Study on the Modeling and Simulation of the Horizontal Steam Generator in VVER-1000

Abstract

Steam Generator (SG) is one of the main components of the power cycle in pressurized water reactor (PWR), and it is the hub of primary coolant circuit and secondary circuit, so the thermal hydraulic analysis of the SG is crucial in the system design and safety analysis of the PWR. The horizontal steam generator (HSG) is one of the main types SG in the PWR nuclear power plant (NPP), and its advantages are that it has more secondary side water capacity and good safety and reliability. The VVER-1000 is a PWR with a thermal power of 3000 MW, and has four HSGs for four loops. The RELAP5 has been used to model the VVER-1000’s HSG and performs the analysis described in this paper. The HSG tube bundle is modeled by three horizontal channels, and the steam control volumes above the heat transfer tube bundle are modeled with three volumes. The steam space is modeled as a steam separator and the steam reception shield is the dryer. The HSG secondary side downcomers are represented with a separate component to provide the power of the natural circulation. To verify the accuracy of the model, three different typical conditions are simulated. The simulation results show that the model built in this paper can correctly simulate the operation of the HSG in VVER-1000.