• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.382-395
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• 2002

An experimental study on transient critical heat flux (CHF) under flow coastdown has been performed for the water flow in a non-uniformly heated vertical annulus under low flow and a wide range of pressure conditions. The objectives of this study are to systematically investigate the effect of the flow transient on the CHF and to compare the transient CHF with steady-state CHF The transient CHF experiments have been performed for three kinds of flow transient modes based on the coastdown data of a nuclear power plant reactor coolant pump. At the same inlet subcooling, system pressure and heat flux, the effect of the initial mass flux on the critical mass flux can be negligible. However, the effect of the initial mass flux on the time-to- CHF becomes large as the heat flux decreases. The critical mass flux has the largest value for slow flow reduction rate. There is a pressure effect on the ratio of the transient CHF data to steady-state CHF data. Except under low system pressure conditions, the flow transient CHF was revealed to be conservative compared with the steady-state CHF data. Bowling CHF correlation and thermal hydraulic system code MARS show promising results for the prediction of CHF occurrence .

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4571-4584
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• 2022

The analysis of rapid flow transients in Reactor Coolant Pumps (RCP) is essential for a reactor safety study. An accurate and precise analysis of the RCP coastdown is necessary for the reactor design. The coastdown of RCP affects the coolant temperature and the colloidal crud in the primary coolant. A realistic and kinetic model has been used to investigate the behavior of activated colloidal crud in the primary coolant and steam generator that solves the pump speed analytically. The analytic solution of the non-dimensional flow rate has been determined by the energy ratio β. The kinetic energy of the coolant fluid and the kinetic energy stored in the rotating parts of a pump are two essential parameters in the form of β. Under normal operation, the pump's speed and moment of inertia are constant. However, in a coastdown situation, kinetic damping in the interval has been implemented. A dynamic model ACCP-SMART has been developed for System Integrated Modular and Advanced Reactor (SMART) to investigate the corrosion due to activated colloidal crud. The Fickian diffusion model has been implemented as the reference corrosion model for the constituent component of the primary loop of the SMART reactor. The activated colloidal crud activity in the primary coolant and steam generator of the SMART reactor has been studied for different equilibrium corrosion rates, linear increase in corrosion rate, and dynamic RCP coastdown situation energy ratio b. The coolant specific activity of SMART reactor equilibrium corrosion (4.0 mg s^-1) has been found 9.63×10^-3 µCi cm^-3, 3.53×10^-3 µC cm^-3, 2.39×10^-2 µC cm^-3, 8.10×10^-3 µC cm^-3, 6.77× 10^-3 µC cm^-3, 4.95×10^-4 µC cm^-3, 1.19×10^-3 µC cm^-3, and 7.87×10^-4 µC cm^-3 for ²⁴Na, ⁵⁴Mn, ⁵⁶Mn, ⁵⁹Fe, ⁵⁸Co, ⁶⁰Co, ⁹⁹Mo, and ⁵¹Cr which are 14.95%, 5.48%, 37.08%, 12.57%, 10.51%, 0.77%, 18.50%, and 0.12% respectively. For linear and exponential coastdown with a constant corrosion rate, the total coolant and steam generator activity approaches a higher saturation value than the normal values. The coolant and steam generator activity changes considerably with kinetic corrosion rate, equilibrium corrosion, growth of corrosion rate (ΔC/Δt), and RCP coastdown situations. The effect of the RCP coastdown on the specific activity of the steam generators is smeared by linearly rising corrosion rates, equilibrium corrosion, and rapid coasting down of the RCP. However, the time taken to reach the saturation activity is also influenced by the slope of corrosion rate, coastdown situation, equilibrium corrosion rate, and energy ratio β.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.418-426
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• 2009

The effect of an inertia moment of a pump flywheel on the thermal-hydraulic behaviors of the KALIMER-600(Korea Advanced LIquid MEtal Reactor) reactor pool during an early-phase of a loss of normal heat sink accident was investigated. The thermal-hydraulic analyses for a steady and a transient state were made by using the COMMIX-1AR/P code. In the present analysis a quarter of the reactor geometry was modeled in a cylindrical coordinate system, which includes a quarter of a reactor core and a UIS, a half of a DHX and a pump and a full IHX. In order to evaluate the effects of an inertia moment of the pump flywheel, a coastdown flow whose flow halving time amounts to 3.69 seconds was supplied to a natural circulation flow in the reactor vessel. Thermal-hydraulic behaviors in the reactor vessel were compared to those without the flywheel equipment. The numerical results showed a good agreement with the design values in a steady state. It was found that the inertia moment contributes to an increase in the circulation flow rate during the first 40 seconds, however to a decrease of it there after. It was also found that the flow stagnant region induced by a core exit overcooling decelerated the flow rate. The appearance of the first-peak temperature was delayed by the flow coastdown during the initial stages after a reactor trip.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.29-30
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.76.1-76
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• 1999

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.191-202
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• 2013

A numerical analysis of thermal stratification in the upper plenum of the MONJU fast breeder reactor was performed. Calculations were performed for a 1/6 simplified model of the MONJU reactor using the commercial code, CFX-13. To better resolve the geometrically complex upper core structure of the MONJU reactor, the porous media approach was adopted for the simulation. First, a steady state solution was obtained and the transient solutions were then obtained for the turbine trip test conducted in December 1995. The time dependent inlet conditions for the mass flow rate and temperature were provided by JAEA. Good agreement with the experimental data was observed for steady state solution. The numerical solution of the transient analysis shows the formation of thermal stratification within the upper plenum of the reactor vessel during the turbine trip test. The temporal variations of temperature were predicted accurately by the present method in the initial rapid coastdown period (~300 seconds). However, transient numerical solutions show a faster thermal mixing than that observed in the experiment after the initial coastdown period. A nearly homogenization of the temperature field in the upper plenum is predicted after about 900 seconds, which is a much shorter-term thermal stratification than the experimental data indicates. This discrepancy may be due to the shortcoming of the turbulence models available in the CFX-13 code for a natural convection flow with thermal stratification.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.47-57
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• 1984

2상유동을 해석하기 위한 3차원 코드인 THERMIT-6S의 미분 방정식을 세우기 위해, 수학적으로 정확하게 유도된 시간과 공간에 대해 평균한 보존 방정식을 단순화했다. 미분 방정식을 불연속화(discretization)하여 THERMIT-6S의 차분방정식을 얻는다. First-order spatial scheme, donor cell method, 그리고, staggered mesh layout을 써서 공간에 대한 불연속화를 한다. 그리고 시간에 대한 불연속화는 first-order semi-implicit scheme으로써, sonic terms와 국부적인 전달 현상에 관계되는 항들은 implicit하게 그리고 대류 전달 항들은 explicit하게 취급한다. 이렇게 얻어진 방정식들은Newton-Raphson 방법으로 선형화된다. 축소된 압력 방정식을 만들기 위해 모든 변수들이 mesh cells사이에서 단지 압력 변수를 통해서만 결부되도록, 선형화된 방정식들을 처리한다. OPERA-15 실험을 수치해석적으로 모의실험하여 본 결과, THERMIT-6S가 flow coastdown, 역류, 유체진동(flow oscillation) 등을 포함하고, sodium boiling 후의 원자로내의 변화를 예측하는데 매우 유효하다는 것이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2012

A numerical analysis of thermal stratification in the upper plenum of the MONJU fast breeder reactor was performed. Calculations were performed for a 1/6 simplified model of the MONJU reactor using the commercial code, CFX-13. To better resolve the geometrically complex upper core structure of the MONJU reactor, the porous media approach was adopted for the simulation. First, a steady state solution was obtained and the transient solutions were then obtained for the turbine trip test conducted in December 1995. The time dependent inlet conditions for the mass flow rate and temperature were provided by JAEA. Good agreement with the experimental data was observed for steady state solution. The numerical solution of the transient analysis shows the formation of thermal stratification within the upper plenum of the reactor vessel during the turbine trip test. The temporal variations of temperature were predicted accurately by the present method in the initial rapid coastdown period (~300 seconds). However, transient numerical solutions show a faster thermal mixing than that observed in the experiment after the initial coastdown period. A nearly homogenization of the temperature field in the upper plenum is predicted after about 900 seconds, which is a much shorter-term thermal stratification than the experimental data indicates. This discrepancy is due to the shortcoming of the turbulence models available in the CFX-13 code for a natural convection flow with thermal stratification.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.991-998
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• 2010

소듐냉각 고속로 내부기기 배치 변경에 의한 초기냉각 성능변화를 검토하기 위하여 중간열교환기의 수직배치가 다른 3개의 원자로를 대상으로 COMMIX-1AR/P 코드를 활용한 다차원 해석을 수행하였다. 원통좌표계의 중심축을 기준으로 원주방향의 1/4 부분만을 모델링하고 정상상태 및 과도상태 분석을 수행하여 IHX 수직배치 변화가 초기 냉각 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였고, DHX를 통한 후기 냉각 모드 개시 시점에 미치는 영향도 분석하였다. 분석 결과 IHX 수직배치 상승은 원자로 풀내부 자연 순환 유량을 증가시켜 초기 냉각과정에서 노심 최고 온도의 급격한 상승을 방지할 수 있으며, 초기냉각 성능을 향상시키기 위한 관성회전차의 가용설계재원의 범위도 확대시킨다. 또한 IHX 수직배치 상승은 후기냉각모드에 큰 영향을 주지 않으면서 초기냉각성능의 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.97-106
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• 1986

1981년 6일 9일 원자력 1호기에서 발생한 77.5% 출력상태에서의 외부전원상실사고를 열, 수력학적최적계산용 코드인 RELAP5/MODl/NSC를 사용하여 모의하였으며 해석결과는 발전소 실측자료와 잘 일치하였다. 원자로 냉각재펌프의 트립에 따른 flow coastdown후에 hot-cold leg온도차에 의하여 자연순환 유동이 형성됨이 확인되었으며 실측자료와 잘 일치하여 이와 관련된 전산코드의 열수력학 적모델의 타당성을 입증할 수 있었다. 또한 위의 사고전개가 정상운전상태인 전출력(100%)에서 재발하였을 경우를 가정하여 해석하였다. 이러한 해석을 통하여 보조급수의 공급과 더불어 증기발생기 PORV의 적절한 작동으로 원자력 1호기 노심잔열을 제거하여 안전성에 문제점을 야기하지 않음을 입증하였다. 최적 계산방법에 의한 사고해석에서는 turbine stop valve 작동시간, 증기 발생기 PORV 설정치 등 non-safety 관련요소들의 특성에 대한 정화한 모의가 필수적이다.