• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2004

Pressure wave propagation in the discharge piping with a sparger submerged in a water pool, following the opening of a safety relief valve, is analyzed. To predict the pressure transient behavior, a RELAP5/MOD3 code is used. The applicability of the RELAP5 code and the adequacy of the present modeling scheme are confirmed by simulating the applicable experiment on a water hammer with voiding. As a base case, the modeling scheme was used to calculate the wave propagation inside a vertical pipe with sparger holes and submerged within a water pool. In addition, the effects on wave propagation of geometric factors, such as the loss coefficient, the pipe configuration, and the subdivision of sparger pipe, are investigated. The effects of inflow conditions, such as water slug inflow and the slow opening of a safety relief valve are also examined.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.470-482
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• 1995

2025 MWt 가압경수로인 울진 3, 4호기에는 설계기준초과사고인 완전급수상실사고를 완화하기 위하여 안전감압계통이 채택되었다. 본 논문은 울진 3, 4호기의 안전감압계통의 방출유량을 결정하기 위한 해석방법 및 결과에 대하여 논의하였다. 안전감압계통의 방출용량을 다음과 같은 두가지의 설계요건에 따라 결정하였다 : 1) 두 개의 고압안전주입펌프 중 하나의 펌프만이 작동하고 운전원이 안전감압계통의 한 계열의 감압경로를 가압기안전밸브가 열리자마자 개방하였을 경우 노심노출을 방지하여야 한다 2) 두 개의 고압안전주입펌프가 모두 작동하고 두 계열의 안전감압경로를 가압기안전밸브가 열린 후 30분 뒤에 개방하였을 경우 노심노출을 방지하여야 한다. CEFLASH-4AS/REM 전산코드의 모델 및 해석 결과의 타당성을 검토하기 위하여 REL-AP5/MOD3를 이용한 해석을 수행하였다. 운전원의 복구과정이 없을 경우와 운전원이 충전 및 유출운전에 의해 사고를 완화하는 경우의 완전급수상실사고 경위에 대해 수치모사를 수행하였다. 두 사고 경 위에 대해 CEFLASH-4AS/REM에 의해 예측된 원자로계통의 주요 열수력학적 거동이 RELAP5 /MOD3에 의한 결과와 정성·정량적으로 잘 일치하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로 울진 3, 4호기에 대해 완전급수상실사고시 안전감압계통을 이용한 충전 및 유출운전에 의해 잔열제거 및 일차계통냉각재 재고량 유지가 성공적으로 이루어짐을 수치모사를 통해 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1995년도 추계학술발표회논문집(1)
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• pp.396-402
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• 1995

영광 3,4호기의 부분충수 운전중 정지냉각계통이 상실되고 가압기 Manway가 개방된 사고에 대하여 RELAP5/MOD3.1.2의 열수력 코드를 이용하여 모의하였다. 계산결과 계통의 압력은 최고 1.74bar 까지 도달하였으며, 사고 발생 후 약 1시간 이후부터 계통은 노심이 노출될 때까지 유사 정상상태를 유지한다. 이때 가압기 Manway를 통해 방출되는 증기량은 약 4 kg/s로 붕괴열의 약 80%를 담당하고 증기발생기 2차측에 의해 나머지 20% 가량 제거된다. 또한 비응축성 가스는 계통에 남아 있는 한 계통의 압력 상승율을 증가시키며, RELAP5/MOD3.1.2 계산결과는 일차계통 전체 냉각재의 약 26 %의 질량오차를 나타냈다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.175-182
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• 1986

원자력 1호기의 설계 기준 사고인 외부 전원 상실 사고를 열, 수력학적 최적 계산용 코드인 RELAP5/MOD1/NSC를 사용하여 모의하였다. 본 분석은 최적 계산모델로 수행되었으나, 사고 전개 및 가정등 보수성을 갖는 평가 방법에 의거하였다. 해석결과중 노심평균온도, 증기발생기 및 가압기 수위 등의 중요한 열·수력학적 변수를 원자력 1호기의 최종 안전성 분석보고서의 결과와 비교하였다. 본 해석결과에서 노심평균온도와 가압기 수위는 보다 낮게, 증기발생기 수위는 보다 높게 나타남으로써 더 향상된 안전한계치를 확인하였다. 이것은 본 해석에서 최적 열·수력 모델을 사용하였을 뿐만 아니라 초기치로써 최적 값을 택하였기 때문에 얻어지는 결과이며, 또한 이와 같은 유형의 산고 (2차 계통의 열제거 능력 상실 사고)에서 원자력 1호기의 안전성을 더욱더 입증시켜 주는 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.981-988
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• 2018

An experiment was performed for the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 Project with the large-scale test facility (LSTF), which simulated a steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) accident due to a double-ended guillotine break of one of steam generator (SG) U-tubes with operator recovery actions in a pressurized water reactor. The relief valve of broken SG opened three times after the start of intact SG secondary-side depressurization as the recovery action. Multi-dimensional phenomena specific to the SGTR accident appeared such as significant thermal stratification in a cold leg in broken loop especially during the operation of high-pressure injection (HPI) system. The RELAP5/MOD3.3 code overpredicted the broken SG secondary-side pressure after the start of the intact SG secondary-side depressurization, and failed to calculate the cold leg fluid temperature in broken loop. The combination of the number of the ruptured SG tubes and the HPI system operation difference was found to significantly affect the primary and SG secondary-side pressures through sensitivity analyses with the RELAP5 code.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1995년도 추계학술발표회논문집(1)
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• pp.383-388
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• 1995

Two-phase transient phenomena in the noncondensable gas-filled closed loop was investigated numerically using the RELAP5/MOD3 version 3.1 computer code. The condensation heat transfer correlation for noncondensable gases was studied in detail. Two modes of the reflux condensation which can be characterized by countercurrent flow of steam and its condensed water and the oscillatory between reflux condensation and natural circulation were predicted well. However, the natural circulation mode which the condensed water carried over the U-bend concurrently with steam was failed to predict.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1997년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(1)
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• pp.409-414
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• 1997

Reflood model in RELAP5/MOD3.1 are modified to improve the unrealistic prediction results of the model. In the new method, the modified Zuber pool boiling critical heat flux (CHF) correlation is adopted. The reflood drop size is characterized by the use of We=1.5 and the minimum drop size of 0.0007 m for $p^{*}\;{\leq}\;0.025$. To describe the wall to vapor heat transfer at low pressure and low flow condition, the Webb-Chen correlation is utilized . The suggested method has been verified through the simulations of the Lehigh University rod bundle reflood tests. Through sensitivity study it is shown that the effect of drag coefficients is dominant in the reflood model. It is proved that the present modifications result in much more improved quench behavior and accurate wan and vapor temperature predictions.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1996년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(2)
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• pp.745-750
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• 1996

An analysis of a loss of residual heat removal system (RHRS) event during midloop operation after reactor shutdown was performed using the RELAP5/MOD3 thermal-hydraulic computer code. The experimental data of a 5% cold leg break test conducted at the ROSA-IV Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF) to simulate a main coolant pump shaft seal removal event during midloop operation of a Westinghouse-type PWR were used in the analysis. The predicted core boiling time and the peak primary system pressure showed good agreements with the measured data. Some differences between the calculational results and the experimental results were, however, found in areas of the timing of loop seal clearing and the temperature distribution in a pressurizer. Other calculational problems identified were discussed as well.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1996년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(2)
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• pp.88-94
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• 1996

The dependence of the node size in the condensation heat transfer coefficient for an inclined surface is eliminated and two correlations applicable for laminar and turbulent regimes are implemented in RELAP5/MOD3.1. The newly implemented correlations are used according to their applicable ranges of the film Reynolds numbers Reps which are calculated recursively to track the condensate film thickness along the condensation length. The modified version is compared with the original one through comparison with an analytical solution and the simulation of the Secondary Condensers (SC). It turns out that the simulation results by this modified version are independent of the node size and are better agreement with the analytical solution than those by the original one.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1996년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(2)
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• pp.368-373
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• 1996

A simple set of the transition criterion of the condensation regimes and the heat transfer coefficients on the direct contact condensation of the core makeup tank is developed, and implemented in RELAP5/MOD3.1 The condensation regimes are divided into two regimes: supply limit and condensation limit. In mode]ing the transition criterion between two regimes, a large-eddy model developed by Theofanous is used, and the empirical coefficient of the present large-eddy model is close to that of the large-eddy model. It turns out that the modified code better predicts the experimental data, especially the injection flow rate and the water level trend than the original code does.