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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2006.30.8.818

Performance Evaluation of a Main Coolant Pump for the Modular Nuclear Reactor by Computational Fluid Dynamics  

Yoon Eui-Soo (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터)
Oh Hyoung-Woo (충주대학교 기계공학과)
Park Sang-Jin (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.30, no.8, 2006 , pp. 818-824 More about this Journal
Abstract
The hydrodynamic performance analysis of an axial-flow main coolant pump for the modular nuclear reactor has been carried out using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The prediction capability of the CFD software adopted in the present study was validated in comparison with the experimental data. Predicted performance curves agree satisfactorily well with the experimental results for the main coolant pump over the normal operating range. π Ie prediction method presented herein can be used effectively as a tool for the hydrodynamic design optimization and assist the understanding of the operational characteristics of general purpose axial-flow pumps.
Keywords
Hydrodynamic Performance; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Main Coolant Pump; Axial-flow; Nuclear Reactor;
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