NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 6, 060011(2025)

Analysis of CABRI-BI1 loss of flow experiment based on ISAA-Na

Shaowei TANG1, Bin ZHANG1,2、*, Siqi FENG1, Yi LEI1, and Jianqiang SHAN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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    Figures & Tables(15)
    Schematic diagram of multi-bubble slug boiling model
    ISAA-Na core thermal hydraulic calculation process
    Schematics of the CABRI reactor
    Nodalization of a fuel pin in ISAA-Na
    Axial power profile used in ISAA-Na
    Axial profile of the coolant pressure and cladding temperature at steady state conditions
    Axial coolant temperature profiles at steady state conditions
    Inlet flow rate during the transient
    Outlet flow rate during the transient
    Axial coolant temperature at t=20 s
    Coolant temperature evolution at 77 cm and 39 cm BFC during transient
    Coolant pressure evolution at bottom and top of the fuel column
    Sodium two-phase interface during BI1 test
    • Table 1. Characteristics of RIG-1 fuel pins

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      Table 1. Characteristics of RIG-1 fuel pins

      参数Parameter数值Value
      包壳外径Cladding outer diameter / mm7.605
      包壳内径Cladding inner diameter / mm6.565
      包壳材料Cladding material316-CW
      芯块外径Pellet diameter / mm6.4
      裂变区长度Fissile column length / mm748.8
      上转换区长度Upper axial blanket length / mm99.5
      下转换区长度Lower axial blanket length / mm200.2
      峰值燃耗Peak burnup / at.%1.0
      棒长度Pin length / mm1 500.5
      上气室长度Upper fission gas plenum length / cm9.4
    • Table 2. Initial and boundary conditions for the CABRI-BI1 experiment

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      Table 2. Initial and boundary conditions for the CABRI-BI1 experiment

      参数Parameter数值Value

      实验段功率

      Power produced in the test section / W

      37 120.0
      裂变功率Fissile power / W36 230.0

      入口质量流量

      Test channel inlet mass flow rate / kg·s-1

      0.161±3%
      入口温度Temperature at BFC / K676±0.3%
      出口温度Temperature at TFC / K859±0.3%
      钠出口压力Sodium pressure at outlet / 105 Pa2.43
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    Shaowei TANG, Bin ZHANG, Siqi FENG, Yi LEI, Jianqiang SHAN. Analysis of CABRI-BI1 loss of flow experiment based on ISAA-Na[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(6): 060011

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Topics of Academic Papers at The 27th Annual Meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology

    Received: Jul. 13, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: Bin ZHANG (张斌)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240272

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