Development of scaling laws on thermal-hydraulic effect test facility for CANDU-6 moderator

The scaling laws on thermal-hydraulic effect test facility for CANDU-6 moderator (HGU-KINS) have been investigated and manufactured. The basic laws are the satisfaction of energy conservation and dimensionless number, Ar and Re, for the similarities of thermal-hydraulic properties. And then the thermal-hydraulic scaling analyses of test facilities, SPEL(1/10 scale) and STERN(1/4 scale), have been identified by the present method. As a result, in the case of SPEL, the energy conservation is confirmed, but the similarities of Ar and the heat density are not considered. In the case of STERN, the energy conservation and the characteristics of Ar were well defined. But the similarity of the heat density is unsatisfied, either. Therefore the present method was applied with 1/8 length scale. For the performance test, CFD analysis has been accomplished by CFX5. The results of flow pattern certifications and variation of axial properties with CANDU show that the present scaling method is acceptable