科研之友
微信
新浪微博
Facebook
分享链接
摘要
The Advanced High Temperature Reactor (AHTR) is a fluoride-cooled and graphite-moderated reactor concept designed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Holcomb et al., 2011). The modeling and optimization of the heat removal system and the core structure is required, in order to obtain an adequate heavy metal loading and to provide effective cooling capability. The single channel MATLAB model provides a simple tool to evaluate the steady state conditions for the coolant and the fuel plate and the effects of the power distribution; sensitivity studies on the main design parameters of the fuel element are performed. A RELAP5-3D single channel model is developed for the validation and comparison with the MATLAB model; this model is the starting point for the development of a full core model, enabling the study of transients. A one-third fuel assembly model is then analyzed, consisting of six fuel plates and modeling the heat conduction of graphite through RELAP5-3D conduction enclosures. Since the assembly model is not suitable for the implementation in a full core model with the same level of detail, several simplifications have been evaluated, involving the modeling of the plate through a single heat structure and the modeling of different plates through a single plate. A SCALE model of the fuel assembly was developed for the evaluation of the reactivity feedback and the power distribution in the core. The results from the neutronic evaluations and the assembly model were implemented in a full core model, involving the core, the main reactor structures, the cooling system and the safety system (DRACS). The RELAP5-3D core model was used for the evaluation of the steady state conditions and the effects of a loss of forced cooling accident (LOFC).
- 出版日期2014-2
