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Performance Evaluation of a Main Coolant Pump for the Modular Nuclear Reactor by Computational Fluid Dynamics

전산해석에 의한 일체형 원자로용 주냉각재 펌프의 성능분석

  • 윤의수 (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터) ;
  • 오형우 (충주대학교 기계공학과) ;
  • 박상진 (한국기계연구원 에너지기계연구센터)
  • Published : 2006.08.01
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Abstract

The hydrodynamic performance analysis of an axial-flow main coolant pump for the modular nuclear reactor has been carried out using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. The prediction capability of the CFD software adopted in the present study was validated in comparison with the experimental data. Predicted performance curves agree satisfactorily well with the experimental results for the main coolant pump over the normal operating range. π Ie prediction method presented herein can be used effectively as a tool for the hydrodynamic design optimization and assist the understanding of the operational characteristics of general purpose axial-flow pumps.

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