Electric Power ›› 2015, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (4): 66-70.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.10.11930.2015.4.66

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Transient Calculation of Deaerator and Control Scheme of Cavitation Prevention for AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants

GU Xianqing1, GAO Zhiqing1, TU Pan2, CHENG Xueqing1   

  1. 1. State Nuclear Power Engineering Company, Shanghai 200233, China;
    2. Sanmen Nuclear Power Company, Sanmen 317109, China
  • Received:2015-01-12 Online:2015-12-03 Published:2015-04-25

Abstract: In order to formulate a reasonable NPSH(net positive suction head) control scheme under load rejection conditions of AP1000 nuclear power plants and effectively prevent cavitation in the main feed water pumps during the operation, the cavitation mechanism and the control logics of deaerator water level and pressure are analyzed and the model for deaerator transient calculation is established based on the collected data. The calculation results show that with the setting value of the condensate flow limit at 30% and the deaerator transient pressure decreasing rate at 0.001 77 MPa/s, the NPSH requirements for the main feed water pumps can be met. Therefore, the cavitation prevention schemes and optimization methods for typical load rejection conditions are proposed as the guidance for commissioning and operation to improve the safety of nuclear power plants.

Key words: nuclear power plant, deaerator, transient calculation, net positive suction head, control optimization

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