Title of article
Thermo-hydraulicanalysisofthewindowlesstargetsystemOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
FoscoBianchi، نويسنده , , RobertaFerri، نويسنده , , VincentMoreau، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages
11
From page
2135
To page
2145
Abstract
Thetargetsystem,whosefunctionistosupplyanexternalneutronsourcetoasubcriticalcoreinordertosustaintheneutronchainreaction,isthemostcriticalpartofanADSbeingsubjecttoseverethermo-mechanicalloadingandmaterialdamageduetoacceleratorprotonsandfissionneutrons.
InordertoreducethematerialdamageandtoincreasethelifeofthetargetsystemawindowlessoptionwaschosenintheframeworkoftheEuropeanPDS-XADSprojectasreferenceconfigurationfortheexperimentalADScooledbylead–bismutheutecticalloy.
Thisdocumentdealswiththeresultsofthethermo-hydraulicanalysisperformedwithSTAR-CDandRELAP5codestoassessthebehaviourofthewindowlesstargetsystemduringoff-normaloperatingconditions.Italsoreportsadescriptionofmodificationsproperlyimplementedinthecodesforstudyingthiskindofplant.
Thewindowlesstargetsystemshowsasatisfactorythermo-hydraulicbehaviourfortheanalysedaccidents,exceptforthelossofbothpumpswithoutprotonbeamshut-offandforthebeamtripslastingmorethan1s.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2008
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
895168
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