Abstract
Pressure and fluid oscillation in vent tubes and a header induced by steam condensation were measured with a test apparatus. Pressure oscillation consists of low-, middle- and high-frequency components. The frequencies measured in the present apparatus are around 2–8Hz, 15 Hz and 100–150 Hz for low, middle and high frequency respectively. The chugging phenomenon occurs in a certain range of steam flow rate. When the amplitude of fluid oscillation becomes maximum, the amplitude of pressure oscillation in the header also becomes maximum. High frequency component is predominant in the pressure oscillation in vent tubes. When the temperature of pool water becomes lower, the amplitude becomes larger. As the temperature of pool water gets higher, high-frequency component of pressure oscillation disappears, and middle, low frequency in order. Based on the experimental facts mentioned above, the theoretical analysis was conducted by considering the header as one volume and by modeling chugging as one-dimensional motion of water column in and out of vent tubes. As the result, the characteristics of chugging phenomenon got in the experiment coulbd well be simulated. Chugging phenomenon, accompanying back flow of water into vent tubes, is a kind of low-frequency oscillation which is predominant in the pressure oscillation in the header.
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