An Experimental Evaluation of the APR1000 Core Flow Distribution Using a 1/5 Scale Model

Autor: Kihwan Kim, Woo-Shik Kim, Hae-Seob Choi, Hyosung Seol, Byung-Jun Lim, Dong-Jin Euh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 17, Iss 11, p 2714 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en17112714
Popis: The experimental data of core flow distribution are indispensable for obtaining licensing and facilitating the design of fluid systems of nuclear reactors. In this study, an Advanced power reactor Core flow and Pressure (ACOP) test facility was established to experimentally simulate the internal flow of the Advanced Power Reactor 1000 (APR1000) on a reduced length scale of 1/5. The core region was simulated by using 177 core simulators representing the fuel assemblies of the APR1000. The APR1000 flow distributions were synthetically identified by accurately measured parameters: the core inlet flow rate and outlet pressure under the four-pump balanced and unbalanced flow conditions. The overall inlet flow rates ranged from 87.7% to 112.0% relative to the averaged flow rate. Here, we scrutinize the flow distributions considering the flow conditions and internal structures and briefly describe the applied scaling method and design concept of the test facility.
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