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Park, Jong Hark; Chae, H. T.; Park, C.; Kim, H.
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)2005
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of)2005
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[en] Tubular type fuel has been developed as one of candidates for Advanced HANARO Reactor(AHR). It is necessary to test the flow characteristics such as velocity in each flow channels and pressure drop of tubular type fuel. A hydraulic test-loop to examine the hydraulic characteristics for a tubular type fuel has been designed and constructed. It consists of three parts; a) piping-loop including pump and motor, magnetic flow meter and valves etc, b) test-section part where a simulated tubular type fuel is located, and 3) data acquisition system to get reading signals from sensors or instruments. In this report, considerations during the design and installation of the facility and the selection of data acquisition sensors and instruments are described in detail. Before doing the experiment to measure the flow velocities in flow channels, a preliminary tests have been done for measuring the coolant velocities using pitot-tube and for validating the measurement accuracy as well. Local velocities of the radial direction in circular tubes are measured at regular intervals of 60 degrees by three pitot-tubes. Flow rate inside the circular flow channel can be obtained by integrating the velocity distribution in radial direction. The measured flow rate was compared to that of magnetic flow meter. According to the results, two values had a good agreement, which means that the measurement of coolant velocity by using pitot-tube and the flow rate measured by the magnetic flow meter are reliable. Uncertainty analysis showed that the error of velocity measurement by pitot-tube is less than ±2.21%. The hydraulic test-loop also can be adapted to others such as HANARO 18 and 36 fuel, in-pile system of FTL(Fuel Test Loop), etc
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Dec 2005; 46 p; Also available from Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Taejon (Korea, Republic of); 11 refs, 17 figs, 5 tabs
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ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, FLUID MECHANICS, IRRADIATION REACTORS, ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS, MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS, MECHANICS, POOL TYPE REACTORS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, RESEARCH REACTORS, TEST FACILITIES, TEST REACTORS, TESTING, VARIATIONS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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