Analysis of Flashing and Slow Descending Phenomenon in Ring Coelom of Integrated Reactor During LOCA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dingqu Wang ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Songyang Li ◽  
Haijun Jia ◽  
Lina Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Liquid Level ◽  
Mitigation Measure ◽  
Coolant Loop ◽  
Good Agreement

Integrated reactor has an integrated pressure vessel with all components of the main coolant loop inside. Ring coelom is formed between the pressure vessel and the heat exchanger. Several small-bore pipes are plugged into the ring coelom to attain the coolant. Because of the existence of the isolated ring coelom, slow descending phenomenon of liquid level in the ring coelom takes place during LOCA with a coolant diversion pipe breaking. The phenomenon is analyzed by modelling the reactor during LOCA in Relap5 and one mitigation measure is acquired. As drastic flashing seriously influences the slow descending phenomenon, which enhance the pressure in the ring coelom, we divide the ring coelom into several parts and use Fluent to gain the flashing details. The results of Relap5 and Fluent show good agreement, which proves the flashing and slow descending phenomenon in the ring coelom of integrated reactor is reasonable during LOCA.

scholarly journals Use of Mini-CT Specimens for Fracture Toughness Characterization of Low Upper-Shelf Linde 80 Weld Before and After Irradiation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail A. Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Master Curve ◽  
Collaborative Program ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Real Practice ◽  
Reactor Pressure ◽  
Good Agreement

Mini-CT specimens are becoming a highly popular geometry for use in reactor pressure vessel (RPV) community for direct measurement of fracture toughness in the transition region using the Master Curve methodology. In the present study, Mini-CT specimens were machined from previously tested Charpy specimens of the Midland low upper-shelf Linde 80 weld in both, unirradiated and irradiated conditions. The irradiated specimens have been characterized as part of a joint ORNL-EPRI-CRIEPI collaborative program. The Linde 80 weld was selected because it has been extensively characterized in the irradiated condition by conventional specimens, and because of the need to validate application of Mini-CT specimens for low upper-shelf materials — a more likely case for some irradiated materials of older generation RPVs. It is shown that the fracture toughness reference temperatures, To, derived from these Mini-CT specimens are in good agreement with To values previously recorded for this material in the unirradiated and irradiated conditions. However, this study indicates that in real practice it is highly advisable to use a much larger number of specimens than the minimum number prescribed in ASTM E1921.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with 3-Fluid Sets using CFD and NTU

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1416-1420
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Raw Water ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Tube Heat Exchanger ◽  
Shell And Tube ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
Good Agreement

Energy generation to the present growing population is a crucial challenge for the power sector. Heat exchangers (HE) plays an important role in the industrial development. In this present work an attempt is made to develop a Shell-and- Tube Heat Exchanger (STHE) with segmental baffles using commercial CATIA V5 and Autodesk CFD Simulation Softwares. TEMA standards are considered for design of STHE with baffle-cut of 25%. 3-different sets of fluids are allowed to pass through the shell and tube sides i.e. Methanol - Sea Water (M-S), Distilled Water – Raw Water (D-R) and Kerosene- Crude Oil (K-C). The boundary conditions imposed for analysis are fluid inlet temperatures and velocities. ϵ-NTU is employed for the validation of simulation results and found good agreement between them. Results are plotted for temperature, pressure and velocity contours. The performance of the STHE is shown best for the K-C fluid set among other fluid sets.

Basis of the Tubesheet Heat Exchanger Design Rules Used in the French Pressure Vessel Code

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Osweiller
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Tube Bundle ◽  
Outer Edge ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Effective Elastic Constants ◽  
Heat Exchanger Design ◽  
Solid Plate ◽  
Main Basis

For about 40 years most tubesheet exchangers have been designed according to the standards of TEMA. Partly due to their simplicity, these rules do not assure a safe heat-exchanger design in all cases. This is the main reason why new tubesheet design rules were developed in 1981 in France for the French pressure vessel code CODAP. For fixed tubesheet heat exchangers, the new rules account for the “elastic rotational restraint” of the shell and channel at the outer edge of the tubesheet, as proposed in 1959 by Galletly. For floating-head and U-tube heat exchangers, the approach developed by Gardner in 1969 was selected with some modifications. In both cases, the tubesheet is replaced by an equivalent solid plate with adequate effective elastic constants, and the tube bundle is simulated by an elastic foundation. The elastic restraint at the edge of the tubesheet due the shell and channel is accounted for in different ways in the two types of heat exchangers. The purpose of the paper is to present the main basis of these rules and to compare them to TEMA rules.

Exact Solution of Axial Stress for a Multilayered Pressure Vessel Subjected to Mechanical and Thermal Loads

2012 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 185-189
Author(s):  
Ze Wu Wang ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Liang Zhi Xia ◽  
Da Peng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Numerical Solution ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Thermal Load ◽  
Structural Strength ◽  
Axial Stress ◽  
Urea Synthesis ◽  
Thermal Loads ◽  
Precise Calculation ◽  
Good Agreement

At present, limited work was reported on the exact solution of axial stress for a multilayered pressure vessel subjected to mechanical and thermal loads. However, the axial stress plays an important role to the structural strength due to the influence of thermal load. Based on the theory of thermo-elasticity and finite element (FE) technology, therefore, the exact solution and numerical solution were constructed for a multilayered urea synthesis tower made of different kinds of materials subjected to an internal pressure and a thermal load. Results show good agreement between the theoretical solution and numerical solution, and thus it demonstrates the reliability of the derivation process and developed calculation formula, which would be helpful for more precise calculation and scientific design of the multilayered pressure vessel.

scholarly journals Study of Unsteady Flow in a Heat Exchanger by the Method of Characteristics

1992 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Mao Huang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Transfer Rate ◽  
Method Of Characteristics ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Method Of Characteristics ◽  
Improvement Factor ◽  
The One ◽  
Good Agreement

The one-dimensional, unsteady flow in an air-to-air heat exchanger is studied. The governing equations are derived and the method of characteristics with the uniform interval scheme is used in the analysis. The effect of the fin improvement factor on the air temperature in the heat exchanger and the heat transfer rate of the heat exchanger, and air properties in the heat exchanger are analyzed. The numerical results are compared and show good agreement with the available data.

A Study on Defect Tomographic Imaging in Pressure Vessel With Liquid Medium

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangyi Hu ◽  
Chaofeng Chen ◽  
Shaoping Zhou ◽  
Shuangmiao Zhai
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Reconstruction Algorithm ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Liquid Level ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Imaging Results ◽  
Guided Wave Propagation ◽  
Financial Consequences ◽  
Tomography Method

Abstract Pressure vessels are widely utilized in many areas of industrial production and daily life for medium storage, which causes performance degradation in pressure vessels, such as crack and corrosion, and lead to serious safety and financial consequences. Reconstruction Algorithm for the Probabilistic Inspection of Damage (RAPID) is a kind of guided wave-based tomography method which is suitable to evaluate structure integrity of pressure vessels. In this article, the effect of liquid level on guided wave propagation and imaging results of RAPID algorithm is investigated, and an optimal baseline matching method based on amplitude variance is proposed to improve the imaging accuracy of RAPID algorithm with liquid-contained condition. The attenuation effect of liquid on guided wave amplitude is investigated. The damage signals are matched with baseline signals recorded at different liquid levels, and the effect of liquid on RAPID algorithm is discussed based on the results. The experiment of image reconstruction for pressure vessel using the optimal baseline matching method based RAPID algorithm is conducted as well. The experimental results show that the optimal baseline matching method can effectively select the best baseline signal, and the reconstructed images can accurately locate the defects on pressure vessels with considering the change of liquid level.

scholarly journals Mathematical modeling of a multi-stream brazed aluminum plate fin heat exchanger

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Kohil ◽  
Hassan Farag ◽  
Mona Ossman
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Ethylene Plant ◽  
Inlet Flow Rate ◽  
Cold Stream ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
Good Agreement

The need for small size and lightweight heat exchangers in many applications has resulted in the development of many heat transfer surfaces. This type of heat exchanger is much more compact than can be practically realized with circular tubes. In this work a steady-state mathematical model that representing one of the plate fin heat exchangers enclosed in cold box of an ethylene plant has been developed. This model could evaluate the performance of the heat exchanger by predicting the outlet temperatures of the hot and cold streams when the inlet conditions are known. The model has been validated by comparing the results with actual operating values and the results showed good agreement with the actual data. Sensitivity analysis was applied on the model to illustrate the main parameters that have the greatest influence on the model calculated results. The sensitivity analysis showed that the hot stream outlet temperature is more sensitive to cold streams inlet temperatures and less sensitive to hot stream inlet temperature and thermal resistance (fouling), while the cold stream outlet temperature is more sensitive to cold streams inlet flow rate and less sensitive to fouling.

Using Isochronous Method to Calculate Creep Damage in Pressure Vessel Components: Part 2

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chithranjan Nadarajah ◽  
Benjamin F. Hantz ◽  
Sujay Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Creep Damage ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Creep Model ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Good Agreement

This paper is Part 2 of two papers illustrating how isochronous stress strain curves can be used to calculate creep stresses and damage for pressure vessel components. Part 1 [1], illustrated the use of isochronous stress strain curves to obtain creep stresses and damages on two simple example problems which were solved using closed form solution. In Part 2, the isochronous method is implemented in finite element analysis to determine creep stresses and damages on pressure vessel components. Various different pressure vessel components are studied using this method and the results obtained using this method is compared time explicit Omega creep model. The results obtained from the isochronous method is found to be in good agreement with the time explicit Omega creep model.

Autoparametric Resonances of Elastic Structures Coupled With Two Sloshing Modes in a Square Liquid Tank

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda ◽  
Masaki Takashima ◽  
Yuji Harata
Keyword(s):  
Vibration Suppression ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Harmonic Balance Method ◽  
Liquid Level ◽  
Tuned Liquid Damper ◽  
Response Curves ◽  
Small Deviations ◽  
Sloshing Mode ◽  
Linear Damping ◽  
Good Agreement

Nonlinear vibrations of an elastic structure coupled with liquid sloshing in a square tank subjected to vertical sinusoidal excitation are investigated. Previous studies examined the vibrations of a structure coupled with only one sloshing mode in a rectangular tank. However, square tanks are expected to work more efficiently as a vibration suppression device (Tuned Liquid Damper, TLD) because two sloshing modes, (1,0) and (0,1) modes, simultaneously appear when the internal resonance ratio 2:1:1 is satisfied. In reality, it is impossible to build a perfectly square tank. Therefore, a nearly square liquid tank is also considered when the tuning condition is slightly deviated. In the theoretical analysis, the fluid in the tank is assumed to be perfect. The modal equations of motion for seven sloshing modes are derived using Galerkin’s method, considering the nonlinear terms. The linear damping terms are then incorporated into the modal equations to consider the damping effect of sloshing. The frequency response curves are determined using van der Pol’s method (based on the harmonic balance method). From these response curves, the influences of the liquid level, the aspect ratio of the tank cross section, and the deviation of the tuning condition are investigated. For a square tank it is found that (1,0) and (0,1) modes are nonlinearly coupled. When the liquid level is high, there are three patterns for sloshing: (I) both (1,0) and (0,1) sloshing modes appear at identical amplitudes; (II) these two modes appear at different amplitudes; and (III) either (1,0) or (0,1) mode appears. Compared with the performance of a rectangular TLD, a square TLD works more efficiently when the liquid level is low. Small deviations of the tuning condition may cause amplitude modulated motion to appear. Bifurcation sets are also calculated to illustrate the influence of the system parameters on the performance of the TLD. Experiments were also conducted in order to confirm the validity of the theoretical results. These results were in good agreement with the experimental data.

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