Design methodology for insulating and cooling of a small modular reactor head by high temperature structural-thermal-fluid analysis
| Autor: | Jung Yoon, Dong-Won Lim, Hyeong-Yeon Lee, Jae-Hyuk Eoh, Ji-Young Jeong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Materials science business.industry 020209 energy Computation Mechanical engineering 02 engineering and technology Computational fluid dynamics Small modular reactor Sodium-cooled fast reactor Nuclear Energy and Engineering Shield Thermal 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Head (vessel) business Reactor pressure vessel |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 54:1065-1073 |
| ISSN: | 1881-1248 0022-3131 |
| Popis: | The design of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) head can be complicated due to its shape and functions. The head is a component placed in the pressure boundary to shield nuclear radioactive radiation. At the same time, it needs to seal the reactor vessel, support penetrating components, and minimize heat losses. This paper presents a new insulating and cooling design concept of a small SFR head. For a new design, this study shows a comprehensive design approach considering fluid-thermal-structural computations. The interactive design approach refers to dependent simulation steps of three-dimensional (3D) thermal-structural, one-dimensional (1D) heat-transfer, and 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. This multi-domain approach was applied to the head of the large sodium integral effect test facility called sodium test loop for safety simulation and assessment (STELLA-2). And the STELLA-2 head design was proposed as a thick plate with a sandwich type of insulation, cooling the perimeter ... |
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