Title of article
Corethermal–hydraulicdesignOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
EijiTakada، نويسنده , , ShigeakiNakagawa، نويسنده , , NozomuFujimoto، نويسنده , , DaisukeTochio، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
7
From page
37
To page
43
Abstract
Thecorethermal–hydraulicdesignfortheHTTRiscarriedouttoevaluatethemaximumfueltemperatureatnormaloperationandanticipatedoperationoccurrences.Toevaluatecoolantflowdistributionandmaximumfueltemperature,weusetheexperimentalresultssuchasheattransfercoefficient,pressurelosscoefficientobtainedbymock-uptestfacilities.Furthermore,weevaluatedhotspotfactorsoffueltemperaturesconservatively.
Astheresultsofthecorethermal–hydraulicdesign,aneffectivecoolantflowthroughthecoreof88%ofthetotalflow,isachievedatminimum.Themaximumfueltemperatureappearsduringthehigh-temperaturetestoperation,andreaches1492°Cforthemaximumthroughtheburn-upcycle,whichsatisfiesthedesignlimitof1495°Catnormaloperation.Itisalsoconfirmedthatthemaximumfueltemperatureatanyanticipatedoperationoccurrencesdoesnotexceedthefueldesignlimitof1600°Cinthesafetyanalysis.
Ontheotherhand,resultofre-evaluationofanalysisconditionandhotspotfactorsbasedonoperationdataoftheHTTR,themaximumfueltemperaturefor160effectivefullpoweroperationdaysisestimatedtobe1463°C.Itisconfirmedthatthecorethermal–hydraulicdesigngivesconservativeresults.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894802
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