Dryout occurrence in a helically coiled steam generator for nuclear power application

L. Santini*, A. Cioncolini, C. Lombardi, M. Ricotti

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Abstract

Dryout phenomena have been experimentally investigated in a helically coiled steam generator tube. The experiences carried out in the present work are part of a wide experimental program devoted to the study of a GEN III+ innovative nuclear power plant [1].The experimental facility consists in an electrically heated AISI 316L stainless steel coiled tube. The tube is 32 meters long, 12.53 mm of inner diameter, with a coil diameter of 1m and a pitch of 0.79 m, resulting in a total height of the steam generator of 8 meters. The thermo-hydraulics conditions for dryout investigations covered a spectrum of mass fluxes between 199 and 810 kg/m2s, the pressures ranges from 10.7 to 60.7 bar, heat fluxes between 43.6 to 209.3 kW/m2.Very high first qualities dryout, between 0.72 and 0.92, were found in the range of explored conditions, comparison of our results with literature available correlations shows the difficulty in predicting high qualities dryout in helical coils., immediately following the heading. The text should be set to 1.15 line spacing. The abstract should be centred across the page, indented 15 mm from the left and right page margins and justified. It should not normally exceed 200 words.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEFM 2013 - Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2013
PublisherEDP Sciences
ISBN (Print)9788026053750
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, EFM 2013 - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Duration: 19 Nov 201322 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume67
ISSN (Print)2101-6275
ISSN (Electronic)2100-014X

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, EFM 2013
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityKutna Hora
Period19/11/1322/11/13

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