Title :
Reliability studies of decay heat removal system
Author :
Gaikwad, Avinash J. ; Prasad, M. Hari ; Kumar, Rajesh ; Srivastava, A. ; Contractor, A.D. ; Rao, V. V S Sanyasi ; Lele, H.G. ; Vaze, K.K.
Author_Institution :
Reactor Safety Div., Bhabha Atomic Res. Centre, Mumbai, India
Abstract :
Passive systems have been implemented in most of the advanced reactors in order to improve the availability of the plant. In this paper the methodology used for performing the passive system reliability analysis has been discussed. A case study on passive decay heat removal system of large sized PHWRs has also been discussed. Based on the thermal hydraulic analysis failure points have been generated and the failure surface has been developed. Finally by using the Monte Carlo simulation technique failure probability has been estimated.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; fission reactor safety; heavy water reactors; Monte Carlo simulation technique; PHWR; advanced reactors; decay heat removal system; failure points; failure probability; failure surface; passive system reliability analysis; pressurized heavy water reactor; thermal hydraulic analysis; Reliability engineering; Valves; Variable speed drives; Monte Carlo simulation; Passive system; Reliability; Response surface;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability, Safety and Hazard (ICRESH), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mumbai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8344-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICRESH.2010.5779559
