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Development And Validation Of A Cross Correlation Function Based Indirect Flow Measurement Technique, Xiong Gao

Doctoral Dissertations

Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) require the accurate measurement of mass flow rates. Advanced flow meters have been invented and widely applied in several current industries; however, the operation environment in nuclear power plants is especially harsh due to high temperature, high radiation and extremely corrosive conditions.. Several of the advanced reactor designs, such as liquid sodium pool reactors and integral small modular reactors, do not have conventional primary piping systems. These designs necessitate alternative methods to accurately measure primary flow.

Cross Correlation Function (CCF) flow estimation, which was proposed in the 1980s, can estimate the flow velocity indirectly without any …

Liquid Jet Experiments And Simulations For A Verification And Validation Study, Lee Paul Tschaepe

Doctoral Dissertations

The velocity field for two vertical parallel water jets impinging into a large stationary volume of water is mapped using ultrasonic interrogation. Thermal mapping of the vertical parallel water jets at high Reynolds numbers has been performed. The velocity data and associated statistics are related to the measurement volume and the ultrasonic Doppler measurement technique. The data are also compared to the literature for twin jets. The interaction of parallel jets is of interest to liquid metal reactor design. Liquid metal fast reactor (LMFR) coolant enters the bottom of the fuel bundles and exits through the top of the bundles. …