Research Article
Sensitivity Evaluation of AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant Best Estimation Model
Table 3
The influence of core channel number on the coolant temperature variation.
| Core channel number | Reactor inlet temperature (K) | Reactor outlet temperature (K) | Calculated temperature variation (K) | Designed temperature variation (K) | Fractional error |
| 1 | 554.3814 | 594.6475 | 40.2661 | 40.4 | 0.33% | 3 | 554.3778 | 594.6639 | 40.2861 | 40.4 | 0.28% | 5 | 554.3637 | 594.7499 | 40.3862 | 40.4 | 0.03% | 10 | 554.295 | 594.965 | 40.67 | 40.4 | 0.67% | 20 | 554.2796 | 595.0128 | 40.7332 | 40.4 | 0.82% |
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