EVALUATION OF THE HOOP TENSILE PROPERTIES OF A STEAM GENERATOR TUBE

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (25n27) ◽  
pp. 4129-4134
Author(s):  
SUNG-KEUN CHO ◽  
CHANG-SUNG SEOK ◽  
BONG-KOOK BAE ◽  
JAE-MEAN KOO
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Properties ◽  
Steam Generator ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Tensile Specimen ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Steam Generator Tube ◽  
Turbine Generators ◽  
Axial Tensile

The steam generators in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) are large heat exchangers that use the heat from the primary reactor coolant to make steam on the secondary-side to drive turbine generators. Hoop stress is known to be the main cause of fracture of inner pressurized tubes such as the steam generator tube. However, because the steam generator tube is too small to be manufactured to a standard tensile specimen in the hoop direction, the axial tensile properties of the steam generator tube (or original material properties) instead of hoop tensile properties have been used to estimate the fracture properties of a steam generator tube. In this study, we have conducted not only axial tensile tests but also ring tensile tests. From these test, both the axial and hoop tensile properties of steam generator tubes were obtained, and the reliability of the hoop tensile properties were confirmed by burst test of a real steam generator tube.

CFD Predictions of Severe Accident Steam Generator Flows in a 1/7th Scale Pressurized Water Reactor

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Boyd ◽  
Kelly Hardesty
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Natural Circulation ◽  
Severe Accident ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Steam Generator Tube ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
Experimental Values ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Side Flow

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is applied to steam generator inlet plenum mixing as part of a larger plan covering steam generator tube integrity. The technique is verified by comparing predicted results with severe accident natural circulation data [1] from a 1/7th scale Westinghouse facility. This exercise demonstrates that the technique can predict the natural circulation and mixing phenomena relevant to steam generator tube integrity issues. The model includes primary side flow paths for a single hot leg and steam generator. Qualitatively, the experimentally observed flow phenomena are predicted. The paths of the natural circulation flows and the relative flow proportions are correctly predicted. Quantitatively, comparisons are made with temperatures, mass flows, and other parameters. All predictions are generally within 10% of the experimental values. Overall, there is a high degree of confidence in the CFD technique for prediction of the relevant flow phenomena associated with this type of severe accident sequence.

Simulation of Small Steam Generator Tube Break (SSGTB) in a Small Pressurized Water Reactor (SPWR)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huasong Cao
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
System Response ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Reactor Model ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Coolant Pump ◽  
Steam Generator Tube ◽  
Water Reactor

Lots of efforts have been made to Research & Development of Small pressurized water reactors (SPWRs). Steam generator tube break occurs due to wear and corrosion frequently in the reactor. Among the breaks, Small Steam Generator Tube Break (SSGTB) is difficult to detect. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the features of SSGTB. A small pressurized water reactor model has been established in this paper by Relap5. The model includes reactor core, pressurizer, steam generator, main coolant pump and auxiliary safety system. The core flow, pressure of pressurizer, core outlet temperature and secondary outlet steam temperature obtained based on steady-state calculation is compared with design data to verify the model correct. SSGTB is simulated by introducing a small break in the steam generator tube. The important parameters of reactor are recorded and analyzed. The procedure of SSGTB is analyzed and the system response features are summarized.

Characteristics of steam generator tube deposits in an operating pressurized water reactor

2018 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon-Hyeok Jeon ◽  
Seokmin Hong ◽  
Hyuk-Chul Kwon ◽  
Do Haeng Hur
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Steam Generator Tube ◽  
Water Reactor

Thermal-Hydraulic Studies of the Steam Separation in Horizontal Steam Generator at PGV Test Facility

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriy V. Parfenov ◽  
Oleg I. Melikhov ◽  
Vladimir I. Melikhov ◽  
Ilya V. Elkin
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Tube Bundles ◽  
Horizontal Steam Generator ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Steam Separation

A new design of nuclear power plant (NPP) with pressurized water reactor “NPP-2006” was developed in Russia. It represents the evolutionary development of the designs of NPPs with VVER-1000 reactors. Horizontal steam generator PGV-1000 MKP with in-line arrangement of the tube bundles will be used in “NPP-2006”. PGV test facility was constructed at the Electrogorsk Research and Engineering Center on NPP Safety (EREC) to investigate the process of the steam separation in steam generator. The description of the PGV test facility and tests, which will be carried out at the facility in 2009, are presented in this paper. The experimental results will be used for verification of the 3D thermal-hydraulic code STEG, which is developed in EREC. STEG pretest calculation results are presented in the paper.

U.S. Operating Experience With Thermally Treated Alloy 600 Steam Generator Tubes

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Smith ◽  
Kenneth J. Karwoski
Keyword(s):  
Steam Generator ◽  
Operating Experience ◽  
Alloy 600 ◽  
Steam Generators ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Steam Generator Tube ◽  
Water Reactors ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Thermally Treated

Steam generators placed in service in the 1960s and 1970s were primarily fabricated from mill-annealed Alloy 600. Over time, this material proved to be susceptible to stress corrosion cracking in the highly pure primary and secondary water chemistry environments of pressurized-water reactors. The corrosion ultimately led to the replacement of steam generators at numerous facilities, the first U.S. replacement occurring in 1980. Many of the steam generators placed into service in the 1980s used tubes fabricated from thermally treated Alloy 600. This tube material was thought to be less susceptible to corrosion. Because of the safety significance of steam generator tube integrity, this paper evaluates the operating experience of thermally treated Alloy 600 by looking at the extent to which it is used and recent results from steam generator tube examinations.

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