Experimental and Thermalhydraulic Code Assessment of the Transient Behavior of the Passive Condenser System in an Advanced Boiling Water Reactor

Revankar, S.T. ; Zhou, W. ; Henderson, Gavin

Purdue University

关键词: Heat Transfer;    Bwr Type Reactors;    Vapor Condensers;    Thermal Hydraulics;    Verification;   

DOI  :  10.2172/934794
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID/14605
RP-ID  :  FG07-04ID14605
RP-ID  :  934794

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The main goal of the project was to study analytically and experimentally the condensation heat transfer for the passive condenser system such as GE Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR). The effect of noncondensable gas in condenser tube and the reduction of secondary pool water level to the condensation heat transfer coefficient was the main focus in this research. The objectives of this research were to : 1) obtain experimental data on the local and tube averaged condensation heat transfer rates for the PCCS with non-condensable and with change in the secondary pool water, 2) assess the RELAP5 and TRACE computer code against the experimental data, and 3) develop mathematical model and ehat transfer correlation for the condensation phenomena for system code application. The project involves experimentation, theoretical model development and verification, and thermal- hydraulic codes assessment.