Critical power in 7-rod tight lattice bundle

7本稠密バンドルにおける限界出力試験

Liu, W.; 呉田 昌俊   ; 秋本 肇

Liu, W.; Kureta, Masatoshi; Akimoto, Hajime

低減速軽水炉の重要な開発課題の一つが、熱工学的成立性の確認である。本研究では、330MWeの低減速軽水炉の炉心を模擬した三角格子配列7本バンドル試験体を用いて、限界出力特性を調べた。実験は、低減速軽水炉の定格運転時のホットチャンネル条件を中心に、出口圧力,質量速度,入口水温,径方向ピーキング係数を系統的に変えて、約300点のデータを蓄積した。各パラメーターの限界出力や限界クオリティへの影響を調べた。また、設計式であるArai式を検証した結果、定格運転条件近辺では、評価式が実験値と予測精度10%程度で一致するが、定格運転条件以外の条件において、Arai式の予測性能が低下することがわかった。

Experimental research on critical power in tight lattice bundle that simulates the Reduced-Moderation Water Reactor (RMWR) has been carried out in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). The bundle consists one center rod and six peripheral rods. The 7 rods are arranged on a 14.3 mm equilateral triangular pitch. Each rod is 13 mm in outside diameter. An axial 12-step power distribution is employed to simulate the complicate heating condition in RMWR. Experiments are carried out under = 100-1400 kg/ms, = 2-8.5 MPa. Effects of mass velocity, inlet temperature, pressure, radial peaking factor and axial peaking factor on critical power and critical quality are discussed. Compared with axial uniform heating condition, the axial non-uniform heating condition causes an obvious decrease in critical quality. Arai correlation, which is the only correlation that has been optimized for tight lattice condition, is verified with the present experimental data. The correlation is found to be able to give reasonable prediction only around RMWR nominal operating condition.