Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test
System codes along with necessary nodalizations are valuable tools for thermal hydraulic safety analysis. Qualifying both codes and nodalizations is an essential step prior to their use in any significant study involving code calculations. Since most existing experimental data come from tests perfor...
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Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test |
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Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test Martínez Quiroga, Victor 621 66 |
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Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test |
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Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart test |
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Reventós i Puigjaner, Francesc Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear |
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System codes along with necessary nodalizations are valuable tools for thermal hydraulic safety analysis. Qualifying both codes and nodalizations is an essential step prior to their use in any significant study involving code calculations. Since most existing experimental data come from tests performed on the small scale, any qualification process must therefore address scale considerations. Along these lines, the present thesis introduces a new scaling-up methodology that contributes to the qualification of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) nodalizations by means of scale disquisitions. The "UPC Scaling-up methodology" is a systematic procedure based on the extrapolation of Integral Test Facility (ITF) post-test simulations. There are three main pillars that support this procedure: judicious selection of experimental transients, full confidence in the quality of the ITF simulations, and simplicity in justifying discrepancies that appear between ITF and NPP counterpart transients. The techniques that are presented include the so-called Kv scaled calculations as well as the use of two new approaches, ¿Hybrid nodalizations¿ and "Scaled-up nodalizations". These latter two methods have revealed themselves to be very helpful in producing the required qualification and in promoting further improvements in nodalization. "Scaled-up nodalizations" allow effects of the ITF scaling-down criterion to be checked. On the other hand, "Hybrid nodalizations" help the user to establish how design differences modify the results. In order to carry out these calculations, a Powerto-Volume-Scaling Tool (PVST) was developed. This software generates scaled-up input decks for RELAP5mod3 following the Power to Volume Scaling (PtoV) methodology. Within the presentation of this software, it is included a detailed description of the PtoV criterion together with the scaling distortions that are expected from its application to the RELAP5mod3 equations. PVST capabilities are also assessed on two post-test simulations that were carried out at the LSTF experimental facility within the framework of the OECD/NEA ROSA and ROSA-2 projects. Finally, an assessment of the present methodology was carried out by making use of the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart Tests (an exhaustive description of both facilities and experiments is also included). One of the limitations of scaling methodologies is the impossibility to qualify their predictions because of a lack of counterpart experimental data at NPP level. Thus, the ROSA-2 PKL-2 Counterpart Test was of great value because it allows an identical transient to be compared between two facilities with relevant differences in both design and scale. The study of both LSTF and PKL counterpart tests has enabled us to define which phenomena could be well reproduced by the nodalizations and which phenomena could not, and also to establish the basis for future extrapolation to a NPP scaled calculation. On the other hand, the application of the UPC scaling-up methodology has demonstrated the fact that selected phenomena can be scaled-up and explained between counterpart simulations by carefully considering differences in both scale and design. As future lines of research, in the short term it is planned to fully apply the present methodology to qualify NPP nodalizations for the correlation of core exit temperatures (CET) versus peak cladding temperatures (PCT). In the long term, it is also intended to fully integrate the "UPC scaling-up methodology" within scaling issue, and to focus the efforts on providing a definite answer to the scaling controversy on the extrapolation of code accuracy to NPP level. |
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Scaling-up methodology : a systematical procedure for qualifying NPP nodalizations. Application to the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart testMartínez Quiroga, Victor62166System codes along with necessary nodalizations are valuable tools for thermal hydraulic safety analysis. Qualifying both codes and nodalizations is an essential step prior to their use in any significant study involving code calculations. Since most existing experimental data come from tests performed on the small scale, any qualification process must therefore address scale considerations. Along these lines, the present thesis introduces a new scaling-up methodology that contributes to the qualification of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) nodalizations by means of scale disquisitions. The "UPC Scaling-up methodology" is a systematic procedure based on the extrapolation of Integral Test Facility (ITF) post-test simulations. There are three main pillars that support this procedure: judicious selection of experimental transients, full confidence in the quality of the ITF simulations, and simplicity in justifying discrepancies that appear between ITF and NPP counterpart transients. The techniques that are presented include the so-called Kv scaled calculations as well as the use of two new approaches, ¿Hybrid nodalizations¿ and "Scaled-up nodalizations". These latter two methods have revealed themselves to be very helpful in producing the required qualification and in promoting further improvements in nodalization. "Scaled-up nodalizations" allow effects of the ITF scaling-down criterion to be checked. On the other hand, "Hybrid nodalizations" help the user to establish how design differences modify the results. In order to carry out these calculations, a Powerto-Volume-Scaling Tool (PVST) was developed. This software generates scaled-up input decks for RELAP5mod3 following the Power to Volume Scaling (PtoV) methodology. Within the presentation of this software, it is included a detailed description of the PtoV criterion together with the scaling distortions that are expected from its application to the RELAP5mod3 equations. PVST capabilities are also assessed on two post-test simulations that were carried out at the LSTF experimental facility within the framework of the OECD/NEA ROSA and ROSA-2 projects. Finally, an assessment of the present methodology was carried out by making use of the OECD/NEA ROSA-2 and PKL-2 Counterpart Tests (an exhaustive description of both facilities and experiments is also included). One of the limitations of scaling methodologies is the impossibility to qualify their predictions because of a lack of counterpart experimental data at NPP level. Thus, the ROSA-2 PKL-2 Counterpart Test was of great value because it allows an identical transient to be compared between two facilities with relevant differences in both design and scale. The study of both LSTF and PKL counterpart tests has enabled us to define which phenomena could be well reproduced by the nodalizations and which phenomena could not, and also to establish the basis for future extrapolation to a NPP scaled calculation. On the other hand, the application of the UPC scaling-up methodology has demonstrated the fact that selected phenomena can be scaled-up and explained between counterpart simulations by carefully considering differences in both scale and design. As future lines of research, in the short term it is planned to fully apply the present methodology to qualify NPP nodalizations for the correlation of core exit temperatures (CET) versus peak cladding temperatures (PCT). In the long term, it is also intended to fully integrate the "UPC scaling-up methodology" within scaling issue, and to focus the efforts on providing a definite answer to the scaling controversy on the extrapolation of code accuracy to NPP level.Los códigos de sistema, así como las nodalizaciones asociadas a sus cálculos, son herramientas de gran valor para los análisis de seguridad. La cualificación de ambos, códigos y nodalización, es un paso esencial antes de su uso en cualquier estudio significativo que involucre cálculos computacionales. Por otra parte, puesto que la mayoría de los datos experimentales existentes se obtienen de experimentos realizados en plantas a pequeña escala, cualquier proceso de cualificación necesita abordar el tema de la escalación. En este sentido, la presente tesis desarrolla una nueva metodología (UPC Scaling-up) que contribuye a cualificar las nodalizaciones de las centrales nucleares (NPP) por medio de análisis de escalación. Dicha metodología es un procedimiento sistemático basado en la extrapolación de los datos obtenidos en las simulaciones de experimentos realizados en plantas integrales (ITF). Tres son los pilares que lo sustentan: el juicio selectivo de los transitorios experimentales a analizar, la garantía absoluta de la calidad de sus simulaciones y la simplicidad a la hora de justificar las discrepancias que surjan entre la ITF y los transitorios equivalentes NPP. Las técnicas que se presentan a continuación incluyen los llamados cálculos Kv-scaled, así como el uso de dos nuevos conceptos, las nodalizaciones "híbridas" y "Scaled-up". Estos dos últimos métodos se han demostrado indispensables a la hora de cualificar y mejorar las nodalizaciones NPP. Los "Scaled-up" permiten al analista comprobar los efectos del criterio de escalación de la ITF en los resultados del experimento. Por otro lado, las cálculos "híbridos" ayudan a determinar cómo se modifican los resultados a consecuencia de las diferencias en el diseño. Para realizar estos cálculos, se ha creado un nuevo programa, el Power-to-Volume Scaling Tool (PVST). Este software genera inputs "Scaled-up" en RELAP5mod3 siguiendo el criterio de escalación Power to Volume (PtoV). Junto a la presentación de este software, se incluye una descripción detallada del PtoV así como las distorsiones de escala que se pueden esperar al aplicarlo en las ecuaciones del código. Las capacidades de PVST también se han evaluado mediante dos simulaciones pos-test que se llevaron a cabo en la planta experimental LSTF dentro de los proyectos OECD/NEA ROSA y ROSA-2. Por último, se incluye una evaluación de la metodología "UPC Scaling-up" a partir de los experimentos counterpart que se realizaron en el marco de los proyectos OECD/NEA ROSA-2 y PKL-2 (también se incluye una descripción exhaustiva de ambas instalaciones y experimentos). Una de las limitaciones de las metodologías de escala es la imposibilidad de cualificar sus predicciones debido a la falta datos experimentales análogos a nivel NPP. Es por ello que el experimento counterpart ROSA-2 PKL-2 resulta de gran valor, ya que permite comparar un transitorio de condiciones idénticas entre dos instalaciones con diferencias relevantes tanto en el diseño como en la escala. El estudio post-test de ambos experimentos, permitió determinar los fenómenos que el código podía simular así como las bases para una futura extrapolación a una nodalización de planta real. Por otro lado, la aplicación de la metodología "UPC scaling-up" demostró el hecho de que los fenómenos seleccionados son escalables y sus discrepancias se pueden explicar si se analizan de forma pormenorizada las diferencias tanto en la escala y como en el diseño. Como futuras líneas de investigación, a corto plazo se pretende aplicar de forma completa la presente metodología para cualificar nodalizaciones NPP en los fenómenos reportados en el experimento counterpart (temperaturas PCT/CET). A largo plazo, se tiene la intención de integrar plenamente la metodología "UPC Scaling-up" en la scaling issue, focalizando el trabajo en ofrecer una respuesta definitiva a la controversia de escala que existe sobre la extrapolación de la precisión de código a nivel NPP.DOCTORAT EN ENGINYERIA NUCLEAR (Pla 1998)Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaReventós i Puigjaner, FrancescUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear201420142014info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion205 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10803/284663https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-95543TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)reponame:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Redinstname:CBUC, CESCAInglésADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. 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