• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.381-393
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• 1993

이 논문은 하강하는 물의 막과 상승하는 공기유동으로 구성된 수직 다봉채널내서의 역유동 플러딩에 관한 실험결과를 발표한 것이다. 특히 다봉속에 혼합깃이 있는 것과 없는 스페이서 그릿 및 블럭키지가 프러딩의 거동에 미치는 영향이 조사되었다. 시험부에는 5$\times$5 지르칼로이관속이 사용되었다. 플러딩에 관한 전의 해석적 모델과 실험적 상관식들을 본 실험결과와 비교한즉 기존의 모델과 상관식들이 매우 높은 플러딩 곡선을 예측함이 발혀졌다. 스페이서 그릿은 이것이 없는 봉속과 비교하면 낮은 플러딩 공기유량을 나타낸다. 그러나 혼합깃이 있는 스페이서 그릿은 이것이 없는 스페이서 그릿에 비하여 높은 플러딩 공기유량이 요구된다. 블럭키지를 가진 봉속은 더욱더 높은 플러딩 공기유량을 갖는다. 세가지 형식의 시험봉 속에 대한 실험적 플러딩 상관식이 얻어졌다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.443-448
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• 2015

선박용 질소산화물 저감장치의 혼합영역에서 유동혼합 성능을 개선하기 위해 스월형 혼합기가 개발되었다. 본 연구에서는 스월형 혼합기와 각단의 날개 각도가 조절 가능한 다단 스월형 혼합기가 고려되었다. 두 스월형 혼합기의 최적 날개 각도를 도출하기 위해 날개 각도가 균일지수 및 압력강하에 미치는 영향을 수치해석 기법을 이용하여 조사하였다. 스월형 혼합기에서는 혼합기의 날개 각도를 $10^{\circ}$ 에서 $80^{\circ}$ 까지 변화시킬 때, 최적의 유동혼합 성능은 베인 각도 $30^{\circ}$에서 $60^{\circ}$ 범위에서 나타났으나, 압력강하는 베인 각도 증가에 따라 선형적으로 증가하였다. 반면 다단 스월형 혼합기에서는 각 단의 날개각도를 조절함으로써 압력강하를 낮추면서도 높은 혼합성능의 유지가 가능함을 보였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.641-646
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• 2008

Long and slender body with or without flexible supports under severe operating condition can be unstabilized even by the small cross flow. Turbulent flow mixer, which actually increases thermal-hydraulic performance of the nuclear fuel by boosting turbulence, disturbs the flow field around the fuel rod and affects dynamic behavior of the nuclear fuel rods. Few studies on this problem can be found in the literature because these effects depend on the specific natures of the support and the design of the system. This work shows how the dynamics of a multi-span fuel rod can be affected by the turbulent flow, which is discretely activated by a flow mixer. By solving a state-space form of the eigenvalue equation for a multi-span fuel rod system, the critical velocity at which a fuel rod becomes unstable was established. Based on the simulation results, we evaluated how stability of a multi-spanned nuclear fuel rod with mixing vanes can be affected by the coolant flow in an operating reactor core.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 스월 연소기에서 연료스월유동이 NOx 배출특성에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 조사하였다. 공기와 연료스월각을 변화시키기 위해 환형베인을 사용하였고 베인각의 변화에 따라 혼합공정을 변화시켰다. 공기스월이 강한 조건에서 연료 Counter-swirl의 경우, 비연소장에서 큰 난류강도의 특성을 나타내고 상대적으로 고주파 영역까지 높은 에너지를 가지고 있으며, 고온 영역이 좁게 나타났다. 이러한 연료 counter-swirl 영향으로 저NOx 배출특성이 나타났으며, NOx 저감 기구가 논의되었다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2014

The comparison of the flow characteristics between circular and swirl jets which were controlled by the spinner attachment inside the airtube were conducted in this study. Swirl jet means a flow in whirls by mixing the flow of axial and tangential direction. Swirl flow has been used for the improvement of the combustion efficiency in the combustor. This flow is controlled by the spinner which has several vanes inclined by certain angles to the axial direction. In this study, angle of vane $30^{\circ}$ and diameter ratio of outlet to inlet of the airtube 0.73 were made. These spec. should find on the general gun type burner built in the domestic small size boiler. As the flow characteristics, axial and tangential velocities were measured by using the 2-D hot-wire velocimeter system and analyzed statistically. And also this research conducted a practical experiment considering to the attached belongings likes as ignitor, nozzle etc. on the airtube of the gun type burner. As a result, swirl occurred at the occasion of beingness and flow region extended considerably toward the radial direction. But effect of swirl did not transmit to the downstream. And the complicated flow was appeared regardless of the existence of spinner because of the effect of belongings.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2010

Long and slender body, like a fuel rod, oscillating in axial flow can be unstabilized even by the small cross flow which can be activated by the flow mixer or turbulent generator. It is important to include these effects of flow disturbance in dynamic stability analysis of nuclear fuel rod. This work shows how eigen frequency of a multi-span fuel rod can be changed by the swirl flow, which is discretely generated by a flow mixer. By solving a state-space form of the eigenvalue equation for a multi-span fuel rod system, the critical velocity at which a fuel rod becomes unstable was calculated. Based on the simulation results, we evaluated how stability of a multi-spanned nuclear fuel rod with mixing vanes can be affected by the coolant flow in an operating reactor core.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3171-3181
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• 2021

This research serves to advance the development of engineering computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computing efficiency for the analysis of pressurized water reactor (PWR) core using rod-type fuel assemblies with mixing vanes (one kind of typical PWR core). In this research, a CFD scheme based on the reconstruction of the initial fine flow field (RIF CFD scheme) is proposed and analyzed. The RIF scheme is based on the quantitative regulation of flow velocities in the rod-type PWR core and the principle that the CFD computing efficiency can be improved greatly by a perfect initialization. In this paper, it is discovered that the RIF scheme can significantly improve the computing efficiency of the CFD computation for the rod-type PWR core. Furthermore, the RIF scheme also can reduce the computing resources needed for effective data storage of the large fluid domain in a rod-type PWR core. Moreover, a flow-ranking RIF CFD scheme is also designed based on the ranking of the flow rate, which enhances the utilization of the flow field with a closed flow rate to reconstruct the fine flow field. The flow-ranking RIF CFD scheme also proved to be very effective in improving the CFD efficiency for the rod-type PWR core.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.1687-1697
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• 2024

This study presents the Supporting platform for reactor fine flow characteristics calculation and analysis (Cilian platform), a user-friendly tool that supports the analysis and optimization of pressurized water reactor (PWR) cores with mixing vanes using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) computing. The Cilian platform allows for easy creation and optimization of PWR's main CFD calculation schemes and autonomously manages CFD calculation and analysis of PWR cores, reducing the need for human and computational resources. The platform's key features enable efficient simulation, rapid solution design, automatic calculation of core scheme options, and streamlined data extraction and processing techniques. The Cilian platform's capability to call external CFD software reduces the development time and cost while improving the accuracy and reliability of the results. In conclusion, the Cilian platform exemplifies an innovative solution for efficient computational fluid dynamics analysis of pressurized water reactor (PWR) cores. It holds great promise for driving advancements in nuclear power technology, enhancing the safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of nuclear reactors. The platform adopts a modular design methodology, enabling the swift and accurate computation and analysis of diverse flow regions within core components. This design approach facilitates the seamless integration of multiple computational modules across various reactor types, providing a high degree of flexibility and reusability.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2001

This paper represents axial mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy and swirl number based on momentum flux measured in the X-Y plane and Y-Z plane respectively of a cone type gas swirl burner by using X-probe from the hot-wire anemometer system. This experiment is carried out at flow rates 350 and $450{\ell}/min$ respectively, which are equivalent to the combustion air flow rate necessary for heat release 15,000 kcal/hr in gas furnace, in the test section of a subsonic wind tunnel. Axial mean velocities and turbulent kinetic energies show that their maximum values exist centering around narrow slits situated radially on the edge of and in the forefront of a burner until $X/R{\fallingdotseq}1.5$, but they have a peculiar shape like a starfish diffusing and developing into inward and outward of a burner by means of the mixing between flows ejected from narrow slits, an inclination baffle plate and swirl vanes respectively according to downstream regions. Moreover, they show a relatively large value in the inner region of 0.5$S_m$ obtained by integration of velocity profiles shows a characteristic that has an inflection point composing of the maximum and minimum value until X/R<3, but shows close agreement with the geometric swirl number after a distance of X/R=3.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권8호
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• pp.1905-1915
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• 2019

This paper investigated the influence of simple support girds on flow, irrespective of having mixing vanes, in a 1 × 3 array rod bundle by using CFD methodology and the most accurate turbulence model which could reflect the actual physics of the flow was determined. In this context, a CFD model was created simulating the experimental studies on a single-phase flow [1] and the results were compared with the experimental data. In the first part of the study, influence of mesh was examined. Tetra, hybrid and poly type meshes were analyzed and convergence study was carried out on each in order to determine the most appropriate type and density. k - ε Standard and RSM LPS turbulence models were used in this section. In the second part of the study, the most appropriate turbulence model that could reflect the physics of the actual flow was investigated. RANS based turbulence models were examined using the mesh that was determined in the first part. Velocity and turbulence intensity results obtained on the upstream and downstream of the spacer grid at -3d_h, +3d_h and +40d_h locations were compared with the experimental data. In the last section of the study, the behavior of flow through the spacer grid was examined and its prominent aspects were highlighted on the most appropriate turbulence model determined in the second part. Results of the study revealed the importance of mesh type. Hybrid mesh having the largest number of structured elements performed remarkably better than the other two on results. While comparisons of numerical and experimental results showed an overall agreement within all turbulence models, RSM LPS presented better results than the others. Lastly, physical appearance of the flow through spacer grids revealed that springs has more influence on flow than dimples and induces transient flow behaviors. As a result, flow through a simple support grid was examined and the most appropriate turbulence model reflecting the actual physics of the flow was determined.