Pool stratification and mixing induced by steam injection through spargers: analysis of the PPOOLEX and PANDA experiments
Gallego-Marcos, Ignacio; Kudinov, Pavel; Villanueva, Walter; Kapulla, Ralf; Paranjape, Sidhart; Paladino, Domenico; Laine, Jani; Puustinen, Markku; Räsänen, Antti; Pyy, Lauri; Kotro, Eetu (2018-07-20)
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Gallego-Marcos, Ignacio
Kudinov, Pavel
Villanueva, Walter
Kapulla, Ralf
Paranjape, Sidhart
Paladino, Domenico
Laine, Jani
Puustinen, Markku
Räsänen, Antti
Pyy, Lauri
Kotro, Eetu
20.07.2018
Nuclear Engineering and Design
337
300-316
Elsevier
School of Energy Systems
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201901283330
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201901283330
Tiivistelmä
Spargers are multi-hole injection pipes used in Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) and Advanced Pressurized (AP) reactors to condense steam in large water pools. A steam injection induces heat, momentum and mass sources that depend on the steam injection conditions and can result in thermal stratification or mixing of the pool. Thermal stratification reduces the steam condensation capacity of the pool, increases the pool surface temperature and thus the containment pressure. Development of models with predictive capabilities requires the understanding of basic phenomena that govern the behavior of the complex multi-scale system. The goals of this work are (i) to analyze and interpret the experiments on steam injection into a pool through spargers performed in the large-scale facilities of PPOOLEX and PANDA, and (ii) to discuss possible modelling approaches for the observed phenomena. A scaling approach was developed to address the most important physical phenomena and regimes relevant to prototypic plant conditions. The focus of the tests was on the low steam mass flux and oscillatory bubble condensation regimes, which are expected during a long-term steam injection transient, e.g. in the case of a Station Black Out (SBO). Exploratory tests were also done for chugging and stable jet conditions. The results showed a similar behavior in PPOOLEX and PANDA in terms of jet induced by steam condensation, pool stratification, and development of hot layer and erosion of the cold one. A correlation using the Richardson number is proposed to model the erosion rate of the cold layer as a function of the pool dimensions and steam injection conditions.
Lähdeviite
Gallego-Marcos, I., Kudinov, P., Villanueva, W., Kapulla, R., Paranjape, S., Paladino, D., Laine, J., Puustinen, M., Räsänen, A., Pyy, L., Kotro, E. (2018). Pool stratification and mixing induced by steam injection through spargers: analysis of the PPOOLEX and PANDA experiments. Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 337, pp. 300-316. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.07.004
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549318301006?via%3DihubKokoelmat
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