Indicated and actual mass inventory measurements for an inverted U-tube steam generator
Results from an experimental investigation of actual versus indicated secondary liquid level in a steam generator at steaming conditions are presented. The experimental investigation was performed in two different small scale U-tube-in-shell steam generators as typical pressurized water reactor operating conditions (5-7 MPa; saturated) in the Semiscale facility. During steaming conditions, the indicated secondary liquid level was found to vary considerably from the actual ''bottled-up'' liquid level. These differences between indicated and actual liquid level are related to the frictional pressure drop associated with the two-phase steaming condition in the riser. Data from a series of bottle-up experiments (simultaneously, the primary heat source and secondary feed and steam are terminated) are tabulated and the actual liquid level is correlated to the indicated liquid level.
- OSTI ID:
- 5689709
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-861211-
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers winter meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, 7 Dec 1986; Other Information: Technical Paper 86-WA/NE-7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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