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Experimental and Thermalhydraulic Code Assessment of the Transient Behavior of the Passive Condenser System in an Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.

DE2008934794

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Revankar, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Henders, G.
Page Count	183
Abstract	The main goal of the project was to study analytically and experimentally the condensation heat transfer for the passive condenser system such as GE Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR). The effect of noncondensable gas in condenser tube and the reduction of secondary pool water level to the condensation heat transfer coefficient was the main focus in this research. The objectives of this research were to: (1) obtain experimental data on the local and tube averaged condensation heat transfer rates for the PCCS with non-condensable and with change in the secondary pool water, (2) assess the RELAP5 and TRACE computer code against the experimental data, and (3) develop mathematical model and heat transfer correlation for the condensation phenomena for system code application. The project involves experimentation, theoretical model development and verification, and thermal- hydraulic codes assessment.
Keywords	BWR type reactors Vapor condensers Heat transfer Transients Verification R Codes T Codes Thermal hydraulics Mathematical models Computer codes
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN. School of Nuclear Engineering.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200903
Contract Number	DE-FG07-04ID14605

Experimental and Thermalhydraulic Code Assessment of the Transient Behavior of the Passive Condenser System in an Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.

Experimental and Thermalhydraulic Code Assessment of the Transient Behavior of the Passive Condenser System in an Advanced Boiling Water Reactor.
DE2008934794

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Revankar, S. T.; Zhou, W.; Henders, G.
Page Count	183
Abstract	The main goal of the project was to study analytically and experimentally the condensation heat transfer for the passive condenser system such as GE Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR). The effect of noncondensable gas in condenser tube and the reduction of secondary pool water level to the condensation heat transfer coefficient was the main focus in this research. The objectives of this research were to: (1) obtain experimental data on the local and tube averaged condensation heat transfer rates for the PCCS with non-condensable and with change in the secondary pool water, (2) assess the RELAP5 and TRACE computer code against the experimental data, and (3) develop mathematical model and heat transfer correlation for the condensation phenomena for system code application. The project involves experimentation, theoretical model development and verification, and thermal- hydraulic codes assessment.
Keywords	BWR type reactors Vapor condensers Heat transfer Transients Verification R Codes T Codes Thermal hydraulics Mathematical models Computer codes
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN. School of Nuclear Engineering.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200903
Contract Number	DE-FG07-04ID14605