Evaluation on Driving Force of Natural Circulation in Downcomer for Passive Residual Heat Removal System in JAERI Passive Safety Reactor JPSR.
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- KUNII Katsuhiko
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
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- IWAMURA Takamichi
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
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- MURAO Yoshio
- Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
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- Evaluation on Driving Force of Natural
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Abstract
<BR>The driving-force of the natural circulation in the residual heat removal (RHR) system for the JPSR (JAERI Passive Safety Reactor) is given as a gravity force of the density difference between hotter coolant in core and upper plenum and cooler coolant in downcomer. The amount of density difference and time to achieve the enough density difference for the RHR system change directly dependent on the thermal fluid flow pattern in downcomer of annulus flow pass. The purposes of the present study are to investigate the possibilities of the followings by evaluating the three-dimensional thermal fluid flow in downcomer by numerical analysis using the STREAM code; 1) promotion of making the flow pattern uniform in downcomer by installing a baffle, 2) achievement of an enough driving-force of the natural circulation, 3) validity of one-point assumption, that is, complete mixing down-flow assumption for the three-dimensional thermal fluid flow in downcomer to evaluate the function of the passive RHR system. <BR>The following conclusions were obtained: (1) The effect of baffle on the thermal fluid flow and driving-force is little, (2) The driving-force required for natural circulation cooling can be obtained in wide range of inlet velocity even if the flow is multi-dimensional, (3) Both in initial transient stage and in steady-state, the one-point assumption can be applied to evaluate the driving-force of natural circulation in the passive RHR system.
Journal
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- Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
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Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology 34 (1), 21-29, 1997
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
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- CRID
- 1390001204093716608
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- NII Article ID
- 10002076164
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- NII Book ID
- AA00703720
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- COI
- 1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXhsFaktb8%3D
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- ISSN
- 18811248
- 00223131
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- NDL BIB ID
- 4131753
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- en
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- JaLC
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