A computational model for swirl vane phase separators

摘要

The main objective of this study is to develop a mechanistic separator-dryer model for the TRAC-BF1 code to solve the problems associated with the modeling of the steam separation phenomena. This model, in a sense, is an extension to the existing separator-dryer model in the TRAC-BF1 code. The phasic velocities and the pressures for the vapor core and the liquid film regions of the swirl vane separator are solved by the use of phasic mass and momentum equations along with pressure drop. A new dryer efficiency model is also introduced. In this model, the dryer efficiency is calculated by the corrugated plate efficiency model. The important part of the study focuses on the implementation of the separator-dryer model to the code. The implementation uses the correct convective parameters in the solution of the conservation equation for the mixing cell of separator-dryer component.;The model is tested and assessed against the experimental data, an actual reactor transient, and the results of the existing model. The results indicates that the new steam separation model is more accurate and more robust when compared to the separator-dryer model.