Journal of Energy Engineering (에너지공학)

The Korean Society for Energy (한국에너지학회)
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Numerical Simulation on the Behavior of Air Bubble Discharging into a Water Pool through a Sparger without Load Reduction Ring

하중저감 링이 없는 증기분사기를 통해 수조로 방출되는 기포 거동에 대한 수치해석

  • Published : 2003.11.01
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Abstract

Load reduction ring (LRR) was installed on the ABB-Atom sparger to reduce the oscillatory loadings due to the air bubble clouds in the water pool in case of safety relief system operations. In order to investigate the effect of LRR on the pressure field, a numerical simulation on the behavior of air bubble clouds discharging into a water pool through a ABB-Atom sparser without LRR was performed by using a commercial thermal hydraulic analysis code, FLUENT 4.5. Among the multi-phase models contained in the code, the VOF (Volume Of Fluid) model was used to simulate the interface of water, air and steam flows. By comparing the analysis results with the previous ones, the load reduction ring has an effect on reducing the oscillatory loads at the wall. It also includes the effect of air mass and inlet boundary conditions of the pipe on the pressure oscillations at the wall.

안전감압계통 작동시 수조에서 발생하는 공기 기포군의 진동 하중을 줄이기 위해 ABB-Atom sparger에 는 하중저감 링이 설치되어 있다. 하중저감 링이 압력장에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해, 본 연구에서는 하중저감 링이 없는 ABB-Atom sparger를 통해 수조 내로 방출되는 공기 기포군의 진동에 대한 수치해석을 상용 열수력 해석 코드인 FLUENT 4.5를 사용하여 수행하였다. 코드에 내재된 다상유동 모델 중 VOF(Volume Of Fluid)모델을 사용하여 물, 공기 및 증기 유동을 모의하였다. 해석결과를 기존의 해석결과와 비교하여 하중저감 링은 벽면 압력 하중을 줄이는 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 아울러 배관내의 공기량과 배관 입구 조건이 벽면 압력 진동에 미치는 영향도 분석하였다.

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