Published December 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Study on application of CHF models on reactor pressure vessel lower head for severe accident condition

  • 1. Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu (China)
  • 2. Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University (China)

Description

According to the in-vessel retention (IVR) mitigation and the heat transfer characteristics, two theoretical models for predicting the critical heat flux (CHF), the interfacial lift-off theoretical model and the theoretical model considering the hydrodynamic behavior of the vapor-liquid interface of a bubble, are modified, respectively, and a general CHF model is developed to analyze the lower head CHF. The results indicate that the CHF model could well predict the experimental data on large scale curved surface. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Power Engineering
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 46-50
ISSN
0258-0926

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
China
INIS RN
45102897
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
BUBBLES; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; DIAGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAD; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES; LIQUIDS; MITIGATION; PRESSURE VESSELS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RETENTION; VAPORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BODY; CONTAINERS; DATA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAT FLUX; INFORMATION; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL DATA

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Notes
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