scholarly journals Investigation the possibility of burning Cm a curium fuel reactor

2020 ◽  
Vol 1689 ◽  
pp. 012048
Author(s):  
T S Dikova ◽  
Yu E Karazhelevskaya ◽  
A M Terekhova
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Reactor

Influence of Xe-135 Dynamic Behavior on Core Operation Safety for a Molten Salt Reactor

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wu Jian-hui ◽  
Li Xiao-xiao ◽  
Hu Ji-feng ◽  
Chen Jin-gen ◽  
Yu Cheng-gang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
Density Variation ◽  
Reactor System ◽  
The Core ◽  
Gas Removal ◽  
Fuel Reactor ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Neutron Poison ◽  
Neutron Absorption Cross Section ◽  
Removal System

The isotope Xe-135 has a large thermal neutron absorption cross section and is considered to be the most important fission product. A very small amount of such neutron poison may significantly affect the reactor reactivity since they will absorb the neutrons from chain reaction, therefore monitoring their atomic density variation during reactor operation is extremely important. In a molten reactor system, Xe-135 is entrained in the liquid fuel and continuously circulates through the core where the neutron irradiation functions and the external core where only nuclei decay occurs, at the same time, an off-gas removal system operates for online removing Xe-135 through helium bubbling. These unique features of MSR complicate the Xe-135 dynamic behaviors, and the calculation method applied in the solid fuel reactor system is not suitable. From this point, we firstly analytically deduce the nuclei evolution law of Xe-135 in the flowing salt with an off-gas removal system functioning. A study of Xe-135 dynamic behavior with the core power change, shutdown, helium bubbling failure and startup then is conducted, and several valuable conclusions are obtained for MSR design.

scholarly journals Alternate-fuel reactor studies

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jr. Evans ◽  
D.A. Ehst ◽  
Y. Gohar ◽  
J. Jung ◽  
R.F. Mattas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternate Fuel ◽  
Fuel Reactor

scholarly journals Modeling of the Chemical Looping Combustion of Hard Coal and Biomass Using Ilmenite as the Oxygen Carrier

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 5394
Author(s):  
Anna Zylka ◽  
Jaroslaw Krzywanski ◽  
Tomasz Czakiert ◽  
Kamil Idziak ◽  
Marcin Sosnowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Oxygen Carrier ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Chemical Looping Combustion ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Simulation Accuracy ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Fuel Reactor ◽  
Relative Errors

This paper presents a 1.5D model of a fluidized bed chemical looping combustion (CLC) built with the use of a comprehensive simulator of fluidized and moving bed equipment (CeSFaMB) simulator. The model is capable of calculating the effect of gas velocity in the fuel reactor on the hydrodynamics of the fluidized bed and the kinetics of the CLC process. Mass of solids in re actors, solid circulating rates, particle residence time, and the number of particle cycles in the air and fuel reactor are considered within the study. Moreover, the presented model calculates essential emissions such as CO2, SOX, NOX, and O2. The model was successfully validated on experimental tests that were carried out on the Fluidized-Bed Chemical-Looping-Combustion of Solid-Fuels unit located at the Institute of Advanced Energy Technologies, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland. The model’s validation showed that the maximum relative errors between simulations and experiment results do not exceed 10%. The CeSFaMB model is an optimum compromise among simulation accuracy, computational resources, and processing time.

SIMULASI KARAKTERISTIK ALIRAN DAN SUHU FLUIDA PENDINGIN (H2O) PADA TERAS REAKTOR NUKLIR SMR (SMALL MODULAR REACTOR)

ROTASI ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Anwar Ilmar Ramadhan ◽  
Indra Setiawan ◽  
M. Ivan Satryo
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Reactor Core ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fuel Reactor ◽  
Performance Of Heat Transfer

Safety is an issue that is of considerable concern in the design, operation and development of a nuclear reactor. Therefore, the method of analysis used in all these activities should be thorough and reliable so as to predict a wide range of operating conditions of the reactor, both under normal operating conditions and in the event of an accident. Performance of heat transfer to the cooling of nuclear fuel, reactor safety is key. Poor heat removal performance would threaten the integrity of the fuel cladding which could further impact on the release of radioactive substances into the environment in an uncontrolled manner to endanger the safety of the reactor workers, the general public, and the environment. This study has the objective is to know is profile contour of fluid flow and the temperature distribution pattern of the cooling fluid is water (H2O) in convection in to SMR reactor with fuel sub reed arrangement of hexagonal in forced convection. In this study will be conducted simulations on the SMR reactor core used sub channel hexagonal using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code. And the results of this simulation look more upward (vector of fluid flow) fluid temperature will be warm because the heat moves from the wall to the fluid heater. Axial direction and also looks more fluid away from the heating element temperature will be lower.

scholarly journals Cold Model Study of a 1.5 MWth Circulating Turbulent Fluidized Bed Fuel Reactor in Chemical Looping Combustion

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 8575-8586
Author(s):  
Hu Chen ◽  
Zhenshan Li ◽  
Xinglei Liu ◽  
Weicheng Li ◽  
Ningsheng Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Chemical Looping Combustion ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Cold Model ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Turbulent Fluidized Bed ◽  
Fuel Reactor

scholarly journals Improving the efficiency of Chemical Looping Combustion with coal by using ring-type internals in the fuel reactor

Fuel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Pérez-Vega ◽  
Alberto Abad ◽  
José A. Bueno ◽  
Francisco García-Labiano ◽  
Pilar Gayán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Looping Combustion ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Ring Type ◽  
Fuel Reactor

scholarly journals Transient Simulations of Spouted Fluidized Bed for Coal-Direct Chemical Looping Combustion

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheming Zhang ◽  
Ramesh Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Combustion Process ◽  
Chemical Looping Combustion ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Chemical Looping ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Coal Particles ◽  
Fuel Reactor

Chemical-looping combustion holds significant promise as one of the next generation combustion technology for high-efficiency low-cost carbon capture from fossil fuel power plants. For thorough understanding of the chemical-looping combustion process and its successful implementation in CLC based industrial scale power plants, the development of high-fidelity modeling and simulation tools becomes essential for analysis and evaluation of efficient and cost effective designs. In this paper, multiphase flow simulations of coal-direct chemical-looping combustion process are performed using ANSYS Fluent CFD code. The details of solid-gas two-phase hydrodynamics in the CLC process are investigated by employing the Lagrangian particle-tracking approach called the discrete element method (DEM) for the movement and interaction of solid coal particles moving inside the gaseous medium created due to the combustion of coal particles with an oxidizer. The CFD/DEM simulations show excellent agreement with the experimental results obtained in a laboratory scale fuel reactor in cold flow conditions. More importantly, simulations provide important insights for making changes in fuel reactor configuration design that have resulted in significantly enhanced performance.

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