The Advanced Core cooling Mechanism Experiment (ACME) facility is a 1/3 height scale, high pressure, 1/54.3 power scale and 1/94 volume scale simulation of CAP1400 PWR. A series of twenty-one small break loss of coolant accident (SBLOCA) tests were performed at ACME to collect thermal-hydraulic data for computer code assessment and to support the license of CAP1400. The tests included a range of hot-leg or cold-leg break, double ended direct vessel injection (DEDVI) line break, inadvertent ADS actuation and double ended pressure balance line (PBL) break accidents. The purpose of this paper is to describe the test data of the typical SBLOCA, and to analyze the mixing of liquid in Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) downcomer. Furthermore, the trend of RPV downcomer temperature and the temperature distribution in RPV downcomer are investigated.
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2016 24th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
June 26–30, 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Nuclear Engineering Division
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Jia Zhong,
Jia Zhong
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
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Nan Wang,
Nan Wang
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
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Yuquan Li,
Yuquan Li
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
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Yang Shi
Yang Shi
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
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Jia Zhong
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
Nan Wang
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
Yuquan Li
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
Yang Shi
State Nuclear Power Technology R&D Center, Beijing, China
Paper No:
ICONE24-61027, V003T09A080; 6 pages
Published Online:
October 25, 2016
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Zhong, J, Wang, N, Li, Y, & Shi, Y. "Analysis of RPV Downcomer for the SBLOCA in ACME Integral Test Facility." Proceedings of the 2016 24th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Volume 3: Thermal-Hydraulics. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. June 26–30, 2016. V003T09A080. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE24-61027
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