Published June 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaluation of condensation heat transfer coefficient in AC600 passive containment cooling system

  • 1. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). Dept. of Engineering Physics

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The author gives a warranty to choice condensation heat transfer correlation (HTC) in AC600 passive containment cooling system (PCCS) analysis by comparing some most useful condensation HTC used in PCCSAC-MD code which is a multi-dimensional thermal-hydraulic analysis code for AC600 PCCS. These correlations include Uchida correlation, Gido-Koestl correlation, Tagami correlation and heat-mass transfer analogy correlation using the heat transfer coefficient on the vapor side of the interface. The author gets the conclusion that the Uchida correlation based on steady state data of experiment is more conservative than the Gido-Koestl correlation. The difference of peak pressure value of AC600 containment under double ended cold leg loss of coolant accident or main steam line break accident calculated by different correlation is similar while for double ended hot leg loss of coolant accident the difference is big, Although different correlation gets different heat transfer coefficient. The Tagami correlation is the most conservative one in the main steam line break accident calculated

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Journal Title
Nuclear Power Engineering
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 214-218
ISSN
0258-0926