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Qualification Test of a Main Coolant Pump for SMART Pilot

SMART 연구로 주냉각재펌프의 검증시험

  • 박상진 (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터) ;
  • 윤의수 (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터) ;
  • 오형우 (충주대학교 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2006.09.01
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Abstract

SMART Pilot is a multipurpose small capacity integral type reactor. Main coolant pump (MCP) of SMART Pilot is a canned-motor-type axial pump to circulate the primary coolant between nuclear fuel and steam generator in the primary system. The reactor is designed to operate under condition of $310^{\circ}C$ and 14.7MPa. Thus MCP has to be tested under same operating condition as reactor design condition to verify its performance and safety. In present wort a test apparatus to simulate real operating situations of the reactor has been designed and constructed to test MCP. And then functional tests, performance tests, and endurance tests have been carried out upon a prototype MCP. Canned motor characteristics, homologous head/torque curves, coast-down curves, NPSH curves and lift-time performance variations were obtained from the qualification test as well as hydraulic performance characteristics of MCP.

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