Passive In-core Cooling System (PINCs)

PINCs

Passive In-core Cooling System (PINCs) using hybrid heat pipes with control rod: Fully-passive decay heat removal system for safety enhancement of nuclear power plant with combination with hydraulic control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) for the full-passive operation of hybrid heat pipe-control rod

  • Experimental studies on the evaluation of heat removal capability of hybrid heat pie-control rod
  • Numerical studies on the safety analysis using MARS in system scale and 1D in-house code and CFD simulations in component scale

References

  1. Y. S. Jeong, K. M. Kim, I. G. Kim, I. C. Bang*, Hybrid heat pipe based passive in-core cooling system for advanced nuclear power plant, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 90, pp. 609-618, 2015.
  2. K. M. Kim, Y. S. Jeong, I. G. Kim, I. C. Bang*, Development of Passive-In-core Cooling System for Nuclear Safety Using Hybrid Heat Pipe, Nuclear Technology, Vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 598-613, 2016.
  3. I. G. Kim, I. C. Bang*, Hydraulic control rod drive mechanism concept for passive in-core cooling system (PINCs) in fully passive advanced nuclear power plant, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 85, pp. 266-278, 2017.