Author(s)

Amir M. Alramady¹, Sheikha Al-Sharif², Sherif S. Nafee^2,3

¹Deanship of Graduate Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
²Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
³Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.

In nuclear power plants, steam generators are important parts. This paper introduces a U-tube steam generator (UTSG) model implemented completely using MATLAB environment. The UTSG consists of four regions: upward and downward primary regions, upward and downward metal tube regions, and secondary regions, which contain heat transfer region, steam separation region, and subcooled water region. Governing equations are derived by applying energy and mass conservation equations in all regions. Accurate functions that describe the relationships between thermodynamic properties of the saturated steam are introduced instead of interpolation method that is widely used. Steady state and one transient case are presented as well.

UTSG Modeling, Steam Tables, Thermodynamic Properties

Alramady, A. , Al-Sharif, S. and Nafee, S. (2021) Modeling of UTSG in the Pressurized Water Reactor Using Accurate Formulae of Thermodynamic Properties. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 9, 947-967. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2021.95065.