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Modifications and Assessment of RELAP5/MOD3.2 for HANARO Thermal-Hydraulic Safety Analyses

  • Published : 2002.10.01
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Abstract

RELAP5/MOD3.2 was modified to perform the thermal-hydraulic safety analysis for HANARO transients. Several aspects of RELAP5/MOD3.2 were modified or replaced by new features to properly simulate the unique HANARO characteristics such as the finned fuel element, the cooling mechanisms by both plate type heat exchanger and the natural circulation. Especially, the heat transfer packages were modified to be more appropriate for the safety analysis and the heat transfer models were developed for the plate type heat exchanger as well as natural circulation through the pool water. This modified version of RELAP5/MOD3.2 is renamed as RELAP5/HANARO. The thermal-hydraulic simulations of the single fuel pin test and plate type heat exchanger were peformed to assess the realistic predicting capabilities of RELAP5/HANARO and compared with experimental results and manufacturer＇s data in this paper. In addition, the natural circulation experiment using the scaled bundle was simulated to validate the capability of RELAP5/HANARO. The simulation results show almost similar trend with experimental data. Therefore, it is proved that RELAP5/HANARO has a confidence to use for the safety analyses of HANARO.

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