Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
Volume 45, Issue 8, Pages 12093-12109Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/er.6103
Keywords
natural circulation; residual heat removal; safety analysis; sodium‐ cooled fast reactor
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- K. C. Wong Education Foundation
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This experiment validated a modular code THACS focusing on safety analysis of SFR and carried out necessary development and verification for physical property, frictional loss, and heat transfer of water. Simulation of an unprotected loss-of-flow scenario predicted natural circulation paths and the transition of heat exchanger operation mode.
To evaluate residual heat removal capacity of next generation China sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) and provide data for code validation, an integral natural circulation experiment was performed on a scaled water platform which had same structure with reactor primary system. A modular code THACS focusing on safety analysis of SFR was validated by this test. Some necessary development and verification for physical property, frictional loss, and heat transfer of water were carried out first. Whole simulation of an unprotected loss-of-flow (ULOF) case was divided into two phases and computation lasted until 5000 s of test time during second stage. Agreement in light of system temperature distribution in first stage provided a suitable initial condition for subsequent transient. Satisfied flow rate curve was reproduced with decaying pressure head and valve characteristic as input when pump was stopping. All natural circulation paths were predicted, including original flow in primary loop through main pipe and reversed flow in reactor vessel cooling system (RVCS). Transition to operative mode of direct heat exchanger (DHX) in direct reactor auxiliary cooling system (DRACS) and its cooling power were also forecasted successfully. This work means a significant advance for THACS in the field of engineering application of China SFR.
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