• 제목/요약/키워드: Reactor containment

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원자로 격납건물의 3차원 구조해석시스템 (Three-Dimensional Structural Analysis System for Nuclear Containment Building)

  • 김선훈
    • 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문에서는 원자로 격납건물의 3차원 해석을 수행할 수 있는 구조해석 시스템을 구축하여 제시하였다. 구조해석 시스템은 고성능 평판 및 쉘 유한요소를 요소 라이브러리로 추가하였고, 비부착식 텐던과 부착식 텐던의 거동을 정확하게 모사할 수 있는 모델링방법을 포함하고 있다. 이러한 기능을 프로그래밍하고 범용 구조해석프로그램 DIANA에 접목시켜 원자로 격납건물의 비선형해석은 물론이고 내압능력 평가가 가능하다. 본 논문에서 제안한 3차원 구조해석 시스템의 신뢰성을 확인하기 위해 중수로형 원자로 격납건물의 구조해석을 수행하여 다른 기관에서 수행한 축대칭 구조해석 결과와 비교분석하였다.

Effects of Condensation Heat Transfer Model in Calculation for KNGR Containment Pressure and Temperature Response

  • Eoh, Jae-Hyuk;Park, Shane;Jeun, Gyoo-Dong;Kim, Moo-Hwan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.241-253
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    • 2001
  • Under severe accidents, the pressure and temperature response has an important role for the integrity of a nuclear power plant containment. The history of the pressure and temperature is characterized by the amount and state of steam/air mixture in a containment. Recently, the heat transfer rate to the structure surface is supposed to be increased by the wavy interface formed on condensate film. However, in the calculation by using CONTAIN code, the condensation heat transfer on a containment wall is calculated by assuming the smooth interface and has a tendency to be underestimated for safety. In order to obtain the best- estimate heat transfer calculation, we investigated the condensation heat transfer model in CONTAIN 1.2 code and adopted the new forced convection correlation which is considering wavy interface. By using the film tracking model in CONTAIN 1.2 code, the condensate film is treated to consider the effect of wavy interface. And also, it was carried out to investigate the effect of the different cell modelings - 5-cell and 10-cell modeling - for KNGR(Korean Next Generation Reactor) containment phenomena during a severe accident. The effect of wavy interface on condensate film appears to cause the decrease of peak temperature and pressure response . In order to obtain more adequate results, the proper cell modeling was required to consider the proper flow of steam/air mixture.

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극심한 사고시 노심 냉각 및 격납용기 과도압력에 미치는 영향 (An Evaluation of Cooling of Core Debris and Impact on Containment Transient Pressure under Severe Accident Conditions)

  • Jong In Lee;Jin Soo Kim;Byung Hun Lee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.256-266
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    • 1983
  • 가압 경수로에서 극심한 사고시 Debris/Water/Concrete 상호작용에 의한 Debris Bed 냉각과 격납용기과도 압력 평가가 제시되었다. 이 논문에서 제시된 Debris/Water/Concrete 해석모델을 MARCH 전산코드에 도입시켜 TMLB'와 S$_2$D사고분류에 따라 현존 용융 모델과 비교할 때 저속의 콘크리트 분해율과 소량의 개스 생성을 나타내는 반면 입자형 모델은 물과 상호작용이 지배적이며, 더 높은 격납용기 압력을 야기시켰다. 그 결과 Debris Bed의 열전달에 미치는 개스 유입효과는 중요하지 않음이 입증되었다.

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Scaling analysis of the pressure suppression containment test facility for the small pressurized water reactor

  • Liu, Xinxing;Qi, Xiangjie;Zhang, Nan;Meng, Zhaoming;Sun, Zhongning
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제53권3호
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    • pp.793-803
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    • 2021
  • The small PWR has been paid more and more attention due to its diversity of application and flexibility in the site selection. However, the large core power density, the small containment space and the rapid accident progress characteristics make it difficult to control the containment pressure like the traditional PWR during the LOCA. The pressure suppression system has been used by the BWR since the early design, which is a suitable technique that can be applied to the small PWR. Since the configuration and operating conditions are different from the BWR, the pressure suppression system should be redesigned for the small PWR. Conducting the experiments on the scale down test facility is a good choice to reproduce the prototypical phenomena in the test facility, which is both economical and reasonable. A systematic scaling method referring to the H2TS method was proposed to determine the geometrical and thermohydraulic parameters of the pressure suppression containment response test facility for the small PWR conceptual design. The containment and the pressure suppression system related thermohydraulic phenomena were analyzed with top-down and bottom-up scaling methods. A set of the scaling criteria were obtained, through which the main parameters of the test facility can be determined.

Kt Factor Analysis of Lead-Acid Battery for Nuclear Power Plant

  • Kim, Daesik;Cha, Hanju
    • Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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    • 제2권4호
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    • pp.460-465
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    • 2013
  • Electrical equipments of nuclear power plant are divided into class 1E and non-class 1E. Electrical equipment and systems that are essential to emergency reactor shutdown, containment isolation, reactor core cooling, and containment and reactor heat removal, are classified as class 1E. batteries of nuclear power plant are divided into four channels, which are physically and electrically separate and independent. The battery bank of class 1E DC power system of the nuclear power plant use lead-acid batteries in present. The lead acid battery, which has a high energy density, is the most popular form of energy storage. Kt factor of lead-acid battery is used to determine battery size and it is one of calculatiing coefficient for capacity. this paper analyzes Kt factor of lead-acid battery for the DC power system of nuclear power plant. In addition, correlation between Kt parameter and peukert's exponent of lead-acid battery for nuclear plant are discussed. The analytical results contribute to optimize of determining size Lead-acid battery bank.

Seismic performance evaluation of reactor containment building considering effects of concrete material models and prestressing forces

  • Bidhek Thusa;Duy-Duan Nguyen;Md Samdani Azad;Tae-Hyung Lee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권5호
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    • pp.1567-1576
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    • 2023
  • The reactor containment building (RCB) in nuclear power plants (NPPs) plays an important role in protecting the reactor systems from external loads as well as preventing radioactive leaking. As we witnessed the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi (Japan) in 2011, the earthquake is one of the major threats to NPPs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate effects of concrete material models and presstressing forces on the seismic performance evaluation of RCB in NPPs. A typical RCB designed in Korea is employed for a case study. Detailed three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models of RCB are developed in ANSYS. A series of pushover analyses are then performed to obtain the pushover curves of RCB. Different capacity curves are compared to recognize the influence of different material models on the nonlinear behavior of RCB. Additionally, the effects of prestressing forces on the seismic performances of the structure are also investigated. Moreover, a set of damage states corresponding to damage evolutions of the structures is proposed in this study.

OVERVIEW ON HYDROGEN RISK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: METHODOLOGY AND OPEN ISSUES

  • BENTAIB, AHMED;MEYNET, NICOLAS;BLEYER, ALEXANDRE
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제47권1호
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    • pp.26-32
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    • 2015
  • During the course of a severe accident in a light water nuclear reactor, large amounts of hydrogen can be generated and released into the containment during reactor core degradation. Additional burnable gases [hydrogen ($H_2$) and carbon monoxide (CO)] may be released into the containment in the corium/concrete interaction. This could subsequently raise a combustion hazard. As the Fukushima accidents revealed, hydrogen combustion can cause high pressure spikes that could challenge the reactor buildings and lead to failure of the surrounding buildings. To prevent the gas explosion hazard, most mitigation strategies adopted by European countries are based on the implementation of passive autocatalytic recombiners (PARs). Studies of representative accident sequences indicate that, despite the installation of PARs, it is difficult to prevent at all times and locations, the formation of a combustible mixture that potentially leads to local flame acceleration. Complementary research and development (R&D) projects were recently launched to understand better the phenomena associated with the combustion hazard and to address the issues highlighted after the Fukushima Daiichi events such as explosion hazard in the venting system and the potential flammable mixture migration into spaces beyond the primary containment. The expected results will be used to improve the modeling tools and methodology for hydrogen risk assessment and severe accident management guidelines. The present paper aims to present the methodology adopted by Institut de Radioprotection et de $S{\hat{u}}ret{\acute{e}}$ $Nucl{\acute{e}}aire$ to assess hydrogen risk in nuclear power plants, in particular French nuclear power plants, the open issues, and the ongoing R&D programs related to hydrogen distribution, mitigation, and combustion.

변형률과 응력파속도를 이용한 부착식 텐던의 긴장력 평가 (An Assessment of the Prestress Force on the Bonded Tendon Using the Strain and the Stress Wave Velocity)

  • 장정범;황경민;이홍표;김병화
    • 대한토목학회논문집
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    • 제32권3A호
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    • pp.183-188
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    • 2012
  • 국내 일부 가동 중 원전의 원자로건물에 부착식 텐던이 시공되어 있고, 이들에 대한 긴장력 평가는 원자로건물의 구조 건전성 평가 시 매우 중요하다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 기존의 간접적인 부착식 텐던의 긴장력 평가방법을 개선하기 위하여 개발된 SI 기술과 충격신호 분석기술을 이용하여 실제 원자로건물에 매입된 부착식 텐던을 대상으로 긴장력을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 원자로건물에서 발생하는 변형률과 부착식 텐던에서 발생하는 응력파속도를 계측하였다. 이들을 통해 부착식 텐던의 긴장력을 평가한 결과, SI 기술과 충격신호 분석기술 모두 높은 신뢰성 있는 결과를 제시하였고, 기존의 이론적인 접근 방법에 의한 결과와도 매우 유사한 경향을 제시함으로써 본 연구진에서 개발한 부착식 텐던의 긴장력 평가방법이 매우 유용함을 확인할 수 있었다.

원자로건물의 철근콘크리트 전단벽 비선형 지진응답 평가 (Evaluation of Nonlinear Seismic Response of RC Shear Wall in Nuclear Reactor Containment Building)

  • 김대희;이경구;구지모
    • 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2021
  • 강진 시 원자력발전시설의 비선형 응답이 중요하기 때문에 이 시설의 내진성능에 대한 관심이 증가하였다. 이 연구에서는 원자력 발전소 철근콘크리트 전단벽의 유한요소해석을 위한 재료모델의 적절한 변수를 제시하였다: 최대인장강도, 팽창각, 손상계수. 이를 위해 상용 유한요소 해석프로그램인 ABAQUS를 사용하여 낮은 형상비를 가진 철근콘크리트 전단벽의 비선형 거동과 전단 파괴모드에 대한 이 주요 변수의 효과에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 연구결과에 기반하여 비선형 시간이력해석을 통해 강진 하의 원자로건물의 비선형 응답을 평가하였다.