高速空气浸没射流压力振荡特性实验研究

Experimental Study on Pressure Oscillation Characteristics of High-speed Air Submerged Jet

  • 摘要: 为研究铅冷快堆蒸汽发生器传热管破裂事故中,二回路高压水或水蒸气向铅铋合金主回路泄漏的安全问题,针对湿蒸汽/过热蒸汽区段破口处射流蒸汽在铅铋池内呈现的非凝结特性,以空气-水作为替代工质,搭建不凝性气体高速浸没射流实验装置,开展了不同孔径(3~18 mm)和入口压力(0.15~0.9 MPa)条件下的浸没射流实验。结果表明:高速空气浸没射流流场可分为惯性射流区和浮力羽流区,惯性射流穿透长度随着入口压力的增大而增大;惯性射流区存在射流相界面颈缩、鼓胀、回击和漩涡演化等影响相界面形态的现象,并在喷孔附近产生不同频率的压力振荡信号;喷孔尺寸≤8 mm时,最大压力振荡强度随着入口压力的增大而增大,喷孔尺寸≥10 mm时,最大压力振荡强度随着入口压力的增大呈现先增后减的趋势。本文研究可为铅冷快堆蒸汽发生器传热管破裂事故的安全分析提供参考。

     

    Abstract: The steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) accident in a lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) may lead to the leakage of high-pressure water or steam from the secondary loop into the primary loop containing lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE). This process involves intense pressure release, two-phase flow interactions, and dynamic load impacts, raising serious safety concerns and attracting widespread attention. However, the submerged jet behavior of steam in the LBE pool is complicated by the non-condensable nature of steam when it exists as superheated steam or in the wet steam region. Direct experimental investigation using steam and LBE is challenging due to the high temperature and opacity of LBE. Therefore, this study adopted air and water as transparent alternative working fluids to simulate gas submerged jet phenomena under conditions analogous to liquid metal environments. The objective of this study is to experimentally characterize the hydrodynamic and pressure oscillation behaviors of high-speed submerged jets of non-condensable gas, providing fundamental data for the safety analysis of SGTR accidents in LFRs. A high-speed submerged jet experimental facility was constructed. Compressed air was injected through sparger of different diameters (3, 5, 8, 10, 13, and 18 mm) into a still water tank. The inlet pressure was varied from 0.15 MPa to 0.9 MPa. High-speed photography was employed to capture the jet evolution and phase interface morphology. High-frequency pressure sensors were installed near the sparger exit to record dynamic pressure oscillations. The experimental results show that the flow field of the high-speed air jet in water can be divided into two distinct regions: an inertial jet region near the sparger and a buoyant plume region farther downstream. In the inertial jet region, complex phase interface behaviors such as necking, bulging, back-attack, and interfacial vortex evolution are observed, all of which significantly affect the jet morphology and mixing characteristics. The penetration length of the inertial jet increases linearly with increasing inlet pressure. Pressure oscillation signals generated near the nozzle hole exhibit different intensities and frequencies. When the hole diameter is 8 mm or smaller, the maximum pressure oscillation intensity increases with increasing inlet pressure. When the hole diameter is 10 mm or larger, the maximum pressure oscillation intensity first rises and then falls as the inlet pressure increases. The overall pressure oscillation intensity remains within 120 kPa, and the dominant frequency ranges from 10 Hz to 300 Hz. These findings provide quantitative insights into the jet behavior that would occur in an LFR SGTR accident. From the perspective of the design and analysis of LFR steam generators, it is necessary to consider the vibration and fatigue crack propagation of heat transfer tubes and their supporting structures under pressure loads over a wide frequency range. Therefore, the heat transfer tube bundle should be rationally arranged, and additional damping or flow-guiding structures should be incorporated to prevent flow-induced vibration of the tube bundle after the occurrence of a rupture accident.

     

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