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Preliminary design of safety system using phase change material for passively cooling of nuclear reactor containment building

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The new application of phase change material for passively cooling the containment building of a nuclear power plant provides many benefits such as minimized wall penetration, low maintenance cost, and the possibility of installation in currently operating power plants with a minimal design change. In this study, the applicability of PCM as a passive containment cooling system is verified through design and evaluation of the PCM condenser. In addition, the effective heat capacity method is verified for simulating the melting process of PCM in the condition of a reactor accident. The PCM condenser design is optimized with five design parameters; melting point, volume, heat transfer area, effective thermal conductivity, and total heat absorbed. The performance of the PCM condenser is evaluated by containment safety analysis and is compared to that of an active containment cooling system. Although the PCM condenser had a limitation for absorbing only a fixed amount of thermal energy due to the absence of an external heat sink, the PCM condenser shows better performance in the early stage after the accident initiation compared to the single spray system and finally maintains the integrity of the containment building.

PCM modelingConduction equationPassive coolingThermal-hydraulic analysisContainment safety analysisPassive containment cooling system (PCCS)

Shin, Sung Gil、Cho, Jai Oan、Ko, Areum、Jung, Hwa-Young、Lee, Jeong Ik

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Korea Adv Inst Sci & Technol KAIST, Dept Nucl & Quantum Engn, 291 Daehak Ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea

2022

Applied thermal engineering

Applied thermal engineering

EISCI
ISSN:1359-4311
年,卷(期):2022.200
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