This invention provides a thermal testing apparatus and method for a high-temperature, high-pressure water-to-water passive residual
heat exchanger placed in a cooling water tank. The apparatus includes: a passive residual
heat exchanger, a hot water
circulating pump, an electric heater, a loop makeup water pump, a water tank cooling pump, a cooling water tank cooler, a
nitrogen pressure regulator, a loop makeup water tank, a multi-functional auxiliary test water tank, a first
check valve, a first electrically operated shut-off valve, a first electrically operated regulating valve, a second
check valve, a second electrically operated shut-off valve, a third electrically operated shut-off valve, a third
check valve, a second electrically operated regulating valve, a fourth electrically operated shut-off valve, a bypass regulating valve, a sixth electrically operated shut-off valve, a first flow meter, a second flow meter, a third flow meter, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a third temperature sensor, a fourth temperature sensor, a fifth temperature sensor, a seventh electrically operated shut-off valve, an eighth electrically operated shut-off valve, and a cooling water tank. This technical solution can conveniently simulate the actual operating conditions of a passive residual
heat exchanger, achieving stable control of low-flow conditions on the hot side and control of steady-state temperature conditions on the
cold side.