• 제목/요약/키워드: Integral test loop

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REVIEW OF SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLE TECHNOLOGY AND CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

  • AHN, YOONHAN;BAE, SEONG JUN;KIM, MINSEOK;CHO, SEONG KUK;BAIK, SEUNGJOON;LEE, JEONG IK;CHA, JAE EUN
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제47권6호
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    • pp.647-661
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    • 2015
  • The supercritical $CO_2$ (S-$CO_2$) Brayton cycle has recently been gaining a lot of attention for application to next generation nuclear reactors. The advantages of the S-$CO_2$ cycle are high efficiency in the mild turbine inlet temperature region and a small physical footprint with a simple layout, compact turbomachinery, and heat exchangers. Several heat sources including nuclear, fossil fuel, waste heat, and renewable heat sources such as solar thermal or fuel cells are potential application areas of the S-$CO_2$ cycle. In this paper, the current development progress of the S-$CO_2$ cycle is introduced. Moreover, a quick comparison of various S-$CO_2$ layouts is presented in terms of cycle performance.

PASTELS project - overall progress of the project on experimental and numerical activities on passive safety systems

  • Michael Montout;Christophe Herer;Joonas Telkka
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제56권3호
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    • pp.803-811
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    • 2024
  • Nuclear accidents such as Fukushima Daiichi have highlighted the potential of passive safety systems to replace or complement active safety systems as part of the overall prevention and/or mitigation strategies. In addition, passive systems are key features of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), for which they are becoming almost unavoidable and are part of the basic design of many reactors available in today's nuclear market. Nevertheless, their potential to significantly increase the safety of nuclear power plants still needs to be strengthened, in particular the ability of computer codes to determine their performance and reliability in industrial applications and support the safety demonstration. The PASTELS project (September 2020-February 2024), funded by the European Commission "Euratom H2020" programme, is devoted to the study of passive systems relying on natural circulation. The project focuses on two types, namely the SAfety COndenser (SACO) for the evacuation of the core residual power and the Containment Wall Condenser (CWC) for the reduction of heat and pressure in the containment vessel in case of accident. A specific design for each of these systems is being investigated in the project. Firstly, a straight vertical pool type of SACO has been implemented on the Framatome's PKL loop at Erlangen. It represents a tube bundle type heat exchanger that transfers heat from the secondary circuit to the water pool in which it is immersed by condensing the vapour generated in the steam generator. Secondly, the project relies on the CWC installed on the PASI test loop at LUT University in Finland. This facility reproduces the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of a Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) mainly composed of a CWC, a heat exchanger in the containment vessel connected to a water tank at atmospheric pressure outside the vessel which represents the ultimate heat sink. Several activities are carried out within the framework of the project. Different tests are conducted on these integral test facilities to produce new and relevant experimental data allowing to better characterize the physical behaviours and the performances of these systems for various thermo-hydraulic conditions. These test programmes are simulated by different codes acting at different scales, mainly system and CFD codes. New "system/CFD" coupling approaches are also considered to evaluate their potential to benefit both from the accuracy of CFD in regions where local 3D effects are dominant and system codes whose computational speed, robustness and general level of physical validation are particularly appreciated in industrial studies. In parallel, the project includes the study of single and two-phase natural circulation loops through a bibliographical study and the simulations of the PERSEO and HERO-2 experimental facilities. After a synthetic presentation of the project and its objectives, this article provides the reader with findings related to the physical analysis of the test results obtained on the PKL and PASI installations as well an overall evaluation of the capability of the different numerical tools to simulate passive systems.

STELLA-2 소듐 시험 시설 고온 배관 계통의 설계 및 건전성 평가 (Design and Integrity Evaluation of High-temperature Piping Systems in the STELLA-2 Sodium Test Facility)

  • 손석권;이형연;주용선;어재혁;김종범;정지영
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제40권9호
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    • pp.775-782
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구에서는 한국원자력연구원이 개발 중인 소듐 열유동 종합효과 시험장치(STELLA-2)의 주요 배관 계통을 대상으로 고온 설계를 수행하고, 두 가지 설계기술기준에 따라 배관의 건전성 평가를 수행하였다. 배관 설계기술기준으로는 일반 압력배관에 관한 ASME B31.1과 프랑스의 원자력등급 배관 설계기술기준인 RCC-MRx RD-3600을 적용하였으며, 이들 기술기준의 보수성을 정량적으로 비교 및 분석하였다. STELLA-2 소듐시설에서는 모의 잔열제거계통(Model DHRS), 모의 중간열전달계통(Model IHTS) 및 펌프 모의계통(PSLS)에 배관이 설치되는데, 두 설계기술기준을 따라 이들 배관 계통에 대해 건전성 평가를 수행한 결과 설계 건전성이 확인되었으며, 설계 기술기준 간 비교분석 결과 유지하중에 대해서는 ASME B31.1이, 열하중에 대해서는 RCC-MRx RD-3600이 더 보수적인 것으로 평가되었다.

Modeling and analysis of selected organization for economic cooperation and development PKL-3 station blackout experiments using TRACE

  • Mukin, Roman;Clifford, Ivor;Zerkak, Omar;Ferroukhi, Hakim
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제50권3호
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    • pp.356-367
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    • 2018
  • A series of tests dedicated to station blackout (SBO) accident scenarios have been recently performed at the $Prim{\ddot{a}}rkreislauf-Versuchsanlage$ (primary coolant loop test facility; PKL) facility in the framework of the OECD/NEA PKL-3 project. These investigations address current safety issues related to beyond design basis accident transients with significant core heat up. This work presents a detailed analysis using the best estimate thermal-hydraulic code TRACE (v5.0 Patch4) of different SBO scenarios conducted at the PKL facility; failures of high- and low-pressure safety injection systems together with steam generator (SG) feedwater supply are considered, thus calling for adequate accident management actions and timely implementation of alternative emergency cooling procedures to prevent core meltdown. The presented analysis evaluates the capability of the applied TRACE model of the PKL facility to correctly capture the sequences of events in the different SBO scenarios, namely the SBO tests H2.1, H2.2 run 1 and H2.2 run 2, including symmetric or asymmetric secondary side depressurization, primary side depressurization, accumulator (ACC) injection in the cold legs and secondary side feeding with mobile pump and/or primary side emergency core coolant injection from the fuel pool cooling pump. This study is focused specifically on the prediction of the core exit temperature, which drives the execution of the most relevant accident management actions. This work presents, in particular, the key improvements made to the TRACE model that helped to improve the code predictions, including the modeling of dynamical heat losses, the nodalization of SGs' heat exchanger tubes and the ACCs. Another relevant aspect of this work is to evaluate how well the model simulations of the three different scenarios qualitatively and quantitatively capture the trends and results exhibited by the actual experiments. For instance, how the number of SGs considered for secondary side depressurization affects the heat transfer from primary side; how the discharge capacity of the pressurizer relief valve affects the dynamics of the transient; how ACC initial pressure and nitrogen release affect the grace time between ACC injection and subsequent core heat up; and how well the alternative feeding modes of the secondary and/or primary side with mobile injection pumps affect core quenching and ensure stable long-term core cooling under controlled boiling conditions.

가압경수로 부분충수 운전중 잔열제거 (RHR)계통 상실시 가압기 통로를 통한 배출유로 특성 분석 (Analysis of the Vent Path Through the Pressurizer Manway Under the Loss of Residual Heat Removal(RHR) System During Mid-Loop Operation in PWR)

  • 하귀석;김원석;장원표;류건중
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제27권6호
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    • pp.859-869
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    • 1995
  • 본 연구는 가압경수로의 부분충수 운전중 잔열제거기능 상실사고 해석시 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 RELAP5/MOD3.1 코드로 관련 대형 실험을 모의 계산하여, 사고시 예상되는 주요 물리적 현상의 파악과 코드의 예측능력을 평가하는 것이다. 대상 실험으로 선택된 BETHSY Test 6.9a는 이 사고중 증기발생기가 작동하지 않고, 가압기 Manway를 개방한 상태 (Configuration)를 모의한 실험이다. 이 연구 결과는 실제 원전 사고시 예상되는 중요 현상 뿐 아니라, 이에 영향을 미치는 민감한 인자를 파악하여 사고 해석결과의 유효성을 판단하는 데 상당히 기여할 것으로 기대한다. 연구결과 RELAP5/MOD3.1 코드는 대체적으로 계통의 과도기 거동은 타당하게 예측하고 있지만, 모의계산에서 Time-Step이 아주 짧아 막대한 시간이 소요된다는 문제점이 발견되었다. 그 외에도 노심팽창수위 (swollen level)를 과대평가하여 가압기의 수위 및 계통의 압력을 높게 계산하였다. 이로 인해 가압기를 통한 방출량도 과대계산하여 노심노출을 약 400초 빨리 예측하였다. 실험과 코드 예측결과를 종합할 때 가압기 Manway 만의 개방으로는 계통압력이 상승하고, 중력주입냉각수로는 노심수위 회복에 불충분하며, 결국 강제주입에 의해서 노심수위가 회복될 수 있음이 입증되었다.

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적분방정식 기반의 3차원 모델링을 이용한 소형 루프형 해양 전자탐사 자료의 반응 분석 (Response Analysis of Data Acquired by Marine Loop Electromagnetic System Using Three-Dimensional Modeling Based on Integral Equation)

  • 고휘철;박인화;이성곤
    • 지구물리와물리탐사
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2014
  • 심해탐사를 위해 새롭게 개발된 소형 루프형 해양 전자탐사 시스템의 실해역 실험 결과의 반응 양상을 적분방정식 기반의 3차원 모델링을 통하여 분석하였다. 수심 약 300 m 해저환경에서 획득한 금속 이상체의 전자기 반응 양상에 대한 영향인자를 분석하기 위해 이상체의 크기와 모양을 다르게 설정하여 모델링을 수행하였다. 모델링 결과 분석을 통하여 이상체의 모양이 크기보다 반응 양상에 더 큰 영향을 주는 것을 확인하였다. 탐사고도와 주파수에 따른 반응값 변화를 알아보기 위해 모델링을 수행하였고 이를 통해 일정한 탐사 고도 유지의 필요성과 주파수 대역에 따른 허수부의 민감도를 확인하였다. 또한 탐사 고도와 주파수에 따른 반응값을 단면 그래프로 나타내어 시스템에 사용되는 주파수 대역에 대한 적절한 탐사고도를 제시하였다. 본 연구를 통해 도출된 결과는 해저 열수광상 실해역 탐사 설계 시 매개변수 설정에 있어 유용한 정보를 줄 것으로 예상된다.

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WITH SNUF AND VALIDATION OF THE MARS CODE FOR A DVI LINE BREAK LOCA IN THE APR1400

  • Lee, Keo-Hyoung;Bae, Byoung-Uhn;Kim, Yong-Soo;Yun, Byong-Jo;Chun, Ji-Han;Park, Goon-Cherl
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제41권5호
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    • pp.691-708
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    • 2009
  • In order to analyze thermal hydraulic phenomena during a DVI (Direct Vessel Injection) line break LOCA (Loss-of-Coolant Accident) in the APR1400 (Advanced Power Reactor 1400 MWe), we performed experimental studies with the SNUF (Seoul National University Facility), a reduced-height and reduce-pressure integral test loop with a scaled down APR1400. We performed experiments dealing with eight test cases under varied tests. As a result of the experiment, the primary system pressure, the coolant temperature, and the occurrence time of the downcomer seal clearing were affected significantly by the thermal power in the core and the SI flow rate. The break area played a dominant role in the vent of the steam. For our analytical investigation, we used the MARS code for simulation of the experiments to validate the calculation capability of the code. The results of the analysis showed good and sufficient agreement with the results of the experiment. However, the analysis revealed a weak capability in predicting the bypass flow of the SI water toward the broken DVI line, and it was insufficient to simulate the streamline contraction in the broken side. We, hence, need to improve the MARS code.

MARS-KS 코드를 사용한 ATLAS 실험장치의 MSGTR-PAFS 사고 분석 (Analysis of MSGTR-PAFS Accident of the ATLAS using the MARS-KS Code)

  • 정현준;김태완
    • 한국안전학회지
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    • 제36권3호
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2021
  • Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been operating an integral effects test facility, the Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation (ATLAS), according to APR1400 for transient experimental and design basis accident simulation. Moreover, based on the experimental data, the domestic standard problem (DSP) program has been conducted in Korea to validate system codes. Recently, through DSP-05, the performance of the passive auxiliary feedwater system (PAFS) in the event of multiple steam generator tube rupture (MSGTR) has been analyzed. However, some errors exist in the reference input model distributed for DSP-05. Furthermore, the calculation results of the heat loss correlation for the secondary system presented in the technical report of the reference indicate that a large difference is present in heat loss from the target value. Thus, in this study, the reference model is corrected using the geometric information from the design report and drawings of ATLAS. Additionally, a new heat loss correlation is suggested by fitting the results of the heat loss tests. Herein, MSGTR-PAFS accident analysis is performed using MARS-KS 1.5 with the improved model. The steady-state calculation results do not significantly differ from the experimental values, and the overall physical behavior of the transient state is properly predicted. Particularly, the predicted operating time of PAFS is similar to the experimental results obtained by the modified model. Furthermore, the operating time of PAFS varies according to the heat loss of the secondary system, and the sensitivity analysis results for the heat loss of the secondary system are presented.

가압경수로의 부분충수 운전중 잔열제거계통 기능 상실사고시 가압기와 증기발생기 Manway 유출유로를 이용한 사고완화에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Vent Path Through the Pressurizer Manway and Steam Generator Manway under Loss of Residual Heat Removal System During Mid-loop Operation in PWR)

  • Y. J. Chung;Kim, W. S.;K. S. Ha;W. P. Chang;K. J. Yoo
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.137-149
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    • 1996
  • 본 연구는 불란서 CEA에서 수행한 부분충수 운전 중 잔열제거계통 기능 상실사고 실험인 BETHSY 실험 6.9c를 CATHARE2 코드를 이용하여 분석하였다. BETHSY 6.9c 실험은 잔열제거 계통 기능상 실시 가압기와 중기발생기 출구공동의 Manway를 통해 노심에서 발생한 증기를 제거하여 계통의 가압 정도를 시험한 것이다. 연구의 주요목적은 사고발생시 예상되는 주요 물리적 현상의 이해와 과도기에 영향을 미치는 민감 변수를 확인하고 CATHARE2 코드의 예측능력을 평가하여, 실제원전의 유사사고 해석에 대한 신뢰성을 확보하는 것이다. 연구결과 CATHARE2 코드는 실험을 통해 관측된 주요 물리적 현상들을 타당하게 예측하였으나, 가압기와 밀림관의 DP를 과대 예측하여 원자로 상부공동의 최대압력을 실험보다 약 7kPa 높게 예측하였다. 노심 노출시간도 노심에서 기포율 분포를 비현실적으로 예측하여 실험보다 약 500초 지연되었다. 실험과 코드의 모의결과를 통하여 노심 노출은 중력주입에 의한 냉각수 보충만으로 충분히 회복될 수 있음을 확인하였다. CATHARE2 코드는 비록 상세한 현상들에 대해 다소 불화실성을 내포하였으나, 전반적인 거동분석에는 타당한 것으로 판단된다.

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외란토크 추정 및 보상을 이용한 관성안정화 플랫폼의 제어 (Control of Inertially Stabilized Platform Using Disturbance Torque Estimation and Compensation)

  • 최경준;원문철
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제40권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2016
  • 본 논문에서는 기존의 관성안정화 플랫폼에서 보편적으로 사용됐던 PID 제어에 외란관측기를 적용하는 알고리즘 제안한다. 외란관측기 알고리즘을 적용하기 위하여 직접구동 모터로 구동되는 안정화 플랫폼 축의 관성모멘트와 축 마찰 특성을 실험적으로 구하고, 시뮬레이션과 실험결과를 비교하여 정확도를 검증하였다. 또한 차수와 상대차수가 다른 여러 가지 Q-filter 적용실험을 통하여 필터 특성에 따른 시스템의 안정성을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘은 6 자유도 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 차량 모션 인가실험을 통해 이중 PID 제어 루프의 결과와 비교/검증하였다.