Simerics Gallery Power Plant Coolant Pump

POWER PLANT COOLANT PUMP

Power Plant Coolant Pump Design:

In a power plant, coolant pump drives water through a reactor coolant system. The water will be heated up in reactor and becomes steam, and the steam will drive a Steam Turbine to generator electricity.A coolant pump can pump huge amount of water, and has to be very reliable.

Application:

Power generation.

PumpLinx: Solve Flows, Pressures, Cavitation, and Loads:

Discriminators:

Models cavitation
Accurate tip leakage
Superior treatment of rotating-stationary interfaces
Ease-of-use
Fast turn-around

Design Issues/Benefits:

Stator and rotor design
Inlet/exit duct design
Tip/seal leakage analysis
Optimize performance
Reduce blade loads
Reduce cavitation effects on efficiency and pump life

EXAMPLE: An Axial Coolant Pump

Simulation of performance and cavitation effects for an axial power plant coolant pump. Simulation results match very well with test results for both cavitation and performance. (H. Ding, F.C. Visser, Y. Jiang, and M. Furmanczyk, "Demonstration and Validation of a 3D CFD Simulation Tool Predicting Pump Performance and Cavitation for Industrial Applications," FEDSM2009-78256, Proceedings of FEDSM2009, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, August 2-6, 2009, Vail, Colorado.)