• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.322-336
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• 2021

This paper presents a numerical prediction of the transient hydraulic loads acting on the tubes and external supports of a pressurized water reactor (PWR) steam generator (SG) during blowdown following a sudden feedwater line break (FWLB). A simplified SG model was used to easily demonstrate the prediction. The blowdown discharge flow was treated as a flashing flow to realistically simulate the transient flow fields inside the SG and the connected broken feedwater pipe. The effects of the SG initial pressure or the broken feedwater pipe length on the intensities or magnitudes of transient hydraulic loads were investigated. Then predictions of the decompression pressure wave-induced impulsive pressure differential loads on SG tubes and the transient blowdown loads on SG external supports were demonstrated and the general aspects of transient responses of such transient hydraulic loads to the FWLB were discussed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.1029-1040
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• 2021

For the structural integrity evaluation of pressurized water reactor (PWR) steam generator (SG) tubes subjected to transient hydraulic loading, determination of the tube-to-tube gap velocity and static pressure distributions along the tubes is prerequisite. This paper addresses both computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and analytical approaches for predicting the tube-to-tube gap velocity and static pressure distributions during blowdown following a feedwater line break (FWLB) accident at a PWR SG. First of all, a comparative study on CFD calculations of the transient velocity and pressure distributions in the SG secondary sides for two different models having 30 or no tubes is performed. The result shows that the velocities of sub-cooled water flowing between any adjacent two tubes of a tubed SG model during blowdown can be roughly estimated by applying the specified SG secondary side porosity to those of the no-tubed SG model. Secondly, simplified analytical approximate solutions for the steady two-dimensional SG secondary flow velocity and pressure distributions under a given discharge flowrate are derived using a line sink model. The simplified analytical solutions are validated by comparing them to the CFD calculations.

• 에너지공학
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2007

국내 1970년대에 설계 및 건설된 원자력발전소에 대해 침수분석을 수행한 결과 기기냉각수펌프 및 열교환기 건물, 주/보조건물, 중간건물 주증기 헤더 격실, 중간건물 주급수관 지역 및 하부층 등이 침수사고에 매우 취약하며 발전소 안전정지능력을 저해할 정도로 침수 영향이 심각한 것으로 판명되었다. 이들 지역에서의 침수원은 주급수관 파단이다. 현재 원자력발전소 내환경기기검증에서 주급수관 파단 방출량 계산은 수계산(Hand calculation)방법으로 Henry-Fauske 임계유량 모델 사용하고 있다. 이 방법은 배관파단 위치에서의 차압으로 계산되며, 실제 원자력발전소의 각종 제어로직에 의한 격리신호를 반영하지 못하므로 지나치게 보수적으로 파단 방출유량이 계산된다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해 원자력발전소 열수력계통 해석 전산코드인 RETRAN을 사용하여 원자력발전소 일/이차측 계통과 제어로직을 모사하고, 주급수관 파단 방출량 분석을 위한 입력가정과 해석방법을 개발하였다. 침수위 분석은 웨스팅하우스형 원자력발전소 격납건물 외부 하부격실에 대해 적용하였다. 전산코드 해석에서 각종 제어계통과 로직을 고려하였으며, 가장 제한적 사고조건을 계산하기 위해 노심출력, 파단형태, 면적, 위치 등의 조합으로 구성된 18개 사고 사례를 분석하였다. 그 결과 가장 제한적 사례 분석에서는 기존 수계산 분석에서보다 파단 방출유량이 크게 줄었고, 하부격실의 침수위도 상당히 낮아졌다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.234.1-234
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• 2001

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.584-585
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• 2005

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.347-360
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• 2013

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the small-break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) and the loss-of-feedwater accident (LOFW) in a scaled integral test facility of REX-10. REX-10 is a small integral-type PWR in which the coolant flow is driven by natural circulation, and the RCS is pressurized by the steam-gas pressurizer. The postulated accidents of REX-10 include the system depressurization initiated by the break of a nitrogen injection line connected to the steam-gas pressurizer and the complete loss of normal feedwater flow by the malfunction of control systems. The integral effect tests on SBLOCA and LOFW are conducted at the REX-10 Test Facility (RTF), a full-height full-pressure facility with reduced power by 1/50. The SBLOCA experiment is initiated by opening a flow passage out of the pressurizer vessel, and the LOFW experiment begins with the termination of the feedwater supply into the helical-coil steam generator. The experimental results reveal that the RTF can assure sufficient cooldown capability with the simulated PRHRS flow during these DBAs. In particular, the RTF exhibits faster pressurization during the LOFW test when employing the steam-gas pressurizer than the steam pressurizer. This experimental study can provide unique data to validate the thermal-hydraulic analysis code for REX-10.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.681-682
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• 2005

• 에너지공학
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2012

본 논문은 원자력발전소의 대형탱크 또는 배관파단에 따른 격실의 침수분석을 수행함에 있어 최적평가방법을 개발하여 원전에 실제로 적용하는 방법에 관한 논문을 작성하는데 목적이 있다. 주급수관파단사고 분석을 위해 RETRAN 전산코드를 사용하였다. 유출수 질량유량을 계산하는데 있어서 주급수제어밸브가 계통설계에 의거 원자로정지 후 5.0초 만에 닫히는 것으로 모델링하여 분석하였다. 출력 70% 운전시 방출유량이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 방출 질량유량을 가지고 침수위를 계산한 결과 주급수관 격실의 최대 침수위는 1.43m로서 이는 안전성기기가 설치된 위치보다 낮아 원전의 안전정지에 미치는 영향이 없는 것으로 나타났다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2003

An estimation methodology of the mass and energy (M/E) release due to the main steam line break (MSLB) has been developed with the RETRAN-3D code. In the case of equipment qualification (EQ), the over-estimated temperature would exceed the design limits of some cables or valves. In order to have a more flexible EQ profiles from the MSLB M/E release, the methodology with the best-estimated code was used. The major conditions affecting the MSLB M/E were found to be the initial SG level, heat transfer between primary and secondary sides, power level, operable protection system, main or auxiliary feedwater availability, and break conditions. The RETRAN-3D models were developed for the Kori unit 1 (KRN-1) which is typical two loop Westinghouse (WH) designed plant. Particularly, a detailed model of the steam generators was developed to estimate a more realistic two-phase heat transfer effect of the steam flow. After the modeling, the methodology has been developed through the sensitivity analyses. The M/E release data generated from the analyses have been used as the input to the inside containment pressure and temperature (P/T) analysis. According to the results at the point of view containment P/T, the Kori unit 1 can have more margin of 5∼15 ㎪ in pressure and 8∼15$^{\circ}C$ in temperature.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.597-610
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• 2012

The passive auxiliary feedwater system (PAFS) is one of the advanced safety features adopted in the APR+, which is intended to completely replace the conventional active auxiliary feedwater system. With an aim of validating the cooling and operational performance of PAFS, an experimental program is in progress at KAERI, which is composed of two kinds of tests; the separate effect test and the integral effect test. The separate effect test, PASCAL ($\underline{P}$AF$\underline{S}$ $\underline{C}$ondensing Heat Removal $\underline{A}$ssessment $\underline{L}$oop), is being performed to experimentally investigate the condensation heat transfer and natural convection phenomena in PAFS. A single, nearly-horizontal U-tube, whose dimensions are the same as the prototypic U-tube of the APR+ PAFS, is simulated in the PASCAL test. The PASCAL experimental result showed that the present design of PAFS satisfied the heat removal requirement for cooling down the reactor core during the anticipated accident transients. The integral effect test is in progress to confirm the operational performance of PAFS, coupled with the reactor coolant systems using the ATLAS facility. As the first integral effect test, an FLB (feedwater line break) accident was simulated for the APR+. From the integral effect test result, it could be concluded that the APR+ has the capability of coping with the hypothetical FLB accident by adopting PAFS and proper set-points of its operation.