基于PHA的TBM氚系统安全分析

使用预先危险性分析(PHA)方法对国际热核聚变实验堆计划(ITER)实验包层(TBM)附属氚处理系统的初级氚包容系统进行安全分析。首先给出PHA分析的基本过程,其次简要分析氚系统功能和多重包容安全措施,划分出控制氚迁移的多重包容边界和流体回路边界,确定氚释放为PHA的重点。最后编制出PHA表,分析造成氚危险性释放的原因和危害后果,并给出预防措施。在PHA的基础上,列出应进行深入分析的几种典型事故。对氚设施和其他各种核设施安全水平的评估方法进行初步研究,对影响氚设施安全水平的几类重要因素进行分析,给出核设施安全水平的计算方法。     

CFETR氦冷固态包层及其辅助系统动态氚输运分析

实现氚自持、建立完整的氚循环系统并保证氚安全是中国聚变工程实验堆(CFETR)的主要目标之一。在CFETR氦冷固态包层及其辅助系统设计过程中,需对系统级氚输运行为进行详细分析,包括氚滞留量、释放量、浓度的动态变化等。基于已建立的动态氚分析程序TriSim-Dynamic,在此基础上进行修改完善,利用该程序对CFETR氦冷固态包层及其辅助系统氚动态输运进行分析模拟,得到了冷却剂及提氚吹扫气中氚浓度、氚分压,管壁及结构材料中氚盘存量,氚通过包层结构材料和辅助系统管壁向真空室、水冷系统及建筑的渗透通量动态变化,并将其稳态值与已进行基准校核的稳态氚分析程序TriSim-SA及理论解析解进行比较,以初步验证分析结果的准确性,数据结果也对CFETR氚安全分析提供了一定的参考。     

ITER中国液态锂铅实验包层模块氚提取系统设计

ITER中国液态锂铅实验包层模块氚提取系统(TES)是通过含0.1%H2的低压氦吹洗气流,在鼓泡器中将液态锂铅内产生的氚交换和载带出来,进入同位素分离系统连接进行氚提取.给出了该系统总体参数、工艺流程、辅助设施等设计.     

10~(12)n/s氘氚聚变中子发生器旋转氚靶设计与传热分析

本文设计一种用于1012 n/s量级氘氚中子发生器HINEG(High Intensity Neutron Generator)的旋转氚靶系统,对该系统的技术难点、机械和冷却方案等进行介绍,给出了该靶系统的设计关键指标参数,并利用CFD方法对该旋转靶系统的传热过程进行三维模拟和分析。分析结果表明,该靶系统在稳定运行时,靶片最高温度为48℃,靶系统采用的冷却方案可以有效地实现靶系统的散热,不会发生氚的大量释放和靶片熔毁。     

氚废气的回收技术研究

采用了高温催化氧化法处理含氚废气。处理过程如下:在干燥氩气(含少量H2)的载带下,含氚废气通过高温催化氧化床转化为氚水,然后用蒸馏水或合适的干燥剂吸收。在400℃,氧化床穿透之前,Hopcalite氧化剂对H2的氧化效率接近100%;在500℃,Hopcalite氧化床对HT的氧化效率大于99%。实验测定了回收氚的分子筛在存放过程中,不同规格分子筛的氚释放系数以及存放条件与释放系数的关系。结果表明,3种分子筛在吸收氚水后的氚释放系数为(1.9～5.5)×10-6d-1·g-1。其中,4A钠型分子筛的氚释放系数最小,5A钙型分子筛的氚释放系数最大;3种分子筛在吸收氚水后释放的氚的化学形式绝大部分是氚化水(HTO),氚气(HT)含量不超过1.2%;含氚分子筛的贮存气氛对氚的再释放有一定影响,在纯氩气中氚释放系数比在含2%氢的氩气中的低。     

基于丝壁电离室的数字化氚在线测量系统的研制

涉氚场所中的氚浓度在线测量是保障工作安全顺利进行的有力条件。针对涉氚场所中氚主要以氚气形式存在的特点,设计并研制了一套数字化氚在线测量系统。该系统采用补正极原理设计了丝壁电离室,消除了氚在进入电离室前产生的电离离子对测量结果的影响;开发了数字化信号处理系统,可自控获取、处理及显示过程中的氚浓度。系统在氚靶生产过程中得以应用,结果表明,丝壁的设计使得电离室室壁氚吸附产生的记忆效应减小到1%以内,系统中的氚浓度能够在线实时准确测量、显示,能很好地满足涉氚场所氚在线测量的要求。     

聚变实验增殖堆氚系统设计研究(英文)

介绍了核工业西南物理研究院聚变实验增殖堆工程概要设计(FEB-E)中的氚系统设计研究。第一部分介绍包层氚增殖区的划分、几何尺寸、装料特征和用蒙特卡罗程序计算得到的液态锂中的氚浓度分布;第二部分描述根据聚变堆氚物理基础构造的氚循环系统,共分成 10 个子系统及它们之间氚的流程图。运用研制的程序SWITRIM 计算了各个子系统中的氚投料量随时间的变化,满功率运行一年后各个子系统中的氚投料量。研究结果表明起动 143 MW 聚变功率 FEB-E 堆所需要的初始氚投料量大约为 319 g。第三部分对不同的运行状态下的氚泄漏问题进行了分析。潜在的氚泄漏危险可能来自于偏滤器系统从等离子体中抽出的气体。得到的结论是提高FEB-E 堆芯等离子体的燃耗份额从而减少氚的通过量对降低氚的泄漏危险是重要的。     

中国HCCB-TBM氚增殖单元三维多物理场耦合氚输运模拟分析

中国氦冷固态实验包层模块(HCCB-TBM)将在国际热核聚变实验堆(ITER)上安装测试,以验证其氚增殖能力与核热移出能力。HCCB-TBM中的氚输运与流体的传热和传质、氢同位素交换、结构材料的SORET效应密切相关。考虑以上物理因素,基于商业软件COMSOL完成了HCCB-TBM氚增殖单元多物理场耦合的氢同位素输运模拟分析。分析结果表明:球床吹洗气体中含氢有助于抑制氚渗透损失;当吹洗气体含氢浓度为4.66×10^-2 mol/m³时,产生约13.2倍的氚渗透阻止效应。     

在线产氚辐照装置物理参数模拟

在线产氚回路对我国氚增殖模块（TBM）增殖剂候选材料的考核、氚增殖剂材料的在线释放规律研究具有重要意义,辐照装置是在线产氚回路的关键部件。本工作采用MCNP程序模拟在线产氚辐照装置在堆内辐照时的物理参数,计算结果如下：自屏因子为0.430,等效反应截面为1.09×10^-22cm²,每日产量为2.8×10¹⁰Bq,总发热功率为8.2kW。模拟计算结果为该装置的设计提供了必需的数据支持。     

中国氦冷固态增殖剂实验包层系统氚输运初步分析

氚输运分析是开展中国氦冷固态增殖剂实验包层系统安全分析及未来聚变堆氚自持运行的重要研究内容之一。基于氚输运理论和固态增殖剂包层系统设计,利用FDS凤麟核能团队开发的聚变系统氚分析程序TAS,构建了固态增殖剂包层系统氚输运分析系统动力学模型。该模型氚输运结果与文献报道的吻合得很好,误差小于6%,验证了模型的正确性。针对中国氦冷固态增殖剂实验包层系统氚输运问题进行了两种计算方法(稳态、脉冲模式)的初步分析,获得了氚提取系统、氦气冷却系统回路氚分压,实验包层模块冷却流道、窗口室内氚提取系统和氦气冷却系统回路材料中氚滞留量,窗口室内氚提取系统和氦气冷却系统回路氚日渗透量等数据。最终对比结果显示,脉冲模式分析方法能够实时地跟踪源项的快速变化,更符合中国氦冷固态增殖剂实验包层系统实际运行情况。窗口室内氦气冷却系统回路材料中氚滞留量占到日产氚量的31.3%,因此需要在这些氚滞留损失严重的部位考虑适当的阻氚措施。     

Conceptual design of Tritium Extraction System for the European HCPB Test Blanket Module

The HCPB (Helium Cooled Pebble Bed) Test Blanket Module (TBM), developed in EU to be tested in ITER, adopts a ceramic containing lithium as breeder material, beryllium as neutron multiplier and helium at 80 bar as primary coolant.In HCPB-TBM the main function of Tritium Extraction System (TES) is to extract tritium from the breeder by gas purging, to remove it from the purge gas and to route it to the ITER Tritium Plant for the final tritium processing.In this paper, starting from a revision of the so far reference process considered for HCPB-TES and considering a new modeling activity aimed to evaluate tritium concentration in purge gas, an updated conceptual design of TES is reported.     

Tritium Safety-Related Studies at TPL of JAERI

Activities regarding tritium safety technology in the Tritium Process Laboratory (TPL) at Tokai Establishment of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute are reviewed. Research and development of a new tritium removal system is being carried out by using a gas separation membrane which enable to make the ITER atmosphere detritiation system more compact and cost-effective. Techniques of gas flowing calorimetry and laser Raman spectroscopy are applied to develop new tritium accountancy methods. Studies of tritium-material interaction, such as plasma material interactions, radiochemical reaction of tritium in gas phase, radiolysis of tritiated water, and waste processing are being carried out under ITER/EDA and U.S.-Japan collaboration. Tritium release experiments for research of tritium behavior in confinements and environment and demonstration of safety related components are planned.     

Experimental design of tritium extraction loop from lead lithium eutectic

Effective tritium breeding achievable in Test Blanket Module (TBM) is a major issue for sustainable fusion energy program. Equally important is tritium extraction to recover and recycle tritium back to fusion reactor. Tritium extraction from lead lithium is much more complicated than from purge gas due to low tritium extraction efficiency in transfer step to gas phase and the limitations imposed on space and lead lithium inventory in port cell. Earlier investigations do suggest the preference of packed columns over bubble columns. Theoretical models based on axial dispersion plug flow in liquid and gas proposed for bubble columns and packed columns are reinvestigated for different boundary conditions.This paper highlights the critical issues of experimental design based on tritium extraction efficiency and its impact on recovery loop. Steady state closed loop for absorption and stripping of hydrogen isotopes using inert gas is designed along with the associated auxiliaries.     

Investigation into the in-box LOCA consequence and structural integrity of the KO HCCR TBM in ITER

Korea has developed a Helium Cooled Ceramic Reflector (HCCR) Test Blanket Module (TBM) and its auxiliary system in ITER. In parallel with its design, safety analysis has performed including accident analysis with the selected reference accidents. Among them, the effect of in-box LOCA to the structural integrity of the TBM was investigated. From the transient analysis of the GAMMA-FR on the in-box LOCA, it is found that the pressure of the internal TBM can be increased up to 8 MPa with the same pressure of the operating coolant through the Tritium Extraction System (TES) and He purge lines in the TBM. Structural analysis with ANSYS code for TBM was performed with this condition and it is confirmed that the TBM can endure and it does not affect the ITER machine by the failure.     

聚变堆氚分析程序TAS1.0的设计与开发

氚是聚变堆的重要燃料之一,对聚变堆氚系统进行分析从而实行有效的氚控制是聚变研究的重要内容之一.在中国系列液态金属锂铅包层聚变堆概念设计研究基础上,利用现代软件工程方法及面向对象技术设计思想,发展了聚变堆氚分析程序TAS1.0,可用于聚变堆氚自持分析、氚燃料管理及氚安全性分析与研究,并可为聚变堆包层及燃料循环系统设计与分析提供技术支持.通过一系列的测试校验,表明了该程序的正确性与有效性.本文主要介绍该程序的系统设计、技术特点与程序测试.     

Overview of R&D at TLK for process and analytical issues on tritium management in breeder blankets of ITER and DEMO

Safe, reliable, and efficient tritium management in the breeder blanket will have to face unprecedented technological challenges. Beside the efficiency for tritium recovery from the breeder blanket (Tritium Extraction (TES) and Coolant Purification Systems (CPS)), the accuracy for tritium tracking between the inner and the outer fuel cycle must also be demonstrated. This paper focuses on the recent R&D carried out at the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe to tackle these issues. For ITER, the recently consolidated TES and CPS designs comprise adsorption columns and getter beds operated in semi-continuous mode. Different approaches for the tritium accountancy stage (TAS) have been evaluated. Balancing static (batch-wise gas collection at the TBM outlets and the tritium plant) or dynamic (in/on-line) approaches with respect to the expected analytical performances and integration issues, the first conceptual design of the TAS for EU TBMs is presented. For DEMO, the overall strategy for tritium recovery and tracking has been revisited. The necessity for on-line real-time tritium accountancy and improved process efficiency suggest the use of continuous processes such as permeator and catalytic membrane reactor. The main benefits combining the PERMCAT process with advanced membranes is discussed with respect to process improvements and facilitated accountancy using spectroscopic methods.     

Tritium diffusivity in crystal grain of Li2TiO3 and tritium release behavior under several purge gas conditions

It has been reported by the present authors that behavior of tritium release from solid breeder grain is consisted of diffusion in grain, tritium transfer at surface layer and surface reactions on grain surface such as adsorption or isotope exchange reactions. Tritium release curves estimated using the tritium release model gave good agreement with observed tritium release curves from Li₄SiO₄, Li₂ZrO₃ or LiAlO₂.

Tritium release behavior from Li₂TiO₃ under humid purge gas, dry purge gas and dry purge gas with hydrogen conditions is discussed in this study, tritium release curves using the release model that we proposed previously give a good agreements with experimental tritium release curves. Tritium effective diffusivity in the crystal grain of Li₂TiO₃ is also estimated in this study using a curve-fitting method applied to the release curves obtained under the humid purge gas condition. It is discussed that change of color of Li₂TiO₃ surface under hydrogen purge gas condition is observed and this phenomenon might affect tritium release behavior from Li₂TiO₃.