Some kinds of break in the reactor coolant system may cause the coolant to exit rapidly from the failure site,which leads to the loss of coolant accident(LOCA).In this paper,a stress analysis of an AP1000 reactor cont...Some kinds of break in the reactor coolant system may cause the coolant to exit rapidly from the failure site,which leads to the loss of coolant accident(LOCA).In this paper,a stress analysis of an AP1000 reactor containment is performed in an LOCA,with the passive containment cooling system(PCCS) being available and not available for cooling the wall's containment.The variations in the mechanical properties of the wall's containment,including elastic modulus,strength,and stress,are analyzed using the ABAQUS code.A general two-phase model is applied for modeling thermal-hydraulic behavior inside the containment.Obtained pressure and temperature from thermal-hydraulic models are considered as boundary conditions of the ABAQUS code to obtain distributions of temperature and stress across steel shell of the containment in the accident.The results indicate that if the PCCS fails,the peak pressure inside the containment exceeds the design value.However,the stress would still be lower than the yield stress value,and no risk would threaten the integrity of the containment.展开更多
压水堆核电厂的设计基准事故定义为主管道双端断裂,这一假设过于保守.管道的失效方式往往是先出现破口而后再泄漏,即所谓的先漏后破(Leak Before Break,简称LBB),而不是双端断裂.LBB准则是防止核电厂压力管道发生灾难性破裂事故的重要...压水堆核电厂的设计基准事故定义为主管道双端断裂,这一假设过于保守.管道的失效方式往往是先出现破口而后再泄漏,即所谓的先漏后破(Leak Before Break,简称LBB),而不是双端断裂.LBB准则是防止核电厂压力管道发生灾难性破裂事故的重要评定准则.本文介绍了LBB评定技术在国外的发展情况和意义,阐述了LBB在AP1000核电厂中的应用情况及LBB评价的理论基础.展开更多
文摘Some kinds of break in the reactor coolant system may cause the coolant to exit rapidly from the failure site,which leads to the loss of coolant accident(LOCA).In this paper,a stress analysis of an AP1000 reactor containment is performed in an LOCA,with the passive containment cooling system(PCCS) being available and not available for cooling the wall's containment.The variations in the mechanical properties of the wall's containment,including elastic modulus,strength,and stress,are analyzed using the ABAQUS code.A general two-phase model is applied for modeling thermal-hydraulic behavior inside the containment.Obtained pressure and temperature from thermal-hydraulic models are considered as boundary conditions of the ABAQUS code to obtain distributions of temperature and stress across steel shell of the containment in the accident.The results indicate that if the PCCS fails,the peak pressure inside the containment exceeds the design value.However,the stress would still be lower than the yield stress value,and no risk would threaten the integrity of the containment.
文摘压水堆核电厂的设计基准事故定义为主管道双端断裂,这一假设过于保守.管道的失效方式往往是先出现破口而后再泄漏,即所谓的先漏后破(Leak Before Break,简称LBB),而不是双端断裂.LBB准则是防止核电厂压力管道发生灾难性破裂事故的重要评定准则.本文介绍了LBB评定技术在国外的发展情况和意义,阐述了LBB在AP1000核电厂中的应用情况及LBB评价的理论基础.
