An Integrated Experimental Test Facility to Support Development of the Passive Containment Cooling System of HPR1000

HPR1000 is an advanced nuclear power plant with the significant feature of an active and passive safety design philosophy, developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation. It is based on the large accumulated knowledge from the design, construction as well as operations experience of nuclear power plants in China. The passive containment cooling system (PCS) of HPR1000 is an important and innovative passive safety system to suppress the pressure in the containment during LOCA. In this paper, the detailed design process of PCS is reviewed, and an integrated experiment facility for the study on the coupling behavior between PCS and thermal hydraulic characteristics in the containment is described, and arrangement of measuring points including temperature, pressure, gas composition and so on are introduced in detailed. Also, the experimental energy released and energy vent to ensure the similarity of containment pressure response, thermal stratification and PCS heat removal is introduced. According to this versatile experiment facility can conduct real-engineering system test which is designed to support the PCS development. In addition, this valuable experience in the design and manufacture of integrated experiment facility can provide important technical support and guidance for the China next generation advanced PWR as well as safety related system.