Analysis of the localized metallic phase solidification in VULCANO VF-U1 with MPS method

2021 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 111537
Author(s):  
Takanari Fukuda ◽  
Akifumi Yamaji ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Jean-François Haquet ◽  
Anne Boulin
Keyword(s):  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Mps Method

Three-Dimensional Numerical Study on Pool Stratification Behavior in Molten Corium-Concrete Interaction (MCCI) With MPS Method

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Ikken Sato ◽  
Akifumi Yamaji ◽  
Guangtao Duan
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Molten Pool ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Severe Accident ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Concrete Interface

Molten corium-concrete interaction (MCCI) is an important ex-vessel phenomenon that could happen during the late phase of a hypothetical severe accident in a light water reactor. When the molten corium, which is generally comprised of UO2, ZrO2 and metals such as zircalloy and stainless steel, is discharged into a dry reactor cavity, a stratified molten pool configuration with two immiscible oxidic and metallic phases can be expected to form and lead to MCCI. Compared to a homogenous oxidic molten pool configuration, the metallic phase in the stratified molten pool might influence the crust formation on the corium-concrete interface and consequently cause different concrete ablation behavior to evaluate MCCI progression concerning containment failure. In terms of this issue, past experimental studies, such as COMET-L, VULCANO VBS and MOCKA test series, have been carried out to investigate the influence of such oxidic and metallic stratified pool configuration on MCCI. The experimental results have shown that the metallic phase can have a significant impact on the axial and radial ablation kinetics that could influence the ablation patterns of reactor pit. As regards numerical studies, past numerical modeling of MCCI was generally based on Eulerian methods and simplified empirical approach to simulate solid/liquid phase change and evolving of corium/crust/concrete interface. Such modeling might be efficient but have shown deficiencies and inadequacies due to its Eulerian and empirical nature, which has suggested a necessity to seek for a more mechanistic approach for modeling of MCCI. In this sense, Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method is considered suitable for MCCI analysis for its advantages of tracking interfaces and modeling phase change accurately as a Lagrangian particle method. In the present study, a three-dimensional (3-D) numerical study has been performed to simulate COMET-L3 test carried out by KIT with a stratified molten pool configuration of simulant materials with improved MPS method. Solid/liquid phase change was simulated with types of solid and liquid particles with thermal and physical properties including temperature and solid fraction, which enabled tracking of the solid/liquid status of each particle to achieve accurate free surface and corium/crust/concrete interface capturing. The heat transfer between corium/crust/concrete was modeled with heat conduction between particles. Moreover, the potential influence of the siliceous aggregates was also investigated by setting up two different case studies since there was previous study indicating that siliceous aggregates in siliceous concrete might contribute to different axial and radial concrete ablation rates. The simulation results have indicated that metal melt as corium in MCCI can have completely different characteristics regarding concrete ablation pattern from that of oxidic corium, which needs to be taken into consideration when assessing the containment melt-through time in severe accident management.

Dynamic studies of silicide-mediated crystallization of amorphous silicon

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1352-1353
Author(s):  
C. Hayzelden ◽  
J. L. Batstone
Keyword(s):  
Ion Implantation ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Single Crystal Substrate ◽  
Free Electrons ◽  
Melt Temperature ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Crystal Substrate ◽  
High Resolution Tem

Epitaxial reordering of amorphous Si(a-Si) on an underlying single-crystal substrate occurs well below the melt temperature by the process of solid phase epitaxial growth (SPEG). Growth of crystalline Si(c-Si) is known to be enhanced by the presence of small amounts of a metallic phase, presumably due to an interaction of the free electrons of the metal with the covalent Si bonds near the growing interface. Ion implantation of Ni was shown to lower the crystallization temperature of an a-Si thin film by approximately 200°C. Using in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), precipitates of NiSi2 formed within the a-Si film during annealing, were observed to migrate, leaving a trail of epitaxial c-Si. High resolution TEM revealed an epitaxial NiSi2/Si(l11) interface which was Type A. We discuss here the enhanced nucleation of c-Si and subsequent silicide-mediated SPEG of Ni-implanted a-Si.Thin films of a-Si, 950 Å thick, were deposited onto Si(100) wafers capped with 1000Å of a-SiO2. Ion implantation produced sharply peaked Ni concentrations of 4×l020 and 2×l021 ions cm−3, in the center of the films.

Metallic phase stabilization and phase diagram of (ET)3(HSO4)2

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 1365-1370 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D. Kush ◽  
V. N. Laukhin ◽  
A. I. Schegolev ◽  
E. B. Yagubskii ◽  
E. Yu. Alikberova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Phase Stabilization

DEGREE OF VALENCE MIXING IN THE METALLIC PHASE OF SmS AND IN TmSe

1976 ◽  
Vol 37 (C4) ◽  
pp. C4-267-C4-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. BATLOGG ◽  
A. SCHLEGEL ◽  
P. WACHTER
Keyword(s):  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Valence Mixing

Elaborating a Software Package for Solving Free-surface Hydrodynamic Problems Based on the MPS Method

Vestnik MEI ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
D. V. Gudemenko ◽  
◽  
P. S. Klimov ◽  
V. I. Melikhov ◽  
O. I. Melikhov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Mps Method

scholarly journals LNG Tank Sloshing Simulation of Multidegree Motions Based on Modified 3D MPS Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Chunhui Wang ◽  
Chunyu Guo ◽  
Fenglei Han
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Kernel Functions ◽  
Computational Stability ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Fluid Sloshing ◽  
Particle Hydrodynamics ◽  
Moving Particle ◽  
Lng Tank ◽  
Stability And Accuracy

Modified 3D Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) method is used to complete the numerical simulation of the fluid sloshing in LNG tank under multidegree excitation motion, which is compared with the results of experiments and 2D calculations obtained by other scholars to verify the reliability. The cubic spline kernel functions used in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method are adopted to reduce the deviation caused by consecutive two times weighted average calculations; the boundary conditions and the determination of free surface particles are modified to improve the computational stability and accuracy of 3D calculation. The tank is under forced multidegree excitation motion to simulate the real conditions of LNG ships, the pressures and the free surfaces at different times are given to verify the accuracy of 3D simulation, and the free surface and the splashed particles can be simulated more exactly.

2D MPS method analysis of ECOKATS-V1 spreading with crust fracture model

2021 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 111251
Author(s):  
Jubaidah ◽  
Yuki Umazume ◽  
Nozomu Takahashi ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Guangtao Duan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Model ◽  
Mps Method ◽  
Method Analysis

Thermally stable fishnet-like 1T-MoS2/CNTs heterostructures with improved electrode performance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhendong Lei ◽  
Xue Yu ◽  
Jing Zhan ◽  
Yong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Molybdenum Disulfide ◽  
Metallic Phase ◽  
Thermally Stable ◽  
Electrode Performance ◽  
Energy Storage Applications

1T-MoS2 is the metallic phase of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which has obvious advantages in energy storage applications compared with the 2H phase. However, the 1T phase is inherently unstable and...

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