High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 5, 056003(2022)

Safety boundary of flow channel partial blockage in plate-type fuel assembly

Wenjie Ding, Shaohua Wang, Jiao Gao, Haibing Guo, Jimin Ma, and Zhiyong Liu
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  • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
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    Figures & Tables(8)
    Sectional view of JRR-3M standard fuel assembly
    Geometry model
    Analysis results of non-adjacent channel complete blockage accident
    Analysis results with plug in the middle
    Analysis results with plug in one side
    • Table 1. Thermophysical parameters of solid materials

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      Table 1. Thermophysical parameters of solid materials

      materialdensity/(kg·m−3) specific heat/ (J·kg−1·K−1) thermal conductivity/(W·m−1·K−1)
      6061Al2700896170
      U3Si2-Al 6000406.732
    • Table 2. Average assembly calculation results under different grid sizes

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      Table 2. Average assembly calculation results under different grid sizes

      number of gridspressure drop/kPamean convective heat transfer coefficient / (W·m−2·K−1) maximum fuel temperature /K
      10446657.9933196.41339.65
      20050057.5233197.97339.44
      45385557.3333120.20339.92
    • Table 3. Analysis results of different blockage rates and positions

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      Table 3. Analysis results of different blockage rates and positions

      No.blockage rate/%plug positionTfluid,max/K Tfuel,max/K Vch/(m·s−1) Tout/K
      130middle337.82365.615.29329.12
      235middle340.07368.325.07329.88
      340middle343.56371.824.89330.68
      445middle345.68375.514.66331.76
      550middle358.15390.594.39333.14
      655middle368.59397.684.10335.04
      760middle383.58413.683.75337.67
      830side345.35402.035.44328.44
      935side369.32415.485.29329.13
      1040side387.61436.605.08330.02
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    Wenjie Ding, Shaohua Wang, Jiao Gao, Haibing Guo, Jimin Ma, Zhiyong Liu. Safety boundary of flow channel partial blockage in plate-type fuel assembly[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(5): 056003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Feature Issue on Application Technology of Research Reactor

    Received: Nov. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 18, 2022

    Published Online: Jun. 2, 2022

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    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.210508

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