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Development of Simplified DNBR Calculation Algorithm using Model-Based Systems Engineering Methodology

  • Awad, Ibrahim Fathy;Jung, Jae Cheon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.24-32
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    • 2018
  • System Complexity one of the most common cause failure of the projects, it leads to a lack of understanding about the functions of the system. Hence, the model is developed for communication and furthermore modeling help analysis, design, and understanding of the system. On the other hand, the text-based specification is useful and easy to develop but is difficult to visualize the physical composition, structure, and behaviour or data exchange of the system. Therefore, it is necessary to transform system description into a diagram which clearly depicts the behaviour of the system as well as the interaction between components. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Glossary, The safety system is a system important to safety, provided to ensure the safe shutdown of the reactor or the residual heat removal from the reactor core, or to limit the consequences of anticipated operational occurrences and design basis accidents. Core Protection Calculator System (CPCS) in Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR 1400) Nuclear Power Plant is a safety critical system. CPCS was developed using systems engineering method focusing on Departure from Nuclear Boiling Ratio (DNBR) calculation. Due to the complexity of the system, many diagrams are needed to minimize the risk of ambiguities and lack of understanding. Using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) software for modeling the DNBR algorithm were used. These diagrams then serve as the baseline of the reverse engineering process and speeding up the development process. In addition, the use of MBSE ensures that any additional information obtained from auxiliary sources can then be input into the system model, ensuring data consistency.

A Study on Implementation of Dynamic Safety System in Programmable Logic Controller for Pressurized Water Reactor

  • Kim, Ung-Soo;Seong, Poong-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.11a
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 1996
  • The Dynamic Safety System (DSS) is a compute. based reactor protection system that has fail-safe nature and perform dynamic self-testing. In this paper, the implementation of DSS in PLC is presented for PWR. In order to choose adequate PLC implementation model of DSS, the reliability analysis is performed. The KO-RI unit 2 Nuclear power plant is selected as the reference plant, and the verification is carried out using the KO-RI unit 2 simulator FISA-2.

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Characteristics of Transmutation Reactor Based on LAR Tokamak

  • Hong, B.G.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.08a
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    • pp.431-431
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    • 2012
  • A compact tokamak reactor concept as a 14 MeV neutron source is desirable from an economic viewpoint for a fusion-driven transmutation reactor. LAR (Low Aspect Ratio) tokamak allows a potential of high "see full txt" operation with high bootstrap current fractions and can be used for a compact fusion neutron source. For the optimal design of a reactor, a radial build of reactor components has to be determined by considering the plasma physics and engineering constraints which inter-relate various reactor components and are constrained to use ITER physics and technology. In a transmutation reactor, the blanket should produce enough tritium for tritium self-sufficiency and the neutron multiplication factor, keff should be less than 0.95 to maintain sub-criticality. The shield should provide sufficient protection for the superconducting toroidal field (TF) coil against radiation damage and heating effects of the fusion neutrons, fission neutrons, and secondary gammas. In this work, characteristics of transmutation reactor based on LAR tokamak is investigated by using the coupled system analysis.

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Abnormal Operation Analysis of the Wolsong 2,3,4 Heat Transport System (월성 2,3,4호기 열수송계통의 비정상 운전 해석)

  • Shin, J.C.
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.15-22
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    • 2016
  • The heat transport system transients of Wolsong 2,3,4 nuclear power plants were analysed during abnormal operating conditions. The compliance with requirements of AECB Regulatory Document R-77 for CANDU reactor was estimated. The analysis results showed that for each postulated accident the peak pressure values in the reactor headers are within the acceptance criteria given in ASME code requirements. The effect of LRV that is one of the overpressure protection device was very minor.

Reliability Design of Output Module for Reactor Protection System Using Availability Analysis (가용도 분석을 이용한 원자로보호계통 제어기기 출력모듈의 신뢰도 설계)

  • Kim, Ji-Young;Park, Hong-Lae;Lyou, Joon;Lee, Dong-Young
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07c
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    • pp.2545-2548
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    • 2003
  • Reliability is the very important issue for nuclear fields. In this paper, an analysis method is suggested to evaluate the level of availability improvement by adding the fault diagnosis function in the control system of Reactor Protection System. The Failure Mode Effect Analysis(FMEA), MIL-HDBK-217F, and Makov modelling techniques are used for availability assessment.

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Review on the New Fire Protection Standard for Nuclear Power Plants and Investigation for the Applicability of the Performance-Based Fire Modeling

  • Jee, Moon-Hak;Hong, Sung-Yull;Sung, Chang-Kyung;Kim, In-Hwang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.259-267
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    • 2002
  • NFPA-803 has been referred as the Fire Protection Standard at the Nuclear Power Plants of Pressurized Water Reactor. This Standard has been used as the fire protection regulation, containing prescriptive requirements with deterministic methodology. Recently, with cumulative efforts by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Utilities in America to establish a new Standard, including a quantitative evaluation methodology, NFPA-805, the Performance-Based Standard for FIRE Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants was issued and approved by the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard with an effective date of February 9, 2001. This paper presents an analysis result from the computer modeling for the fire simulation In addition, it proposes the idea that this kind of analytic method can be available for the facilities design of fire prevention and protection fields, as well as an evaluation for the fire suppression system with a quantitative analysis for the thermal phenomena in fire compartments in Nuclear Power Plants.

Development of Position Indicator for System-Integrated Reactor SMART (일체형원자로 SMART의 제어봉 위치지시기 개발)

  • Yu, Je-Yong;Kim, Ji-Ho;Huh, Hyung;Kim, Jong-In;Chang, Moon-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06d
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    • pp.921-926
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    • 2001
  • The reliability and accuracy of the information on control rod position are very important to the reactor safety and the design of the core protection system. In this study, a thorough investigation on the RSPT(Reed Switch Position Transmitter) type control rod position indication system and its actual implementation in the exiting nuclear power plants in Korea was performed first. A design of the control rod position indication system using reed switch for the CEDM on the system-integrated reactor SMART was developed based on the position indicator technology identified through the investigation. The feasibility of the design was evaluated by test of manufactured control rod position indicator using reed switch for SMART.

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Voltage Sags Impact on CAR and SOR of HANARO

  • Kim, Hyung-Kyoo;Jung, Hoan-Sung;Wu, Jong-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.657-658
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    • 2004
  • The reactor protection system (RPS) of HANARO is a safety class system. The reactor is tripped by dropping four shut off rods (SOR). The SOR system consists of a SOR, hydraulic pump, hydraulic cylinder, solenoid valves and a power supply unit which has the AC coil contactor as a switching component. The hydraulic pump lifts up the SOR. The SOR drops by loss of the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic circuit at the occurrence of voltage sags or interruptions. From this experiment, we knew that the magnitude of the voltage sag which impacts on this system is 70V, 500msec. The reactor regulation system (RRS) of HANARO has four CARs which are connected to the driver through a magnetic clutch. The CAR drops by loss of electromagnetic force of the magnetic clutch when the deeper voltage sags to lower than 10V, 500msec.

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