ナトリウム冷却高速炉ホットプレナム簡略化体系を対象とするガス巻込み評価手法の妥当性確認

Validation of gas entrainment evaluation method in simplified hot plenum model of sodium cooled fast reactor

江連 俊樹 ; 秋元 雄太 ; 松下 健太郎 ; 田中 正暁  

Ezure, Toshiki; Akimoto, Yuta; Matsushita, Kentaro; Tanaka, Masaaki

ナトリウム冷却高速炉(高速炉)のホットプレナムでは、自由表面部のくぼみ渦に起因するカバーガス巻込み(ガス巻込み)の抑制が重要な熱流動課題の一つとなっている。このため、ガス巻込み評価手法および評価ツール(StreamViewer)の整備を進めている。本研究では、タンク型高速炉ホットプレナム部のガス巻込み評価へのStreamViewer適用に向け、渦中心線に沿う減圧量の3次元分布と水頭圧との比較によるくぼみ深さの評価モデルについて、簡略化したホットプレナム体系での水試験結果を対象に妥当性を確認した。

In hot plenums of sodium-cooled fast reactors, restriction of cover gas entrainment caused by vortex dimples on the free surface is an important thermal-hydraulic issue. For this reason, the authors have developed an evaluation method of gas entrainment with an evaluation tool named, StreamViewer. In this study, evaluation using StreamViewer was applied to a water experiment having a simplified hot pool geometry aiming at the validation of the evaluation method toward the application to the evaluation of a pool-type sodium cooled fast reactor. In StreamViewer, the three-dimensional distribution of pressure decrease along the vortex center line was calculated from the velocity distribution obtained by CFD analyses, and the free surface dimple depth was obtained from the hydraulic balance with the pressure distribution and the cover gas pressure. As the results, it was confirmed that the onset of gas entrainment could be predicted appropriately based on the above-mentioned calculation method.