A New Algorithm for a Condenser Design for Large-Scale Nuclear Power Plants in Tropical Region

Autor: Abid Hossain Khan, Md. Shafiqul Islam
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Thermal Science. 29:1370-1389
ISSN: 1993-033X
1003-2169
Popis: This work presents a new velocity search algorithm for designing a condenser of a 1200 MWe large-scale nuclear power plant situated in tropical region. For this, the condenser pressure was considered in the range of 7.5–15 kPa while its tube inner diameter was taken as 28 mm with 1 mm tube wall thickness. Both longitudinal and transverse condensers with multiple shell tanks and varied shell tank lengths from 8–14 m have been considered in this work. Three different tertiary coolant temperature rises were chosen as 4, 8 and 12°C by considering tropical region average reservoir water temperature range of 28–32°C during summer. Velocity of tertiary coolant was kept within 0.75–1.5 m/s to ensure sufficient turbulence to avoid erosion-corrosion of the tubes. Numerical simulation has been employed to obtain tube-side pressure drop and convection heat transfer coefficient directly from tertiary coolant inlet velocity using κ-ω turbulent flow model. A new iterative “velocity-search algorithm” has been developed that focuses on finding the correct tertiary coolant velocity instead of overall heat transfer coefficient. Results revealed that velocity-search algorithm yielded very close to the important physical and thermal parameters of condenser compared to the existing design data in large scale nuclear power plants. Velocity-search algorithm has given less number of condenser design physical parameters that meets the velocity acceptance criteria for longitudinal condenser compared to the transverse condenser. Finally, velocity-search algorithm is found to be more reliable, robust, and consistent for condenser design compared to the conventional design algorithm used in Log-Mean Temperature Difference method.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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