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Focusing effect of a Metallic Layer according to the Cooling Condition and Height in a Severe Accident

중대사고시 금속용융물층의 냉각 조건과 높이가 열속 집중 현상에 미치는 영향

  • Moon, Je-Young (Department of Nuclear Engineering, KyungHee University) ;
  • Chung, Bum-Jin (Department of Nuclear Engineering, KyungHee University)
  • 문제영 (경희대학교 원자력공학과) ;
  • 정범진 (경희대학교 원자력공학과)
  • Received : 2015.02.02
  • Accepted : 2015.03.12
  • Published : 2015.03.31
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Abstract

Focusing effect of a metallic layer in a severe accident depending on the aspect ratios and cooling conditions of top plate and side wall was investigated. Experiments were carried out for Rayleigh numbers and aspect ratio in the range of $8.49{\times}10^7{\sim}5.43{\times}10^9$, 0.135~0.541 respectively. In order to achieve high Rayleigh numbers, the heat transfer experiments were replaced by mass transfer experiments based on the heat and mass transfer analogy. A sulfuric acid-copper sulfate ($H_2SO4-CuSO_4$) electroplating system was adopted as the mass transfer system. The experimental results agreed well with the Rayleigh-Benard natural convection correlations of Dropkin and Somerscales and Globe and Dropkin. When compared with the standard Rayleigh-Benard problem, the cooling by the side wall is even higher than the top. For a shorter height, the interaction between the heated and cooled plumes increases due to decrease of the height. Thus, the heat transfer increases.

중대사고시 금속용융물층의 열속 집중 현상(Focusig effect)에 대해 상부와 측면벽의 냉각 조건과 높이를 변화시키면서 실험과 수치해석을 수행하였다. 상사성(Analogy) 원리를 이용해 열전달 실험 대신 물질전달 실험을 수행하였으며 황산-황산구리 수용액의 전기도금계를 물질전달계로 채택하였다. $Ra_H$ 수 $8.49{\times}10^7{\sim}5.43{\times}10^9$ 범위에서 상부와 측면벽의 냉각 조건을 세 가지로, 높이를 네 가지로 변화시키면서 열전달을 측정하였다. 상부만 냉각인 경우의 실험결과를 동일한 조건인 Rayleigh-Benard 자연대류 상관식과 비교한 바 Dropkin과 Somerscales, Globe와 Dropkin의 상관식과 매우 일치하였다. 측면벽만 냉각인 경우, 상부와 측면벽 모두 냉각인 경우, 상부만 냉각인 경우 순으로 열전달이 감소하였고, 냉각 조건을 고정한 상태에서 높이를 감소시킬수록 측면 열전달이 향상되었다.

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