Current experience and a new modeling on water hammer due to steam condensation in PWR secondary system
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[en] There have been possibilities to occur water hammer in pipelines of turbine system for nuclear or fossil fuel power plants. According to the NUREG report, approximately 150 events have been reported since 1969, we also have an experience recently. Water hammer occurs due to sudden steam condensation with pressure pulse. This kind of pressure pulses has been made by alternative producing and condensing of steam slug in the pipe and its frequency relates subcooling and pipe structures. This paper presents our current experience on water hammer with some experimental studies. The present experiment has been performed to obtain the data base for evaluating the pressure pulses. The test pipe was horizontal tubes with dead end connected to vertical tube which simulating drain line in PWR secondary system. The main results are shown as follows; Magnitude of pressure pulse depends drain velocity and initial subcooling. Pipe structure effects on the frequency and continual time of water hammer phenomenon. A new modeling for quantitative explanation of the phenomena is also presented
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Korean Nuclear Society, Taejon (Korea, Republic of); The Atomic Energy Socity of Japan, Tokyo (Japan); 529 p; 1998; p. 84-88; NTHAS98: 1. Korea-Japan symposium on nuclear thermal hydraulics and safety; Pusan (Korea, Republic of); 21-24 Oct 1998; Available from KNS, Taejon (KR); 2 refs, 8 figs, 2 tabs
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Conference; Numerical Data
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COOLING SYSTEMS, DATA, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EQUIPMENT, FLUID MECHANICS, INFORMATION, MACHINERY, MECHANICS, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMERICAL DATA, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS, REACTORS, THERMAL REACTORS, TUBES, TURBOMACHINERY, US ORGANIZATIONS, VAPOR CONDENSERS, VARIATIONS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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