Influence of inlet velocity condition on unsteady flow characteristics in piping with a short elbow under a high-Reynolds-number condition
Influence of inlet velocity condition on unsteady flow characteristics in piping with a short elbow under a high-Reynolds-number condition
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高雷诺数条件下入口速度条件对短弯管管道非定常流动特性的影响
DOI:
10.1299/mej.16-00217
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发表时间:
2017
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H. Kamide
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作者:
A. Ono;Masaaki Tanaka;J. Kobayashi;H. Kamide
In the design of the Advanced Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor in Japan, the mean velocity of the coolant is approximately 9 m/s in the primary hot leg (H/L) piping, which has a diameter of 1.27 m. The Reynolds number in the H/L piping reaches 4.2 × 10 7 . Furthermore, a short elbow, which has R c /D = 1.0 ( R c : curvature radius, D : pipe diameter), is used in the H/L piping to achieve a compact plant layout and reduces plant construction costs. In the H/L piping, flow-induced vibration (FIV) is a concern due to the excitation force caused by pressure fluctuation in the short elbow. In a previous study, the relation between flow separation and pressure fluctuations in the short elbow was investigated under the specific inlet condition of a flat velocity profile of time-averaged axial velocity and relatively low velocity fluctuation intensity. However, the inlet velocity condition of the H/L in a reactor may be a highly turbulent non-uniform profile owing to the complex geometry in the reactor vessel (R/V). In this report, the influence of inlet velocity condition on the unsteady velocity characteristics in the short elbow was studied. Although the flow around the inlet of the H/L in the R/V could not be simulated completely, the inlet velocity conditions were controlled by installing a perforated plate, which appropriately plugged the flow holes. Then, controlled flow patterns were established at a position 2 D upstream of the elbow inlet. Observed flow structures by particle image velocimetry indicated that the inlet velocity profiles affected a circumferential secondary flow, which then affected an area of flow separation at the elbow. It was also found that the velocity fluctuation at low frequency components observed upstream of the elbow could remain in downstream of the elbow though its intensity was attenuated. the flow pattern around the H/L the Advanced showed the deflected flow caused by the geometry of the modeled R/V affected the flow separation in the elbow and pipe in they showed that the amplitude of pressure fluctuation increased under an inlet condition with a deflected velocity profile condition in comparison to that under a conventional flat velocity profile Their experimental of the one-dimensional time-averaged velocity profile using Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) could not show how the inlet condition affected the flow structure in the elbow since their inlet condition was highly complex and contained unified unsteady flow patterns. In order to interaction between the inlet condition and separation region in the short elbow, an