Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform
Conventional integral effect test facilities were constructed to enable the precise observation of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and reactor behaviors under postulated accident conditions to prove reactor safety. Although these facilities improved the understanding of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and r...
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| description | Conventional integral effect test facilities were constructed to enable the precise observation of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and reactor behaviors under postulated accident conditions to prove reactor safety. Although these facilities improved the understanding of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and reactor safety, applications of new technologies and their performance tests have been limited owing to the cost and large scale of the facilities. Various nuclear technologies converging 4th industrial revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, drone, and 3D printing, are being developed to improve plant management strategies. Additionally, new conceptual passive safety systems are being developed to enhance reactor safety. A new integral effect test facility having a noticeable scaling ratio, i.e., the (UNIST reactor innovation loop (URI-LO), is designed and constructed to improve the technical quality of these technologies by performance and feasibility tests. In particular, the URI-LO, which is constructed using a transparent material, enables better visualization and provides physical insights on multidimensional phenomena inside the reactor system. The facility design based on three-level approach is qualitatively validated with preliminary analyses, and its functionality as a test facility is confirmed through a series of experiments. The design feature, design validation, functionality test, and future utilization of the URI-LO are introduced. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d28f2a6157334a59869ef19eafd43e132022-12-21T20:32:29ZengElsevierNuclear Engineering and Technology1738-57332021-03-01533776792Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platformKyung Mo Kim0In Cheol Bang1Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of KoreaCorresponding author.; Department of Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of KoreaConventional integral effect test facilities were constructed to enable the precise observation of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and reactor behaviors under postulated accident conditions to prove reactor safety. Although these facilities improved the understanding of thermal–hydraulic phenomena and reactor safety, applications of new technologies and their performance tests have been limited owing to the cost and large scale of the facilities. Various nuclear technologies converging 4th industrial revolution technologies such as artificial intelligence, drone, and 3D printing, are being developed to improve plant management strategies. Additionally, new conceptual passive safety systems are being developed to enhance reactor safety. A new integral effect test facility having a noticeable scaling ratio, i.e., the (UNIST reactor innovation loop (URI-LO), is designed and constructed to improve the technical quality of these technologies by performance and feasibility tests. In particular, the URI-LO, which is constructed using a transparent material, enables better visualization and provides physical insights on multidimensional phenomena inside the reactor system. The facility design based on three-level approach is qualitatively validated with preliminary analyses, and its functionality as a test facility is confirmed through a series of experiments. The design feature, design validation, functionality test, and future utilization of the URI-LO are introduced.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857332030807XIntegral effect test facilityScaling analysisNuclear innovationNuclear safety4th industrial revolution |
| spellingShingle | Kyung Mo Kim In Cheol Bang Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform Nuclear Engineering and Technology Integral effect test facility Scaling analysis Nuclear innovation Nuclear safety 4th industrial revolution |
| title | Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform |
| title_full | Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform |
| title_fullStr | Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform |
| title_short | Design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility, URI-LO for nuclear innovation platform |
| title_sort | design and operation of the transparent integral effect test facility uri lo for nuclear innovation platform |
| topic | Integral effect test facility Scaling analysis Nuclear innovation Nuclear safety 4th industrial revolution |
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