METHOD OF EVALUATING AEROSOL REMOVAL RATE BY STEAM CONDENSATION IN STEEL CONTAINMENT

Abstract

A method of evaluating the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation, comprising: establishing the aerosol removal rate evaluation facility to perform the aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam and the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam, so as to obtain aerosol mass concentration and particle size distribution in the experiments without steam and with steam condition respectively as calculation parameters; and then obtaining, by calculation, the relationship between the aerosol gravity settling rate and the particle size, aerosol mass concentration removed only by the gravity mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment, aerosol mass concentration removed by steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment, and the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment.

Claims

1. A method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation, comprising: establishing the aerosol removal rate evaluation facility to perform the aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam and the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam, so as to obtain aerosol mass concentration and particle size distribution in the experiments without steam and with steam condition respectively as calculation parameters; and then obtaining, by calculation, the relationship between the aerosol gravity settling rate and the particle size, aerosol mass concentration removed only by the gravity mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment, aerosol mass concentration removed by steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment, and the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment.

2. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam is an experiment in which in an airtight container without steam, aerosols naturally settle to the bottom of the container under gravity only, so that the suspended aerosols are removed; and in the gravity settling experiment, the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,j/C.sub.m at t.sub.i are measured online by using an aerosol spectrometer.

3. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said relationship between the aerosol gravity settling rate and the particle size is obtained by calculating the gravity settling rate $V_{g, d_{j}} = - \frac{V}{A_{g}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, g} (t_{1}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} - C_{m, g} (t_{0}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m}}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, g} (t) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} dt}$ corresponding to aerosol with different sizes in the current particle group, where V is the volume of the container and A.sub.g is the gravity deposition area, and further performing second-order polynomial fitting on V.sub.g,d.sub.j and d.sub.j, then obtaining the relationship between the aerosol gravity settling rate and the particle size, V.sub.g(d)=a+b.Math.d+c.Math.d.sup.2.

4. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is an experiment in which in the airtight container with high-temperature steam, the external cooling system of the container is turned on, and aerosols are deposited on the bottom and cooling walls of the container by the simultaneous effect of gravity and steam condensation, so that the suspended aerosols are removed; and in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment, the aerosol mass concentration of C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i) and the particle size d.sub.k with distribution of dC.sub.m,k/C.sub.m at t.sub.i are measured online by using an aerosol spectrometer.

5. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said aerosol mass concentration removed only by the gravity mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment is obtained by calculating the aerosol mass concentration $C_{m, c g} (t_{i}) = C_{m, c} (t_{i}) .Math. (1 - \frac{A_{g}}{V} .Math. V_{g} (d_{k}) .Math. (t_{i} - t_{i - 1}))$ attenuated only by gravity settling which separated from the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment.

6. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said aerosol mass concentration removed by steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment is obtained by calculating the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,cs(t.sub.i)=C.sub.m,c(t.sub.0)+C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i)−C.sub.m,cg(t.sub.i) attenuated by the steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment.

7. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, wherein the said the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment is obtained by calculating the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation of aerosols $V_{c s} = - \frac{V}{A_{c s}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, cs} (t_{1}) - C_{m, cs} (t_{0})}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, cs} (t) dt}$ under the condition of external cooling of the steel containment, where A.sub.cs is the area of a condensation wall.

8. The method of evaluating aerosol removal rate by steam condensation according to claim 1, specifically comprising: S1, establishing a comprehensive aerosol removal rate evaluation facility to obtain the aerosol mass concentration and particle size distribution during experimental process, the evaluation facility comprising a container, and a medium injection system, an external cooling system and a parameter measurement system connected with the container; S2, carrying out an aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam, measuring the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,j/C.sub.m at t.sub.i by using an aerosol spectrometer, and further fitting the data to obtain the expression of the gravity settling rate; wherein specifically, the aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam is performed, the total duration of the experiment is 15 hours, the measured mass median diameter MMD of aerosols is 1.36 μm, the geometric standard deviation GSD is 1.65, the aerosol gravity settling rate with different particles $V_{g, d_{j}} = - \frac{V}{A_{g}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, g} (t_{1}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} - C_{m, g} (t_{0}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m}}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, g} (t) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} dt}$ is calculated according to the measured aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and particle size distribution dC.sub.m,j/C.sub.m, and the relationship between the gravity settling rate and the particle size V.sub.g (d)=a+b.Math.d+c.Math.d.sup.2 is obtained by fitting, where a=1.144E-4, b=1.564E-5, and c=4.339E-6; S3: carrying out a comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam, measuring the aerosol mass concentration of aerosols C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution of aerosol particles at t.sub.i, in real time by using a particle size spectrometer, that is, the shared C.sub.m,k/C.sub.m corresponding to the particle size d.sub.k, and calculating the aerosol concentration change caused by the single gravity mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment; wherein specifically, the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is performed, the total duration of the experiment is 1 hour, the measured mass median diameter MMD of aerosols is 0.75 μm, the geometric standard deviation GSD=1.63, and the aerosol mass concentration $C_{m, c g} (t_{i}) = C_{m, c} (t_{i}) .Math. (1 - \frac{A_{g}}{V} .Math. V_{g} (d_{k}) .Math. (t_{i} - t_{i - 1}))$ attenuated only by gravity in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is calculated according to the expression V.sub.g(d) obtained in S2; S4, calculating the aerosol mass concentration removed by the steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam; wherein specifically, the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,cs(t.sub.i)=C.sub.m,c(t.sub.0)+C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i)−C.sub.m,cg(t.sub.i) removed by the steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is calculated according to the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,cg(t.sub.i) obtained in S3; S5, calculating the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation of aerosols in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam; wherein specifically, the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation $V_{c s} = - \frac{V}{A_{c s}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, cs} (t_{1}) - C_{m, cs} (t_{0})}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, cs} (t) dt}$ under the condition of external cooling of the steel container is calculated according to the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,cs(t.sub.i) removed by the steam condensation mechanism obtained in S4.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the invention;

[0018] FIG. 2 is a diagram of an aerosol removal rate evaluation facility according to an embodiment of the invention;

[0019] FIG. 3 is a diagram of a cooling water partition flow channel at the top of the interlayer;

[0020] FIG. 4 is a top view of a cooling water diverter;

[0021] FIG. 5 is a front view of a cooling water diverter;

[0022] FIG. 6 shows the variation of normalized aerosol mass concentration in the gravity settling experiment without steam;

[0023] FIG. 7 shows the initial particle size distribution in the gravity settling experiment without steam;

[0024] FIG. 8 is a fitting curve of the relationship between the gravity settling rate and the particle size;

[0025] FIG. 9 shows the variation of normalized aerosol mass concentration in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam;

[0026] FIG. 10 shows the initial particle size distribution in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam;

[0027] FIG. 11 shows the variation of normalized aerosol mass concentration corresponding to comprehensive removal, gravity removal and steam condensation removal in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam.

[0028] In the figures: 1, airtight pressure container; 2, cooling water interlayer; 3, cooling water partition flow channel at the top of the interlayer; 4, wall cooling water channel; 5, space condensate collection tank; 6, wall condensate collection tank; 7, waste gas tank; 8, gate valve; 9, safety valve; 10, air injection pipeline; 11, water steam injection pipeline; 12, aerosol injection pipeline; 13, upper injection port of the container; 14, lower injection port of the container; 15, steam concentration sensor; 16, upper measuring point of the aerosol spectrometer; 17, lower measuring point of the aerosol spectrometer; 18, pressure sensor; 19, temperature sensor; 20, cooling water tank; 21, cooling water pump; 22, cooling water flowmeter; 23, cooling water thermometer; 24, cooling water diverter; 301, inlet of cooling water partition flow channel at the top of the interlayer; 302, fan-shaped curved flow channel; 303, flow channel partition; 2401, inlet of cooling water diverter; 2402, outlet of cooling water diverter; 2403, annular subchannel; 2404, conical convex surface.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0029] As shown in FIG. 1, a method for evaluating the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation of aerosols under the external cooling condition in this embodiment comprises the following steps:

[0030] S1, setting up a comprehensive removal test facility for aerosol removal rate evaluation to obtain the mass concentration and particle size distribution of suspended aerosols in the experimental process, the test facility comprising an experimental body, and a medium injection system, an external cooling system and a parameter measurement system connected with the experimental body;

[0031] wherein the experimental body comprises an airtight pressure container 1, a cooling water sandwich layer 2 arranged on an outer wall of the pressure container 1, and 8 cooling water partition flow channels 3 located on the top of the pressure container 1, and 8 cooling water partition flow channels 3 are uniformly arranged to ensure that cooling water uniformly covers the outer wall of the container to achieve uniform cooling;

[0032] the volume of the pressure container 1 is 18.5 m.sup.3;

[0033] the medium injection system comprises an air injection pipeline 10, a water steam injection pipeline 11 and an aerosol injection pipeline 12, which are respectively used to inject clean air, high-temperature water steam and polydisperse aerosols into the airtight pressure container 1, and the injection system can monitor the thermal parameters of the experiment together with the parameter measurement system, so as to meet the experimental requirement of simulating the accident environment with high temperature, high pressure and high water steam share;

[0034] the external cooling system comprises a cooling water tank 20, a cooling water pump 21, a valve, a flowmeter, a temperature sensor and a cooling water diverter 24 which are connected in sequence, and the cooling water diverter is connected with the cooling water partition flow channel on the top of the sandwich layer;

[0035] the parameter measurement system comprises particle size spectrometers 16 and 17, a temperature sensor 19, a pressure sensor 18, a water steam concentration sensor 15, a cooling water flowmeter 22 and a cooling water thermometer 23, the particle size spectrometer is used to measure mass concentration and particle size distribution of suspended aerosols, the water steam concentration sensor is used to evaluate the steam condensation rate, and the temperature and pressure sensors are used to determine the thermal-hydraulic state of the containment, so as to realize the accident condition featuring high temperature, high pressure and high water steam share;

[0036] carrying out an aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam, measuring the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,j/C.sub.m at t.sub.i by using an aerosol spectrometer

[0037] S2, carrying out an aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam, measuring the mass concentration of aerosols C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,j/C.sub.m at t.sub.i by using an aerosol spectrometer corresponding to the particle size d.sub.j, calculating the gravity settling rate of aerosols with different particle sizes, and further fitting the data to obtain the expression of the gravity settling rate; wherein specifically, the aerosol gravity settling experiment without steam is performed, and the total duration of the experiment is 15 hours; in this experiment, the change of mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) of aerosols with time after normalization measured by the particle size spectrometer in real time at t, is shown in FIG. 6, and the measured initial particle size distribution of aerosols is shown in FIG. 7, where the measured mass median diameter MMD of aerosols was 1.36 μm, the geometric standard deviation GSD=1.65, the gravity settling rate of aerosol particles with different particle sizes

[00004] $V_{g, d_{j}} = - \frac{V}{A_{g}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, g} (t_{1}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} - C_{m, g} (t_{0}) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m}}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, g} (t) .Math. {dC}_{m, j} / C_{m} dt}$

is calculated according to the measured aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,g(t.sub.i) and particle size distribution, and the functional relationship between the gravity settling rate and the particle size V.sub.g(d)=a+b.Math.d+c.Math.d.sup.2 is obtained by fitting, as shown in FIG. 8, where a=1.144E-4, b=1.564E-5, and c=4.339E-6;

[0038] S3, carrying out a comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam, measuring the mass concentration of aerosols C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i) and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,k/C.sub.m at t.sub.i by using an aerosol spectrometer, corresponding to the particle size d.sub.k, and calculating the variation of aerosol concentration caused by the single gravity mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment; wherein specifically, the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is performed, and the total duration of the experiment is 1 hour; in this experiment, the measured and normalized aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i) is shown in FIG. 9, and the measured initial particle size distribution of aerosols is shown in FIG. 10, where the mass median diameter MMD was 0.75 μm, and the geometric standard deviation GSD is 1.63; wherein according to the functional expression V.sub.g(d) obtained in S2, the aerosol concentration change

[00005] $C_{m, cg} (t_{i}) = C_{m, c} (t_{i}) .Math. (1 - \frac{A_{g}}{V} .Math. V_{g} (d_{k}) .Math. (t_{i} - t_{i - 1}))$

caused by the single gravity removal mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is calculated, and the change with time after normalization is shown by the gravity removal curve in FIG. 11;

[0039] S4, calculating the aerosol concentration removed by the steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam; wherein specifically, the aerosol concentration C.sub.m,cs(t.sub.i)=C.sub.m,c(t.sub.0)+C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i)−C.sub.m,cg(t.sub.i) removed by the steam condensation mechanism in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam is calculated according to the aerosol concentration parameter C.sub.m,cg(t.sub.i) removed by the single gravity mechanism obtained in S3, and the concentration variation after normalization is shown by the condensation removal curve in FIG. 11; after the external cooling measure is adopted for the steel containment, 87.5% of aerosol removal is realized by steam condensation in 1 hour, and the removal efficiency of steam condensation is about 7 times that of gravity sedimentation;

[0040] S5, calculating the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation of aerosols in the comprehensive aerosol removal experiment with steam; wherein specifically, the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation of aerosols

[00006] $V_{c s} = - \frac{V}{A_{c s}} .Math. \frac{C_{m, cs} (t_{1}) - C_{m, cs} (t_{0})}{\int_{t_{0}}^{t_{1}} C_{m, cs} (t) dt}$

under the condition of external cooling of the steel containment is calculated according to the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,cs(t.sub.i) removed by the single steam condensation mechanism obtained in S4.

[0041] In a practical experiment with the accident condition, that is, a steel containment contained high-temperature steam, that is, the steam share is 35%, running the external cooling measure, the cooling water flow rate is 2.0 m.sup.3/h, the aerosol mass concentration C.sub.m,c(t.sub.i) of aerosols and the particle size distribution dC.sub.m,k/C.sub.m are measured, and finally the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation V.sub.cs in different time periods under this condition can be obtained, as shown in FIG. 11. According to the experimental and calculation results, the aerosol mass concentration decreased by 80% in 1 hour, 70% of the aerosol is removed by the steam condensation mechanism and 10% by the gravity sedimentation mechanism. The removal efficiency of steam condensation is much higher than that of gravity sedimentation, accounting for 87.5%, and the removal efficiency is about 7 times that of gravity sedimentation. This method can be used to evaluate the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation in a steel containment under accident conditions.

[0042] Compared with the prior art, the invention simulates the complex thermal-hydraulic environment in a containment and the steam condensation process under the accident condition by carrying out a gravity deposition experiment without steam and a comprehensive deposition experiment with steam, and finally, the aerosol removal rate by steam condensation under the accident condition is obtained through experimental parameter measurement and mathematical analysis and calculation, which is closer to the actual situation.

[0043] The above specific implementation can be partially adjusted by those skilled in the art in different ways without departing from the principle and purpose of the invention. The scope of protection of the invention is subject to the claims and is not limited by the above specific implementation, and each implementation scheme within its scope is bound by the invention.

METHOD OF EVALUATING AEROSOL REMOVAL RATE BY STEAM CONDENSATION IN STEEL CONTAINMENT

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