• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.463-470
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• 1985

In this study a parametric analysis for the rewetting temperature was made with 572 data obtained from the single tube experiment. The rewetting temperature was also evaluated by measuring the vaporization time of a liquid drop on a hot surface at the elevated pressures. The results showed that the rewetting temperature increased with flooding rate, inlet subcooling pressure and initial wall temperature, and decreased with increasing axial elevation. Based on the results obtained, the rewetting temperature correlation was suggested. From the comparison of correlated rewetting temperatures with measured values, it showed that the correlated values fell within .+-.5% error from the measured values.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.48-56
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• 1984

In order to estimate the fuel rod temperature during the reflooding phase of the PWR LOCA, it is essential to obtain a better understanding of the rewetting mechanism. This paper presents the results of analytical and experimental investigations aimed at analyzing the rewetting phenomena in a heated tube. A two-dimensional solution of the rewetting for a tube is described and used to yield the correlation of the rewetting heat transfer coefficient as the function of flooding rate and inlet subcooling. This correlation prediction is in good agreement with the experimental data.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.7-14
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• 1986

To predict the fuel clad temperature during the reflooding phase of a LOCA, one may need a knowledge of reflood heat tranfer mechanism in a rod bundle. For this purpose reflooding experiments have been carried out with an electrically heated 3*3 rod bundle. Using the method for the determination of local heat transfer coefficient from the measured wall temperature the parametric effects of coolant flow rate, initial wall temperature, coolant subcooling and heat generation rate on the propagation of rewetting front were investigated. Prediction of the wall temperature histories for these experiments was discussed using REFLUX code with modification of the rewetting temperature correlation. Through this modification, better agreement between experiment and prediction was obtained.