scholarly journals Modeling a Helical-coil Steam Generator in RELAP5-3D for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan V. Hoffer ◽  
Piyush Sabharwall ◽  
Nolan A. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Nuclear Plant ◽  
Helical Coil ◽  
Next Generation

scholarly journals Next Generation Nuclear Plant Methods Research and Development Technical Program Plan -- PLN-2498

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Schultz ◽  
Abderrafi M. Ougouag ◽  
David W. Nigg ◽  
Hans D. Gougar ◽  
Richard W. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Nuclear Plant ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Technical Program ◽  
Program Plan

Thermal Hydraulic Studies on Helical Coil Steam Generator by CFD

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sooyun Joh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Steam Generator ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Complex Geometry ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Helical Coil ◽  
Power Module ◽  
Flux Boundary Condition ◽  
Nuclear Core

NuScale Power, Inc. is commercializing a 45 Megawatt electric light water nuclear reactor NuScale Power Module (NPM). Each NPM includes a containment vessel, a reactor vessel, a nuclear reactor core, an integral steam generator, and an integral pressurizer. The NuScale Power Module is cooled by natural circulation. The primary coolant in the Reactor Pressure Vessel is heated in the nuclear core, it rises through a central riser, it spills over and encounters the helical coil steam generator, it is cooled as steam is generated inside the steam generator, and it is again heated in the nuclear core. The Steam Generator also must be designed to provide adequate heat transfer, to allow adequate primary reactor coolant flow, and to provide adequate steam flow to produce the required power output. This paper presents the CFD results that describe the transport phenomena on the heat transfer and fluid flow dynamics in helical coil steam generator tubes. The ultimate goal of the CFD modeling is to predict the steam outlet conditions associated with the chosen helical coil tube geometries, solving the primary and secondary flow region together coupled with the helical coil tube. However, current studies are focused on the primary side with the heat flux boundary condition assigned on the outer surface of the helical coil steam generator. In this study, the ANSYS CFX v. 12.1 [1] was used to solve the three-dimensional mass, momentum and energy equations. The helical coil steam generator has complex geometry and modeling entire geometry requires the enormous memory that is beyond our hardware capability and is not practical. Therefore, geometry was limited to 1 degree of the wedge and 5% of the total length in the middle. Only external flow, single phase flow around the helical coils, is simulated using the standard k-ε model and shear stress transport model. From the results of the numerical simulation, the pressure drop and temperature profiles were determined. It is important to understand thermal hydraulic phenomena for the design and performance prediction of the reactor internal.

Current Forgings and their Properties for Steam Generator of Nuclear Plant

2009 ◽  
pp. 56-56-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Tsukada ◽  
K Suzuki ◽  
M Kusuhashi ◽  
I Sato
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Nuclear Plant
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