Numerical analysis on in-core ignition and subsequent flame propagation to containment in OPR1000 under loss of coolant accidentopen access
- Authors
- Song, Chang Hyun; Bae, Joon Young; Kim, Sung Joong
- Issue Date
- Aug-2022
- Publisher
- Korean Nuclear Society
- Keywords
- Severe accident; Hydrogen; Combustion; Flame propagation; MELCOR; SAMG
- Citation
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology, v.54, no.8, pp.2960 - 2973
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 2960
- End Page
- 2973
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/185826
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.net.2022.03.023
- ISSN
- 1738-5733
- Abstract
- Since Fukushima nuclear power plant (NPP) accident in 2011, the importance of research on various severe accident phenomena has been emphasized. Particularly, detailed analysis of combustion risk is necessary following the containment damage caused by combustion in the Fukushima accident. Many studies have been conducted to evaluate the risk of local hydrogen concentration increases and flame propagation using computational code. In particular, the potential for combustion by local hydrogen concentration in specific areas within the containment has been emphasized. In this study, the process of flame propagation generated inside a reactor core to containment during a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) was analyzed using MELCOR 2.1 code. Later in the LOCA scenario, it was expected that hydrogen combustion occurred inside the reactor core owing to oxygen inflow through the cold leg break area. The main driving force of the oxygen intrusion is the elevated containment pressure due to the molten corium–concrete interaction. The thermal and mechanical loads caused by the flame threaten the integrity of the containment. Additionally, the containment spray system effectiveness in this situation was evaluated because changes in pressure gradient and concentrations of flammable gases greatly affect the overall behavior of ignition and subsequent containment integrity.
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