PIV Measurement of Velocity Distribution in the Moderator Circulation Test (MCT)

HTML  Download Download as PDF (Size: 598KB)  PP. 74-80  
DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2014.29011    5,223 Downloads   5,870 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has been carrying out a scaled-down moderator test program to simulate the CANDU-6 moderator circulation phenomena during steady state operation and accident conditions. The Moderator Circulation Test (MCT) facility was designed and constructed as 1/4 scale of the prototype of CANDU-6 reactor. In the present work spatial distribution of two-dimensional velocity in the MCT facility under isothermal condition was measured using planar Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system which consists of double pulsed laser, synchronizer, and high speed camera. TSI’s Insight TM 4G software was used to perform PIV image capturing, PIV calculation and post processing. 10 μm sized silver-coated hollow sphere particles were used as flow tracer particles. Multiple experiments were conducted to cover large area of the MCT facility with limited field of view of a single camera. Instantaneous and averaged velocity field were analyzed for each spatial position and flow rate. This research is capable of offering validation data for self-reliant CFD tools to predict moderator subcooling margin in CANDU-6 reactor.

Share and Cite:

Kim, H. , Rhee, B. and Choi, H. (2014) PIV Measurement of Velocity Distribution in the Moderator Circulation Test (MCT). Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 2, 74-80. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2014.29011.

Copyright © 2024 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc.

Creative Commons License

This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.