Nuclear Engineering and Technology

  • 제50권3호
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  • Pages.368-378
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  • 2018
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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Particle image velocimetry measurement of complex flow structures in the diffuser and spherical casing of a reactor coolant pump

  • Zhang, Yongchao (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University) ;
  • Yang, Minguan (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University) ;
  • Ni, Dan (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University) ;
  • Zhang, Ning (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University) ;
  • Gao, Bo (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University)
  • 투고 : 2017.07.25
  • 심사 : 2017.12.25
  • 발행 : 2018.04.25
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Understanding of turbulent flow in the reactor coolant pump (RCP) is a premise of the optimal design of the RCP. Flow structures in the RCP, in view of the specially devised spherical casing, are more complicated than those associated with conventional pumps. Hitherto, knowledge of the flow characteristics of the RCP has been far from sufficient. Research into the nonintrusive measurement of the internal flow of the RCP has rarely been reported. In the present study, flow measurement using particle image velocimetry is implemented to reveal flow features of the RCP model. Velocity and vorticity distributions in the diffuser and spherical casing are obtained. The results illuminate the complexity of the flows in the RCP. Near the lower end of the discharge nozzle, three-dimensional swirling flows and flow separation are evident. In the diffuser, the imparity of the velocity profile with respect to different axial cross sections is verified, and the velocity increases gradually from the shroud to the hub. In the casing, velocity distribution is nonuniform over the circumferential direction. Vortices shed consistently from the diffuser blade trailing edge. The experimental results lend sound support for the optimal design of the RCP and provide validation of relevant numerical algorithms.

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