超临界水冷堆双排燃料组件子通道分析

研究基于Cobra-IV程序,开发了适用于超临界水冷堆燃料组件分析的子通道程序.针对超临界水冷堆慢谱双排组件,进行了稳态计算,获取了相关组件热工水力参数.在此基础上,针对单一通道进行了瞬态计算,分析了燃料棒线功率变化和冷却剂流量变化条件下,超临界水冷堆燃料组件的流动和传热的动态响应,为超临界水冷堆组件的优化设计提供了参考.     

基于SCWR堆芯结构的子通道程序开发与应用

为能够对超临界水堆（SCWR）堆芯进行子通道分析,开发了新的子通道分析程序SABER。该程序在COBRA程序的基础上改进了网格结构和热传导模型,加入了新的边界条件和水物性模块,以适用于SCWR慢谱燃料组件的子通道分析。为评估程序的适用性,采用该程序对SCWR堆芯概念设计中的慢谱燃料组件进行子通道建模,并进行稳态计算。结果表明,该程序能够用于SCWR堆芯的子通道计算分析,并较好地解决了慢谱组件计算中慢化通道和冷却通道间的热耦合及逆向流动的模拟问题。     

Thermal-hydraulic and neutron-physical characteristics of a new SCWR fuel assembly

A new fuel assembly design for a thermal supercritical water cooled reactor (SCWR) core is proposed. Compared to the existing fuel assemblies, the present fuel assembly has two-rows of fuel rods between the moderator channels, to achieve a more uniform moderation for all fuel rod cells, and subsequently, a more uniform radial power distribution. In addition, a neutron-kinetics/thermal-hydraulics coupling method is developed, to analyze the neutron-physical and thermal-hydraulic behavior of the fuel assembly designs. This coupling method is based on the sub-channel analysis code COBRA-IV for thermal-hydraulics and the neutron-kinetics code SKETCH-N for neutron-physics. Both the COBRA-IV code and the SKETCH-N code are accordingly modified. An interface is established for the data transfer between these two codes. This coupling method is applied to both the one-row fuel assemblies (previous design) and the two-row fuel assemblies (present design). The performance of the two types of fuel assemblies is compared. The results show clearly that the two-row fuel assembly has more favorable neutron-physical and thermal-hydraulic characteristics than the one-row fuel assembly. The effect of various parameters on the fuel assembly performance is discussed. The coupling method is proven to be well suitable for further applications to SCWR fuel assembly design analysis.     

燃料棒周向导热对超临界水堆堆芯子通道分析的影响

本文在子通道程序的燃料棒模型中引入三维导热方程,使该模型能用来模拟燃料棒的周向导热情况。采用改造后的子通道程序对混合谱超临界水堆设计中的两种燃料组件结构进行计算分析,研究燃料棒周向导热对超临界水堆燃料组件子通道分析的影响。结果表明：热谱组件的子通道计算中,燃料棒周向导热的影响不能忽略;快谱组件的子通道计算中,燃料棒周向导热的影响基本可忽略。     

超临界水冷堆环形燃料组件核热耦合分析

在超临界水冷堆预概念设计中,组件设计是十分重要的,将影响堆芯性能。超临界水冷堆中水密度变化剧烈的特性要求必须进行核热耦合分析。从中子学及热工性能角度,使用三维核热耦合程序对环形燃料组件进行了优化设计。应用中子学计算程序FENNEL-N对环形燃料组件进行三维扩散计算,可得到组件内单棒功率分布,应用热工计算程序SUBSC对组件进行子通道分析。在计算过程中,分析了燃料棒间距及燃料棒与组件壁盒之间的间隙对组件性能的影响。计算结果显示,增大棒间距和棒壁间隙能提高组件k_inf,但会增大组件内功率峰因子;子通道受热不均匀性对组件热工性能影响较大,通过加入定位格架的方式能展平冷却剂出口温度,降低最大包壳温度。对环形燃料组件的安全分析表明,从中子学角度该组件是安全的。     

SCWR堆芯和主要系统方案研究及初步分析

本文提出一种新的超临界水堆（SCWR）技术方案,包括双排棒正方形闭式燃料组件、压力容器式低泄漏堆芯、非能动安全系统、反应堆控制系统、滑压启动方案和蒸汽循环系统等。开展了堆芯物理热工耦合计算分析、子通道热工水力分析、典型事故分析、控制系统分析、系统稳定性分析、启动过程分析。计算结果表明,提出的SCWR方案满足设计准则要求,是一种合理可行的SCWR技术方案。     

混合能谱超临界水堆堆芯热工-物理性能分析

针对一种新型的超临界水堆设计方案——混合能谱超临界水堆（SCWR-M）进行分析。混合能谱超临界水堆包括热谱区和快谱区两部分,分别布置在堆芯的外部与内部。它在继承了热谱与快谱超临界堆芯设计优点的同时,有效地克服了两者的不足。对于热谱区,冷却剂与慢化剂同向流动,大幅降低了燃料包壳的表面温度和组件的机械加工难度;对于快谱区,采用多层燃料组件和较大的栅距棒径比p/d,可得到较高的燃料转换比和较小的冷却剂负反应性系数。本工作采用自主开发的基于子通道分析和三维物理计算的耦合程序,对混合能谱超临界水堆的热工性能和中子物理性能（包括燃耗性能）进行研究。初步的耦合分析结果表明了混合能谱超临界水堆设计方案的可行性。     

混合能谱超临界水堆快谱组件优化设计

本工作从热工水力和中子物理两方面对混合能谱超临界水堆混合谱堆芯的快谱区多层组件进行优化设计。对于轴向以再生区和裂变区交替布置的快谱组件,分别改变其轴向布置方式、燃料芯块直径、栅径比及外围燃料棒距组件盒最小距离,并分析它们对组件热工和物理性能的影响,从而得到较优的参数范围,尽可能提高混合谱超临界水堆的固有安全性和经济性。     

超临界水混合堆快谱区组件物理-热工性能分析

提出超临界水混合堆快谱区多层燃料组件设计方案。用MCNP与STAFAS程序对多层燃料组件进行初步的中子物理与热工水力性能分析,同时对组件结构参数（栅距与棒径比P/D）进行敏感性研究。结果表明：快谱多层燃料组件设计不仅能够实现核燃料的增殖,且可获得较大的负冷却剂温度反应性系数与燃料温度反应性系数;减小P/D均可提高燃料的转换比,但较小P/D会导致核热点因子增大。适当调整组件裂变区燃料富集度可有效改善组件裂变区轴向功率不均匀性,降低核热点因子。     

Numerical analysis of heat transfer in supercritical water cooled flow channels

Research activities are ongoing worldwide to develop nuclear power plants with a supercritical water cooled reactor (SCWR) with the purpose to achieve a high thermal efficiency and to improve their economical competitiveness. However, there is still a big deficiency in understanding and prediction of heat transfer in supercritical fluids. In this paper, heat transfer of supercritical water has been investigated in various flow channels using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code CFX-5.6 to provide basic knowledge of the heat transfer behaviour and to gather the first experience in the application of CFD codes to heat transfer in supercritical fluids. Three different flow channels are selected, i.e. circular tubes, the sub-channel of a square-array rod bundle and the sub-channel of a triangular-array rod bundle. The effect of mesh structures, turbulence models, as well as flow channel configurations is analysed. Based on the present results, recommendations are made on the application of turbulence models to the heat transfer of supercritical fluids in various flow channels. A new definition for the onset of heat transfer deterioration is proposed. A strong non-uniformity of heat transfer is observed in sub-channel geometries. This non-uniformity has to be taken into account in the design of fuel assemblies of SCWR.     

混合能谱超临界水堆堆芯设计分析

提出了一种新型的超临界水堆概念设计:混合能谱超临界水堆,它包括慢谱区和快谱区两部分.其慢谱区燃料组件采用双排燃料组件,快谱区采用简单的正方形栅元燃料组件.慢谱区与快谱区的燃料组件都采用同向流动方式来简化堆芯设计.慢谱区的冷却剂出口温度远低于整个堆芯的出口温度,这大大降低了慢谱区包壳的温度峰值.此外,由于快谱区冷却剂密度很小,流速很高,故可采用较大的栅元结构,这有效地降低了包壳周向局部传热不均匀性.所以混合堆在充分继承慢谱、快谱堆芯优点的基础上,弥补两者的不足.     

超临界水堆燃料组件内的排列研究

超临界水冷反应堆(SCWR)是第四代核能系统国际论坛(GIF)推荐的六种堆型中唯一的轻水堆型.SCWR和现有的轻水堆相比,具有热效率高,系统设备大大简化的优点.世界范围内的研究纷纷展开,其中燃料组件的设计优化及堆芯布置是一个重要的研究方向.本文分析比较了当前比较流行的几种燃料组件设计,在采用同一富集度燃料且不含可燃毒物的情况下,利用MCNP程序对这几种组件的当地功率峰值因子进行了计算,发现其离设计目标还有一段距离.本文分析了影响当地功率峰值因子的若干因素,发现对于正方形组件,在均匀慢化、降低当地功率峰值因子的同时也使得组件整体上慢化不足,表现为倍增因子降低,这主要与燃料棒的排列方式有关.通过对比分析发现,相对于正方形排列,改进过的六角形排列更容易解决充分慢化和均匀慢化之间的矛盾,实现组件设计的优化.     

超临界水堆子通道分析

超临界水堆作为6种第4代未来堆型中唯一的水冷堆,具有一些独特的特点,受到了广泛重视。本工作以上海核工程研究设计院的常规压水堆子通道程序为基础,开发编制了适用于超临界水堆的子通道程序,并对典型带有慢化剂水棒的超临界水堆燃料组件进行了模拟计算,得到了堆芯子通道内的温度、燃料棒包壳温度、表面传热系数等参数的分布规律。此外,研究了不同超临界流体换热关系式对计算结果的影响,结果显示,各传热关系式的计算结果存在一定差异。     

CFD analysis of thermal-hydraulic behavior of supercritical water in sub-channels

Investigations on the thermal-hydraulic behavior in the supercritical water-cooled reactor (SCWR) fuel assembly have obtained a significant attention in the international SCWR community. However, there is still a lack of understanding and ability to predict the heat transfer behavior of supercritical fluids. In this paper, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is carried out to study the thermal-hydraulic behavior of supercritical water flows in sub-channels of a typical SCWR fuel assembly using commercial CFD code CFX-5.6. Three types of sub-channels, e.g. regular sub-channel, wall sub-channel and corner sub-channel, are analyzed. Effects of various parameters, such as boundary conditions and pitch-to-diameter ratios, on the mixing phenomenon in sub-channels and heat transfer are investigated. The turbulent mixing in tight lattice (P/D = 1.1) is lower than that in wide lattice (P/D > 1.1), whereas, the effect of pitch-to-diameter ratio on the turbulent mixing is slight at P/D > 1.1. The amplitude of turbulent mixing in wall sub-channel is slightly higher than that in regular sub-channel and is close to that in corner sub-channel. The mixing coefficient in the sub-channel at P/D ≥ 1.2 is in the range from 0.022 to 0.028. The results also show unusual behavior of turbulent mixing in the vicinity of the pseudo-critical point, and further investigation is needed. The mass mixing due to cross flow in wall sub-channel is much stronger than that in regular sub-channel at a same pitch-to-diameter ratio. The mass mixing in wall and regular sub-channels, especially at small pitch-to-diameter ratio, brings an unfavorable feedback to the heat transfer and strengthens the non-uniformity of the circumferential distribution of heat transfer. The strong mass mixing in corner sub-channel should be paid attention.     

Assessment of Applicability of Two-Fluid Model Code ACE-3D to Heat Transfer Test of Supercritical Water Flowing in an Annular Channel

A supercritical-water-cooled reactor (SCWR) is a high-temperature, high-pressure water cooled reactor that operates above the critical pressure of water. In order to perform efficiently the thermal design of the SCWR, it is important to assess the thermal hydraulics in rod bundles of the core. Experimental conditions of mockup tests, however, may be limited because of technical and financial reasons. Therefore, it is required to establish an analytical design technique that can extrapolate experimental data to various design conditions of the reactor. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has improved the three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D, which was originally developed for the two-phase flow thermal hydraulics of light water reactors, to handle the thermal hydraulic properties of water in the supercritical region. In the present study, heat transfer experiments of supercritical water flowing in a vertical annular channel around a heater pin, which were performed at JAEA, were analyzed with the improved ACE-3D to assess the prediction performance of the code. As a result, it was implied that the ACE-3D code is applicable to the prediction of wall temperatures of a single rod that simulates the fuel bundle geometry of the SCWR core.     

超临界水堆系统分析程序的改进

针对超临界水堆特殊的水物性参数和独立的慢化剂通道设计,对堆芯计算程序PARCS和热工水力程序RELAP5进行了适应性改造。使用改造后的耦合程序PARCS/RELAP5分析了美国超临界水冷参考堆,发现了慢化剂逆向流动和最高功率组件不同于最高外表面包层温度组件的现象,根据这些经验,对中国的超临界水堆分析程序的改进和研发提出了相关意见。     

方形子通道内超临界流体流动传热CFD分析

国际上对超临界水冷堆进行了大量的研究,但对其堆芯内超临界流体流动传热特征的认识还十分欠缺.本研究采用CFX软件对典型超临界反应堆燃料组件子通道内的超临界热工水力特征进行了数值分析.研究了流动参数、边界条件和节径比(P/D)对子通道间交混现象和传热特性的影响.计算结果表明:燃料组件外围壁面子通道比内部子通道的湍流交混强烈;稠密栅格的湍流交混比宽栅格的湍流交混小.当P/D>1.2后,P/D比对湍流交混影响不再明显.研究还发现,在拟临界点附近区域,出现湍流交混系数的突变.     

Sub-channel analysis of CANDU–SCWR and review of heat-transfer correlations

The paper presents the results of sub-channel analysis of CANDU–SCWR based on a wide review of heat transfer correlations. According to comparison with experiment data at different heat flux, Bishop Correlation is selected in SUBCHAN code to analyze CANDU–SCWR fuel channel. By detailed calculation of 43 fuel rods fuel channel in CANDU–SCWR, the paper gets the conclusion that the mass flux redistribution and reduction of heat-transfer coefficient at supercritical condition caused by the steep change of coolant density will limit the power of fuel channel in CANDU–SCWR.     

Design analysis of core assemblies for supercritical pressure conditions

The increase of steam parameters to supercritical conditions could reduce the power generating costs of light water reactors significantly [Proceedings of SCR-2000 (2000) 1]. Core assemblies, however, will differ from current BWR or PWR design. In this context, this paper summarizes the main results related to a thermal-hydraulic design analysis of applicable fuel assemblies. Starting from a thorough literature survey on heat transfer of supercritical fluids, the current status indicates a large deficiency in the prediction of the heat transfer coefficient under reactor prototypical conditions. For the thermal-hydraulic design of such fuel assemblies the sub-channel analysis code Sub-channel Thermal-hydraulic Analysis in Fuel Assemblies under Supercritical conditions (STAFAS) has been developed, which will have a higher numerical efficiency compared to the conventional sub-channel analysis codes. The effect of several design parameters on the thermal-hydraulic behaviour in sub-channels has been investigated. Based on the results achieved so far, two fuel assembly configurations are recommended for further design analysis, i.e. a tight square lattice and a semi-tight hexagonal lattice.     

ATHLET-SC程序的开发及适用性分析

由于超临界水堆（SCWR）在系统简化、降低成本和提高热效率上的优势,SCWR的研究在全球范围内得到广泛关注。在众多有关超临界水堆的研发工作中,开发适用于SCWR的系统分析程序是进行SCWR系统设计和安全评估的关键技术难题之一。本工作基于最佳估算系统分析程序ATHLET2.1A,增加了超临界热物性参数,开发出适用于SCWR的系统分析程序ATHLET-SC,将现有的ATHLET程序扩展到超临界压力状态。为评估修改后的程序的适用性,建立了混合能谱超临界水堆堆芯模型,并对该模型进行了功率瞬态计算。此外,对1个简化的超临界水冷却回路进行了稳定性分析。计算结果表明：修改过的ATHLET程序（ATHLET-SC）对SCWR系统的模拟具有良好的适用性。