• NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
  • Vol. 46, Issue 10, 100607 (2023)
Weihua LIU1, Pan WU1、*, Min FENG1, Tinghui TANG1, Jianqiang SHAN1、2, and Miao GUI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 2The State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2023.hjs.46.100607 Cite this Article
    Weihua LIU, Pan WU, Min FENG, Tinghui TANG, Jianqiang SHAN, Miao GUI. Experimental investigation of bottom reflooding for uniformly heated 5×5 rod bundles and evaluation of thermal safety analysis code[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(10): 100607 Copy Citation Text show less
    Configuration of the film boiling test facility
    Fig. 1. Configuration of the film boiling test facility
    Schematic of the experimental test section
    Fig. 2. Schematic of the experimental test section
    Structural diagram of the heating rod
    Fig. 3. Structural diagram of the heating rod
    Flow chart for solving the inverse heat conduction problem
    Fig. 4. Flow chart for solving the inverse heat conduction problem
    Determination of quench time
    Fig. 5. Determination of quench time
    Temperature variation of the thermocouple at different locations in the reflooding experiment
    Fig. 6. Temperature variation of the thermocouple at different locations in the reflooding experiment
    Results of quench front propagation (a) Under differing inlet subcooling, (b) Under differing inlet mass flow, (c) Under differing power density
    Fig. 7. Results of quench front propagation (a) Under differing inlet subcooling, (b) Under differing inlet mass flow, (c) Under differing power density
    Modeling diagram of RELAP5
    Fig. 8. Modeling diagram of RELAP5
    Comparison of calculated and experimental values for (a) Quench front propagation, (b) Surface temperature change, (c) Differential pressure change
    Fig. 9. Comparison of calculated and experimental values for (a) Quench front propagation, (b) Surface temperature change, (c) Differential pressure change
    Comparison of RELAP5 results with experimental data at Axial height of 1 145 mm for surface temperature changes (a) and changes of heat transfer coefficient and heat transfer model (b)
    Fig. 10. Comparison of RELAP5 results with experimental data at Axial height of 1 145 mm for surface temperature changes (a) and changes of heat transfer coefficient and heat transfer model (b)
    参数 Parameters值 Values
    棒功率密度 Rod power density / W·m-10~1.3
    入口过冷度 Inlet subcooling / ℃0~83
    入口流速 Inlet injection velocity / m·s-10.25~1.5
    压力 Pressure / MPa0.138~0.414
    初始壁温 Initial wall temperature / ℃0~900
    Table 1. Conditions of film boiling experiments that can be carried out in this test facility

    测量设备

    Measuring instrument

    类型 Type量程 Range精度 Accuracy

    数据采集系统

    Data acquisition system

    NI-±0.1%

    压力变送器

    Pressure transmitter

    Rosemount 30510~0.6 MPa±0.5%

    体积流量计

    Volumetric flowmeter

    Coriolis0~5 m3·h-1±1%

    热电偶

    Thermocouples

    N-type

    -200~

    1 300 ℃

    ±1.5 ℃
    电流表 AmmeterFAJ96-3E0~160 A±0.5%
    电压表 VoltmeterFAJ96-3E0~400 V±0.5%
    Table 2. Parameters of the measuring instruments

    参数

    Contents

    不确定度

    Uncertainty / %

    压力 Pressure / MPa3.06
    质量流量 Mass flow rate / kg·s-13.35
    入口温度 Inlet temperature / ℃4.00

    包壳近壁面温度

    Internal cladding temperature / ℃

    1.25

    温度测点轴向高度

    Axial height of cladding

    temperature location / m

    5.00

    骤冷速度

    Quench front velocity / m·s-1

    1.39

    线功率密度

    Linear power density / kW·m-1

    2.52
    Table 3. Uncertainty in key parameters

    序号

    No.

    入口流量

    Mass flow / cm·s-1

    入口过冷度

    Subcooling / ℃

    功率密度Power

    density / kW·m-1

    13.2410.11.3
    27.3910.51.3
    39.3510.31.3
    411.172.61.3
    53.5571.71.3
    63.2772.00.7
    73.4771.80.9
    Table 4. Experiment matrix

    序号

    No.

    PCT相对误差

    Relative error of

    PCT / %

    PCT均方根误差

    Root mean square

    error of PCT / K

    骤冷时间相对误差

    Relative error of

    quench time / %

    骤冷时间均方根误差

    Root mean square error of

    quench front / s

    111.47262.18856.381226.328
    28.63534.58513.71126.038
    31.52927.8255.46628.587
    43.79032.66458.23118.044
    55.43715.38330.12320.288
    67.24121.34040.26225.572
    711.32154.15555.51033.819
    Table 5. Error analysis of RELAP5
    Weihua LIU, Pan WU, Min FENG, Tinghui TANG, Jianqiang SHAN, Miao GUI. Experimental investigation of bottom reflooding for uniformly heated 5×5 rod bundles and evaluation of thermal safety analysis code[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(10): 100607
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