压水堆SBLOCA事故环路水封清除现象机理与模型影响研究

环路水封清除（LSC）是压水堆冷管段小破口失水事故（SBLOCA）的典型事故特征之一。为确定LSC现象的物理模型影响,探究准确复现LSC现象的物理模型设置,从LSC现象物理机理的角度,对影响LSC的主要物理模型进行梳理和分析。结合LOBI台架SBLCOA系列实验,对LSC现象物理机理、物理模型影响进行模拟和验证。结果表明,在对影响LSC现象的物理模型进行合理设置后,RELAP5程序模型能较好地复现LOBI台架实验工况中的LSC现象,验证了LSC现象物理模型影响及模型设置的合理性。      

The results of 5% small-break LOCA tests and natural circulation tests at the ROSA-IV LSTF

Five 5% small-break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) experiments and two natural circulation experiments were conducted at the ROSA-IV Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF). The liquid holdup in the upflow side of steam generator (SG) U-tubes temporarily depressed the core collapsed liquid level below the bottom of core during the loop seal clearing in the cold-leg break SBLOCA tests. This phenomena was affected by the core power and core bypass but was affected little by the actuation of the high pressure injection system. Overall thermal-hydraulic phenomena in a loop seal line break test was similar to that of cold-leg break tests, however, the liquid holdup phenomena played a little role. In a hot-leg break test a temporary but rapid depression of the core liquid level was observed immediately after the initiation of accumulator injection which caused condensation and depressurization in the cold leg. The change of natural circulation flow rate with the decrease of primary system mass inventory was qualitatively the same as observed in Semiscale, LOBI and PKL. The SG effective overall heat transfer coefficient below the secondary-side collapsed liquid level was weakly dependent on the secondary side liquid level and the core power. The measured minimum heat transfer coefficient was 1.7 kW/m²K for the full secondary side mass inventory.     

Natural circulation flow behavior at reduced inventory in a VVER geometry

This paper deals with the natural circulation flow characteristics of the VVER-440 geometry at reduced coolant inventory. Special emphasis is on the flow rate of the primary circuits during the two-phase flow regime. For studying two-phase natural circulation flow phenomena in a VVER geometry a series of cold leg small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) tests was carried out in the PArallel Channel TEst Loop (PACTEL), a 1/305 volumetrically scaled model of a VVER-440 reactor. The tests were conducted with break areas ranging from 0.1 to 1.5 % of the scaled cold leg cross-sectional area of the reference reactor. A partial failure of the high-pressure injection system (HPIS) was assumed. The tests reveal a trend towards an increasing primary circuit mass flow rate with decreasing inventory. This contradicts the findings of earlier tests in multi-loop VVER geometry. With single-loop facilities, increased mass flow rates at reduced inventories have been reported before. The increase of the two-phase flow rate turns out to be a consequence of the combined effect of break size, pressure range and secondary side feed and bleed procedure. The physical phenomena of flow stagnation in the primary circuits, system pressurization, asymmetric loop flows, and loop seal clearing and refilling take place during the natural circulation cooling process from single-phase into two-phase and boiler–condenser modes. In addition, flow reversal in the undermost tubes of the horizontal steam generators (SG) is observed. These phenomena are discussed briefly while a general insight into the course of the tests is presented.     

Core Liquid Level Depression due to Manometric Effect during PWR Small Break LOCA

In the previous study, it is reported that the core collapsed liquid level was depressed nearly to the core bottom and the dryout of the core was observed in the early stage of the PWR cold leg small break loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) experiment, The manometric effect due to the liquid seal formation in the loop seal and the difference of the liquid holdup between the steam generator (SG) upflow-side and downflow-side caused a depression of the core collapsed liquid level. The core liquid level was recovered just after the loop seal was cleared.

The bypass between the core side and the downcomer side affects the core liquid depression. Four 5% cold leg break experiments with the different core bypass location, configuration and size were conducted to clarify the bypass effect. When the bypass was relatively small (less than 3% bypass of the initial core flow before the break), the timing of the loop seal clearing delayed with the bypass. When the bypass was relatively large (9.2% of the core flow), the loop seal clearing took place after the break uncovery and the timing was significantly delayed. In general, the smaller minimum core collapsed liquid level was obtained at the earlier timing of loop seal clearing due to the smaller bypass.     

反应堆压力容器下降段水-蒸汽CCFL实验与模型研究

为探究反应堆压力容器下降段在喷放末期冷段安注过程中的水-蒸汽逆流特性,建立下降段逆向流动限制(CCFL)模型,开展了基于压力容器模化本体的下降段CCFL实验研究以及建模分析。通过实验研究获得了不同入口安注水流量、安注水过冷度、堆芯蒸汽流量等条件下的下降段环腔内的安注特性数据,并基于实验数据进行了CCFL建模分析。结果表明,开始发生CCFL的蒸汽无量纲流速与入口安注水无量纲流速呈现正相关,基于无量纲流速建立的模型斜率与入口安注水无量纲流速呈现高度指数关联。本文建立了适用于从不发生CCFL至不完全CCFL,再到完全CCFL的下降段水-蒸汽气液逆流全过程预测模型。     

Counterpart Tests of SBLOCA on the Effect of Break Location with the ATLAS: DVI Nozzle versus Cold-Leg Breaks

Results from two integral effect tests were compared to discuss the effect of break location between the direct vessel injection (DVI) nozzle and cold leg during the small-break loss of coolant accident (SBLOCA) scenario. One is the SB-DVI-09 test for a 6-inch (50% break area of a DVI nozzle) DVI line break and the other is the SB-CL-06 test for an equivalent break size of cold leg. Both counterpart tests were performed with the same control logic and initial/boundary conditions except for different break locations of the DVI line and cold leg. Experimental results showed that the maximum heater surface temperature increased more with the broken DVI nozzle (SB-DVI-09) than with the broken cold leg (SB-CL-06) due to the delayed and simultaneous occurrence of the loop seal clearing and the momentary decrease in the collapsed water level in the core region.     

Analysis of natural circulation phenomena in VVER-1000

In all light water reactors (LWR), natural circulation is an important passive heat removal mechanism. In the present paper, the natural circulation phenomena are studied with reference to step-wise coolant inventory reduction and a small break loss-of-coolant-accident (SBLOCA) in the cold leg of VVER-1000. The natural circulation flow map (NCFM) approach is considered to evaluate the natural circulation performance of the VVER-1000 NPP also comparing VVER-1000 and PWR systems. Three different elevations between heat source (core) and heat sink (steam generators) zones have been considered in order to characterize the buoyancy force in a VVER-1000. The influence of power and the cold legs loop seal upon the natural circulation performance is also evaluated. In the second part, a series of SBLOCA simulations with break area ranging from 0.5 to 11.7% of the cold leg cross sectional area are performed starting with the VVER-1000 system in nominal conditions. The effect of Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) including passive and active parts of ECCS are evaluated. The simulations were performed by the help of the system code RELAP5. Within the framework of the qualification of the adopted computational tools, the results are compared with experimental data from Kozloduy NPP unit 6 test and PSB-VVER integral test facility available from the literature. Namely, the qualification of the adopted nodalisation in steady state conditions is achieved by using experimental data. The accuracy of selected results have been estimated in quantitative terms by applying the fast Fourier transform based method (FFTBM). Finally, the relevance and the potential for the occurrence of the reflux condensation mode, i.e., one of the Natural Circulation regimes, for cooling of reactor core in VVER-1000 are discussed.     

Prediction of counter-current flow limitation at hot leg pipe during a small-break LOCA

The possibility of hot leg flooding during reflux condensation cooling after a small-break loss-of-coolant accident in a nuclear power plant is evaluated. The vapor and liquid velocities in hot leg and steam generator tubes are calculated during reflux condensation cooling with the accident scenarios of three typical break sizes, 0.13, 1.02 and 10.19% cold leg break. The effect of initial water level to counter-current flow limitation is taken into account. It is predicted that the hot leg flooding is precluded when all steam generators are available for heat removal. It is also shown that both hot leg flooding and SG flooding are possible under the operation of one steam generator. Therefore, it can be said that the occurrence of hot leg flooding under reflux condensation cooling is possible when the number of steam generators available for heat removal is limited.     

SCDAP/Relap5 3.2程序分层夹带模型敏感性分析

在AP1000中,连接堆芯补水箱和冷腿间的压力平衡管线中的气泡份额决定了堆芯补水箱的注入量,其中,气泡源自冷腿中的分层夹带。为研究AP1000核电站中气-液分层夹带现象对堆芯非能动余热排出系统的整体特性的影响,本文以Relap5/Mod3.2作为计算平台,建立了AP1000小破口失水事故模型并进行了数值计算,对比了采用与不采用水平分层夹带模型的计算结果,发现该模型对事故发展有重要的影响。     

Experimental Study on Heat Removal during Cold Leg Small Break LOCAs in PWRs

Experiments which simulated small break loss-of-coolant accidents (SBLOCAs) resulting from 2.1–0.13% break in the cold leg of a PWR were conducted with an apparatus of 1/270 scale in volume. In the large break size case, the decay heat was mainly removed by the break flow and in the case of a small break, the steam generator played an important role. In this case, thermal hydraulic behaviors such as natural circulation and reflux condensation cooling were important during the transient. Depressurization in the secondary system due to bleeding steam from the steam generator by an operator action was so effective to make the accident to come to an end. The operation to depressurize the secondary system was also efficient to rewet the core which had been uncovered due to a loop seal formation in a cross-over leg.

No effects of initial 200 ppm dissolved gas in the coolant were observed on the cooling performance of the steam generator. It was considered that it was because the gas which came from the coolant into the steam during the depressurization transient did not remain in the tubes of the steam generator.     

A blind simulation of RD-14M small-break LOCA experiments using CATHENA code

The results of two Small Break Loss of Coolant Accident (SBLOCA) experiments in RD-14M test facility and their predictions by CATHENA code, which is used to analyze postulated events in CANDU reactors, are compared in this paper. Two specific SBLOCA experiments selected for the CATHENA code predictions are B9006 and B9802. Test B9006 is a 7-mm inlet header break experiment with pressurized accumulator emergency coolant injection and represents most complete SBLOCA test conducted in RD-14M. Test B9802 is a 3-mm inlet header break experiment with full channel power to study boiling in channels and condensation in steam generators in a slowly depressurizing loop rather than a blow-down.These blind simulations demonstrate that CATHENA code is capable of adequately predicting the primary pressure depressurization, channel flow rate, channel voiding for tests B9006 and B9802, and the high pressure core injection flow by CATHENA accumulator model and switching time from high pressure to low pressure injections for test B9006. The CATHENA predictions of fuel sheath temperatures for test B9006 are in much better agreement with the test measurements than those for test B9802, because CATHENA code could not capture the oscillatory behavior of channel flow and consequently sheath temperature when local fuel sheath surface was being intermittently dried and rewet under near stagnant flow and full power conditions of test B9802. Therefore, it is concluded that further works are required to appropriately predict the sheath temperature spike and its fluctuation during the transient of test B9802 where the critical heat flux and post-dryout heat transfer are important governing phenomena.     

Study on post-blowdown of hot leg large break loss-of-coolant-accident in the view of mass and energy release analysis

This study conducted mass and energy release experiment for the hot leg large break loss-of-coolant-accident (LBLOCA) during post-blowdown with an integral test facility, Seoul National University Facility (SNUF), and its RELAP5 simulation. This facility simulated the Young Kwang Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4 (YGN3&4) with volume ratio of 1:1140 based on Ishii's three level scaling. The experiments showed that safety injection (SI) water refilled the cold leg first and later the core. The SI water was vaporized in the core, which resulted in the repressurization of the reactor. This increase in pressure drove the water in the cold leg to flow up to half the height of the U tubes. However, since the water was drained back not long after, the release through the SG side broken section by evaporation was negligible. The SNUF experiment was assessed by RELAP5 simulations. Overall, the analysis of the post-blowdown phase showed that the transient of the primary pressure can be properly simulated by RELAP5 when a sufficient heat source is modeled. Consequently, the releases from reactor side broken section and steam generator side broken section were properly predicted. The pressure rise by steam generation in the core was partially well predicted. The release from the steam generator side broken section was predicted to be small except when there exists a large pressure difference between the primary system and the break boundary.     

典型压水堆小破口LOCA参数重要度排序表开发

现象识别排序表（PIRT）是反应堆热工水力分析的重要依据,传统PIRT的建立依赖于专家经验,因此缺乏专家经验时难以开展参数的识别工作。本文开展在缺乏专家经验时确定各输入参数重要度排序的研究,选定的工况为典型三回路压水堆（PWR）小破口失水事故（SBLOCA）。参考已有的SBLOCA PIRT,并基于基准计算结果,筛选和补充了可能对目标输出（FOM）具有影响的54个不确定性输入参数。使用一种优化矩独立全局敏感性分析方法计算得到了各输入参数对FOM的敏感性度量和重要度排序。将参数的重要度排序转换为Savage分数,按照Savage分数定性地将所有输入参数进行重要度分组,从而得到了SBLOCA的参数重要度排序表,为压水堆SBLOCA工况的参数排序提供了参考。     

自然循环蒸汽发生器倒U型管内倒流现象影响因素研究

在某些自然循环工况下,蒸汽发生器部分倒U型管内存在倒流现象。基于一维Oberbeck-Boussinesq方程,建立了蒸汽发生器并联倒U型管内单相水流动传热模型,并以两种尺寸的蒸汽发生器为例进行了计算。计算结果表明,小型蒸汽发生器内短管易发生倒流,大型蒸汽发生器内长管易发生倒流;蒸汽发生器进口水温对倒流现象的发生具有重要的影响。     

ACME台架PRHR管线破口位置敏感性试验研究

为研究先进非能动（AP）型核电厂在非能动系统失效条件下的安全性能,利用我国先进堆芯冷却机理整体试验台架（ACME）开展了非能动余热排出（PRHR）管线破口失水试验研究,分析了主要的试验进程和破口位置对事故过程各阶段关键参数的影响。结果表明,ACME PRHR管线破口试验进程与冷管段小破口失水事故（SBLOCA）进程基本一致,再现了非能动核电厂自然循环阶段、自动卸压系统（ADS）喷放阶段和安全壳内置换料水箱（IRWST）安注阶段的安全特性;在不同破口位置的试验中,非能动堆芯冷却系统（PXS）均可保证堆芯得到补水,堆芯活性区始终处于混合液位以下;破口位置对ACME LOCA事故进程、反应堆冷却剂系统（RCS）初期降压速率、PRHR热交换器（HX）流量、喷放流量、堆芯液位、IRWST安注流量等参数具有显著影响,对堆芯补水箱（CMT）和蓄压安注箱（ACC）安注流量的影响较小。      

Simulation and analysis of thermal-hydraulic phenomena in a PWR hot leg related to SBLOCA

Thermal-hydraulic phenomena in the hot leg of a pressurized water reactor during the small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) are simulated and studied in this paper. They include the single-phase flow dynamics, the cocurrent stratified flow during the natural circulation conditions, and the countercurrent stratified flow during the reflux condensation conditions.Satisfactory results were obtained from the computations in comparison with the data from the German Upper Plenum Test Facility. It is revealed that the fluid flow exhibits strong multi-dimensional effects, i.e. an appreciable acceleration and deceleration along different regions of the hot leg, and a four-vortex secondary flow structure in the cross-section of the bend region. Cocurrent stratified flow under the natural circulation conditions is successfully simulated, presenting two different water transport mechanisms. Under the reflux condensation conditions, different countercurrent flow structures are found under the conditions away from and with the countercurrent flow limit.     

Thermal hydraulic behaviors during loss of shutdown cooling system at HTS opened under LLDS

When the CANDU6 nuclear power plant is operated at HTS opened under low level drained state (LLDS), loss of shutdown cooling (SDC) system is a potential accident that could challenge the core safety. Thermal hydraulic behaviors during loss of SDC system at HTS opened is studied with the CANDU6 nuclear power plant using RELAP5 code. Two basic cases, pump seal open and steam generator (SG) manway open, are analyzed. It is indicated that the core could keep safe for some time by intermittent flow established through the bubbles venting and fuel channel reflooding. The different vent size and location could result in different phenomenon. Two possible measures, the heat transport system (HTS) injection and reflux-condensation, are considered. The HTS injection could effectively remove the core decay heat for a longer time under conditions of coolant injection into HTS. For reflux-condensation, three cases are investigated. For 0 SG case, the HTS will be overpressure for a short time. For 1 SG case, the HTS will be overpressure some time later than 0 SG case, and analysis for 1 SG case with much more lower core decay heat shows that the HTS pressure will increase to a high level. The analysis of the case of 2 SG available for each loop shows that the decay heat can be removed effectively by reflux-condensation.     

Analysis of hot leg natural circulation under station blackout severe accident

Under severe accidents, natural circulation flows are important to influence the accident progression and result in a pressurized water reactor （PWR）. In a station blackout accident with no recovery of steam generator （SG） auxiliary feedwater （TMLB＇ severe accident scenario）, the hot leg countercurrent natural circulation flow is analyzed by using a severe-accident code, to better understand its potential impacts on the creep-rupture timing among the surge line, the hot leg, and SG tubes. The results show that the natural circulation may delay the failure time of the hot leg. The recirculation ratio and the hot mixing factor are also calculated and discussed.     

Analysis of an RPV upper head SBLOCA at the ROSA facility using TRACE

Inspections of existing nuclear power plants have pointed out the possibility that small break loss-of-coolant accidents (SBLOCAs) could be initiated by a small break located in the upper head (UH) of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV). Such type of breaks has been the subject of investigation in some of the tests carried out in the framework of the OECD/NEA ROSA test program for safety research and safety assessment of light water reactors. The ROSA/LSTF test facility simulates a Westinghouse design PWR with a four-loop configuration and 3423 MWth. Areas, volumes and power are scaled down by a factor of 1:48 while the elevations are kept at full height. Only two loops, sized to conserve the volume scaling (2:48), are simulated. The present paper is focused on test 6-1 that simulated a RPV upper head SBLOCA with a break size equivalent to 1.9% cold leg break. The experiment assumes a total failure of the high pressure injection system (HPIS) and a loss of off-site power concurrent with the scram. The main purpose of the present study is the assessment of the capabilities of the best estimate system code, TRACE, to reproduce and understand the physical phenomena involved in this type of SBLOCA scenarios. Special attention was dedicated to the modelling of the leakage flows, necessary to correctly simulate the distribution of the water inventory in the primary side. In addition, the particular location of the break in test 6-1 allows the verification of the chocked flow model in the same way as for a separate-effect test.     

Onset Criterion for Liquid Entrainment in Reflooding Phase of LOCA

Reflooding tests were conducted in a rod bundle geometry at the maximum pres- sure of 12 MPa to investigate thermal-hydraulic behavior during a small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) in a nuclear reactor. The test conditions ranged 0.6 ～ 12 MPa for pressure, up to 920 K for rod surface temperature, up to 20 cm/s for bundle inlet flow velocity and up to 2 kW/m for linear power input. The principal objective of this paper is to investigate the onset condition for liquid entrainment by steam flow in the relatively high pressure reflooding phase. Experimental results showed a tendency that the liquid entrainment decreased with increase in pressure when the other parameters such as an inlet flow rate and rod temperature were fixed. A new correlation for the onset criterion for liquid entrainment was derived from the experimental results and an analysis of a force balance for a liquid droplet. Effects of pressure on liquid entrainment in the reflooding phase were made clear from the experimental and analytical results.