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US 2026/0169178 A1Published application
Method of calculating heat output using in-core instrumentation
AssigneeKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Gun KIM, Ho Cheol SHIN, Yu Sun CHOI, Do Yeon KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of calculating heat output using in-core instrumentation, the method including: measuring a core inlet temperature and a core exit temperature using the in-core instrumentation; and calculating heat output Q of a core using the following equation, the in-core instrumentation including: a first thermocouple that measures the core inlet temperature; and a second thermocouple that measures the core exit temperature.
Claims7
A method of calculating heat output using in-core instrumentation, the method comprising:
- measuring a core inlet temperature and a core exit temperature using the in-core instrumentation;
- the in-core instrumentation comprising:
- a first thermocouple that measures the core inlet temperature;
- and
- a second thermocouple that measures the core exit temperature;
- and
- calculating heat output Q of a core using the following equation,
- Q
- =
- C
- ×
- m
- ×
- (
- T
- h
- -
- T
- c
- )
- [
- Equation
- ]
- where, Q is a heat quantity, C is a specific heat, m is a mass flow rate, Th is a core exit temperature, and Tc is a core inlet temperature.
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