PEMODELAN SISTEM PENDINGINAN SUNGKUP SECARA PASIF MENGGUNAKAN RELAP5

Abstract

All advanced power reactors (Generation III+) utilize passive system to transfer heat by natural convection. One of the unique features of advanced power reactor of AP1000 is the presence of passive containment cooling system (PCS) designed to maintain containment pressure below its design pressure for 72 hours without operator intervention. During a design bases accident, such as loss of coolant accident or main steam line break, steam is released into the containment atmosphere and in contact with cooler steel containment vessel. Heat transfer from steam by convection of steam and conduction of steel wall will initiate air heating in the outside space of containment vessel and initiate natural convection of air from the bottom of air baffle due to the change in the air density. This paper is objected to get a containment model of AP1000 for showing the PCS function using RELAP5. Basic function to be focused is heat transfer phenomena from the steam to the wall containment and to the outside air to obtain natural convection of air. The methodology utilized are collecting design data, containment nodalization using RELAP5, and simulation of containment function based on certain design bases event condition. The results of simulation have shown the heat transfer phenomena from inside containment into the outside air by steam condensation and natural convection of the air. RELAP5 calculation of containment model shows an increase in containment pressure above the containment design pressure of 59 psig as compared in the AP1000 design document. That is because the recent RELAP5 modelling did not include the additional cooling of external surface of containment vessel from the the Passive Containment Cooling Water Storage Tank (PCCWST). The result of modeling will be used for further accident analyses of AP1000 involving the PCS function.