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Numerical Analysis for the Effect of Flow Skirt Geometry on the Flow Distribution in the Scaledown APR+

유동 덮개 형상이 축소 APR+ 내부 유동분포에 미치는 영향에 대한 수치해석

  • 이공희 (한국원자력안전기술원 안전해석평가실) ;
  • 방영석 (한국원자력안전기술원 안전해석평가실) ;
  • 우승웅 (한국원자력안전기술원 안전해석평가실) ;
  • 김도형 (앤플럭스(주)) ;
  • 강민구 (앤플럭스(주))
  • Received : 2013.01.25
  • Published : 2013.05.10

Abstract

In this study, in order to examine the applicability of computational fluid dynamics with the porous model to the analysis of APR+ (Advanced Power Reactor Plus) internal flow, simulation was conducted with the commercial multi-purpose computational fluid dynamics software, ANSYS CFX V.14. In addition, among the various reactor internals, the effect of flow skirt geometry on reactor internal flow was investigated. It was concluded that the porous model for some reactor internal structures could adequately predict the hydraulic characteristics inside the reactor in a qualitative manner. If sufficient computation resource is available, the predicted core inlet flow distribution is expected to be more accurate, by considering the real geometry of the internal structures, especially located in the upstream of the core inlet. Finally, depending on the shape of the flow skirt, the flow distribution was somewhat different locally. The standard deviation of the mass flow rate (${\sigma}$) for the original shape of flow skirt was smaller, than that for the modified shape of flow skirt. This means that the original shape of the flow skirt may give a more uniform distribution of mass flow rate at the core inlet plane, which may be more desirable for the core cooling.

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