without any active pumps. Differential pressure distribution of the injection line induced by the gravity head is determined by the vertical length and elevation of each tank. However, the total injection time is adjustable by the flow resistance coefficient of the injection line. The scaling methodology for the tank and flow resistance coefficient is suggested. A key point of this test facility design is a scaling analysis for the flow resistance coefficient. The scaling analysis proposed on this paper is based on the volume scaling law with the same vertical length to the prototype and can be extended to a model with a reduced vertical length. A set of passive injection test were performed for the tanks with the same volume and the different length. The test results on the initial flow rate and total injection time showed the almost same injection characteristics and they were in good agreement with the design values.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.64-72
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• 2014

This study aimed at assessing the analysis capability of thermal-hydraulic computer code, MARS for the behaviors of the core make-up tank (CMT). The sensitivity study on the nodalization to simulate the CMT was conducted, and the MARS calculations were compared with KAIST experimental data and RELAP5/MOD3.3 calculations. The 12-node model was fixed through a nodalization study to investigate the effect of the number of nodes in the CMT (2-, 4-, 8-, 12-, 16-node). The sensitivity studies on various parameters, such as water subcooling of the CMT, steam pressure, and natural circulation flow were done. MARS calculations were reasonable in the injection time and the effects of several parameters on the CMT behaviors even though the mesh-dependency should be properly treated for reactor applications.