Analysis of readings from turbine meters, taken under unstable coolant flow conditions in propulsion reactors
An analysis of coolant flow rates occurring during reactor operation in the unstable flow region was performed to provide data for verification of computer codes used in the testing of propulsion reactor prototype plants. The coolant flow rates were measured with turbine meters. It was shown that the verification computer codes’ capability for describing the reactor core channel flow rates should rely in particular on comparison between the mathematical mean values of flow rates in calculation and experiment, their root-mean-square deviation, and spectral frequency characteristic.