• Title of article

    Astudyontheshellwallthinningcausesidentifiedthroughexperiment,numericalanalysisandultrasonictestofhigh-pressurefeedwaterheaterOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    KyeongMoHwang، نويسنده , , LeeWoo، نويسنده , , TaeEunJin، نويسنده , , KyungHoonKim، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    25
  • To page
    32
  • Abstract
    Feedwaterheatersofmanynuclearpowerplantshaverecentlyexperiencedseverewallthinningdamage,whichacceleratesastheoperationprogresses.SeveralnuclearpowerplantsinKoreahaveundergonethisdamagearoundtheimpingementbaffle–installeddownstreamofthehigh-pressureturbineextractionsteamline–insidenumbers5Aand5Bfeedwaterheaters.Atthatpoint,theextractedsteamfromthehigh-pressureturbineconsistsintheformoftwo-phasefluidathightemperature,highpressureandhighvelocity.Sinceitflowsinreversedirectionafterimpingingtheimpingementbaffle,theshellwallofnumber5high-pressurefeedwaterheatermaybeaffectedbyflow-acceleratedcorrosion.ThispaperdescribesthecomparisonsbetweenthenumericalanalysisresultsusingtheFLUENTcodeandthedownscaledexperimentaldatainanefforttodeterminerootcausesoftheshellwallthinningofthehigh-pressurefeedwaterheaters.Thenumericalanalysisandexperimentaldatawerealsoconfirmedbytheactualwallthicknessmeasuredbyultrasonictests.Fromthecomparisonoftheresultsforthelocalvelocityprofilesandthewallthinningmeasurements,thelocalvelocitycomponentonlyinthey-directionflowingverticallytotheshellwall,andnotinthex-andz-directions,wasanalogoustothewallthinningdata.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894975