Metal matrix microencapsulated (M3) fuel is one of the research directions on Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF). In this article, it provides one of ATF design which consists of BISO (Bistructural ISOtropic) particles embe...
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The fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is based on tristructural isotropic (TRISO) coated particles embedded in silicon carbide (SiC) matrix, which is among the accident tolerant fuel concept options. With the...
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The fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is based on tristructural isotropic (TRISO) coated particles embedded in silicon carbide (SiC) matrix, which is among the accident tolerant fuel concept options. With the strength of high fission product retention, the FCM fuel provides potential superior safety performance. Compared to the conventional standard UO2 fuel, the deficiency of FCM fuel is its considerable lower fissile inventory, which results in a reduced reactor power or/and life. Supposing the FCM fuel is used as direct replacement of the fuel in commercial PWRs, the spectrum is softened due to the usage of SiC as matrix, and the moderator temperature coefficient is possible to be positive at the beginning of life, leading to high risk during operation. A neutronic feasibility study of FCM fuel utilized in commercial PWRs is performed in the paper. The fuel enrichment and undermoderated lattice are evaluated by analyzing the typical TRISO particle with UO2 kernels which is widely used in high temperature gas reactors and that with enlarged UN fuel kernels. It was found that under the mandatory constraint of low enriched uranium, the FCM fuel with UO2 kernels, although relatively mature, is only capable of small reactordesigns, and the assembly lattice needs to be modified. The FCM fuel with UN kernels, when directly loading in the commercial PWRs, can yield comparable reactor power and life;however, a higher fuel enrichment and the fuel design and fabrication need to be optimized.
Experiments were carried out to study the thermal hydraulic behaviors in a narrow rectangular channel under bottom reflooding conditions. The channel is formed between a stainless steel heating plate and a transparent...
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Experiments were carried out to study the thermal hydraulic behaviors in a narrow rectangular channel under bottom reflooding conditions. The channel is formed between a stainless steel heating plate and a transparent heatproof glass and dimensions of the channel are 600 mm in height, 60 mm in width and 4 mm of gap thickness. All the parameters (such as initial wall temperature, inlet velocity and systematic pressure) affect the heat transfer features during quenching process. The experimental results illustrate that for a given initial surface temperature, rewetting velocity increases with the increasing flow rate and increasing systematic pressure, while it decreases with the increasing initial surface temperature. With different flow rate and system pressure, the rewetting temperature is almost the same, but it varies when initial surface temperature is different.
As a new kind of Zr-Sn-Nb series alloy, N36 has not been explored in irradiation growth behavior before. In this paper, four empirical correlations including power, logarithmic, exponential and hyperbolic tangent law ...
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As a new kind of Zr-Sn-Nb series alloy, N36 has not been explored in irradiation growth behavior before. In this paper, four empirical correlations including power, logarithmic, exponential and hyperbolic tangent law were used to build irradiation growth model of N36 zirconium alloy preliminarily. Before that, lengths of the fuel rods with N36 claddings from poolside measurement were analyzed to get irradiation growth strains, which were then used to fit the four empirical correlations mentioned above. Distribution of fast fluence along axial direction of tubes was considered in all irradiation growth models. The fitting results showed that the hyperbolic tangent law fit irradiation growth strains the best, while power law did the worst. In order to improve the precision of the hyperbolic tangent model, several improvements were done. Verification and validation of the improved hyperbolic tangent irradiation growth model suggested that the size of second phase may have an influence on irradiation growth behavior of N36 tubes.
The capillary interaction induced by a tilted cylinder and interface is the basic configuration of many complex systems, such as micro-pillar arrays clustering, super-hydrophobicity of hairy surface, water-walking ins...
The capillary interaction induced by a tilted cylinder and interface is the basic configuration of many complex systems, such as micro-pillar arrays clustering, super-hydrophobicity of hairy surface, water-walking insects, and fiber aggregation. We systematically analyzed the scaling laws of tilt angle, contact angle, and cylinder radius on the contact line shape by SE simulation and experiment. The following in-depth analysis of the characteristic parameters (shift, stretch and distortion) of the deformed contact lines reveals the self-similar shape of contact line. Then a general capillary force scaling law is proposed to incredibly grasp all the simulated and experimental data by a quite straightforward ellipse approximation approach.
FCM fuel is a candidate fuel form to replace commercial UO2 fuel rod in LWR to enhance fuel reliability under accident conditions. The FCM pellet consists of TRISO particles embedded inside the dense SiC matrix. This ...
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(纸本)9780894487309
FCM fuel is a candidate fuel form to replace commercial UO2 fuel rod in LWR to enhance fuel reliability under accident conditions. The FCM pellet consists of TRISO particles embedded inside the dense SiC matrix. This fuel design is more complex than conventional LWR fuel, which needs new fuel performance models or analysis tools to assist fuel design and concept evaluation. In this paper an attempt was made to develop a finite element method to analyze FCM fuel pellet thermal-mechanical performance. Three idealized cases of normal operation, power ramp, and LOCA were analyzed. The results showed that the temperature distribution and stress distribution of FCM pellet exhibited a strong non-uniformity. The irradiation strain and creep of buffer layer and PyC layers had a strong effect on the mechanical performance of FCM pellet. The hoop stresses of SiC layers and SiC matrix increased significantly during the LOCA and varied with radial positions.
The supercritical water-cooled reactor (SWCR) has been selected as one of the most promising reactors for Generation IV nuclear reactors due to its higher thermal efficiency and more simplified structure compared to t...
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Experience gained in decades of nuclear safety research and previous nuclear accidents direct to the investigation of passive safety systemdesign and accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) system which is now becoming a hot re...
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(纸本)9780894487309
Experience gained in decades of nuclear safety research and previous nuclear accidents direct to the investigation of passive safety systemdesign and accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) system which is now becoming a hot research point in the nuclear energy field. The ATF system is aim at upgrading safety characteristics of the nuclear fuel and cladding in a reactor core where active cooling has been lost, and is preferable or comparable to the conventional UO2-Zr fuel system when the reactor is in normal operation. By virtue of advanced materials with improved basic properties and oxidation resistance, the ATF system is placed high hopes on slowing down the accident progression, allowing wider margin of time for the mitigation measures to be effective. SiC and FeCrAl accident-tolerant claddings and FCM accident-tolerant fuel are considered in this work, as they are receiving more and more attention in China. In this paper, the improved performance of UO2-SiC, UO2-FeCrAl, FCM-SiC and FCM-FeCrAl fuel systems on the core heat-up progress in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) is analyzed by using the best-estimate system code RELAP5 and severe accident analysis program respectively. For this purpose two accident scenarios are selected, e.g., a large break LOCA as a design base accident and an extended station blackout (SBO) severe accident, to reflect the accident-tolerance characteristic of ATFs. Obtained quantitative results show promising safety enhancement in terms of peak cladding temperature (PCT) and recovery of the core coolability for the selected ATF systems, which is beneficial for further down-selections of various kinds of ATF systems.
Saving energy without causing discomfort and without de-manding human intervention is the need of the day. It is important to develop sensor systems which not only satisfy user requirements, but also take energy consu...
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Lift force is one of the interfacial momentum transfer terms in the framework of two-fluid modeling. It is vital for accurate understanding of two phase flow system. The present study concluded the lift force modeling...
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