Research Article

Qualification of TRACE V5.0 Code against Fast Cooldown Transient in the PKL-III Integral Test Facility

Table 3

Post test: summary of results obtained by application of FFT-BM—overall transient.

#ParameterTRACEv5
DescriptionID(0–4410 s)
AAWF

1UP pressureP RDB OP 0.3170.035
2PRZ pressureP DH MB 50 0.3220.033
3SG-1 pressureP DE1 SEK MB 50 0.0530.033
4SG-4 pressureP DE4 SEK 0.0330.062
5LP coolant (liquid) temp.TF UP OBEN 0.1470.056
6UP coolant (liquid) temp.TF OP ME11/1 0.1420.057
7UH coolant (liquid) temp.TF DK ME 19 0.4360.054
8PRZ coolant (liquid) temp. (at 1.716 m)TF DH ME 3 0.1190.056
9SG 1 outlet coolant (liquid) temp.TF KS1 DE-AUS 0.1710.053
10SG 3 outlet coolant (liquid) temp.TF KS2 DE-AUS 0.1070.053
11SG 1 outlet mass flowF DE1 AUS WR-VR-VLR 0.0330.066
12SG 2 outlet mass flowF DE4 AUS WR-VR-VLR 0.0330.048
13Steam line 1 BRK nozzleF LBA 10 CF 001 0.3220.073
14Integral BRK flow rate0.0360.032
15DC RPV inlet 1/outlet 1DP RDB EIN/AUS-1 0.4820.058
16DP inlet-outlet SG 1 (BL)DP DE1 E/A 1.7360.078
17DP inlet-outlet SG 4 (IL)DP DE4 E/A 1.6100.084
18DP across BRK deviceDP FD-LECK DE10 0.4210.081
19PRZ collapsed levelH JEF 10 CL 001 0.0960.078
20SG-1 riser collapsed levelH DE1 SEK STGRM/GES 0.2010.079
21SG-1 DC collapsed levelH JEA 10 CL 851 0.2490.081
22SG-2 riser collapsed levelH DE2 SEK STGRM/GES 0.1040.049
23Hottest cladding temp.TW K10/6 0.1140.06

Total average accuracyTotal (23 parameters) 0.2260.054