Determination of the Flow Rate of Coolant in Pipelines with Unstabilized Flow of Fluid in the Area Following a Bend

• Published in: Power technology and engineering Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 562 - 567
• Main Authors: Boltenko, É. A., Davydov, M. V., Korol’kov, B. M., Basov, A. V., Kononenko, I. V., Sharov, V. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: ASYMMETRY; BALAKOVO-3 REACTOR; COOLANTS; Electrical Machines and Networks; Energy; Energy Systems; ENGINEERING; FLOW RATE; Flow velocity; Foundations; Geoengineering; Hydraulics; Nuclear power plants; PIPELINES; Power Electronics; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; Renewable and Green Energy; Steam electric power generation; Velocity distribution; nuclear power plant; velocity profile; velocity sensor; unstabilized flow; flow rate of coolant
• ISSN: 1570-145X; 1570-1468
• DOI: 10.1007/s10749-018-0874-8

Questions related to the determination of the flow rate of coolant in the pipelines of electric plants are considered. Amethod of determining the flow of single-phase coolant for the case of an asymmetric unstabilized velocity profile that is present following a bend in a pipeline is proposed. Results from the use of the proposed method in novel experiments on the testing unit of the Élektrogorsk Scientific Research Center and in the steam pipelines of power unit No. 3 of the Balakovo nuclear power plant are presented.