Numerical Simulation of Environmental Characteristics of Containment in Severe Accident of Marine Nuclear Power Plant

Zhiyong Xu, Jialei Liu, Yuqing Chen () and Ang Li
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Zhiyong Xu: College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
Jialei Liu: College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
Yuqing Chen: College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China
Ang Li: College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-25

Abstract: With the reliance on ocean resources, the nuclear power powers have set their sights on marine nuclear power plants to break through the bottleneck of energy supply for the development of ocean resources. In this paper, the computational fluid dynamics software ANSYS CFX 2021 is used to simulate the TOSQAN benchmark experiment. Three different turbulence models, the k − ε model, R N G k − ε model, and S S T model, are selected to analyze the adaptability of the turbulence model. The simulation results are compared with the benchmark experimental results, and the selected numerical calculation model is used to analyze the influence of vapor on the pressure, temperature, hydrogen distribution, and hydrogen risk in the containment space when a hypothetical serious accident occurs in a marine nuclear power plant. The results show that the results simulated with the k − ε turbulence model are closer to the benchmark experimental results. Vapor has no obvious effect on the response speed of pressure balance at each position in the closed containment space, and the condensation of the vapor wall can effectively reduce the pressure peak in the closed containment space. The existence of vapor and the increase in vapor concentration will increase the temperature in the closed containment space. The condensation of vapor on the wall surface will cause the temperature in the containment space to have a peak value, which can effectively reduce the temperature in the containment space. Vapor will promote the mixing of gas in the containment space and make the hydrogen distribution tend to be uniform. The presence of vapor and the increase in vapor concentration can reduce the hydrogen risk in the containment space, but the condensation of vapor may increase the hydrogen risk in the containment space.

Keywords: marine nuclear power plant; serious accidents; containment space; numerical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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