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The assessment of RELAP5/MOD2 based on pressurizer transient experiments

Abstract

Two typical experiments have been performed in Chinese test facility under full pressure load corresponding to typical PWRs, (1) dynamic behavior of pressurizer due to relief valve operations (Case-I) is extremely important in transients and accident conditions regarding depressurization of PWR primary system; (2) Outsurge/Insurge operation is one of the transient which is often encountered and experienced in pressurizer systems due to pressure transients in primary system of PWRs. The simulation capability of RELAP5/MOD2 is good in comparison to experimental results. The physical models (such as interface model, stratification model), playing a major role in such simulation, seems to be realistic. The effect of realistic valve modeling in depressurization simulation is extremely important. Sufficient data for relief valve (the dynamic characteristics of valve) play a major role. The time dependent junction model and the trip valve model with a reduced discharge coefficient of 0.2 give better predictions in agreement with the experiment data while the trip valve models with discharge coefficient 1.0 yield overdepressurization. The simulation of outsurge/insurge transient yields satisfactory results. The thermal non-equilibrium model is important with respect to simulation of complicated physical phenomena in outsurge/insurge transient but has a negligible effect upon the depressurization simulation. (orig./HP).
Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IKE-5-233
Reference Number:
SCA: 220900; 210200; PA: DEN-93:001877; SN: 93000946760
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1992
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; PRESSURIZERS; TRANSIENTS; REACTOR SAFETY EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; PRESSURE RELEASE; VALVES; DEPRESSURIZATION; VERIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; 220900; 210200; REACTOR SAFETY; POWER REACTORS, NONBREEDING, LIGHT-WATER MODERATED, NONBOILING WATER COOLED
OSTI ID:
10130918
Research Organizations:
Stuttgart Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93768890; TRN: DE9301877
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
65 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Hanjun, Xue, Tanrikut, A, and Menzel, R. The assessment of RELAP5/MOD2 based on pressurizer transient experiments. Germany: N. p., 1992. Web.
Hanjun, Xue, Tanrikut, A, & Menzel, R. The assessment of RELAP5/MOD2 based on pressurizer transient experiments. Germany.
Hanjun, Xue, Tanrikut, A, and Menzel, R. 1992. "The assessment of RELAP5/MOD2 based on pressurizer transient experiments." Germany.
@misc{etde_10130918,
title = {The assessment of RELAP5/MOD2 based on pressurizer transient experiments}
author = {Hanjun, Xue, Tanrikut, A, and Menzel, R}
abstractNote = {Two typical experiments have been performed in Chinese test facility under full pressure load corresponding to typical PWRs, (1) dynamic behavior of pressurizer due to relief valve operations (Case-I) is extremely important in transients and accident conditions regarding depressurization of PWR primary system; (2) Outsurge/Insurge operation is one of the transient which is often encountered and experienced in pressurizer systems due to pressure transients in primary system of PWRs. The simulation capability of RELAP5/MOD2 is good in comparison to experimental results. The physical models (such as interface model, stratification model), playing a major role in such simulation, seems to be realistic. The effect of realistic valve modeling in depressurization simulation is extremely important. Sufficient data for relief valve (the dynamic characteristics of valve) play a major role. The time dependent junction model and the trip valve model with a reduced discharge coefficient of 0.2 give better predictions in agreement with the experiment data while the trip valve models with discharge coefficient 1.0 yield overdepressurization. The simulation of outsurge/insurge transient yields satisfactory results. The thermal non-equilibrium model is important with respect to simulation of complicated physical phenomena in outsurge/insurge transient but has a negligible effect upon the depressurization simulation. (orig./HP).}
place = {Germany}
year = {1992}
month = {Mar}
}