Evaluation of gas entrainment flow rate by free surface vortex

Torikawa, Tomoaki*; Odaira, Naoya*; Ito, Daisuke*; Ito, Kei*; Saito, Yasushi*; Matsushita, Kentaro; Ezure, Toshiki; Tanaka, Masaaki

Konsoryu, 36(1), p.63 - 69, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.3811/jjmf.2022.004

On free surface of a sodium cooled fast reactor, gas entrainment can be caused by free surface vortices, which may result in disturbance in core power. It is important to develop an evaluation model to predict accurately entrained gas flow rate. In this study, entrained gas flow rate a simple gas entrainment experiment is conducted with focusing on effect of pressure difference between upper and lower tanks. Pressure difference between upper and lower tanks are controlled by changing gas pressure in lower tank. As a result, it is confirmed that the entrained gas flow rate increases with increasing pressure difference between upper and lower tanks. By visualization of swirling annular flow in suction pipe, it is also observed that pressure drop in suction pipe increases with increase in entrained gas flow rate, which implies that entrained gas flow rate can be predicted by evaluation model based on pressure drop in swirling annular flow region.

Development of ITER divertor vertical target with annular flow concept, 2; Development of brazing technique for CFC/CuCrZr joint and heating test of large-scale mock-up

Ezato, Koichiro; Dairaku, Masayuki; Taniguchi, Masaki; Sato, Kazuyoshi; Suzuki, Satoshi; Akiba, Masato; Ibbott, C.*; Tivey, R.*

Fusion Science and Technology, 46(4), p.530 - 540, 2004/12

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST04-A588

The first fabrication and heating test of a large-scale CFC monoblock divertor mock-up using annular flow concept have been performed to demonstrate its manufacturability and thermo-mechanical performance. Prior to the fabrication of the mock-up, brazed joint tests between the CFC monoblock and the CuCrZr tube have been carried out to find the suitable heat treatment mitigating loss of the high mechanical strength of the CuCrZr material. Basic mechanical examination on CuCrZr undergoing the brazing heat treatment and FEM analyses are also performed to support the design of the mock-up. High heat flux tests on the large-scale divertor mock-up have been performed in an ion beam facility. The mock-up has successfully withstood more than 1,000 thermal cycles of for 15 s and 3,000 cycles more than for 15 s, which simulates the heat load condition of the ITER divertor. No degradation of the thermal performance of the mock-up has been observed throughout the thermal cycle test.

Roll wave effects on annular condensing heat transfer in horizontal PCCS condenser tube

Kondo, Masaya; Nakamura, Hideo; Anoda, Yoshinari; Saishu, Sadanori*; Obata, Hiroyuki*; Shimada, Rumi*; Kawamura, Shinichi*

Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 10) (CD-ROM), 9 Pages, 2002/00

no abstracts in English

Estimation of shear stress in counter-current gas-liquid annular two-phase flow

Abe, Yutaka; ; Murao, Yoshio

JAERI-M 90-215, 81 Pages, 1991/01

JAERI-M-90-215.pdf:2.5MB

no abstracts in English

Assessment of TRAC-PF1/MOD1 for Countercurrent-annular and Stratified Flows

JAERI-M 85-219, 19 Pages, 1986/01

JAERI-M-85-219.pdf:0.63MB

no abstracts in English

Evaluation of steam-water annular flow characteristics under BWR operating conditions based on experiments with simulant fluids

Zhang, H.*; Umehara, Yutaro*; Mori, Shoji*; Horiguchi, Naoki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki

no journal, , 

Due to the operating conditions of BWRs (285C and 7 MPa), the direct visualization and detailed liquid film measurement of steam-water annular flow in BWRs have been highly challenging. This study addresses this limitation by developing a novel HFC134a-ethanol annular flow system at lower temperature and pressure (40C and 0.7 MPa), simulating the steam-water annular flow under BWR conditions. The experiments of HFC134a-ethanol upward annular flow were conducted in a 5 mm inner diameter tube using the constant electric current method, and we obtained the flow characteristics including base, average, and maximum film thickness and the height of disturbance wave.