Investigation of the equalization capability of submerged perforated sheets forWWER-1500 horizontal steam generator

Abstract

Non-uniform heat transfer occurs at the steam generator secondary side, thus inducing a non-uniform steam generation and a non-uniform steam flow rate along the evaporation surface. In order to equalize the steam flow rate, submerged perforated sheet is installed in the horizontal SGs An analysis of the equalization of the non-uniform steam load in the WWER-1500 horizontal steam generator is performed using the STEG calculation code. Variant calculations of various options for the perforation of sheets allowed us to determine the design of submerged perforated sheet, which very well equalizes the initially non-uniform steam load.