• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.1093-1099
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• 2010

For Very High Temperature Reactors (VHTR), the designs of the Intermediate Heat Transport Loop (IHTL) and the Intermediate Heat Exchanger (IHX) are particularly difficult because of the high-temperature operation (up to $950^{\circ}C$). In this study, Flinak molten salt, a eutectic mixture of LiF, NaF, and KF (46.5:11.5:42.0 mole %) is considered as the heat transporting fluid in the IHTL. To evaluate the flow and heat transfer performance of the Flinak molten salt in small channels with hydraulic diameters in the millimeter range, a double-pipe heat exchanger was constructed using small-diameter tubes for the heat exchange between the Flinak and the gas flow. The experimental data showed that, for laminar Flinak flow, the measured friction factors were close to the 64/Re curve and the Nusselt numbers were generally between 3.66 and 4.36.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.290-297
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• 2009

A two-phase (gas and liquid) flow analysis solver, named CUPID, has been developed for a realistic simulation of transient two-phase flows in light water nuclear reactor components. In the CUPID solver, a two-fluid three-field model is adopted and the governing equations are solved on unstructured grids for flow analyses in complicated geometries. For the numerical solution scheme, the semi-implicit method of the RELAP5 code, which has been proved to be very stable and accurate for most practical applications of nuclear thermal hydraulics, was used with some modifications for an application to unstructured non-staggered grids. This paper is concerned with the effects of interpolation schemes on the simulation of two-phase flows. In order to stabilize a numerical solution and assure a high numerical accuracy, the second-order upwind scheme is implemented into the CUPID code in the present paper. Some numerical tests have been performed with the implemented scheme and the comparison results between the second-order and first-order upwind schemes are introduced in the present paper. The comparison results among the two interpolation schemes and either the exact solutions or the mesh convergence studies showed the reduced numerical diffusion with the second order scheme.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.103-110
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• 2019

The domestic innovative power reactor named iPOWER will employ the passive molten corium cooling system(PMCCS) to cool down and stabilize the core melt in the severe accident. The final design concept of the PMCCS is yet to be determined, but the in-vessel retention through external reactor vessel cooling has been also considered as a viable strategy to cope with the severe accident. In this study, the two-phase natural circulation flow established between the reactor vessel and the insulation was simulated using a thermal-hydraulic system code, MARS-KS. The flow path of cooling water was modeled with one-dimensional nodes, and the boundary condition of the heat load from the molten core was defined to estimate the naturally-driven flow rate. The evolution of major thermal-hydraulic parameters were also evaluated, including the temperature and the level of cooling water, the void fraction around the lower head of the reactor vessel, and the heat transfer mode on its external surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.556-561
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• 1996

주증기관 파단사고가 발생하여 서로 다른 온도 및 유속을 갖는 냉각재가 원자로 용기에 유입 될 때 downcomer 및 lower plenum 에서의 혼합현상을 3차원 열수력 분석코드 COMMIX-lB［1］로 모사하여 노심입구에서의 온도분포를 결정하고, 결정된 온도분포를 이용하여 주증기관 파단사고에 대한 열적여유도를 분석하였다. 분석은 주증기관 파단사고시 노심입구온도의 비대칭성이 가장 큰 고리 1호기를 선택하여 수행되었으며, 15주기 교체노심 설계 결과와 비교하여 열적 여유도가 다소 증가함을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2000

원자력발전소의 과도상태와 불시정지에 대한 운전원의 진단 및 대응능력을 향상시키기 위하여 활용되고 있는 훈련용 시뮬레이터는 운영중인 발전소를 모델링하여 이를 응용 소프트웨어로 개발한 후 컴퓨터와 하드웨어 장비에 통합시킨 방식으로 개발되어 왔다. 이러한 개발방법은 훈련용 시뮬레이터 개발에 상당한 비용과 시간을 요구한다. 특히 시뮬레이션 소프트웨어 개발에 대한 상당한 투자가 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 원자력발전소 설계 시에 시스템 해석을 위하여 사용되는 열수력 및 안전해석 코드를 이용하여 훈련용 시뮬레이터를 단기간에 저비용으로 개발하는 전략을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.287-288
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.189.2-189
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.157-157
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• 1998

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.419-426
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• 1983

본 고에서는 첫째, Pre-CHF영역에서의 열전달 및 비등급기에 여러 상관식이 제안되었으나 열수력현상의 복잡성 때문에 완전한 이론해는 구해져 있지 않다. 둘째, 각 상관식은 그 예측에 있어서 정량적으로 많은 차이가 있다. 셋째, 상관식의 적용범위가 한정되어 있기 때문에 사용 상관식의 선택을 조건에 따라 신중히 하여야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.166.1-166.1
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• 2004