核电厂凝汽器汽流激振问题研究与预防

针对某类型核电厂凝汽器在单列运行时发生多起因汽流激振导致的钛管开裂事件，采用基于多孔介质模型的计算流体动力学（CFD）方法对该凝汽器的喉部和管束区汽侧流场进行全三维数值仿真，计算得到凝汽器在多个单列运行工况下的汽侧速度场与钛管汽流激振风险系数分布。根据仿真计算结果，该凝汽器单列运行时，在靠近凝汽器垂直中心线的换热模块空冷区上方的指缝区表层钛管发生汽流激振的风险较高，为降低汽流激振风险需要考虑在相关位置安装防振条或实施预防性堵管。根据凝汽器单列运行泄漏工况数值仿真计算结果与核电机组实际运行记录，建议该核电厂凝汽器单列运行时在夏季、冬季工况下机组安全运行电功率限值分别为900 MW和600 MW。该凝汽器钛管跨距偏大，为了避免发生汽流激振现象，应将钛管跨距缩短到610.5 mm以下。

Study and Prevention of Steam Flow Induced Vibration of Nuclear Power Plant Condenser

In view of a number of titanium tube cracking events caused by steam flow induced vibration of a certain type of nuclear power condenser under half-side condenser operation conditions, this paper uses the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method based on porous medium model to conduct a full three-dimensional numerical simulation of the steam-side flow field in the throat and tube bundle area of the condenser and calculates and obtains the steam-side velocity field of the condenser under half-side condenser operation conditions and the steam flow induced vibration risk coefficient distribution of titanium tubes. The simulation calculation results show that the steam flow induced vibration risk of the surface titanium tube in the finger gap area above the air-cooling area of the heat exchange module close to the vertical centerline of the condenser is relatively high under half-condenser operation conditions, and it is necessary to consider installing anti-vibration bars or taking preventive tube plugging measures to reduce the steam flow induced vibration risk. According to the numerical simulation calculation results under the leakage conditons of the condenser during half-side condenser operation and the actual operation records of the nuclear power unit, it is suggested that the electric power limits for the safe operation of the nuclear power plant condenser under the half-condenser operation conditions in summer and winter should be 900 MW and 600 MW respectively. Since the span of the condenser is a bit too large, the span of titanium tube should be shortened to less than 610.5 mm so as to avoid steam flow induced vibration.