高温气冷堆下联箱热气混合的数值模拟和几何优化

高温气冷堆下联箱用于混合温度不均的堆芯出口气体。已有研究显示,当前下联箱设计方案的气体混合能力尚待提高,由其导致的压力损失则需进一步降低。本文采用数值模拟方法,并对比实验数据,讨论了适用于下联箱几何优化的网格类型和网格规模,通过合并原有的肋片状流道以及扩展热气导管起始端,对下联箱的几何形状进行了优化,并通过对比不同优化方案选出了兼具提升气体混合率和减小压力损失的改进方案。本文的研究结果可为高温气冷堆下联箱的改进设计提供参考依据。

Numerical Simulation and Geometry Optimization of Hot-Gas Mixing in Lower Plenum of High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

The lower plenum in high temperature gas-cooled reactor was designed to mix the gas of different temperatures from the reactor core. Previous researches suggest the current geometry of the lower plenum to be improved for better mixing capability and lower pressure drop. In the presented work, a series of varied geometries were investigated with numerical simulation way. The choice of appropriate mesh type and size used in the geometry variation was discussed with the reference of experimental data. The original thin ribs in the current design were merged into thicker ones, and a junction located at the starting end of the outlet pipe was introduced. After comparing several potential optimization methods, an improved geometry was selected with the merged ribs increasing the pre-defined mixing coefficient and the junction reducing the pressure drop. Future work was discussed based on the simulation of real reactor case. The work shows a direction for design improvements of the lower plenum geometry.