Abstract
Due to the operation conditions and system characteristics of the essential service water system of nuclear power plants, water hammer pressure fluctuates in each transient process. In order to further analyze the characteristics of the water hammer and the harm this can cause to system equipment, this paper uses one-dimensional transient computing software to simulate the water hammer characteristics of the system under different operating conditions and at different water levels. The instantaneous pressure data of water hammer in the essential service water system were used as input conditions for fatigue analysis of components, and the fatigue damage of at-risk parts was calculated. The results show that the pressure fluctuation due to single pump outage is greater than that due to single pump start-up and the start-up of double pumps. The maximum pressure of the system under the design flood level is greater than that of other water levels, and the maximum pressure of the system under each working condition is 3.87 MPa. The most at-risk part of the system pressure fluctuation is the return valve, followed by the valve after a bend in a pipe and the tee pipe fitting. In the whole system, the joint of the main branch of a tee pipe experiences the greatest fatigue damage, and the theoretical fatigue life is 127.55 years.
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