This report presents the results of hybrid computer model studies performed to determine the transient characteristics of a self-pressurized water reactor plant. The plant has a hydrogen overpressure mechanism, with a steam dome on the top of the vessel in lieu of a separate pressurizer. It is the principal objective of the report to analyze the transient conditions inside this steam dome which characterizes the plant.
For this analysis we have treated non-condensing processes with four gas conditions (adiabatic mixed gas; isoentropic, isoenthalpic and saturated steam), as well as various condensing processes, with particular reference to condensing processes with saturated steam and with limited condensation. The method of computation adopted describes the two processes of compression and expansion under a single unified system.
The method is applicable to other non-condensing gas overpressure mechanisms, to ordinary self-pressurized reactor plants, and to conventional PWR pressurizer analysis. A hybrid computer (ordinary analog computer connected with the digital computer HITAC 2010) was used for the characteristics computation. Some examples are given of the results obtained.
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