Apr1400 feedwater system hydraulic analysis using aft. The apr1400 is a relatively new design with improved construction and safety improvements with power cycle operation temperatures and pressures similar to other lwr plants globally. Reactor is a light water reactor plant designed by the nuclear power industry in the republic of korea. Issued design certification advanced power reactor 1400. Design concepts including control room kngr is, like the other advanced reactors. Engineers aide sinet fluid flow analysis, equipment sizing and.
A bittersweet milestone for the worlds safest nuclear. Advanced power reactor 1400 mwe kepcokhnp, south korea by. Advanced power reactor 1400 mwe kepcokhnp, south korea. The apr1400 reactor has a thermal power capacity of 4000 mw, produces 1400 mw gross electric power, from khnp 2005. Apr1400 reactor coolant system and main pipe apr1400 is an advanced pressurized nuclear reactor, design by the korea electric power corporation, developed from opr design. In any manufacturing process where there is a chemical change. Nuclear regulatory commission nrc is amending its regulations to certify the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 standard design. Licensing for apr1400 in korea may 2829, 2018 ifnec idwg. Apr1400 design control document and environmental report nrc. Reactor calculation using simulation software revised from senior project report by ryan p. Nuclear regulatory commission nrc is proposing to amend its regulations to certify the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 standard design.
The first apr1400 unit shinkori unit 3 completed fuel load and synchronization to the grid in december 2015. The design certification process determines whether a reactor design meets us safety requirements, independent of any specific site or plan to build. Pdf modal characteristic analysis of the apr1400 nuclear. Apr1400einr14001np, human factors engineering program plan. The approval by eur a technical advisory group for european utilities on nuclear power plants means south koreas staterun nuclear operator can further expand its.
C and increased pressurizer volume for larger thermal margin enhanced transient response. Currently the iaea has nuclear power plant simulation software available for distribution that simulate the behaviour of the following reactor types. This article covers the kepco apr1400 and complements the. Dec 18, 2017 apr1400 stands for advanced pressurised reactor 1400mw. Microsimulation technology developed a simulator for a 200mw low temperature heating reactor nhr designed by tsinghua university of china for desalination. Apr1400, and can be used in the human factors validation process of the apr1400 hsi design. Koreas indigenous nextgen nuclear technology wins us. Gas flex a process gas compressor program utilizing bwr equations of state. Apr1400 development status and design features conference. Applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate an apr1400 standard design may do. Apr1400 stands for advanced pressurised reactor 1400mw. The reactor design pattern is an event handling pattern for handling service requests delivered concurrently to a service handler by one or more inputs.
The reactor type and plant design concept of apr1400 is the result of a twoyear research program, phase i, which. As with most of the current generation of plant designs, design life is. Nuclear heat storage and recovery for the apr1400 sciencedirect. Plant types include pwr, bwr and advanced areva epr, westinghouse ap and ge abwr. Reactor core and fuel design the reactor core of apr1400 is designed to generate 3,987 mw thermal power with an average. Korean apr1400 reactor design was selected as the firstever nuclear power plant in uae, 2009 and became a main brand representing the korean nuclear power technology. It is as the name suggests a pressurised water reactor pwr, on the larger end of the scale for contemporary pwr design only the epr, at 16001700mw is notably larger, and most commercial designs such as ap, hualong1, atmea, vver1200 are in the 11001200mw range. Chemcad safety net plant safety and piping networks software.
The approval by eur a technical advisory group for european utilities on nuclear power plants means south koreas staterun nuclear. Since its first introduction in 1985, pctran has been selected by iaea. The user can design new processes, troubleshoot existing processes, evaluate alternate plant configurations, or optimize plant yield and efficiency to list a. Appendix f constitutes the standard design certification for the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 design, in accordance with 10 cfr part 52, subpart b. The types of reactors that can be modeled include batch reactors, continuous stirred tank reactors, plug flow reactors, plug flow reactors with axial dispersion, and tubular flow reactors with radial dispersion. The major upgrades related to simulator design are. Microsimulation technology nuclear power plant simulation. Advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 manmachine interface systems. Issued design certification advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400. In support of human resource development in member states the iaea has established education and training programmes on active learning about nuclear technologies using the pcbased basic principle simulators. The first advanced light water reactor called advanced power reactor apr1400 has many specific features such as passive safety features, digital i and c, and digitalized main control room design.
Kepco and korea hydro and nuclear power khnp, paving the way for exports of korean indigenous reactor technology to the u. The facility has been developed considering the aspects. Development of pcbased simulator for korean apr 1400. The nuclear plant is coupled with a medtvc multiple effect distillation thermal vapor compression unit to generate distilled water. Nuclear regulatory commission s nrc, in connection with its application for certification of the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400, a 4,000mwt pressurized.
The apr1400 is a pressurized water reactor with the electrical power of 1400 mwe designed by korea. South korea earns nrc design certification for 1400mw pwr. The technology apr1400 the barakah nuclear power plant will use the most advanced nuclear technology, ensuring safety and efficiency throughout the process of power production. Trapr140001 technical report on design description and. Us nrc set to certify apr1400 reactor design read 374 times 0 members and 1 guest are viewing this topic. Ansys engineering simulation for reactor design including cfd for chemical reactor design, structural and thermal analysis and instrumentation and control software used for design and analysis of chemical reactors enable reaction engineers to answer whatif questions as they design and enhance reactors performance, energy usage, reactor yield. The service handler then demultiplexes the incoming requests and dispatches them synchronously to the associated request handlers. The apr1400 mmis design will be first applied to the shinkori 3,4 nuclear power plants, which are scheduled to go into commercial operation in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Advanced power reactor 1400 mwe kepcokhnp, south korea issuu. In addition, the apr1400 design has been employed by. Status report 83 advanced power reactor 1400 mwe apr1400. Application of variable frequency drive on the condensate. Issued design certification advanced power reactor. Mar 10, 2015 in addition, as shown in the reducible schedule design for new construction method application, khnp expects that the succeeding plant including the third unit of the apr1400 can be constructed.
The purpose of this analysis was to verify the impact of the design change. Apr1400 design control document and environmental report. Pdf development of human factors validation system for the. Implementation and analysis for apr1400 soft control. Applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate an apr1400 standard design may do so by referencing this design certification dc rule.
Definition the soft control s softwarebased mmi resource which emulates the various physica switches and analog control devices. The apr1400 for advanced power reactor 1400 mw electricity is an advanced pressurized water nuclear reactor designed by the korea electric power corporation kepco. May 02, 2019 the united states has certified the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400, a nextgeneration commercial nuclear reactor design independently developed by korean stateowned companies korea electric power corp. Applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate an apr1400 standard design may do so by referencing this design certification dc. Kepco and khnp submitted the standard design certification application on december 23, 2014.
The advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400, which is a 1450 mwe evolutionary pwr based on well proven korean standard nuclear power plant ksnp design incorporates a number of design modifications and improvements to meet the utilitys needs for enhanced safety and economic goals and to address the new licensing. Nuclear reactor simulators for education and training iaea. The chemical reactor design tool crdt is a set of computer programs that solves the equations describing common chemical reactor models. Advanced power reactor 1400 1,400 mwe under construction.
The hualong one reactor design was certified by chinas nuclear authorities in 2014, and construction of the first four units began in 2015 and 2016. Apr1400 is koreandesigned next generation nuclear power plant ksnp upscaled from opr to 1400 mw electric 4000 mw thermal. The system is intended to reliably and efficiently store and recover thermal energy from a nuclear power plant npp steam system in order to allow flexible power generation. The model was benchmarked to apr1400 design input data. Apr1400 safe, reliable technology oecdnea workshop on innovations in watercooled reactor technology paris, feb 11 12, 2015. Application for standard design certification for the advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400, a 4,000mwt pressurizedwater reactor pwr when. Development of human factors validation system for the. The analysis was performed according to the design criteria of npp electrical systems. Basic objectives in design of a reactor in chemical engineering physical operations such as fluid flow, heat transfer, mass transfer and separation processes play a very large part. Human factors validation system the human factors validation system for the digitalized mcr of apr1400 includes hardware and software components, such as panels, consoles, and dynamic models. Apr1400 development 5 strategy design adopting evolutionary improvement strategy based on.
Examples of issues that have been dealt with are shown in fig. Optimization and exergy analysis of nuclear heat storage. Additional units are under construction in korea and the united arab emirates. Microsimulation technology has developed the most advanced windows xpbased nuclear power plant simulator, pctran, for all types of water cooled nuclear reactors. Advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 design certification.
The advanced power reactor 1400 apr1400 development program consisting of three phases was ended in 2001, and it is expected to obtain a design approval for the developed standard design soon, which is a planned goal of the program. Implementation and analysis for apr1400 soft control system. Schematic diagram of primary components and safety systems. This digitalbased neoconcept main control room design needs comprehensive verification and validation process to get the license for construction. A human factors validation system for the main control room mcr of advanced power reactor 1400mwe apr1400 has been developed as it adopts digitalized humansystem interfaces hsis. Apr1400 is a cuttingedge nuclear power plant, which has raised the generating capacity from mw to 1400mw, and design lifetime has been increased. The reactor pattern is a design pattern for synchronous demultiplexing and order of events as they arrive. The design characteristics of advanced power reactor 1400. Thibault 200102 the proii process simulation program performs rigorous mass and energy balances for a range of chemical processes from oilgas separation to reactive distillation. For all irreversible reactions of greater than zero order, the volume of the reactor approaches.
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