Application of the fast 3D simplified simulation method for the large CAP1400 nuclear island evaporator based on the coupled source term method

Zhenyang Guo, Yanmu Chen, Yeming Lu, Tongjun Wang, Xiaofang Wang and Xiaomo Jiang

Energy, 2024, vol. 299, issue C

Abstract: As for the evaporator of the large CAP1400 nuclear power plant, it has a large volume with numerous tubes along with the complex flow heat transfer phenomenon. The traditional direct simulation method usually takes a lot of time and computing resources to obtain the flow heat transfer data. To solve the problem, a fast simulation method established on the porous medium source term was herein proposed. In this simplified simulation method, the complex evaporator model is replaced with the porous medium model, where the derived heat and momentum source terms are added into the governing equation to control the heat flows. Five kinds of simplified evaporator models with different numbers of pipes were set to be the research objects, the internal flows inside the evaporator were studied with the traditional direct simulation method and the newly proposed simplified simulation method. Via comparative analysis, it can be found that: 1) The newly proposed simplified simulation method accurately captures the distribution characteristics of pressure, temperature, and entropy production in the evaporator, serving as a viable alternative to traditional direct simulation methods. Specifically, the average simulation errors for inlet-outlet pressure difference and temperature difference are both less than 5 % and 7 %, respectively. 2) The newly proposed simplified simulation method can capture the mutual interference effects between the evaporator and the nuclear main pump. When the evaporator is connected in series with the main nuclear pump, the average head of the main pump increases by 0.34 m, while the efficiency decreases by an average of 0.34 %. The average simulation errors of the simplified simulation method are 0.06 m and 0.13 %, respectively. 3) The application of the simplified simulation method leads to a significant 85 % decrease in the average computational cost for evaporator calculations and a notable 36 % decrease for combined calculations of the evaporator and main pump. The study here is expected to provide technique support for the simulation and evaluation of the large nuclear island.

Keywords: CAP1400 evaporator; Fast simulation method; Heat transfer; Porous medium; Source term (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131465

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