The Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) of the Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (SBWR) is a passive condenser system designed to remove energy from the containment for long term cooling period after a postulated reactor accident. Depending on pressure condition and noncondensable (NC) gas fraction in drywell (DW) and suppression pool (SP), three different modes are possible in the PCCS operation namely the forced flow, cyclic venting and complete condensation modes. The prototype SBWR has total of six condenser units with each units consist of hundreds of condenser tubes. Simulation of such prototype system is very expensive and complex Hence a scaling analysis is used in designing an experimental model for the prototype PCCS condenser system. The motive for scaling is to achieve a homologous relationship between an experiment and the prototype which it represents. A scaling method for separate effect test facility is first presented. The design of the scaled test facility for PCCS condenser is then given. Data from the test facility are presented and scaling approach to relate the scaled test facility data to prototype is discussed.
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Scaling of Passive Condenser System Separate Effect Facility
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Revankar, ST, Oh, S, Zhou, W, & Henderson, G. "Scaling of Passive Condenser System Separate Effect Facility." Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the Fluids Engineering, Energy Sustainability, and 3rd Energy Nanotechnology Conferences. Heat Transfer: Volume 2. Jacksonville, Florida, USA. August 10–14, 2008. pp. 219-227. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2008-56131
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