Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 14, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en14217072
Keywords
moisture carry over; two-phase pressure drop; swirl-vane separator
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- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) - Korean government (MOTIE) [20181510102390]
- Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) [20181510102390] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Key design parameters for optimizing the efficiency of a nuclear power plant, the moisture carry over and pressure drop, were evaluated through experiments on a half scale swirl-vane separator. The study included measuring moisture carry over for 34 flow conditions and identifying two-phase pressure drop characteristics. Results were used to propose an empirical correlation model for submerged separators and discuss potential application to full-scale systems.
The most important design parameters of a moisture separator to optimize the efficiency of a nuclear power plant are the moisture carry over and pressure drop. An air-water test facility was constructed to evaluate the design parameters for various types of conventional moisture separators in Korea. In this study, a half scale of swirl-vane separator was designed, and test conditions were defined based on the scaling law to cover a wide range of operating conditions. The moisture carry over was measured using an isokinetic sampling system for 34 different flow conditions. The MCO was in range of 0.30-7.05% according to the test conditions. Single and two-phase flow experiments were also carried out to identify the two-phase pressure drop characteristics. Based on the obtained results, the proposed empirical correlation model was extended to a submerged separator and applying these results to a full scale system is discussed in this paper.
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