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Computational analysis for prediction of pressure of PWR presurizer under transient conditions

Computational analysis for prediction of pressure of PWR presurizer under transient conditions

MAHMOOD Arshad
XU Ji-Jun
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.12, No.1pp.53-60Published in print 01 Feb 2001
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A computer model has been developed for prediction of the pressure in the pressurizer under transient conditions. In the model three separate thermodynamic regions which are not required to be in thermal equilibrium have been considered. The mathematical model derived from the general conservation equations includes all of the important thermal-hydraulics phenomena occurring in the pressurizer, i.e.. stratification of the hot water and incoming cold water, bulk flashing and condensation, wall condensation, and interfacial heat and mass transfer, etc. The bubble rising and rain-out models are developed to describe bulk flashing and condensation, respectively. To obtain the wall condensation rate, a one-dimensional heat conduction equation is solved by the pivoting method. The presented model will predict the pressure-time behavior of a PWR pressurizer during a variety of transients. The results obtained from the proposed mathematical model are in good agreement with available data on the CHASHMA nuclear power plant's pressurizer performance.

Pressusized water reactor (PWR)Pressure of pressurizer under transient conditionsThermal-hydraulics computation
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