본 연구에서는 국내 원자력 발전소중 영광 3,4호기의 설계자료를 토대로 1/6 크기로 축소한 모델실험을 통해서 공기흡입이 발생하는 임계수위를 결정하는 상관식을 개발하였으며 또한 공기흡입구를 reducer type으로 개선함으로써 공기흡입을 방지할 수 있음을 밝혔다.
In order to prevent the decay heat removal system from failure due to air entrainment or free surface vortex in the piping system, a set of simulating experiments for the midloop operation of nuclear power plant was performed. Through these experiments, a relation between the dimensionless numbers, such as submergence H/d, froude number, reynolds number, was found. However, the effect of reynolds number was negligible for the operation conditions of Nuclear power plant. It was also found that the perturbation of the system by the disturbance such as pump start, valve operation, etc., has a strong effect on the free surface vortex. Furthermore, from a view point of reactor safery, a modified inlet device of reducer type is strongly recommendable for the prevention of air entrainment.
