Ex-vessel Steam Explosion Analysis for Pressurized Water Reactor and Boiling Water Reactor [PDF]
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2016 A steam explosion may occur during a severe accident, when the molten core comes into contact with water. The pressurized water reactor and boiling water reactor ex-vessel steam explosion study, which was carried out with the multicomponent three ...
Matjaž Leskovar, Mitja Uršič
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Effect of TiN Coating on the Fouling Behavior of Crud on Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Cladding
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2021 A titanium nitride film was applied to mitigate the deposition of fouling deposits (crud) on pressurized water reactor fuel cladding. Titanium nitride was chosen as it reduces the van der Waals force, believed to be the dominant surface force at ...
Seung Chang Yoo +2 more
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Grain boundary oxidation of proton-irradiated nuclear grade stainless steel in simulated primary water of pressurized water reactor [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Grain boundary (GB) oxidation of proton-irradiated 304 nuclear grade stainless steel in primary water of pressurized water reactor was investigated. The investigation was conducted by studying microstructure of the oxide and oxide precursor formed at GB ...
Ping Deng, Q. Peng, E. Han
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Countercurrent Flow Limitations in a Pressurized Water Reactor [PDF]
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2012 1Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, Jalan Grafika No. 2, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Fluid Dynamics, P.O. Box 510 119, 01314 Dresden, Germany 3 Institute of Nuclear Technology, Institute of Nuclear Safety System, Incorporated, 64 ...
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Mathematical modeling of a pressurizer in a pressurized water reactor for control design
Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019 A pressurizer is a key equipment to ensure the safe operation of a pressurized water reactor by maintaining the reactor coolant system pressure within allowed tolerances.
Pengfei Wang, Xinyu Wei, Fuyu Zhao
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2017 A well-performed core power control to track load changes is crucial in pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power stations. It is challenging to keep the core power stable at the desired value within acceptable error bands for the safety demands of ...
Xiao-Qian Ma, Guoxu Wang
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Real-time temperature field recovery of a heterogeneous reactor based on the results of calculations in a homogeneous core [PDF]
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2022 Advanced pressurized water reactors are the main part of a new generation of nuclear power plant projects under development that provide cost-effective power production for various needs (Yemelyanov et al. 1982, Klimov 2002, Boyko et al.
Vyacheslav S. Kuzevanov +1 more
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Active disturbance rejection control of pressurized water reactor
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 Control design for pressurized water reactor (PWR) is difficult due to associated non-linearity, modelling uncertainties and time-varying system parameters. Extended state observer (ESO) based active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) presents a simple
S. Ahmad +3 more
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Thermal-hydraulic analysis of light water reactors under different steady-state operating conditions, Part 2: Pressurized water reactor [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2022 The 1-D computer code MITH was used in this paper to perform sub-channel thermal-hydraulic analyses of a typical (Westinghouse model) pressurized water reactor.
Hutli Ezddin, Kridan Ramadan
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Test of Critical Heat Flux on Outer Surface of CAP1400 Pressurized Reactor Vessel
Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 2022 A full height sliced test facility is established based on the modeling process. The heating test section is manufactured by adopting the explosive welding technology, and the surface of carbon steel can simulate the actual surface characteristic of a ...
SHI Guobao, ZHENG Mingguang, ZHANG Kun, KUANG Bo, LIU Pengfei
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