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{{#Wiki_filter: | {{#Wiki_filter:EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OFAIRENTRAINMENT ATAREACTORCONTAINMENT SUMPDUETOBREAKANDDRAINFLOWSDONALDC.COOKNUCLEARPOWERSTATIONbyMahadevan Padmanabhan JohnF.NoreikaCarlR.JanikResearchSponsored byAmericanElectricPowerServiceCorporation Docket885,,+igo~>0>~mui~O<yy0fOoeumme-~ | ||
TABLEOFCONTENTSPacaeNo. | ~."8.">>+-YWa(vrag~n(~ccarRye~GeorgeE.Hecker,DirectorALDENRESEARCHLABORATORY WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE HOLDEN,MASSACHUSETTS December1979 ABSTRACTAmericanElectricPowerServiceCorporation (AEPSC)authorized theAldenResearchLaboratory (ARL)ofWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)tocon-ductextensive hydraulic modeltestingoftheReactorContainment SumpoftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Units1and2.Themodelstudieswereconducted intwophases.Aseparatereportofthefirstphaseofthemodelstudiestoinvestigate vortexing, swirl,andinletlosseswassubmitted earlier(ARLReportNo.108-78/M178PF, September 1978).Themainpurposeofthesecondphaseofthemodelstudiesreportedhereinwastoverifythatthereactorcontain-mentsumpwouldperformsatisfactorily withoutthedevelopment ofobjec-tionableair-entrainment duetobreakflowanddrainflowimpingement throughthewatersurfacenearthesump.Suchpossibleair-entrainment couldaffecttheoperation ofthepumpsintheEmergency CoreCoolingSystem(ECCS)duringtherecirculation mode.AmodelbasedonFroudesimilarity wasdesignedandconstructed toascaleof1:2.5toincludethesumpandthesurrounding areaofthecontainment buildingwithallthestruc'tures thatcouldinfluence theapproachflow.Revisions tothesumpconfiguration basedon'thevortexing andswirlstu-diesconducted earlierwereincorporated inthemodel.Possiblescaleef-fectsofmodelingairentrainment duetojetimpingement wereconsidered andasuitabletestprocedure wasdeveloped involving testingathigherthanFroudescaledjet.velocities andsuctionpipevelocities. | ||
,-2tionsoccurred, | Testswereconducted incorporating variouspossibleflowandpumpcombinations, alongwithpossiblebreakanddrainflowsnearthesumparea,including differ-entpossiblescreenblockage. | ||
Itwasdetermined thatredirecting oficecondenser drainpipesawayfromthesumpareawasdesirable toreduceexcessive airentrainment withinthesumpandtoeliminate airbubblesbeingcarriedtothesuctionpipesundercertainscreenblockageconditions. | |||
Breakflowimpingement testsdidnotindicateanysignificant air-entrainment and,hence,nomodifications inthesumpgeometryitselfwasfeltnecessary. | |||
TABLEOFCONTENTSPacaeNo.ABSTRACTTABLEOFCONTENTSINTRODUCTION PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION ReactorBuildingTheContainment Recirculation SumpBreakFlowLocations Operating CasesforTests2234AIRENTRAINMENT DUETOJETIMPINGEMENT SIMILITUDE FroudeScalingSimilarity ofAir-Entrainment DuetoJetImpingement 910MODELDESCRIPTION ANDINSTRUMENTATION 14GeneralLayoutSupplyLoopforBreakandDrainFlowsModelingofBreakFlowsModelingofDrainFlows14141516TESTPROCEDURE 16ModelingofAir-Venting SystematTopCovers18~RESULTS18Air-Entrainment duetoDrainFlowAir-Entrainment duetoBreakFlowsSumpModifications andRetesting AirVentingatDownstream TopCover18192121CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES TABLESFIGURESPHOTOGRAPHS 2225 INTRODUCTION Thereactorcontainment buildings oftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStation,Unitsland2,areprovidedwithemergency corecoolingsys-tems(ECCS)designedtocooltheshutdownreactorcoresandthecon-tainments intheeventofalossofcoolantaccident(LOCA).TheECCSinjectswatertomaintaincorecoolingand,initially, thewaterforthisisdrawnfromtherefueling waterstorage"tank(RWST).Whenthewaterlevelinthistankisdepletedtoapredetermined level,theECCSisswitchedfrominjection torecirculation mode.Atthispoint,waterisdrawnfromthe,containment recirculation sumpcontaining wa-terdrainedfromthebreak,waterfromtheicecondenser | |||
: meltdown, andwaterfromthecontainment spraysystem.Theapproachflowtothesumpisaffectedbytheequipments andappurtenant structures intheflowpath.Thewaterlevel,thepumpdischarges, andthewatertemperature couldvaryoverawiderangeduringtherecirculation mode,whichlastsforanextendedperiodoftimetoprovidesufficient heatremoval.The,breakflowanddrainflowvarywithtimeandtheyimpingeonthewatersurfaceasahighvelocityjet.Itisveryimportant thatnoadverseflowconditions causedbybreakandicedrainflowjetsexistwithinthesumporthesuctionpipesthatcouldaffectperformance ofthepumps~TheAldenResearchLaboratory (ARL)wasauthorized byAmericanElectric'ower ServiceCorporation (AEPSC)toconstruct andtestamodeloftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStationcontainment recirculation sumpwiththeobjectofinvestigating freesurfacevortexformation, swirl,inletlosses,airentrainment duetoimpingement, oranyotherundesirable flowconditions thatcouldadversely affecttheperformance oftheRe-sidualHeatRemoval(RHR)andContainment SprayPumps(CTS),andSafetyInjection (SI)PumpsoftheEmergency CoreCoolingWaterSystem(ECCS)intherecirculation mode.Operating conditions involving awiderangeofvariouspossibleapproachflowdistributions, waterdepths,watertemperatures, screenblockageeffects,andpumpoperating combinations weretobetestedinthemodel.Ifpotentially undesirable flowcondi- | |||
F.PFg2netpressurexarea=adpL13specificweightxvolume=ayL2F=shear,stressxarea=aphu/hyxarea=cpuLv3~3FtF.isurface.tensionxlength=aaL43222densityxvolumexacceleration=apLu/L=apuL55wherea,a,etc.= | ,-2tionsoccurred, modifications inthesumpconfiguration weretobede-veloped.Thefirstphaseofthemodelstudywastheinvestigation ofairentrainment duetovortexing, suctionofentrapped air,swirlinthesuc-tionpipes,andtheinletlossesatthesumpandthedetailsofthisphasewereincludedinaseparateARLreport(1).Thisreportpresentsthefindingsofthesecondphaseofthestudyin-volvingbreakanddrainflowimpingement andinclu'des adescription oftheprototype andmodel,andsummarizes conditions investigated, simi-litudeconsiderations, testprocedures, instrumentation, interpretation ofresults,andconclusions. | ||
12B. | PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION ReactorBuildinThereactorbuildingiscircularinplanwithtwoconcentric outerwalls;Jnamely,thecranewallandthecontainment wall,withinnerradiiof41.5ftand57.5ft,respectively. | ||
Thesteamgenerators, reactorcoolantpumps,containment cleanupfilterunits,andtheconnected accessories arealllo-catedintheportionbetweenthereactorchamberandthecranewall,asseeninFigure1.Theannularportionbetweenthecraneandcontai:nment wallsaccommodated thevariouspipes,valves,airducts,andcablesforvariousoperating systems,suchasblowdown, coolingwater,ventilation, andliquidwasterecycling. | |||
TheContainment Recirculation SumTheContainment Recirculation sumpislocatedclosetothecranewallbe-tweenthesteamgenerator number2andreactorcoolantpumpnumber2(ex-tendingfrombearing120to150degreesapproximately), | |||
18g.Theabovestepswererepeatedforeachwaterlevelandflow. | asmarkedinFi-gure1.Thesumpismoreorlessrectangular inplan,about18ftlongand10.5ftwide,withthecranewalldividingitintotwoportions. | ||
Recirculation flowenterstheupstreamportionthroughstainless steelgratingsandscreensprovidedattheentrance, continues downandunderthecranewall,andfinallyentersthesuctionpipes.Figure2showsthesumpdetailsandillustrates thattheupstreamportionwouldhaveafreesurfacewhilethedownstream portionwouldbeunderpressure. | |||
Thetopslabofthedownstream portionofthesumpisprovidedwithasingleairventpiperunningupwardthroughthecranewall.ThesumpfloorisatEL591ft1inch,whereasthebuildingfloorisatEL598ft9-3/8inches.Theaverageapproachvelocityupstreamofthegratingwouldbeabout0.34fpsattheminimumsubmergence (EL602ft10inches).Thetwooutletpipesare18inchesindiameter(Sch.40),andarepro-videdwithbellmouth entrances and24inchdiameterguardpipes.Thesuctionpipesrundownwardataninclination of13'34'ohorizontal, asshowninFigure2.ThecenterofthepipeentranceisatEL595ft6inches,andeachpipeisconnected toavalveatEL589ft9inches.Asindicated inFigure1,alowersump,rectangular inplan(about2ft4inchesby4ft,10inches),and7ft8-3/8inchesdeep,isprovidedadjacenttothemaincontainment sumptoallowforproperdrainageinnormalconditions. | |||
Thissumpisconnected tothemaincontainment. | |||
sumpbyan8inchdiameterpipe.BreakFlowLocations Thepossiblebreakflowlocations inthesumpvicinity(provided byAEPSC)arelocatedinthecross-over, highpressurepipeconnecting thereactorcoolantpumpandsteamgenerator asindicated inFigure3.Therearesixbreaklocations inthisloopwithtwoadditional breaklocations, oneeachinthe3inchand2inchpipesattachedtotheloopatthebottomstraightportion.Thehotlegjoiningthesteamgenerator tothereactorhasonebreaklocation. | |||
Thesixbreaksinthecross-over loopandtheonebreakinthehotlegareallcircumferential typebreaks.The3inchand2inch pipebreakswillcausecircularjetsissuingvertically upordown.Thebreakarearesulting fromtheaxialdisplacement forthebreaksinthecross-over loopandhotlegisapproximately 25.0squareinches.Table1indicates therateofbreakflowfollowing aLOCA.Thefouricecondenser drainflowlocations closetothesump(fourloca-tions)areindicated inFigure4.Thedrainsarel2inchesindiameterandterminate horizontally atabout36ftfromthebuildingfloor.Thedrainsmaynotbeflowingfullformostofthetime.Thedrainflowratefollowing LOCAisgivenbythecurveshowninFigure5.Thebreakflowanddrainflowlocations willbeidentified hereafter inthisreportbythenumbersgiveninFigures3and4.0eratinCasesforTestsThedischarge andsubmergence conditions atthesumpwouldchangewiththedifferent operating sequences fromtheinstantofaLOCA.Thefol-lowingsystemoperations wereconsidered important ininvestigating thehydraulic performance ofthesump:l.9500gpmithroughonesuctionpipe-Thissimu-latestherunoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureoftheothertrain.2.7700gpmpersuctionpipe,bothpipesoperating | |||
-Thissimulates therunoutcondition ofECCSpumpswithbothtrainsoperating. | |||
3.9500gpmthroughonepipeand3600gpmthroughtheother-,Sameascase1exceptthatthecon-tainmentspraypumpfromtheothertrainisatrunoutflowrate. | |||
ShouldaLOCAoccurinanyofthebreaklocations described earlier,theECCSpumps,whicharealignedtotherefueling waterstoragetank(RWST),wouldinject350,000gallonsofboratedwaterintotheprimaryloopbe-foretherecirculation sumpiscompletely used.OnetrainofECCSpumpswouldbeswitchedtotherecirculation sumpwhenthewaterlevelintheRWSTreachesapredetermined lowlevel,thetimeforthisbeingabout10minutesafterthestartofECCS.ItisnotuntiltheRWSTreachesthelowestlevelthatthesecondtrainofECCSpumpswouldbeswitchedtotherecirculation sump.Atthistime,theentire350,000gallonswouldhavebeenpumpedintothesumpviatheprimaryloop.Awaterlevelof602ft,10inchesistheelevation atwhichthefirstECCStrainsuctionsupplywouldbeswitchedfromtheRefueling WaterStorageTank(RWST)tothecontainment recirculation sump.AwaterlevelofEL606ftwillbethepointatwhichthesuctionsourceofthesecondstringofECCSwouldbeswitchedfromtheRWSTtothecon-tainmentrecirculation sump.Theabovelevelsarecalculated byAPESCassumingthatthebreaksin'heprimarysystemoccurinsidethebiological boundary. | |||
Thisassumption re-sultsinthelowestpossiblecontainment levelssinceitpostulates thatapproximately 128,000gallonsoffluidmustspillwithinthebiological barrierbeforeanyfluidspillsintotherecirculation sumpcavity.This,ofcourse,isconservative andtheabovewaterlevelsareusedformodeltestswithdrainflowsbutnobreakflowsnearthesumpportion.= | |||
Jetimpingement modelingwithbreakflownearthesumpisbasedonabreakintheprimarysystemoccurring outsidethebiological boundary(ifitwereinside,itcouldhavenoeffectonthesump).Therefore, the128,000gal-lonswhichwasconsidered unavailable withinthebiological boundaryisnowavailable tosupplyadditional fluidinventory outsidetheboundary. | |||
Sincethecontainment waterleveloutsidetheboundarywillriseapproximately 1ftperadditional 28,000gallonsoffluid(asperAPESC),thetotalrisewillbeapproximately 4.5ft.Thenewwaterlevelswouldthenbe607ft4inchesforfirstECCSswitchover and610ftforsecondECCSswitchover. | |||
Table2summarizes thesystemoperations, eachofwhich,forconvenience, willbeidentified bythecasenumberhereafter inthisreport.Thewatertemperature ofthebreakflow, whichwouldbecollected inthesump,couldbeashighasl90'F.Acontainment pressureofupto3.0psigwouldbepossible. | |||
AIRENTRAINMENT DUETOJETIMPINGEMENT Highvelocityjetsimpinging onawatersurfaceareknowntoproducecon-siderable airentrainment. | |||
Ifsuchacondition existsveryclosetothesump,theapproachflowwilldrawwithitalargenumberofairbubblesintothesump.Fortheparticular sumpconfiguration oftheD.C.Cookplant,allbubbleswhichhaverisevelocities lessthanthedownwardvelocityoftheflowintheupstreamportionofthesumparelikelytobecarriedunderneath thecrane'wall.Thebubblesmaygetentrained inthemainflowtowardsthesuctionpipes,andwouldbe'rawnintothepipes.Ifsufficient retention timeisavailable, thebubblescouldreachthetopcoverandgetcollected orescapethroughtheventingsystem,depending onitseffectiveness. | |||
Bubblescollected onthetopcovermaycoalescetoformairpockets,andtheseairpocketscouldbedrawnintermittently intothesuctionpipesasslugs,orcouldhelpformair-corevortices. | |||
Itisevidentthatevenalowairconcentration inthesuctionpipes,suchas5%,couldlowertheefficiency ofthepumpconsiderably (2).Further,air-water mixtureflowcouldgeneratepressurefluctuations ontheimpeller. | |||
Hence,airentrainment isrecognized asapotential adversecondition tobeexamined. | |||
SIMILITUDE Thestudyofdynamically similarfluidmotionsformsthebasisforthede-signofmodelsandtheinterpretation ofexperimental data.Thebasicconceptofdynamic,similarity maybestatedastherequirement thattwosystemswithgeometrically similarboundaries havegeometrically similarflowpatternsatcorresponding instantsoftime(3).Thus',allindivi-dualforcesactingoncorresponding fluidelementsofmassmusthavethesameratiosinthetwosystems.Thecondition requiredforcompletesimilitude maybedeveloped fromNewton'ssecondlawofmotion:F.=F+F'+F+F ipgvtwhereF.=inertiaforce,definedasmass,M,timestheiacceleration, aF=pressureforceconnected withorresulting fromthemotionF=gravitational forcegF=viscousforcevF=force'uetosurfacetensiontAdditional forcesmayberelevantunderspecialcircumstances, suchasfluidcompression, magneticorCoriolisforces,butthesehadnoinfluence onthisstudyandwere,therefore, notconsidered inthefollowing develop-ment.Equation(1)canbemadedimensionless bydividingallthetermsbyF..1Twosystemswhicharegeometrically similararedynamically similarifbothsatisfythedimensionless formoftheequationofmotion,Equation(1).WemaywriteeachoftheforcesontherightsideofEquation(1)as: | |||
F.PFg2netpressurexarea=adpL13specificweightxvolume=ayL2F=shear,stressxarea=aphu/hyxarea=cpuLv3~3FtF.isurface.tensionxlength=aaL43222densityxvolumexacceleration | |||
=apLu/L=apuL55wherea,a,etc.=proportionality factorsL=representative lineardimension hp=netpressure=specificweight=dynamicviscosity a=surfacetensionp=densityu=representative velocitySubstituting theabovetermsinEquation(1)andmakingitdimensionless bydividin'g theinertialforce,weobtain1-22-23-14-2-E+-F+-R+-W=1a5a505a5(2)whereE=InertiaForce=Eulernumber~PressureForceuF=-/gz,InertiaForce=Froudenumber~PressureForce uLR=-u/vInertiaForce=ReynoldsneerViscousForceW=~alps,InertiaForce=Webernumber~SurfaceTensionForceSincetheproportionality factors,n,arethesameinmodelandproto-type,completedynamicsimilarity isachievedifallthedimensionless groups,E,F,R,andW,havethesamevaluesinmodelandprototype. | |||
Inpractice, thisisdifficult toachieve.Forexample,tohavethevaluesofFandRthesamerequires. | |||
eithera1:1"model"orafluidofverylowkinematic viscosity inthereducedscalemodel.Hence,theacceptedapproachistoselectthepredominant forceanddesignthemodelaccording totheappropriate dimensionless group:Thein-fluenceofotherforceswouldbesecondary andare.calledscaleef-fects(3).Specialtestingprocedures maybeestablished todetermine ortoaccountforscaleeffectsapproximately butusuallyconservatively. | |||
FroudeScalinModelsinvolving afreesurfaceareconstructed andoperatedusingFroudesimilarity sincetheflowprocessiscontrolled bygravityandinertiaforces.TheFroudenumber,representing theratioofinertiatogravi-tationalforce,F=u//gs(3)whereu=averagevelocityinthepipeg=gravitational acceleration s=submergence was,therefore, madeequalinmodeland.prototype (4) 10wherem,p,andrdenotemodel,prototype, andratiobetweenmodelandprototype, respectively. | |||
Inmodelingofanintakesumptostudytheformation ofvortices, itisimportant toselectareasonably largegeometric scaletoachievelargeReynoldsnumbersandtoreproduce thecurvedflowpatterninthevici-nityoftheintake(4).Ageometric scaleofL=L/L.=1/2.5wasrmp'hosenforthemodel,whereLreferstolength.AthigherReynoldsnum-ber,anasymptotic behaviorofenergylosscoefficients withReynoldsnumberisusuallyobservedinsimilarflows.Hence,withF=1,therbasicFroudianscalingcriterion, theEulernumbers,E,willbeequalinmodelandprototype. | |||
Thisimpliesthatflowpatternsandlossco-efficients areequalinmodelandprototype. | |||
FromEquation(4),usings=L,thevelocity, discharge, andtimescaleswere:0.5rr(5)Q=Lu=L22.5rr-rr(6)0.5rrSimilarit ofAir-Entrainment DuetoJetIminementDimensional AnalysisThemajorparameters influencing therateofaerationofarectangular jetimpinging onapoolofwaterare(5):a.Thedepthoffall(H)b.Thejetvelocityatimpact(u.)c.Jetwidthbandthickness dd.Minimumimpactvelocitytocauseairentrainment, u'.e.Thejetperimeter, pf.FroudenumberF.,ReynoldsnumberR.,andWebernumberW.ofthejetj' Forlargescaleair-entrainment causedbyhighvelocityjetsofrelatively largethickness, theeffectofR.andW.arenegligible (5).Hence,there-jjlativeairconcentration (volumetric quality)g,isgivenby:HB=f(F.,-,~,~) | |||
3du'.dj(8)Theminimumimpactvelocityforair-entrainment, u.isabout3.6fps(5),jandisconsidered aconstantindependent ofotherjetparameters. | |||
Basedonexperimental data,reference (6)gives0.446u.B=K(-)(-)(1-~)pduwhereKisafunctionofF.,butmoreorlessindependent ofF.ifF.isjjgreaterthan10.Hence,b0.4468=-=(-)(d)mrgpprdru.(1-~)3(10)assumingF.isgreaterthan10formodelandprototype. | |||
jIfthebreakareaismodeledtochosengeometric scalewithanassumedbreakwidthandthickness andthebreaklocations arealsocorrectly mo-deledtothegeometric scale,thenb/pandH/d"valuesareconceivably thesameinmodelandprototype. | |||
However,inthisstudy,onlythebreakareaandheight,H,areknownbeforehand whereasthevalues'of b,p,anddareassumedmakingsurethattheirinfluence ontheproblemofconcernisnotoverlooked. | |||
FromEquation(10),if(b/p)and(H/d)areequaltounity,()willberrrequaltounityonlyifthejetimpactvelocityismadeequalinthemodelandprototype, u'.beingaconstant. | |||
However,thisispossibleonlyifthejchosenmodelislargeenough.Also,ifthevaluesofH,p,anddaretoosmall,scaleeffects>suchasduetotheinfluence ofsurfacetension,mayresult.Inthepresent.study,thescaleof1:2.5isconsidered sufficient bylarge. | |||
12B.BubbleRiseVelocities Highvelocityjetsofwaterimpinging onastagnantwatersurfaceproduceaswarmofbubbles,theinteraction betweenthebubblescausingareducedrisevelocitycomparedtothatforsinglebubbles(7).Theentrained aircouldbeintheformofbubblesofvaryingsizes.Within,awiderangeofdownfalljetvelocities, thecorresponding bubblesizerangeshavebeenobservedtodifferverylittle(8).Thismeansthatthemodelandproto-typearelikelytohavemoreorlessthesamerangeofbubblesizes,evenwhenthejetvelocities andheightsoffallaremodeledusingtheFroudelawofsimilarity. | |||
Therisevelocityofbubblesaredependent ontheirsizesandtheairconcentration, B(7),andhencetherisevelocities arenotsimulated toFroudevelocityscalewhenamodelisoperatedonFroudelaw.Air-entrainment measurements inamodeloperatedonFroudelawdonotpredicttheairconcentrations intherealsituation, asevidentfromEquation(10).Infact,theprototype islikelytohavehigheraircon-centrations duetohigherjetvelocities. | |||
Asthebubblerisevelocities arehigherwithlowerairconcentrations forsamebubblesizeranges,themodelmayhavehigherrisevelocities thantheprototype, whereasscaledflowvelocities arelowerinthemodel.ThissuggeststhatthemodelcannotbeoperatedonFroudelawalonetoobtainanymeaningful resultsonairentrainment andonairbeingdrawnintothesuctionpipes.C.Entrainment ofBubblesintoSuctionPipesAsdiscussed intheabovesections, thesamebubblerisevelocities andrelativeairconcentrations couldbeexpectedinthemodelduetojetimpingement, providedthejetimpingement velocityinthemodelisthesameasthatintheprototype andallthelinearjetdimensions aremo-deledtothegeometric scale.Thequestionofhowtoscalethemodelflowsthroughthesuctionpipes(whichalsogovernsapproachvelocities) mustalsobeaddressed. | |||
13Referring toFigure6,letusconsiderabubbleatalocationxftfromPthesumpentranceandyftbelowwatersurfaceintheprototype. | |||
LetP(u.)bethebubblerisevelocityandlet(u)betheapproachvelocitypaptothesump.Thedownwardvelocityofwaterinthesumpformaximumflowoperating conditions couldbeashighas0.75fps,whichismuchhigherthantherisevelocities ofmostofthesmallsizebubbles(lessthan1cm).Hence,itisreasonable toassumethatanysmallbubblethatcouldreachthesumpwillbecarrieddownthesumptothedownstream sideofthewall,withareasonably goodchanceofbeingdrawntothesuctionpipes.Therequirement forabubbletoreachthesumpis(u)-,(u)PPSimilarly forthemodel,ymxm(u)-(u)mm(12)Ifthemodelproducesthesamebubblesizerangeasintheprototype andthesameairconcentrations duetojetimpingement, then(u.)willbeamthesameas(u.).Ifthemodeljetimpingement locations andwater>Pdepthsarefixedtothegeometric scaleL,wegetr'myxm-=LxrP(13)BasedonEquations (ll)to(13)forsimilarity ofbubblemotion,itisessential tohave(u)=(u)pm(14) 14Thismeanstheapproachvelocities inthemodelandprototype shouldbethesame.This,bycoincidence, isthesameasthe"equalvelocityrule"usedinthemodeltestsforinvestigating vortexseverities. | |||
Theflowpatternsinthesumpportiondownstream ofthecranewalltothesuctionpipescanbeconsidered similarbetweenthemodelandprototype, beingclosedconduitflowatsufficiently highReynoldsnumbers.MODELDESCRIPTION ANDINSTRUMENTATION GeneralLaoutAphysicalmodelof,thecontainment sumpandaportionofthereactorbuild-ingformingtheapproachtothesumpwereconstructed toageometric scaleofapproximately 1:2.5onanelevatedplatform, asshowninPhotograph l.Detailsofthemodelconstruction, dimensions, andgeneralpipingarrange-mentareincludedinanearlierARLreport(1).Su1LooforBreakandDrainFlowsFigure7andPhotograph 2showthearrangement ofsupplypipesforbreakanddrainflows.A75HPhighheadpump(300ft)wasusedtorecirculate thewaterfromthemodel(takingsuctionfromalocationbehindtheflowdistributors) throughthebreakanddrainflowpipes.Theseparatesupplypipesconnected tobreakanddrainlocations, eachcontained acalibrated orificemeterandabypasslineforflowmeasurement andadjustment. | |||
Thesupplypipeforbreakflowendedinaflexiblehosewhich,inturn,wasattachedtoanozzleoracircumferential pipering(depending uponthetypeofbreaktobemodeled)atthedesiredlocation. | |||
Thepiperingwasessentially acircumferential ringof2inchdiameterpipefastenedaroundthebreakpipeattheappropriate locationandwasprovidedwith 15slots1/8inchwideand1'inchlongandatabout1inchspacingforhalfthecircumference atadesiredangle,asshowninPhotograph 3.Theopenareaoftheslotswaskeptasthescaledareafromtheassumedprototype breakarea.Onlyhalfthecircumference wasprovidedwithslotstomaketheflowdirectedtowardsthesump,asaconservative assumption. | |||
Theringwassetsoastomaketheslotsfacingthesump-andtheslotswerecutatabout60'othehorizontal soastodirecttheflowrightatthesumpentranceontothewatersurface.Thissimulated rectangular jetsfromcircumferential breaks.Anozzleofsuitablediameter(givingthesameflowareaatthebreak)wasusedwhenacircularjetwassimulated. | |||
Thesupplypipefordrainflowendedatthemodeleddrainlocations, withaflexiblehoseincorporated suchthatthepipeendcouldbedirectedatadesiredlocation. | |||
Thepipesizesscaledtheprototype draindiameters. | |||
ModelingofBreakFlowsBreakflowlocations 1and2(Figure3)weremodeledasasinglelocation, aswere4and5,asthesetwolocations areveryclosetoeachother.Cross-over breaklocations 3and8,location9inthehotleg,andloca-tions,6and7inthe3inchand2inchpipes,respectively, weremodeledseparately. | |||
Theareaofthecircumferential breaksinthemodelwasscaledfromthegiven(assumed) prototype areaof25squareinches.Arectangu-larjetformedbyslotsdescribed earlieralonghalfthecircumference ofthepipefacingthesumpwasmodeledandtestedatall,locations inthecross-over loopandhotleg.The3inchand2inchpipebreaksweremo-deledonlyascircularjetssimilartothosepossibleintheprototype. | |||
Photograph 4showstheslottedcircumferential pipeatlocation2andthebreakflowissuingoutofitdirectedatthesump.Thejetvelocityofimpactatthewatersurfacewascalculated fortheprototype breaksusingthebreakflowandareaandheightoffallas,(15) 16whereu.istheexitvelocitygivenbyQ/A,theratioofbreakflowtojeareaandHistheheightoffall.Themodelbreakflowrequiredtogivethesamevalueofu.wasthencalculated asthebreakareaandheightoffallinthemodelareknown.Thisvaluewassetinthemodel.ModelinofDrainFlowsIcecondenser drainflowlocations 1and2(Figure4)weremodeledbeingveryclosetothesump.Locations 3and4wereconsidered unimportant asthedrainflowjetatlocation3wouldmostlybeintercepted bythesteamgenerator anditssupportsandthejetatlocation4wasconsidered toofartherawayfromthesump.Inmodelingthedrainflows,itwasconsider-edimportant tosimulatethedrainpipediameterandheightofthedraintothegeometric scale.Thepointofimpingement ofthedrainflowjetonwatersurfacewaslocatedfortheFroudescaledflowthroughthedrain,asthepathofdrainflowessentially wasgravitycontrolled. | |||
Oncethisimpactpointwaslocated,theflowwasincreased togiveprototype impinge-mentvelocity, atthesametimeadjusting theflexiblehoseendofthemodeldrainsuitablytokeeptheimpingement regionthesame.Theproto-typevelocityofimpingement wascalculated usingEquation(15).TESTPROCEDURE Teststoinvestigate air-entrainment inthesumpareaduetotheimpinge-mentofhighvelocitybreakanddrainflowsonthewatersurfacewereconsidered necessary forbreaklocations ordrainlocations closetothesumpsothatimpingement couldtakeplaceintheimmediate vicinityofthesump.Itwasrealizedthataircouldbedrawnintothesuctionpipeseitherdirectlyfromtheimpinging jetorafterasufficient quantityofsmallbubblescollected onthetopcoverofthesump.Theobjectionable limitofairentrainment wasconsidered todependonthepump,andthislimitwasnot,known.Ingeneral,anyairentrainment oflargebubblesin-tothesuctionpipeswasdeemedobjectionable. | |||
Asdiscussed inearliersectionsofthereport,sincebubblesizesandbubblerisevelocities" donotscaleinaFroudemodel,specialtestpro-cedureswereusedtoapproximate theprototype conditions. | |||
Thetest'rocedure followedisdescribed below.a.Thebreakflowordrainflowareasandtheirlocations weremo-deledbasedonthegeometric scaleofthemodel.Breakflow types,whethercircumferential orcircular, wereusedinde-cidingthejetdimensions togivetheproperscaledarea.b.Onlyonebreakwasconsidered possibleatatime.Aworstpos-sibledirection ofthejettowardsthesumpentrancewasassum-ed.Fordrainflowjets,animpactpointwasdetermined byscalingthecorrectwaterlevelandFroudescaledflowforeachlocationofdrainflow. | |||
c.Thejetflowwasincreased togiveprototype impactvelocities ofthejet,andthejetdirection wasadjustedtokeepthesameimpactlocationdecidedfromstepb.Toaccomplish thereorientation, adjustable connections tothebreaknozzles(orslottedring)ordrainpipeendswereprovided. | |||
d.Themodelwasrunsothatprototype velocities wereobtainedinthepumpsuctionpipescorresponding topossibleprototype flowcombination. | |||
Thesubmergences (ordepthofwaterinthemodel)corresponded togeometrically scaledvalues.e.Air-entrainment inthesumpareaandinthepumpsuctionpipeswasascertained byobserving anyaircollected onthetopcoversofthesumporbeingdrawnintopipes.Photographic documentation asrequiredwasobtained. | |||
f.Ifobjectionable conditions werenoted,modifications suchasaddingbaffleplates,deflectors, airvents,etc.,wereimple-mented.Majorsumplocationorconfiguration changeswereconsidered onlyifabsolutely essential. | |||
18g.Theabovestepswererepeatedforeachwaterlevelandflow.condition andforeachbreakordrainflowlocations. | |||
Also,theeffectsofscreenblockages (upto50%),usingthesameworstblockageschemesderivedfromvortexing tests,wereinvestigated. | |||
~h.Whileperforming thetests,anyincreased vortexactivityduetomodifications wereobserved. | |||
Ifobjectionable air-pulling vorticeswerepresent,alternative modifications weretried.ModelinofAir-Ventin SstematToCoversTheearlierARLstudy(1)onthevortexing behaviorofthesumphadindi-catedthenecessity ofimproving theair-venting atthetopcoversbothupstreamanddownstream ofthecranewall.Fortheupstreamtopcover,itwasrecommended thatonerowof1/2inchdiameterholesbeprovidedatabout18inchesc/c,andtheseholesweremodeledtoscale.Forthedownstream topcover,slopingroofplatesangleduptowardsasingleventpipewasproposedbyAEPSC,asshowninFigure8.Thisvent-ingsystemwasbuilttoscaleinthemodel.Thehorizontal slababovetheslopingplateswas'notmodeled,beingunnecessary. | |||
RESULTSAir-Entrainment duetoDrainFlowDrainflowatthemodeledlocations couldexistforacasewhenthere-circulation modeisinitiated atEL602ft10inches(operating caselaorlbonly)whereasthebreakflowatthelocations inthecross-over leginthevicinityofthesumpmodelhavetobeconsidered onlyforacasewhentherecirculation modeisinitiated atEL607ft4inches.Hence,drainflowjetimpacttestswereconducted firstforonepipeoperation cases(laandlbofTable2).Inthiscase,thesumpentrancewasnot 19submerged, thetopcoverbeingatEL604ft11-3/8inches.Considerable air-entrainment wasgenerated attheimpactlocationasseeninPhoto-graph5.Mostofthebubbles,beinglarge(ofsizesgreaterthan5mm),werenotdrawn,downintothesumpunderthecranewall.However,smallquantities ofrelatively smallerbubbleswerepulleddowntheupstreamsumpportionintothedownstream area,andmostofthesecollected atthetopcoverinthedownstream portion.Theair-ventsystemofsingleventpipeandslopingplates(Figure8)wasnotefficient enoughtoventallthebubblescollected. | |||
Thiscausedaccumulation ofbubblesandoc-casionalpullingofslugsofairintothesuctionpipe(moresowitha50%blockageofsumpscreens). | |||
Itwasdecidedtoextendthedrainflowpipesfartherfromthesumparea,"alongthecranewall,toallowthemtodischarge atasubmerged locationawayfromthesumpentrancearea,therebytotallyeliminating thedrainflowjetimpactinfrontofthesump.Withthischange,furthertestingwascarriedoutwithoutdrainflowmodeling. | |||
Air-Entrainment duetoBreakFlowsA.Unsubmerged BreakLocations Ahighvelocityjetimpactatthewatersurfaceoccurredformodeledbreaklocations 1(or2)and4(or5)(Figure3),whichwerenotsubmerged forthelowestwaterelevation ofEL607ft4inches,atwhichoperating case"laorbwaspossible. | |||
Thesebreaklocations weretestedoneatatime.Eventhoughtheyproducedconsiderable airentrainment, noairbubblesofreadilyvisiblesizeswereseentobedrawnintothesumpdownthecranewall.Thisisbecausethesumpentrancewascompletely submerged withitstopcoverbelowthewatersurface(about1ftinmodelor2.5ftinproto-type)andmostoftheair-entrainment wasinthetopfewinches.Photo-graphs6and7showtheairentrainment atthesurfaceinthesumpareaforbreaklocations 1and4.Thesurfaceairentrainment, althoughcon-siderably, wasrestricted toasmalldepthandnoairbubblesofany 20significant sizeweredrawndeepintothesump.Novisiblequantityofbubblesweredrawnintothepipes,asindicated byobservations throughwindowsinthepipe.Hence,thesumpperformance wasconsidered satis-factorywithregardtoairentrainment duetounsubmerged breakjets.B.Submerged BreakLocations Eventhoughsubmerged breaklocations arenotlikelytoproduceair-en-trainment, particular breakflow orientation couldaugmentanyborder-linevortexactivitybyaddingmoretoanyexistingcirculation. | |||
Withthisinmind,allthesubmerged breaklocations; namely3,6;7',and8,iweretested(Figure3)foralloperating cases.Breaklocations 6and7werecorresponding tobreaksinthe3inchand2inchlinesjoiningthecross-over pipeandwereconsidered asverticalupwardordownwardcircularjets.Thesesubmerged verticaljetsdidnotproduceanysigni-ficantvortexactivitynordidtheycauseanyairentrainment problem's. | |||
Averticalupwardjetwasobservedtoemergeoutofthewatersurface;butwasbrokenintoaspraybyhittingobjectsandwasofnoconcern.Breakflowlocation8wasseentohavelittleinfluence onvortexing andnoproblemsofconcernwerenoticed.Breaklocation3inthebendportionofthepipewhenproperlyoriented, togetherwitha50%blockage[blockage schemes3and5ofARLreportonvortexing (1)]didaddconsiderable circulation toanotherwise weaksur-facedimple,frequently producing astrongvortexwithanaircoreex-tendingafewinchesbelowwater(Photograph 8).Thisvortex'was veryunstableandunsteady, andmovedfromapositioninthecenterofthesumpentrancetoapositionclosetothebreakflowjet,whichcausedadispersion oftheaircoretoastreamofbubblesdirectedtowardsthesump.Thesebubbleswerelargeenoughandhadenoughbuoyancynottobedrawnunderthecranewallintothedownstream portionofthesump.Thistypeofvortexoccurredforbothoperating cases1and2(waterlevels607ft4inchesto610ft0inches). | |||
21SumModifications andRetestinThevortexing described intheearlierparagraph wasoutsidethesump,andthesumpscreensandgratingspresumably actedasvortexsuppressois asnovortexcorewasseenextending intothesump.Ifitisdesiredtoreducethisvortexing, apossiblemethodwouldbetoinstallaverticalstandardfloorgrating,infrontofthehorizontal crossoverpipe,extending overalengthandheighttoobstructthebreakflowjetsfromlocations 3or8,asshowninFigure9.Itwasobservedinthemodelthatagratingof1inchdeepbearingbarsservedtodispersethejetsoastoreduceitscontribu-Ctiontorotational flowfield.Theadditionofthegratingshowedadecreaseinvortexstrengthandfre-fluencyatthelowerwaterlevelfortheonepipeoperation (Photograph 9a).Infrequently, aweaksurfacedimplevortexmovedtowardsthebreakflowjetwhichdispersed fewlargebubblestowardsthesump,however,noneofthesebubblesenteredthedownstream sumpregion.Forbothpipesoperat-ingatawaterlevelofEL610ft,thevortexintensity wasreducedbytheextragratingtoasurfaceswirlandnosignificant activitywaspresent(Photograph 9b).AirVentinat,Downstream ToCoverIngeneral,therightsideofthesumproofdownstream ofthecranewallwasfoundlessefficient inair-venting comparedtotheleftside,wherethesingleair-ventpipeislocated.Sincenoobjectionable rateofairaccumulation andwithdrawal throughthesuctionpipeswerenotedforanyofthetestconditions, thereappearslittleneedforanymodification orredesignofthetopcover.However,someadditional effortsweremadetoevolveadesigntoimprovetheair-venting, incaseitisdesired.Theslopingplatesattachedtotheoriginalhorizontal slabbottomweremodeledalongwiththeventpipe(Figure8).However,thehorizontal slabitselfwasnotincludedinthemodel,beingunnecessary forsimu-latingtheairventingsystem,whichessentially consisted oftheslop-ingplatesandventpipe.Toimprovetheperformance ofthisventsys-22tern,itwasdecidedtoprovideafew1/2inchdiameterholesat5inchesc/cinthemodelalongtheportionsofslopingcoverplateontherightsideofthesumpawayfromthemainventpipe.Asthehorizontal slabwasnotmodeled,theholeswereallconnected toacommonmanifoldlocatedap-proximately atthesameelevation corresponding tothebottomofthehori-zontalslababovetheplate.Thecommonmanifold, inturn,wasconnected toanadditional verticalventpipe.Suchanarrangement wasseentoim-provetheventingsystem,reducingtheaccumulation ofbubblesundertheslopingplate.Thebubbles.continuously escapedthroughtheholesandwereeventually flushedthroughtheadditional ventpipe.CONCLUSIONS Drainflowjetsimpinging infrontofthesumpproducedconsider-ableair-entrainment. | |||
Forlowerwaterlevels(atoraboutEL602ft10inches),thesumpentrancewasnot,submerged (freesurfacepresentinsidesump)andsmallquantities ofsmallersizeairbubblesweredrawnwiththeflowtotheportionofthesumpdown-streamofthecranewall.Inspiteoftheair-venting system,someof-thebubbleswerecollected underthetopcoverandwereoccasionally drawnintothesuctionpipe.Toavoidthis,itisrecommended toredirectthedrainflowatlocations 1and2(Fi-gure4)awayfromthesumpareabyextending thedrainpipesalongthecranewallandpreferably discharging thedrainflowclosetoorbeneaththewatersurfaceinthesump.2.Breaklocations 1,2,4,5,and9(Figure3)couldcauseunsub-mergedhighvelocityjetsimpinging onthewatersurfacenearthesumpentranceforarangeofwaterlevelsbelowthecorres-pondingbreaklocations. | |||
Thesumproofandentrancewouldbesub-mergedforallthepossibleoperating conditions, thesumptopcoverbeingbelowtheminimumwaterlevelofEL607ft4inches.Themodeltestresultsindicated thattheunsubmerged jetscaus-edconsiderable air-entrainment atandneartheimpactregion.However,nonoticeable movementofbubblestothesumpportion downstream ofthecranewallwasobservedfortheabovebreaklocations. | |||
Thiscouldbeduetosufficiently highwaterdepthsandlowapproachvelocities, whichallowbubblereleasetosur-face,andalsoduetothefactthatthesumpentrancewaswellsubmerged (morethan2ft)belowthewatersurface.Hence,noadverseair-entrainment problemswereencountered forunsubmerged breakflow jets.3.Nosubmerged breakflowtestedcausedanyair-entrainment. | |||
How-ever,itwasimportant toassesstheprobablecontributions ofsubmerged breakflowsinaugmenting vortexing toanyobjection-ableextent,asnotedbelow.a.Breaklocations 6and7generated verticalcirculaijetsinthecorresponding 2inchor3inchpipe.Thesejetsweresubmerged foralloperating conditions, andwereseentocausenovortexing problemsevenwith'0%screen'lockages. | |||
b.Breaklocations 4and5(circumferential breaks)weresubmerged forwaterlevelshigherthantheirlocations. | |||
Atthesewaterlevels,modeltestsindicated nosignifi-cantvortexing | |||
: problems, evenwith50%screenblockages. | |||
c.Breaklocations 3and8weresubmerged foralloperating conditions. | |||
nBreakflow atlocation8didnotcauseanyobjectionable vortexing problems. | |||
However,breakflowatlocation3wasobservedtostrengthen aweakdye-coretypevortexwhichexistedevenwithoutbreakflows (seeref.1)outsidethesumpscreenbetweentheverticallegsofthecross-over line.Thisvortexwasunstableandintermittent andwasseentohaveanaircoreex-tendingtoafewinchesbelowthewatersurfacewhentestedwith50%screenblockage. | |||
Whensuchanaircoreformed,andthevortexmovedtowardsthebreak,the 24breakflowjetwasseentobreakthecoreintobubbles.Someofthesebubblesenteredthesumparea,butwerelargeenoughtoescapetothesurfaceandwerenotdrawntotheportionofthesumpdownstream ofthecranewall(andhencenotdrawnintosuctionpipes).Asanoption,thisvortexseveritycouldbereducedconsiderably byplacingastandardfloorgrating(2-1/2inchdeepbars)asindicated inFigure9.4.Thereappearslittleneedforanyredesignormodifications of,thesumptopcovers,asnoobjectionable rateofbubbleaccumu-latioqunderneath thesecoverswerenotedforthetestconditions withthedrainflowsredirected. | |||
Therateofairventinginthedownstream slopingtopcoverplatecouldbefurtherimprovedifanadditional ventpipeweretobeprovidedintherightportionofthesumpcover(lookingdownstream) andafewrowsofl-l/4inchdiameterholesatabout.12inchesc/caredrilledonthisportionoftheplate. | |||
25REFERENCES 1.Padmanabhan, M.,"Hydraulic ModelInvestigation of'ortexing andSwirlWithinaReactorContainment Recirculation Sump-DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStaton,"ARLReportNo.108-78/M178PF, September 1978.2.Murakami, M.,etal.,"FlowofEntrained AirinCentrifugal Pumps,"13thIAHRCongress, Japan,August31toSeptember 5,1969,Vol.2,p.71-0.'.Rouse,H.,HandbookofHdraulics, JohnWiley6Sons,1950.4.Anwar,H.O.,"Prevention ofVorticesatIntakes," | |||
WaterPower,October1968,p.393.5.Ervine,D.A.,andElsawy,E.M.,"TheEffectofaFallingNappeonRiverAeration," | |||
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IAHR17thCongress, 1977,Vol.1,p.475-482.7.Govier,G.W.,andAziz,K.,FlowofComlexMixturesinPies,VanNostrandReinhold, 1972.8.Chanishvilli, A.G.,"AirEntrainment andVerticalDownwardMotionofAeratedFlows,"IAHR8thCongress, | |||
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TABLES | TABLES | ||
TABLE1BreakFlows*1. | TABLE1BreakFlows*1.Breaklocations inthecross-over andhotlegs(circumferential breaks)BreakArea=25sq.inches.Maximumflowof540lb/secoccurring at15minutesafterLOCA.2.Breaklocationin3inchSch.160line.TimefromLOCA,secsMassFlowrate(lb/sec)7501000125015001750200025003000116.3114~0ill.3109.0108.5106.0105.0100.03.Breaklocationin2inchSch.160line.TimefromLOCA,secsMassFlowrate(lb/sec)20003000400050006000700080009000444236.533.7532.25313028.75*DetailssuppliedbyAEPSC. | ||
TABLE2Operating CasesTestedOperating CaseNo.Flow/Pipe cg>mRangeofWaterSurfaceElevation Remarksla9500602'10"-606'0"607'4"-610'0"*Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureofother.Leftpipeoperational. | |||
lb9500602'10"-606'0"607'4"-610'0"*Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureofother.Rightpipeoperational. | |||
3a77001x95001x3600606'0"-612'0"610'0"-612'0"*606'0"-612'0"610'0"-612'0"*Runoutcondition ofECCSpumpswithbothtrainsoperating. | |||
Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrain(left);con-tainmentspraypumpfromother,.train atrunoutflow(right).3b1x36001x'9500606sOi612i0'10s0n612s0nRunoutcondition ofoneECCStrain(right);con-tainmentspraypumpfromothertrainatrunoutflow(left).*Applicable forbreakflowtests. | |||
PHOTOGRAPHS | PHOTOGRAPHS | ||
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SWITCHOVER OFSECONDECCSTRAINWATERLEVEL(CONSIDERING PARTIALICECONDENSER MELTDOWN) | |||
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WATERLEVELINSUMP607'-4"'10'0"612'0"602'-10"'BASED ONNOICECONDENSER MELTFROMICECONDENSER FIGURE3POSTULATED BREAKLOCATIONS 90180z"IIICECONDENSER DRAINS)(/X/'y;1..'j4F"j5pP'ONTAINMENT SUMP.".i':,'.;."''';:)j | |||
//'tlag..23NOTE:a)ICECONDENSER FLOOREL642'.0"b)DRAINCENTERLINE ELEVATION ATEXITEL634'-6"c)ALLDRAINSAREOF12"DIA.PIPEFIGURE4DRAINLOCATIONS 250200150CJCl0100~ONERHRPUMPONRECIRC.II)~TWORHRPUMPSONRECIR.I001020TIME(MIN)406070FIGURE5POSTLOCAFLOWRATEOFEACHICECONDENSER FLOORDRAIN SUCTIONPIPE=::4::'RANEWALLSUMP~~\v~~~o~~~~~~~i~.i~I~'oooo"~o:ouboYu'~~0~~~~BREAKFLOWJETAIRBUBBLE(ARBITRARY) | |||
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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OFAIRENTRAINMENT ATAREACTORCONTAINMENT SUMPDUETOBREAKANDDRAINFLOWSDONALDC.COOKNUCLEARPOWERSTATIONbyMahadevan Padmanabhan JohnF.NoreikaCarlR.JanikResearchSponsored byAmericanElectricPowerServiceCorporation Docket885,,+igo~>0>~mui~O<yy0fOoeumme-~
~."8.">>+-YWa(vrag~n(~ccarRye~GeorgeE.Hecker,DirectorALDENRESEARCHLABORATORY WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE HOLDEN,MASSACHUSETTS December1979 ABSTRACTAmericanElectricPowerServiceCorporation (AEPSC)authorized theAldenResearchLaboratory (ARL)ofWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)tocon-ductextensive hydraulic modeltestingoftheReactorContainment SumpoftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerPlant,Units1and2.Themodelstudieswereconducted intwophases.Aseparatereportofthefirstphaseofthemodelstudiestoinvestigate vortexing, swirl,andinletlosseswassubmitted earlier(ARLReportNo.108-78/M178PF, September 1978).Themainpurposeofthesecondphaseofthemodelstudiesreportedhereinwastoverifythatthereactorcontain-mentsumpwouldperformsatisfactorily withoutthedevelopment ofobjec-tionableair-entrainment duetobreakflowanddrainflowimpingement throughthewatersurfacenearthesump.Suchpossibleair-entrainment couldaffecttheoperation ofthepumpsintheEmergency CoreCoolingSystem(ECCS)duringtherecirculation mode.AmodelbasedonFroudesimilarity wasdesignedandconstructed toascaleof1:2.5toincludethesumpandthesurrounding areaofthecontainment buildingwithallthestruc'tures thatcouldinfluence theapproachflow.Revisions tothesumpconfiguration basedon'thevortexing andswirlstu-diesconducted earlierwereincorporated inthemodel.Possiblescaleef-fectsofmodelingairentrainment duetojetimpingement wereconsidered andasuitabletestprocedure wasdeveloped involving testingathigherthanFroudescaledjet.velocities andsuctionpipevelocities.
Testswereconducted incorporating variouspossibleflowandpumpcombinations, alongwithpossiblebreakanddrainflowsnearthesumparea,including differ-entpossiblescreenblockage.
Itwasdetermined thatredirecting oficecondenser drainpipesawayfromthesumpareawasdesirable toreduceexcessive airentrainment withinthesumpandtoeliminate airbubblesbeingcarriedtothesuctionpipesundercertainscreenblockageconditions.
Breakflowimpingement testsdidnotindicateanysignificant air-entrainment and,hence,nomodifications inthesumpgeometryitselfwasfeltnecessary.
TABLEOFCONTENTSPacaeNo.ABSTRACTTABLEOFCONTENTSINTRODUCTION PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION ReactorBuildingTheContainment Recirculation SumpBreakFlowLocations Operating CasesforTests2234AIRENTRAINMENT DUETOJETIMPINGEMENT SIMILITUDE FroudeScalingSimilarity ofAir-Entrainment DuetoJetImpingement 910MODELDESCRIPTION ANDINSTRUMENTATION 14GeneralLayoutSupplyLoopforBreakandDrainFlowsModelingofBreakFlowsModelingofDrainFlows14141516TESTPROCEDURE 16ModelingofAir-Venting SystematTopCovers18~RESULTS18Air-Entrainment duetoDrainFlowAir-Entrainment duetoBreakFlowsSumpModifications andRetesting AirVentingatDownstream TopCover18192121CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES TABLESFIGURESPHOTOGRAPHS 2225 INTRODUCTION Thereactorcontainment buildings oftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStation,Unitsland2,areprovidedwithemergency corecoolingsys-tems(ECCS)designedtocooltheshutdownreactorcoresandthecon-tainments intheeventofalossofcoolantaccident(LOCA).TheECCSinjectswatertomaintaincorecoolingand,initially, thewaterforthisisdrawnfromtherefueling waterstorage"tank(RWST).Whenthewaterlevelinthistankisdepletedtoapredetermined level,theECCSisswitchedfrominjection torecirculation mode.Atthispoint,waterisdrawnfromthe,containment recirculation sumpcontaining wa-terdrainedfromthebreak,waterfromtheicecondenser
- meltdown, andwaterfromthecontainment spraysystem.Theapproachflowtothesumpisaffectedbytheequipments andappurtenant structures intheflowpath.Thewaterlevel,thepumpdischarges, andthewatertemperature couldvaryoverawiderangeduringtherecirculation mode,whichlastsforanextendedperiodoftimetoprovidesufficient heatremoval.The,breakflowanddrainflowvarywithtimeandtheyimpingeonthewatersurfaceasahighvelocityjet.Itisveryimportant thatnoadverseflowconditions causedbybreakandicedrainflowjetsexistwithinthesumporthesuctionpipesthatcouldaffectperformance ofthepumps~TheAldenResearchLaboratory (ARL)wasauthorized byAmericanElectric'ower ServiceCorporation (AEPSC)toconstruct andtestamodeloftheDonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStationcontainment recirculation sumpwiththeobjectofinvestigating freesurfacevortexformation, swirl,inletlosses,airentrainment duetoimpingement, oranyotherundesirable flowconditions thatcouldadversely affecttheperformance oftheRe-sidualHeatRemoval(RHR)andContainment SprayPumps(CTS),andSafetyInjection (SI)PumpsoftheEmergency CoreCoolingWaterSystem(ECCS)intherecirculation mode.Operating conditions involving awiderangeofvariouspossibleapproachflowdistributions, waterdepths,watertemperatures, screenblockageeffects,andpumpoperating combinations weretobetestedinthemodel.Ifpotentially undesirable flowcondi-
,-2tionsoccurred, modifications inthesumpconfiguration weretobede-veloped.Thefirstphaseofthemodelstudywastheinvestigation ofairentrainment duetovortexing, suctionofentrapped air,swirlinthesuc-tionpipes,andtheinletlossesatthesumpandthedetailsofthisphasewereincludedinaseparateARLreport(1).Thisreportpresentsthefindingsofthesecondphaseofthestudyin-volvingbreakanddrainflowimpingement andinclu'des adescription oftheprototype andmodel,andsummarizes conditions investigated, simi-litudeconsiderations, testprocedures, instrumentation, interpretation ofresults,andconclusions.
PROTOTYPE DESCRIPTION ReactorBuildinThereactorbuildingiscircularinplanwithtwoconcentric outerwalls;Jnamely,thecranewallandthecontainment wall,withinnerradiiof41.5ftand57.5ft,respectively.
Thesteamgenerators, reactorcoolantpumps,containment cleanupfilterunits,andtheconnected accessories arealllo-catedintheportionbetweenthereactorchamberandthecranewall,asseeninFigure1.Theannularportionbetweenthecraneandcontai:nment wallsaccommodated thevariouspipes,valves,airducts,andcablesforvariousoperating systems,suchasblowdown, coolingwater,ventilation, andliquidwasterecycling.
TheContainment Recirculation SumTheContainment Recirculation sumpislocatedclosetothecranewallbe-tweenthesteamgenerator number2andreactorcoolantpumpnumber2(ex-tendingfrombearing120to150degreesapproximately),
asmarkedinFi-gure1.Thesumpismoreorlessrectangular inplan,about18ftlongand10.5ftwide,withthecranewalldividingitintotwoportions.
Recirculation flowenterstheupstreamportionthroughstainless steelgratingsandscreensprovidedattheentrance, continues downandunderthecranewall,andfinallyentersthesuctionpipes.Figure2showsthesumpdetailsandillustrates thattheupstreamportionwouldhaveafreesurfacewhilethedownstream portionwouldbeunderpressure.
Thetopslabofthedownstream portionofthesumpisprovidedwithasingleairventpiperunningupwardthroughthecranewall.ThesumpfloorisatEL591ft1inch,whereasthebuildingfloorisatEL598ft9-3/8inches.Theaverageapproachvelocityupstreamofthegratingwouldbeabout0.34fpsattheminimumsubmergence (EL602ft10inches).Thetwooutletpipesare18inchesindiameter(Sch.40),andarepro-videdwithbellmouth entrances and24inchdiameterguardpipes.Thesuctionpipesrundownwardataninclination of13'34'ohorizontal, asshowninFigure2.ThecenterofthepipeentranceisatEL595ft6inches,andeachpipeisconnected toavalveatEL589ft9inches.Asindicated inFigure1,alowersump,rectangular inplan(about2ft4inchesby4ft,10inches),and7ft8-3/8inchesdeep,isprovidedadjacenttothemaincontainment sumptoallowforproperdrainageinnormalconditions.
Thissumpisconnected tothemaincontainment.
sumpbyan8inchdiameterpipe.BreakFlowLocations Thepossiblebreakflowlocations inthesumpvicinity(provided byAEPSC)arelocatedinthecross-over, highpressurepipeconnecting thereactorcoolantpumpandsteamgenerator asindicated inFigure3.Therearesixbreaklocations inthisloopwithtwoadditional breaklocations, oneeachinthe3inchand2inchpipesattachedtotheloopatthebottomstraightportion.Thehotlegjoiningthesteamgenerator tothereactorhasonebreaklocation.
Thesixbreaksinthecross-over loopandtheonebreakinthehotlegareallcircumferential typebreaks.The3inchand2inch pipebreakswillcausecircularjetsissuingvertically upordown.Thebreakarearesulting fromtheaxialdisplacement forthebreaksinthecross-over loopandhotlegisapproximately 25.0squareinches.Table1indicates therateofbreakflowfollowing aLOCA.Thefouricecondenser drainflowlocations closetothesump(fourloca-tions)areindicated inFigure4.Thedrainsarel2inchesindiameterandterminate horizontally atabout36ftfromthebuildingfloor.Thedrainsmaynotbeflowingfullformostofthetime.Thedrainflowratefollowing LOCAisgivenbythecurveshowninFigure5.Thebreakflowanddrainflowlocations willbeidentified hereafter inthisreportbythenumbersgiveninFigures3and4.0eratinCasesforTestsThedischarge andsubmergence conditions atthesumpwouldchangewiththedifferent operating sequences fromtheinstantofaLOCA.Thefol-lowingsystemoperations wereconsidered important ininvestigating thehydraulic performance ofthesump:l.9500gpmithroughonesuctionpipe-Thissimu-latestherunoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureoftheothertrain.2.7700gpmpersuctionpipe,bothpipesoperating
-Thissimulates therunoutcondition ofECCSpumpswithbothtrainsoperating.
3.9500gpmthroughonepipeand3600gpmthroughtheother-,Sameascase1exceptthatthecon-tainmentspraypumpfromtheothertrainisatrunoutflowrate.
ShouldaLOCAoccurinanyofthebreaklocations described earlier,theECCSpumps,whicharealignedtotherefueling waterstoragetank(RWST),wouldinject350,000gallonsofboratedwaterintotheprimaryloopbe-foretherecirculation sumpiscompletely used.OnetrainofECCSpumpswouldbeswitchedtotherecirculation sumpwhenthewaterlevelintheRWSTreachesapredetermined lowlevel,thetimeforthisbeingabout10minutesafterthestartofECCS.ItisnotuntiltheRWSTreachesthelowestlevelthatthesecondtrainofECCSpumpswouldbeswitchedtotherecirculation sump.Atthistime,theentire350,000gallonswouldhavebeenpumpedintothesumpviatheprimaryloop.Awaterlevelof602ft,10inchesistheelevation atwhichthefirstECCStrainsuctionsupplywouldbeswitchedfromtheRefueling WaterStorageTank(RWST)tothecontainment recirculation sump.AwaterlevelofEL606ftwillbethepointatwhichthesuctionsourceofthesecondstringofECCSwouldbeswitchedfromtheRWSTtothecon-tainmentrecirculation sump.Theabovelevelsarecalculated byAPESCassumingthatthebreaksin'heprimarysystemoccurinsidethebiological boundary.
Thisassumption re-sultsinthelowestpossiblecontainment levelssinceitpostulates thatapproximately 128,000gallonsoffluidmustspillwithinthebiological barrierbeforeanyfluidspillsintotherecirculation sumpcavity.This,ofcourse,isconservative andtheabovewaterlevelsareusedformodeltestswithdrainflowsbutnobreakflowsnearthesumpportion.=
Jetimpingement modelingwithbreakflownearthesumpisbasedonabreakintheprimarysystemoccurring outsidethebiological boundary(ifitwereinside,itcouldhavenoeffectonthesump).Therefore, the128,000gal-lonswhichwasconsidered unavailable withinthebiological boundaryisnowavailable tosupplyadditional fluidinventory outsidetheboundary.
Sincethecontainment waterleveloutsidetheboundarywillriseapproximately 1ftperadditional 28,000gallonsoffluid(asperAPESC),thetotalrisewillbeapproximately 4.5ft.Thenewwaterlevelswouldthenbe607ft4inchesforfirstECCSswitchover and610ftforsecondECCSswitchover.
Table2summarizes thesystemoperations, eachofwhich,forconvenience, willbeidentified bythecasenumberhereafter inthisreport.Thewatertemperature ofthebreakflow, whichwouldbecollected inthesump,couldbeashighasl90'F.Acontainment pressureofupto3.0psigwouldbepossible.
AIRENTRAINMENT DUETOJETIMPINGEMENT Highvelocityjetsimpinging onawatersurfaceareknowntoproducecon-siderable airentrainment.
Ifsuchacondition existsveryclosetothesump,theapproachflowwilldrawwithitalargenumberofairbubblesintothesump.Fortheparticular sumpconfiguration oftheD.C.Cookplant,allbubbleswhichhaverisevelocities lessthanthedownwardvelocityoftheflowintheupstreamportionofthesumparelikelytobecarriedunderneath thecrane'wall.Thebubblesmaygetentrained inthemainflowtowardsthesuctionpipes,andwouldbe'rawnintothepipes.Ifsufficient retention timeisavailable, thebubblescouldreachthetopcoverandgetcollected orescapethroughtheventingsystem,depending onitseffectiveness.
Bubblescollected onthetopcovermaycoalescetoformairpockets,andtheseairpocketscouldbedrawnintermittently intothesuctionpipesasslugs,orcouldhelpformair-corevortices.
Itisevidentthatevenalowairconcentration inthesuctionpipes,suchas5%,couldlowertheefficiency ofthepumpconsiderably (2).Further,air-water mixtureflowcouldgeneratepressurefluctuations ontheimpeller.
Hence,airentrainment isrecognized asapotential adversecondition tobeexamined.
SIMILITUDE Thestudyofdynamically similarfluidmotionsformsthebasisforthede-signofmodelsandtheinterpretation ofexperimental data.Thebasicconceptofdynamic,similarity maybestatedastherequirement thattwosystemswithgeometrically similarboundaries havegeometrically similarflowpatternsatcorresponding instantsoftime(3).Thus',allindivi-dualforcesactingoncorresponding fluidelementsofmassmusthavethesameratiosinthetwosystems.Thecondition requiredforcompletesimilitude maybedeveloped fromNewton'ssecondlawofmotion:F.=F+F'+F+F ipgvtwhereF.=inertiaforce,definedasmass,M,timestheiacceleration, aF=pressureforceconnected withorresulting fromthemotionF=gravitational forcegF=viscousforcevF=force'uetosurfacetensiontAdditional forcesmayberelevantunderspecialcircumstances, suchasfluidcompression, magneticorCoriolisforces,butthesehadnoinfluence onthisstudyandwere,therefore, notconsidered inthefollowing develop-ment.Equation(1)canbemadedimensionless bydividingallthetermsbyF..1Twosystemswhicharegeometrically similararedynamically similarifbothsatisfythedimensionless formoftheequationofmotion,Equation(1).WemaywriteeachoftheforcesontherightsideofEquation(1)as:
F.PFg2netpressurexarea=adpL13specificweightxvolume=ayL2F=shear,stressxarea=aphu/hyxarea=cpuLv3~3FtF.isurface.tensionxlength=aaL43222densityxvolumexacceleration
=apLu/L=apuL55wherea,a,etc.=proportionality factorsL=representative lineardimension hp=netpressure=specificweight=dynamicviscosity a=surfacetensionp=densityu=representative velocitySubstituting theabovetermsinEquation(1)andmakingitdimensionless bydividin'g theinertialforce,weobtain1-22-23-14-2-E+-F+-R+-W=1a5a505a5(2)whereE=InertiaForce=Eulernumber~PressureForceuF=-/gz,InertiaForce=Froudenumber~PressureForce uLR=-u/vInertiaForce=ReynoldsneerViscousForceW=~alps,InertiaForce=Webernumber~SurfaceTensionForceSincetheproportionality factors,n,arethesameinmodelandproto-type,completedynamicsimilarity isachievedifallthedimensionless groups,E,F,R,andW,havethesamevaluesinmodelandprototype.
Inpractice, thisisdifficult toachieve.Forexample,tohavethevaluesofFandRthesamerequires.
eithera1:1"model"orafluidofverylowkinematic viscosity inthereducedscalemodel.Hence,theacceptedapproachistoselectthepredominant forceanddesignthemodelaccording totheappropriate dimensionless group:Thein-fluenceofotherforceswouldbesecondary andare.calledscaleef-fects(3).Specialtestingprocedures maybeestablished todetermine ortoaccountforscaleeffectsapproximately butusuallyconservatively.
FroudeScalinModelsinvolving afreesurfaceareconstructed andoperatedusingFroudesimilarity sincetheflowprocessiscontrolled bygravityandinertiaforces.TheFroudenumber,representing theratioofinertiatogravi-tationalforce,F=u//gs(3)whereu=averagevelocityinthepipeg=gravitational acceleration s=submergence was,therefore, madeequalinmodeland.prototype (4) 10wherem,p,andrdenotemodel,prototype, andratiobetweenmodelandprototype, respectively.
Inmodelingofanintakesumptostudytheformation ofvortices, itisimportant toselectareasonably largegeometric scaletoachievelargeReynoldsnumbersandtoreproduce thecurvedflowpatterninthevici-nityoftheintake(4).Ageometric scaleofL=L/L.=1/2.5wasrmp'hosenforthemodel,whereLreferstolength.AthigherReynoldsnum-ber,anasymptotic behaviorofenergylosscoefficients withReynoldsnumberisusuallyobservedinsimilarflows.Hence,withF=1,therbasicFroudianscalingcriterion, theEulernumbers,E,willbeequalinmodelandprototype.
Thisimpliesthatflowpatternsandlossco-efficients areequalinmodelandprototype.
FromEquation(4),usings=L,thevelocity, discharge, andtimescaleswere:0.5rr(5)Q=Lu=L22.5rr-rr(6)0.5rrSimilarit ofAir-Entrainment DuetoJetIminementDimensional AnalysisThemajorparameters influencing therateofaerationofarectangular jetimpinging onapoolofwaterare(5):a.Thedepthoffall(H)b.Thejetvelocityatimpact(u.)c.Jetwidthbandthickness dd.Minimumimpactvelocitytocauseairentrainment, u'.e.Thejetperimeter, pf.FroudenumberF.,ReynoldsnumberR.,andWebernumberW.ofthejetj' Forlargescaleair-entrainment causedbyhighvelocityjetsofrelatively largethickness, theeffectofR.andW.arenegligible (5).Hence,there-jjlativeairconcentration (volumetric quality)g,isgivenby:HB=f(F.,-,~,~)
3du'.dj(8)Theminimumimpactvelocityforair-entrainment, u.isabout3.6fps(5),jandisconsidered aconstantindependent ofotherjetparameters.
Basedonexperimental data,reference (6)gives0.446u.B=K(-)(-)(1-~)pduwhereKisafunctionofF.,butmoreorlessindependent ofF.ifF.isjjgreaterthan10.Hence,b0.4468=-=(-)(d)mrgpprdru.(1-~)3(10)assumingF.isgreaterthan10formodelandprototype.
jIfthebreakareaismodeledtochosengeometric scalewithanassumedbreakwidthandthickness andthebreaklocations arealsocorrectly mo-deledtothegeometric scale,thenb/pandH/d"valuesareconceivably thesameinmodelandprototype.
However,inthisstudy,onlythebreakareaandheight,H,areknownbeforehand whereasthevalues'of b,p,anddareassumedmakingsurethattheirinfluence ontheproblemofconcernisnotoverlooked.
FromEquation(10),if(b/p)and(H/d)areequaltounity,()willberrrequaltounityonlyifthejetimpactvelocityismadeequalinthemodelandprototype, u'.beingaconstant.
However,thisispossibleonlyifthejchosenmodelislargeenough.Also,ifthevaluesofH,p,anddaretoosmall,scaleeffects>suchasduetotheinfluence ofsurfacetension,mayresult.Inthepresent.study,thescaleof1:2.5isconsidered sufficient bylarge.
12B.BubbleRiseVelocities Highvelocityjetsofwaterimpinging onastagnantwatersurfaceproduceaswarmofbubbles,theinteraction betweenthebubblescausingareducedrisevelocitycomparedtothatforsinglebubbles(7).Theentrained aircouldbeintheformofbubblesofvaryingsizes.Within,awiderangeofdownfalljetvelocities, thecorresponding bubblesizerangeshavebeenobservedtodifferverylittle(8).Thismeansthatthemodelandproto-typearelikelytohavemoreorlessthesamerangeofbubblesizes,evenwhenthejetvelocities andheightsoffallaremodeledusingtheFroudelawofsimilarity.
Therisevelocityofbubblesaredependent ontheirsizesandtheairconcentration, B(7),andhencetherisevelocities arenotsimulated toFroudevelocityscalewhenamodelisoperatedonFroudelaw.Air-entrainment measurements inamodeloperatedonFroudelawdonotpredicttheairconcentrations intherealsituation, asevidentfromEquation(10).Infact,theprototype islikelytohavehigheraircon-centrations duetohigherjetvelocities.
Asthebubblerisevelocities arehigherwithlowerairconcentrations forsamebubblesizeranges,themodelmayhavehigherrisevelocities thantheprototype, whereasscaledflowvelocities arelowerinthemodel.ThissuggeststhatthemodelcannotbeoperatedonFroudelawalonetoobtainanymeaningful resultsonairentrainment andonairbeingdrawnintothesuctionpipes.C.Entrainment ofBubblesintoSuctionPipesAsdiscussed intheabovesections, thesamebubblerisevelocities andrelativeairconcentrations couldbeexpectedinthemodelduetojetimpingement, providedthejetimpingement velocityinthemodelisthesameasthatintheprototype andallthelinearjetdimensions aremo-deledtothegeometric scale.Thequestionofhowtoscalethemodelflowsthroughthesuctionpipes(whichalsogovernsapproachvelocities) mustalsobeaddressed.
13Referring toFigure6,letusconsiderabubbleatalocationxftfromPthesumpentranceandyftbelowwatersurfaceintheprototype.
LetP(u.)bethebubblerisevelocityandlet(u)betheapproachvelocitypaptothesump.Thedownwardvelocityofwaterinthesumpformaximumflowoperating conditions couldbeashighas0.75fps,whichismuchhigherthantherisevelocities ofmostofthesmallsizebubbles(lessthan1cm).Hence,itisreasonable toassumethatanysmallbubblethatcouldreachthesumpwillbecarrieddownthesumptothedownstream sideofthewall,withareasonably goodchanceofbeingdrawntothesuctionpipes.Therequirement forabubbletoreachthesumpis(u)-,(u)PPSimilarly forthemodel,ymxm(u)-(u)mm(12)Ifthemodelproducesthesamebubblesizerangeasintheprototype andthesameairconcentrations duetojetimpingement, then(u.)willbeamthesameas(u.).Ifthemodeljetimpingement locations andwater>Pdepthsarefixedtothegeometric scaleL,wegetr'myxm-=LxrP(13)BasedonEquations (ll)to(13)forsimilarity ofbubblemotion,itisessential tohave(u)=(u)pm(14) 14Thismeanstheapproachvelocities inthemodelandprototype shouldbethesame.This,bycoincidence, isthesameasthe"equalvelocityrule"usedinthemodeltestsforinvestigating vortexseverities.
Theflowpatternsinthesumpportiondownstream ofthecranewalltothesuctionpipescanbeconsidered similarbetweenthemodelandprototype, beingclosedconduitflowatsufficiently highReynoldsnumbers.MODELDESCRIPTION ANDINSTRUMENTATION GeneralLaoutAphysicalmodelof,thecontainment sumpandaportionofthereactorbuild-ingformingtheapproachtothesumpwereconstructed toageometric scaleofapproximately 1:2.5onanelevatedplatform, asshowninPhotograph l.Detailsofthemodelconstruction, dimensions, andgeneralpipingarrange-mentareincludedinanearlierARLreport(1).Su1LooforBreakandDrainFlowsFigure7andPhotograph 2showthearrangement ofsupplypipesforbreakanddrainflows.A75HPhighheadpump(300ft)wasusedtorecirculate thewaterfromthemodel(takingsuctionfromalocationbehindtheflowdistributors) throughthebreakanddrainflowpipes.Theseparatesupplypipesconnected tobreakanddrainlocations, eachcontained acalibrated orificemeterandabypasslineforflowmeasurement andadjustment.
Thesupplypipeforbreakflowendedinaflexiblehosewhich,inturn,wasattachedtoanozzleoracircumferential pipering(depending uponthetypeofbreaktobemodeled)atthedesiredlocation.
Thepiperingwasessentially acircumferential ringof2inchdiameterpipefastenedaroundthebreakpipeattheappropriate locationandwasprovidedwith 15slots1/8inchwideand1'inchlongandatabout1inchspacingforhalfthecircumference atadesiredangle,asshowninPhotograph 3.Theopenareaoftheslotswaskeptasthescaledareafromtheassumedprototype breakarea.Onlyhalfthecircumference wasprovidedwithslotstomaketheflowdirectedtowardsthesump,asaconservative assumption.
Theringwassetsoastomaketheslotsfacingthesump-andtheslotswerecutatabout60'othehorizontal soastodirecttheflowrightatthesumpentranceontothewatersurface.Thissimulated rectangular jetsfromcircumferential breaks.Anozzleofsuitablediameter(givingthesameflowareaatthebreak)wasusedwhenacircularjetwassimulated.
Thesupplypipefordrainflowendedatthemodeleddrainlocations, withaflexiblehoseincorporated suchthatthepipeendcouldbedirectedatadesiredlocation.
Thepipesizesscaledtheprototype draindiameters.
ModelingofBreakFlowsBreakflowlocations 1and2(Figure3)weremodeledasasinglelocation, aswere4and5,asthesetwolocations areveryclosetoeachother.Cross-over breaklocations 3and8,location9inthehotleg,andloca-tions,6and7inthe3inchand2inchpipes,respectively, weremodeledseparately.
Theareaofthecircumferential breaksinthemodelwasscaledfromthegiven(assumed) prototype areaof25squareinches.Arectangu-larjetformedbyslotsdescribed earlieralonghalfthecircumference ofthepipefacingthesumpwasmodeledandtestedatall,locations inthecross-over loopandhotleg.The3inchand2inchpipebreaksweremo-deledonlyascircularjetssimilartothosepossibleintheprototype.
Photograph 4showstheslottedcircumferential pipeatlocation2andthebreakflowissuingoutofitdirectedatthesump.Thejetvelocityofimpactatthewatersurfacewascalculated fortheprototype breaksusingthebreakflowandareaandheightoffallas,(15) 16whereu.istheexitvelocitygivenbyQ/A,theratioofbreakflowtojeareaandHistheheightoffall.Themodelbreakflowrequiredtogivethesamevalueofu.wasthencalculated asthebreakareaandheightoffallinthemodelareknown.Thisvaluewassetinthemodel.ModelinofDrainFlowsIcecondenser drainflowlocations 1and2(Figure4)weremodeledbeingveryclosetothesump.Locations 3and4wereconsidered unimportant asthedrainflowjetatlocation3wouldmostlybeintercepted bythesteamgenerator anditssupportsandthejetatlocation4wasconsidered toofartherawayfromthesump.Inmodelingthedrainflows,itwasconsider-edimportant tosimulatethedrainpipediameterandheightofthedraintothegeometric scale.Thepointofimpingement ofthedrainflowjetonwatersurfacewaslocatedfortheFroudescaledflowthroughthedrain,asthepathofdrainflowessentially wasgravitycontrolled.
Oncethisimpactpointwaslocated,theflowwasincreased togiveprototype impinge-mentvelocity, atthesametimeadjusting theflexiblehoseendofthemodeldrainsuitablytokeeptheimpingement regionthesame.Theproto-typevelocityofimpingement wascalculated usingEquation(15).TESTPROCEDURE Teststoinvestigate air-entrainment inthesumpareaduetotheimpinge-mentofhighvelocitybreakanddrainflowsonthewatersurfacewereconsidered necessary forbreaklocations ordrainlocations closetothesumpsothatimpingement couldtakeplaceintheimmediate vicinityofthesump.Itwasrealizedthataircouldbedrawnintothesuctionpipeseitherdirectlyfromtheimpinging jetorafterasufficient quantityofsmallbubblescollected onthetopcoverofthesump.Theobjectionable limitofairentrainment wasconsidered todependonthepump,andthislimitwasnot,known.Ingeneral,anyairentrainment oflargebubblesin-tothesuctionpipeswasdeemedobjectionable.
Asdiscussed inearliersectionsofthereport,sincebubblesizesandbubblerisevelocities" donotscaleinaFroudemodel,specialtestpro-cedureswereusedtoapproximate theprototype conditions.
Thetest'rocedure followedisdescribed below.a.Thebreakflowordrainflowareasandtheirlocations weremo-deledbasedonthegeometric scaleofthemodel.Breakflow types,whethercircumferential orcircular, wereusedinde-cidingthejetdimensions togivetheproperscaledarea.b.Onlyonebreakwasconsidered possibleatatime.Aworstpos-sibledirection ofthejettowardsthesumpentrancewasassum-ed.Fordrainflowjets,animpactpointwasdetermined byscalingthecorrectwaterlevelandFroudescaledflowforeachlocationofdrainflow.
c.Thejetflowwasincreased togiveprototype impactvelocities ofthejet,andthejetdirection wasadjustedtokeepthesameimpactlocationdecidedfromstepb.Toaccomplish thereorientation, adjustable connections tothebreaknozzles(orslottedring)ordrainpipeendswereprovided.
d.Themodelwasrunsothatprototype velocities wereobtainedinthepumpsuctionpipescorresponding topossibleprototype flowcombination.
Thesubmergences (ordepthofwaterinthemodel)corresponded togeometrically scaledvalues.e.Air-entrainment inthesumpareaandinthepumpsuctionpipeswasascertained byobserving anyaircollected onthetopcoversofthesumporbeingdrawnintopipes.Photographic documentation asrequiredwasobtained.
f.Ifobjectionable conditions werenoted,modifications suchasaddingbaffleplates,deflectors, airvents,etc.,wereimple-mented.Majorsumplocationorconfiguration changeswereconsidered onlyifabsolutely essential.
18g.Theabovestepswererepeatedforeachwaterlevelandflow.condition andforeachbreakordrainflowlocations.
Also,theeffectsofscreenblockages (upto50%),usingthesameworstblockageschemesderivedfromvortexing tests,wereinvestigated.
~h.Whileperforming thetests,anyincreased vortexactivityduetomodifications wereobserved.
Ifobjectionable air-pulling vorticeswerepresent,alternative modifications weretried.ModelinofAir-Ventin SstematToCoversTheearlierARLstudy(1)onthevortexing behaviorofthesumphadindi-catedthenecessity ofimproving theair-venting atthetopcoversbothupstreamanddownstream ofthecranewall.Fortheupstreamtopcover,itwasrecommended thatonerowof1/2inchdiameterholesbeprovidedatabout18inchesc/c,andtheseholesweremodeledtoscale.Forthedownstream topcover,slopingroofplatesangleduptowardsasingleventpipewasproposedbyAEPSC,asshowninFigure8.Thisvent-ingsystemwasbuilttoscaleinthemodel.Thehorizontal slababovetheslopingplateswas'notmodeled,beingunnecessary.
RESULTSAir-Entrainment duetoDrainFlowDrainflowatthemodeledlocations couldexistforacasewhenthere-circulation modeisinitiated atEL602ft10inches(operating caselaorlbonly)whereasthebreakflowatthelocations inthecross-over leginthevicinityofthesumpmodelhavetobeconsidered onlyforacasewhentherecirculation modeisinitiated atEL607ft4inches.Hence,drainflowjetimpacttestswereconducted firstforonepipeoperation cases(laandlbofTable2).Inthiscase,thesumpentrancewasnot 19submerged, thetopcoverbeingatEL604ft11-3/8inches.Considerable air-entrainment wasgenerated attheimpactlocationasseeninPhoto-graph5.Mostofthebubbles,beinglarge(ofsizesgreaterthan5mm),werenotdrawn,downintothesumpunderthecranewall.However,smallquantities ofrelatively smallerbubbleswerepulleddowntheupstreamsumpportionintothedownstream area,andmostofthesecollected atthetopcoverinthedownstream portion.Theair-ventsystemofsingleventpipeandslopingplates(Figure8)wasnotefficient enoughtoventallthebubblescollected.
Thiscausedaccumulation ofbubblesandoc-casionalpullingofslugsofairintothesuctionpipe(moresowitha50%blockageofsumpscreens).
Itwasdecidedtoextendthedrainflowpipesfartherfromthesumparea,"alongthecranewall,toallowthemtodischarge atasubmerged locationawayfromthesumpentrancearea,therebytotallyeliminating thedrainflowjetimpactinfrontofthesump.Withthischange,furthertestingwascarriedoutwithoutdrainflowmodeling.
Air-Entrainment duetoBreakFlowsA.Unsubmerged BreakLocations Ahighvelocityjetimpactatthewatersurfaceoccurredformodeledbreaklocations 1(or2)and4(or5)(Figure3),whichwerenotsubmerged forthelowestwaterelevation ofEL607ft4inches,atwhichoperating case"laorbwaspossible.
Thesebreaklocations weretestedoneatatime.Eventhoughtheyproducedconsiderable airentrainment, noairbubblesofreadilyvisiblesizeswereseentobedrawnintothesumpdownthecranewall.Thisisbecausethesumpentrancewascompletely submerged withitstopcoverbelowthewatersurface(about1ftinmodelor2.5ftinproto-type)andmostoftheair-entrainment wasinthetopfewinches.Photo-graphs6and7showtheairentrainment atthesurfaceinthesumpareaforbreaklocations 1and4.Thesurfaceairentrainment, althoughcon-siderably, wasrestricted toasmalldepthandnoairbubblesofany 20significant sizeweredrawndeepintothesump.Novisiblequantityofbubblesweredrawnintothepipes,asindicated byobservations throughwindowsinthepipe.Hence,thesumpperformance wasconsidered satis-factorywithregardtoairentrainment duetounsubmerged breakjets.B.Submerged BreakLocations Eventhoughsubmerged breaklocations arenotlikelytoproduceair-en-trainment, particular breakflow orientation couldaugmentanyborder-linevortexactivitybyaddingmoretoanyexistingcirculation.
Withthisinmind,allthesubmerged breaklocations; namely3,6;7',and8,iweretested(Figure3)foralloperating cases.Breaklocations 6and7werecorresponding tobreaksinthe3inchand2inchlinesjoiningthecross-over pipeandwereconsidered asverticalupwardordownwardcircularjets.Thesesubmerged verticaljetsdidnotproduceanysigni-ficantvortexactivitynordidtheycauseanyairentrainment problem's.
Averticalupwardjetwasobservedtoemergeoutofthewatersurface;butwasbrokenintoaspraybyhittingobjectsandwasofnoconcern.Breakflowlocation8wasseentohavelittleinfluence onvortexing andnoproblemsofconcernwerenoticed.Breaklocation3inthebendportionofthepipewhenproperlyoriented, togetherwitha50%blockage[blockage schemes3and5ofARLreportonvortexing (1)]didaddconsiderable circulation toanotherwise weaksur-facedimple,frequently producing astrongvortexwithanaircoreex-tendingafewinchesbelowwater(Photograph 8).Thisvortex'was veryunstableandunsteady, andmovedfromapositioninthecenterofthesumpentrancetoapositionclosetothebreakflowjet,whichcausedadispersion oftheaircoretoastreamofbubblesdirectedtowardsthesump.Thesebubbleswerelargeenoughandhadenoughbuoyancynottobedrawnunderthecranewallintothedownstream portionofthesump.Thistypeofvortexoccurredforbothoperating cases1and2(waterlevels607ft4inchesto610ft0inches).
21SumModifications andRetestinThevortexing described intheearlierparagraph wasoutsidethesump,andthesumpscreensandgratingspresumably actedasvortexsuppressois asnovortexcorewasseenextending intothesump.Ifitisdesiredtoreducethisvortexing, apossiblemethodwouldbetoinstallaverticalstandardfloorgrating,infrontofthehorizontal crossoverpipe,extending overalengthandheighttoobstructthebreakflowjetsfromlocations 3or8,asshowninFigure9.Itwasobservedinthemodelthatagratingof1inchdeepbearingbarsservedtodispersethejetsoastoreduceitscontribu-Ctiontorotational flowfield.Theadditionofthegratingshowedadecreaseinvortexstrengthandfre-fluencyatthelowerwaterlevelfortheonepipeoperation (Photograph 9a).Infrequently, aweaksurfacedimplevortexmovedtowardsthebreakflowjetwhichdispersed fewlargebubblestowardsthesump,however,noneofthesebubblesenteredthedownstream sumpregion.Forbothpipesoperat-ingatawaterlevelofEL610ft,thevortexintensity wasreducedbytheextragratingtoasurfaceswirlandnosignificant activitywaspresent(Photograph 9b).AirVentinat,Downstream ToCoverIngeneral,therightsideofthesumproofdownstream ofthecranewallwasfoundlessefficient inair-venting comparedtotheleftside,wherethesingleair-ventpipeislocated.Sincenoobjectionable rateofairaccumulation andwithdrawal throughthesuctionpipeswerenotedforanyofthetestconditions, thereappearslittleneedforanymodification orredesignofthetopcover.However,someadditional effortsweremadetoevolveadesigntoimprovetheair-venting, incaseitisdesired.Theslopingplatesattachedtotheoriginalhorizontal slabbottomweremodeledalongwiththeventpipe(Figure8).However,thehorizontal slabitselfwasnotincludedinthemodel,beingunnecessary forsimu-latingtheairventingsystem,whichessentially consisted oftheslop-ingplatesandventpipe.Toimprovetheperformance ofthisventsys-22tern,itwasdecidedtoprovideafew1/2inchdiameterholesat5inchesc/cinthemodelalongtheportionsofslopingcoverplateontherightsideofthesumpawayfromthemainventpipe.Asthehorizontal slabwasnotmodeled,theholeswereallconnected toacommonmanifoldlocatedap-proximately atthesameelevation corresponding tothebottomofthehori-zontalslababovetheplate.Thecommonmanifold, inturn,wasconnected toanadditional verticalventpipe.Suchanarrangement wasseentoim-provetheventingsystem,reducingtheaccumulation ofbubblesundertheslopingplate.Thebubbles.continuously escapedthroughtheholesandwereeventually flushedthroughtheadditional ventpipe.CONCLUSIONS Drainflowjetsimpinging infrontofthesumpproducedconsider-ableair-entrainment.
Forlowerwaterlevels(atoraboutEL602ft10inches),thesumpentrancewasnot,submerged (freesurfacepresentinsidesump)andsmallquantities ofsmallersizeairbubblesweredrawnwiththeflowtotheportionofthesumpdown-streamofthecranewall.Inspiteoftheair-venting system,someof-thebubbleswerecollected underthetopcoverandwereoccasionally drawnintothesuctionpipe.Toavoidthis,itisrecommended toredirectthedrainflowatlocations 1and2(Fi-gure4)awayfromthesumpareabyextending thedrainpipesalongthecranewallandpreferably discharging thedrainflowclosetoorbeneaththewatersurfaceinthesump.2.Breaklocations 1,2,4,5,and9(Figure3)couldcauseunsub-mergedhighvelocityjetsimpinging onthewatersurfacenearthesumpentranceforarangeofwaterlevelsbelowthecorres-pondingbreaklocations.
Thesumproofandentrancewouldbesub-mergedforallthepossibleoperating conditions, thesumptopcoverbeingbelowtheminimumwaterlevelofEL607ft4inches.Themodeltestresultsindicated thattheunsubmerged jetscaus-edconsiderable air-entrainment atandneartheimpactregion.However,nonoticeable movementofbubblestothesumpportion downstream ofthecranewallwasobservedfortheabovebreaklocations.
Thiscouldbeduetosufficiently highwaterdepthsandlowapproachvelocities, whichallowbubblereleasetosur-face,andalsoduetothefactthatthesumpentrancewaswellsubmerged (morethan2ft)belowthewatersurface.Hence,noadverseair-entrainment problemswereencountered forunsubmerged breakflow jets.3.Nosubmerged breakflowtestedcausedanyair-entrainment.
How-ever,itwasimportant toassesstheprobablecontributions ofsubmerged breakflowsinaugmenting vortexing toanyobjection-ableextent,asnotedbelow.a.Breaklocations 6and7generated verticalcirculaijetsinthecorresponding 2inchor3inchpipe.Thesejetsweresubmerged foralloperating conditions, andwereseentocausenovortexing problemsevenwith'0%screen'lockages.
b.Breaklocations 4and5(circumferential breaks)weresubmerged forwaterlevelshigherthantheirlocations.
Atthesewaterlevels,modeltestsindicated nosignifi-cantvortexing
- problems, evenwith50%screenblockages.
c.Breaklocations 3and8weresubmerged foralloperating conditions.
nBreakflow atlocation8didnotcauseanyobjectionable vortexing problems.
However,breakflowatlocation3wasobservedtostrengthen aweakdye-coretypevortexwhichexistedevenwithoutbreakflows (seeref.1)outsidethesumpscreenbetweentheverticallegsofthecross-over line.Thisvortexwasunstableandintermittent andwasseentohaveanaircoreex-tendingtoafewinchesbelowthewatersurfacewhentestedwith50%screenblockage.
Whensuchanaircoreformed,andthevortexmovedtowardsthebreak,the 24breakflowjetwasseentobreakthecoreintobubbles.Someofthesebubblesenteredthesumparea,butwerelargeenoughtoescapetothesurfaceandwerenotdrawntotheportionofthesumpdownstream ofthecranewall(andhencenotdrawnintosuctionpipes).Asanoption,thisvortexseveritycouldbereducedconsiderably byplacingastandardfloorgrating(2-1/2inchdeepbars)asindicated inFigure9.4.Thereappearslittleneedforanyredesignormodifications of,thesumptopcovers,asnoobjectionable rateofbubbleaccumu-latioqunderneath thesecoverswerenotedforthetestconditions withthedrainflowsredirected.
Therateofairventinginthedownstream slopingtopcoverplatecouldbefurtherimprovedifanadditional ventpipeweretobeprovidedintherightportionofthesumpcover(lookingdownstream) andafewrowsofl-l/4inchdiameterholesatabout.12inchesc/caredrilledonthisportionoftheplate.
25REFERENCES 1.Padmanabhan, M.,"Hydraulic ModelInvestigation of'ortexing andSwirlWithinaReactorContainment Recirculation Sump-DonaldC.CookNuclearPowerStaton,"ARLReportNo.108-78/M178PF, September 1978.2.Murakami, M.,etal.,"FlowofEntrained AirinCentrifugal Pumps,"13thIAHRCongress, Japan,August31toSeptember 5,1969,Vol.2,p.71-0.'.Rouse,H.,HandbookofHdraulics, JohnWiley6Sons,1950.4.Anwar,H.O.,"Prevention ofVorticesatIntakes,"
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IAHR17thCongress, 1977,Vol.1,p.475-482.7.Govier,G.W.,andAziz,K.,FlowofComlexMixturesinPies,VanNostrandReinhold, 1972.8.Chanishvilli, A.G.,"AirEntrainment andVerticalDownwardMotionofAeratedFlows,"IAHR8thCongress,
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TABLES
TABLE1BreakFlows*1.Breaklocations inthecross-over andhotlegs(circumferential breaks)BreakArea=25sq.inches.Maximumflowof540lb/secoccurring at15minutesafterLOCA.2.Breaklocationin3inchSch.160line.TimefromLOCA,secsMassFlowrate(lb/sec)7501000125015001750200025003000116.3114~0ill.3109.0108.5106.0105.0100.03.Breaklocationin2inchSch.160line.TimefromLOCA,secsMassFlowrate(lb/sec)20003000400050006000700080009000444236.533.7532.25313028.75*DetailssuppliedbyAEPSC.
TABLE2Operating CasesTestedOperating CaseNo.Flow/Pipe cg>mRangeofWaterSurfaceElevation Remarksla9500602'10"-606'0"607'4"-610'0"*Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureofother.Leftpipeoperational.
lb9500602'10"-606'0"607'4"-610'0"*Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrainuponcompletefailureofother.Rightpipeoperational.
3a77001x95001x3600606'0"-612'0"610'0"-612'0"*606'0"-612'0"610'0"-612'0"*Runoutcondition ofECCSpumpswithbothtrainsoperating.
Runoutcondition ofoneECCStrain(left);con-tainmentspraypumpfromother,.train atrunoutflow(right).3b1x36001x'9500606sOi612i0'10s0n612s0nRunoutcondition ofoneECCStrain(right);con-tainmentspraypumpfromothertrainatrunoutflow(left).*Applicable forbreakflowtests.
PHOTOGRAPHS
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