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Thermal Analysis of a Canned Induction Motor for Main Coolant Pump in System-Integrated Modular Advanced Reactor

  • Huh, Hyung;Kim, Jong-In;Kim, Kern-Jung
    • KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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    • v.3B no.1
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    • pp.32-36
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    • 2003
  • The three-phase canned induction motor, which consists of a stator and rotor with a seal can, is used for the main coolant pump (MCP) of the System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART). The thermal characteristics of the can must be estimated exactly, since the eddy current loss of the can is a dominant parameter in design. Besides the insulation of the motor winding is compared of Teflon, glass fiber, and air, so it is not an easy task to analyze. A FEM thermal analysis was per-formed by using the thermal properties of complex insulation which were obtained by comparing the results of finite element thermal analysis and those of the experiment. As a result, it is shown that the characteristics of prototype canned induction motor have a good agreement with the results of FEM.

Electromagnetic and Thermal Analysis of Squirrel Gage Canned Induction Motor for SMART Main Coolant Pump (SMART용 냉각재순환펌프에 장착되는 농형유도전동기의 전자기 및 열해석)

  • Huh, Hyung;Koo, Dae-Hyun;Kang, Do-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07a
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    • pp.308-311
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    • 1999
  • A squirrel cage canned induction motor for the main coolant pump of the integral reactor, SMART was designed, manufactured and tested. The motor was first designed using the equivalent circuit theory to determine major dimensions and then finalized through finite element analyses for electromagnetic and thermal characteristics. In order to verify the design methodology, a reduced scale canned induction motor was manufactured and tested. The experimental results have shown a good agreement with the analysis results.

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The flow characteristics of a Main Cooling Water System for Nuclear Fuel Test Loop Installed in HANARO (하나로 핵연료 시험루프의 주냉각수 계통 유동해석)

  • Park, Young-Chul;Lee, Young-Sub;Chi, Dai-Yong;Ahn, Seong-Ho;Kim, Yong-Ki
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.444-447
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    • 2008
  • A nuclear fuel test loop (after below, FTL) is installed in IR1 of an irradiation hole in HANARO for testing neutron irradiation characteristics and thermo hydraulic characteristics of a fuel loaded in a light water power reactor (PWR) or a heavy water power reactor (CANDU). There is an in-pile section (IPS) and an out-pile section (OPS) in this test loop. When HANARO is normally operated, the fuel loaded in the IPS has a nuclear reaction heat generated by a neutron irradiation. To remove the generated heat and to maintain an operation condition of the test fuel, a main cooling water system (MCWS) is installed in the OPS of the FTL. The pump can not continuously suck a fluid and not pressurize the fluid during a cold function test. To verify the flow characteristics of the MCWS, a flow net work analysis has been conducted. When the higher elevation pipelines wholly filled with coolant, it was confirmed through the analysis results that the pump pressurized the coolant normally. And the analysis results described the system characteristics with operation temperature and pressure variation satisfactorily.

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The Study on a Flow-rate Calculation Method by the Pump Power in the Axial Flow Pumps (축류형 펌프에서 펌프전력을 이용한 유량산정 방범에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jun;Seo, Jae-Kwang;Park, Chun-Tae;Kim, Young-In;Yoon, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.227-231
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    • 2004
  • It is the common features of the integral reactors that the main components of the RCS are installed within the reactor vessel, and so there are no any flow pipes connecting the steam generator or the pump whose type is the axial flow. Due to no any flow pipes, it is impossible to measure the differential pressure at the RCS of the integral reactors, and it also makes impossible measure the flow-rate of the reactor coolant. As a alternative method, the method by the measurement of the pump power of the axial flow pump has been introduced in this study. Up to now, we did not found out a precedent which the pump power is used for the flow-rate calculation at normal operation of the commercial nuclear power plants. The objective of the study is to embody the flow-rate calculation method by the measurement of the pump power in an integral reactor. As a result of the study, we could theoretically reason that the capacity-head curve and capacity-shaft power curve around the rated capacity with the high specific-speeded axial flow pumps have each diagonally steep incline but show the similar shape. Also, we could confirm the above theoretical reasoning from the measured result of the pump motor inputs. So, it has been concluded that it is possible to calculate the flow-rate by the measurement of the pump motor inputs.

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The Characteristics of Hydraulic Valve for a Passive Reactor (피동형 원자로의 Hydraulic Valve 특성 실험)

  • Kim, Sang-Nyung;Kim, Yoong-Seock
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.1083-1090
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    • 1998
  • A kind of three-way check valve, so called hydraulic calve was proposed for the substitute of the density lock of passive reactor such as SPWR (System-Integrated Pressurized Water Reactor). The function of the valve are the separation of the borated water from main coolant loop for normal operation and the insurge of the water into the loop for shutdown and the removal of the decay power when the main coolant flow rate is not enough. To verify the operability and the characteristics of the valve, experimental works were executed with 1/3 scale model calve. Also a diffuser model was proposed for the theoretical analysis of the valve.