Characteristics of flow field and pressure fluctuation in complex turbulent flow in the third elbow of a triple elbow piping with small curvature radius in three-dimensional layout

Ebara, Shinji*; Takamura, Hiroyuki*; Hashizume, Hidetoshi*; Yamano, Hidemasa

Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES 2015) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2015/10

In this study, a flow visualization and pressure measurement were conducted by using an experimental setup including test sections of 1/7-scale models of the cold-leg piping of Japan sodium-cooled reactor with high Reynolds number region up to about one million. Regarding the flow field, flow separation appeared in the intrados of the third elbow. However, the separation region was smaller than that observed in the first elbow in the direction normal to the mean flow and was larger in the streamwise direction. This can be considered because of the swirling flow generated downstream of the second elbow which flowed into the third elbow with a little reduction. From the pressure fluctuation test, it was found that prominent frequencies of the pressure fluctuation appeared at about 0.4 in Strouhal number, which corresponds to a nondimensional frequency, in the region from 0 D to 0.4 D downstream of the elbow outlet, where D is the diameter of the piping. And weak peaks of about 0.7 in Strouhal number were observed in the region far 0.75 D downstream of the outlet.

Effect of deflected inflow on flows in a strongly-curved 90 degree elbow

Iwamoto, Yukiharu*; Kusuzaki, Ryo*; Sogo, Motosuke*; Yasuda, Kazunori*; Yamano, Hidemasa; Tanaka, Masaaki

Proceedings of ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015 (AJK 2015-FED) (USB Flash Drive), p.1767 - 1773, 2015/07

Wall pressure measurements and flow visualization were conducted for a 90 degree elbow of which the axis curvature radius became the same as its inner diameter (125 mm). A deflected inflow, having an almost constant velocity slope, was introduced. Ensemble averaged pressure distributions showed no normalized pressure difference in cases of Reynolds numbers of 320,000 and 500,000. Comparisons with uniform inlet flow case proved; low-pressure region at the intrados of the elbow was weakened whereas a high pressure region outside strengthened in the deflected inflow case. Pressure distribution downstream of the elbow increased at the inside until two diameters downstream from the elbow exit. Flow visualization showed the pressure increase from collision of a strengthened secondary flow of extrados convection. The unsteady pressure distribution showed a circumferential extent of a strongly fluctuating region in and downstream the elbow decreased, comparing with the uniform inlet flow case.

Sodium combustion computer code ASSCOPS version 2.0; User's manual

; Ohno, Shuji; Miyake, Osamu; ; Seino, Hiroshi

PNC TN9520 97-001, 185 Pages, 1997/12

PNC-TN9520-97-001.pdf:4.82MB

ASSCOPS(Analysis of Simultaneous Sodium Combustion in Pool and Spray) has been developed for analyses of thermal consequences of sodium leak and fire accidents in LMFBRs. This report presents a description of the computational models, input, and output as the user's manual of ASSCOPS version 2.0. ASSCOPS is an integrated code based on the sodium pool fire code SOFIRE II developed by the Atomics International Division of Rockwell International, and the sodium spray fire code SPRAY developed by the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratoly in the U.S. The experimental studies conducted at PNC have been reflected in the ASSCOPS improvement. The users of ASSCOPS need to specify the sodium leak conditions (leak flow rate and temperature, etc.), the cell geometries (volume and structure surface area and thickness, etc.), and the atmospheric initial conditions, such as gas temperature, pressure, and gas composition. ASSCOPS calculates the time histories of atmospheric pressure and temperature changes along with those of the structural temperatures.

Estimation of creep buckling deformation under external pressure at elevated temperature

Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Ioka, Ikuo; ; *

J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 118(2), p.194 - 197, 1996/05

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2842180

no abstracts in English

Validation on a water leak calculation module of SWACS by high temperature and pressure water blowdown tests; Report No.2 : Study of water leak rate from a failed heat transfer tube in an LMFBR's SG

Hiroi, Hiroshi*; Miyake, Osamu; *

PNC TN941 82-37, 170 Pages, 1982/02

PNC-TN941-82-37.pdf:3.0MB

Blowdown tests of high temperature and pressure water from a long pipe were carried out to validate the computer code SWAC-11 which is used for the calculation of the water leak rate from a failed heat transfer tube in an LMFBR's SG. The steady leak rate, and transients of pressure and thrust force of the pipe were measured. Especially, the short term transient of thrust force can be obtained by a new measuring method using the spring-mass model. These data were compared with calculation results of SWAC-11. As for steady data, the Moody's model of the critical flow and the effect of the two-phase multiplier were studied. Major conclusions are as follows: (1)The calculation results of SWAC-11 almost agreed with the steady data. But in detail, SWAC-11 inclined to predict 10 15% less than experimental data of water leak rate and thrust force in the case of high pressure saturated water. This discrepancy will be reduced by introducing the Thom's correlation as the two-phase multiplier. (2)The calculation results of SWAC-11 also agreed with the experimental data after 5 msec since the blowdown was initiated. (3)The flow model of SWAC-11 can be applied to the blowdown of the subcooled water. (4)The thrust force (F) immediately after the blowdown is the sum of the wave force and the blowdown force. The relation of F, the initial pressure P, and cross section S can be given by the expression, F/SP=1.36. (5)Compared with calculation results in detail, the profiles of experimental data were found to be more complicated. This tendency was observed markedly in the case of the subcooled water blowdown. (6)Test results of superheated steam blowdown agreed with SWAC-11 predictions as for unsteady data as well as steady data.