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Measurements of Turbulent Flow In a$6\times{6}$ Rod Bundle with Spacer Grids

지지격자를 갖는 $6\times{6}$ 봉다발에서의 난류유동 측정

  • Published : 1996.04.01
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Abstract

The local hydraulic characteristics in a single phase flow of a 6$\times$6 rod bundle with neighboring different spacer grids were measured by using a LDV(Laser Doppler Velocimeter) system. 6$\times$6 rod bundle is formed by two 3$\times$6 rod bundles with different spacer grids. The objective of this study in a rod bundle is to investigate the thermal-hydraulic interactions between different spacer grids with different configurations and resistance. By using a LDV system, the velocity and turbulent intensity in axial and horizontal directions ore measured. Pressure drop measurements ore also performed to evaluate the loss coefficient for the spacer grid and the friction factor for rod bundles. Implications concerning thermal mining due to spacer grids were investigated based on the hydraulic test results. Swirl factor, which is assumed as a qualitative criteria for DNB(departure from nucleate boiling), was defined and estimated from the horizontal velocity result.

서로 다른 지지격자들이 인접한 6$\times$6 핵연료 봉다발부수로내에서 국부 수력특성인자들을 레이저 유속 측정 장치인 LDV(Laser Doppler Velocimeter)를 이용하여 측정하였다. 6$\times$6 봉다발은 서로 다른 지지격자를 가진 3$\times$6 봉다발이 서로 인접하여 이룬 형상이다. 본 연구에서는 다른 형상과 다른 수력저항을 갖는 지지격자간들의 열수력적 상호작용을 규명하는데 그 목적이 있다. LDV를 이용하여 축방향 및 횡방향 속도, 난류강도 등의 측정 인자들을 측정하였다. 또한 압력강하를 측정하여 지지격자의 손실계수와 봉다발의 마찰계수를 구하였다. 수력실험결과에 근거하여 지지격자에 기인된 열혼합현상에 관한 것을 연구하였다. DNB의 정성적인 기준이라고 할 수 있는 swirl인자를 정의하고 횡방향속도 실험인자로부터 구하였다.

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