Prediction of Pressure Propagation in Piping Systems After ISLOCA

Interface-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident (ISLOCA) occurs by failure of isolation valves in piping systems. In this study, transient behavior of pressure propagation in piping systems after ISLOCA has been estimated. At first, capability of TRACG code to predict pressure propagation in a simple pipe line, which has expansion, contraction and bifurcation, has been investigated. Then, sensitivity analysis of valve opening period has been performed to investigate the behavior of pressure propagation in a simple pipe line. Finally, pressure propagation inside piping systems after ISLOCA has been simulated for Hitachi-GE standard Advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) plant. Maximum pressure inside High Pressure Core Flooder (HPCF) systems has been less than 7.8MPa. TRACG code has been shown to be useful to predict transient behavior of pressure propagation in complicated network of piping systems after ISLOCA.Copyright © 2014 by ASME