• 제목/요약/키워드: Rod Bundle Flow

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Effect of Spacer Grids on CHF at PWR Operating Conditions

  • Ahn, Seung-Hoon;Jeun, Gyoo-Dong
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.283-297
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    • 2001
  • The CHF in PWR rod bundles is usually predicted by the local flow correlation approach based on subchannel analysis while difficulty exists due to the existence of spacer grids especially with mixing vanes. In order to evaluate the effect of spacer grids on CHF, the experimental rod bundle data with various types of spacer grids were analyzed using the subchannel code, COBRA-IV-i. For the Plain grid data, a CHF correlation was described as a function of local flow conditions and heated length, and then the residuals of the CHF in mixing vaned grids predicted by the correlation were examined in various kinds of grids. In order to compensate for the residual, three parameters, distances between grids and from the last grids to the CHF site, and equivalent hydraulic diameter were introduced into a grid parameter function representing the remaining effect of spacer grids predicted most of the CHF data points in plaing grids within $\pm$20 percent error band. Good agreement with the CHF data was also shown when the grid parameter function for mixing vaned grids of a specific design was used to compensate for the residuals of the CHF data predicted by the correlation.

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완전히 발달된 맨봉주위의 난류유동장에서 난류 응력사이의 상관 관계에 대한 연구 (Study on the Relationship Between Turbulent Normal Stresses in the Fully Developed Bare Rod Bundle Flow)

  • Lee, Kye-Bock;Lee, Byung-Jin
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제27권6호
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    • pp.888-893
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    • 1995
  • 맨봉 배열에 의해 형성되는 부수로를 흐르는 난류 유동장의 구조는 피치 대 봉직경의 비에 따라 변하게 된다. 피치 대 봉직경 비가 큰 경우에는 난류 응력 분포가 관 유동의 분포와 유사하다 그러나 피치 대 봉직경 비가 작은 경우에는 특히 간극 영역에서 난류 특성이 관 유동의 분포와는 달라진다. 완전히 발달된 맨봉 주위의 난류 유동장에서 난류응력과 난류운동에너지 사이의 선형 관계가 개발되었다. 개발된 상관 관계식은 난류 연구에 응용되는 여러 이론적 분석에 연관지어 사용될 수 있다.

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN LES METHODOLOGY FOR COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

  • Merzari, Elia;Ninokata, Hisashi
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제41권7호
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    • pp.893-906
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    • 2009
  • The present work presents the development of a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) methodology viable for complex geometries and suitable for the simulation of rod-bundles. The use of LES and Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) allows for a deeper analysis of the flow field and the use of stochastical tools in order to obtain additional insight into rod-bundle hydrodynamics. Moreover, traditional steady-state CFD simulations fail to accurately predict distributions of velocity and temperature in rod-bundles when the pitch (P) to diameter (D) ratio P/D is smaller than 1.1 for triangular lattices of cylindrical pins. This deficiency is considered to be due to the failure to predict large-scale coherent structures in the region of the gap. The main features of the code include multi-block capability and the use of the fractional step algorithm. As a Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) model, a Dynamic Smagorinsky model has been used. The code has been tested on plane channel flow and the flow in annular ducts. The results are in excellent agreement with experiments and previous calculations.