Abstract
In the event of loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and station black out (SBO) in the primary system of a nuclear reactor, the coolant water should be injected to reactor coolant system (RCS) without any intervention of operators or active components. To satisfy the requirements, hybrid safety injection tank (Hybrid SIT) was suggested by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). The pressure equalizing time of Hybrid SIT is an important parameter to determine the timing of coolant injection. To predict the pressure equalizing time of the Hybrid SIT, a separate effect test facility was constructed and sensitivity tests were conducted in various conditions. The main parameter determining the pressure equalizing time was obtained from separate effect test (SET) results. The wall of condensation on the inner wall of SIT and direct contact condensation on the water surface affected to the pressure equalizing time very much. In this study, the effect of each condensation phenomena on pressure equalizing time was quantitatively analyzed from results of SET and a prediction method of pressure equalizing time was proposed.
피동고압충수용 혼합형 안전주입탱크 (Hybrid SIT)의 압력평형시간은 냉각수 주입시기를 결정하는 주요인자이다. 한국원자력연구원 (KAERI)에서는 Hybrid SIT에서의 내부 열수력적 거동을 고찰하기 위해 개별효과시험 장치를 구축하였으며, 다양한 운전조건에서의 압력평형시간에 대한 민감도 시험을 수행하였다. 개별효과시험을 통해 압력평형시간을 결정하는 주요인자들을 도출하였으며, 그 중 증기의 벽면응축 및 냉각재와의 직접접촉응축이 압력평형시간을 결정하는 주요 현상임을 파악하였다. 본 연구에서는 개별효과 시험결과들을 이용하여 각각의 응축현상들이 압력평형에 미치는 영향을 정량적으로 분석하고 혼합형 SIT의 압력평형시간을 예측하기 위한 방법론을 제시하였다.
