• Title of article

    ExperimentalvalidationofthemodifiedlinearscalingmethodologyforscalingECCbypassphenomenainDVIdowncomerOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    H.K.Cho، نويسنده , , B.J.Yun، نويسنده , , C.-H.Song، نويسنده , , G.C.Park، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    2310
  • To page
    2322
  • Abstract
    Inthedirectvesselinjection(DVI)systemdowncomer,thedirectemergencycorecoolant(ECC)bypassisactivatedduringtherefloodphaseofalarge-breakloss-of-coolantaccident(LBLOCA)bytheinteractionbetweenthedownward-flowingliquid-filmandthetransversegasflow.DirectECCbypassisreportedlythemajorbypassmechanismofECC,andvariousexperimentshavebeenperformedtoobtaindetailedinformationabouttheECCbypassinaDVIdowncomer.Theseleadtoaproposednewscalingmethodology,named‘modifiedlinearscaling’,whichisexpectedtopreservethephasedistributioninthedowncomerandtheECCbypassphenomena.Inthepresentstudy,modifiedlinearscalingwasexperimentallyvalidatedinair–watertestscomprisingTest21-Doftheupperplenumtestfacility(UPTF).ThecounterparttestsofUPTFTest21-Dwereperformedin1/7.3and1/4.0scalemodelsofaUPTFdowncomer,andthetestresultswerecomparedwiththeexperimentaldataofUPTFTest21-D.TwoimportantparametersofdirectECCbypass–thenormalizedliquid-spreadingwidthonthedowncomerwallandthedirectECCbypassfraction,whichisthefractionofinputwaterbypassedoutthebrokencold-leg–wereconsideredinthevalidation.ThecomparisonrevealedthatthescalingparametersofdirectECCbypassarewellpreservedintheprototypeandreducedmodels,fromwhichweconcludethatthemodifiedlinearscalingmethodologyisappropriatefordesigningareducedtestfacilityandforascalinganalysisofdirectECCbypassintherefloodphaseofanLBLOCA.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895946