• 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