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VIBRATION SIGNAL ANALYSIS OF MAIN COOLANT PUMP FLYWHEEL BASED ON HILBERT-HUANG TRANSFORM

  • LIU, MEIRU;XIA, HONG;SUN, LIN;LI, BIN;YANG, YANG
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.219-225
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, a three-dimensional model for the dynamic analysis of a flywheel based on the finite element method is presented. The static structure analysis for the model provides stress and strain distribution cloud charts. The modal analysis provides the basis of dynamic analysis due to its ability to obtain the natural frequencies and the vibration-made vectors of the first 10 orders. The results show the main faults are attrition and cracks, while also indicating the locations and patterns of faults. The harmonic response simulation was performed to gain the vibration response of the flywheel under operation. In this paper, we present a Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) algorithm for flywheel vibration analysis. The simulation indicated that the proposed flywheel vibration signal analysis method performs well, which means that the method can lay the foundation for the detection and diagnosis in a reactor main coolant pump.

A Study on the Temperature Characteristics of Main Coolant Pump for System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART 원자로용 냉각재 순환펌프의 온도특성에 관한 연구)

  • Gu, Dae-Hyeon;Bang, Deok-Je;Gang, Do-Hyeon;Kim, Jong-In;Jo, Yun-Hyeon
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.49 no.5
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    • pp.320-326
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    • 2000
  • The canned motor of 3-phase induction is used for main coolant pump(MCP). The type of motor is canned-motor that stator and rotor are welded by sealed can. So, cooling water flows in the air gap of the canned motor as an independent cycling cooling system from the air gap to yoke of the motor to prevent high temperature of stator can and to lubricate bearing. Heat exchange is occurred between cooling water in the air gap and cooling water from the exterior pump to prevent rising of temperature in the motor. I has to analyze the characteristics of can exactly because the loss and the heat in the can are very important to design MCP. Therefore, thermal analysis is studied considering the effect of eddy-current los induced in the can.

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Computational Performance Prediction of Main Coolant Pump for the Integral Reactor SMART (일체형원자로 SMART 냉각재 순환펌프의 전산성능예측)

  • Kim M. H;Lee J. S;Park J. S;Kim J. I;Kim K. K
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.32-40
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    • 2003
  • CFD analyses of the three-dimensional turbulent flow in the impeller and diffuser of an axial flow pump including suction and discharge parts are presented and compared with experimental data. The purpose of the current study is to validate the CFD method for the performance analysis of the main coolant pump for SMART and to investigate the effect of suction and discharge shapes on the pump performance. To generate a performance curve, not only the design point but also the off-design points were computed. The results were compared with available experimental data in terms of head generated. At the design point, the analysis accurately predicts the experimental head value. In the range of the higher flow rates, the results are also in very good agreement with the experimental data, in magnitude but also in terms of slope of variation. For lower flow rates, the results shows that the analysis considering the suction and discharge well describe the typical S-shape performance curve of the axial pump.

The Study of Predictive Diagnosis Technology Development Status and Promotion Plan for Reactor Coolant Pump (원자로냉각재펌프 예측진단 기술개발 현황 및 추진방안)

  • Hee Chan Kim
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.44-51
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    • 2023
  • The RCP is one of the main components in nuclear power plants and plays an important role in circulating coolant to the RCS system. Currently, nuclear plants are monitored using various monitoring systems. However, since they operate independently according to their functional purpose, it is not able to analyze vibration and operation/performance information comprehensively, and thus failure diagnosis accuracy is limited. In addition, these systems do not provide some important information (such as fault type, parts and cause) necessary for emergency actions, but provide only alarm information. To improve these technical problems, this study proposes a diagnosis technique (M/L, Rule-based model, Data-driven model, Narrow band model) and methodology for comprehensive analysis.