Study on startup characteristics of prototype once-through steam generator for China fast reactor
March 2022
Once-through steam generator (OTSG) is a vital heat transfer equipment of China Fast Reactor-600 (CFR-600), and its startup characteristics are of great importance to the safe operation of nuclear power...
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Dimensional analysis on incipient flow instability in one-side high heat loaded rectangular flat heat sink under sub-cooled flow boiling conditions
June 2022
The onset of flow instability (OFI) is a major threat to the operation of a fusion power plant. In particular, because the divertor is loaded with a high heat flux of up to 20 MW/m2, it may be vulnerable...
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Assessment of radiological safety and emergency response of VVER-1200 type reactor
June 2022
We studied the radiological safety and emergency response of the VVER-1200 type nuclear power plant using the RASCAL 4.3 and HOTSPOT 3.1.2 codes for INES levels 5, 6, and 7 reactor accidents due to...
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Steady-state thermal fluids analysis for the HTR-PM equilibrium core
2021
The high temperature gas-cooled reactor-pebble bed module (HTR-PM), designed by the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, is a demonstration project of nuclear...
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Pressure drop characteristics in single-side heated circular smooth channel under sub-cooled flow boiling conditions
June 2022
In this study, the two-phase pressure drop for a one-side heated smooth channel was explored through subcooled flow boiling experiments for divertor applications. When the channel heat load was gradually...
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Study on the thermal and geometrical parameters of helical coil once-through steam generator system
2021
Due to the special structure, helical coil once-through steam generators (HCOTSGs) can withstand greater thermal expansion stress, have a larger heat exchange area, and cause the secondary flow phenomenon...
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Experimental study on flow characteristics of rectangular narrow channel
2020
Plate fuel elements is gradually used in advanced reactor structure design because of its advantages of high fuel consumption and high safety. The flow channel of the plate fuel element is a typical...
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Calculation of neutron flux and neutron visualization in a spherical reactor core applying a conceptual approach and drawing a comparison with the results obtained by the CITATION code
2021
In this research, a conceptual approach is presented to obtain the neutron flux at a reactor core. A simple spherical reactor core was analyzed by a mathematical model defined by Delphi programming...
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Heat-transfer characteristics of screw tube in one-side high heat load condition for fusion reactor divertor application
2021
In this study, the heat transfer characteristics of one-side heated screw tubes were analyzed using subcooled flow boiling experiments. The experiments were performed until the critical heat flux was...
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Analysis on containment thermal hydraulic behaviour under passive containment heat removal system operation condition for HPR1000
March 2022
HPR1000 NPP is designed with Passive Containment Heat Removal System (PCS) following the technical route called active and passive combined concept. The installed PCS system will have effect on the...
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Low temperature overpressurization analysis for CPR1000
2021
An additional low temperature overpressure protection system which relies on the Pressurizer (PRZ) pressure relief valves has been put forward under the situation in which the Residual Heat Removal...
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Optimization of the TRISO fuel particle distribution based on octahedral and icosahedral-based segmentation methods in the pebble-bed nuclear core
2020
The random distribution of TRISO fuel particles in the fuel elements may form local hotspots, thereby increasing the thermal stress on TRISO particle layers that may cause particle failures. Optimization...
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Determination of the neutron and gamma ray dose rates of the irradiating beam tubes of a pool-type research reactor by using Monte Carlo simulation and experimental detectors regarding radiation protection issues
2021
In this paper, the reactor core, irradiating beam tubes, and radiological shields of a 5 MW open pool type Material Testing Reactor (MTR) are simulated in detail by using the MCNPX 2.6 code and its...
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Tomographic imaging of two-phase flow
2020
Two-phase flow is to be found in many situations of nuclear reactor operation and accident sequences. Examples are loss of coolant accidents and boiling in fuel assemblies. Hence, modelling of two-phase...
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Virtual reactor laboratory integrated with cyber security from Bangladesh perspective
2021
This paper intends to present the current status of the education and training program of BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor (BTRR) as well as the prospect of Virtual Reactor Laboratory (VRL) as a tool to...
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A movable boundary model for helical coiled once-through steam generator using preconditioned JFNK method
March 2022
Helical coiled once-through steam generator (H-OTSG) is the largest and the most complicated heat exchanger in the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR), whose performance plays an important role...
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Calculation of flow heat transfer characteristics of liquid gallium
2021
In order to design a more compact small nuclear reactor, liquid metal gallium can be selected as the reactor coolant. Gallium is rarely used in reactor as liquid metal coolant, however, due to its excellent...
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Investigation of kaolin - Granite composite bricks for gamma radiation shielding
2021
Gamma radiation shielding properties of baked and unbaked kaolin bricks produced with 0%,10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% of granite have been experimentally and theoretically investigated. A 3 × 3 inches NaI(Ti)...
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Supersonic shear layer characteristics of two fluids with a splitter plate
2021
Supersonic shear layer development affects mixing between the primary and secondary fluids in a supersonic ejector substantially. The splitter plate plays a key role in shear layer development in the...
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Statistical research on 2/3 of the first core nuclear fuel cost in nuclear power plants
June 2022
In this present article, a systematical research and analysis is newly introduced on traditional investment estimation of nuclear power plants, where 2/3 of the first core nuclear fuel cost is incorporated...
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Heat transfer characteristics of single-layer and two-layer corium pool in elliptical lower head
March 2022
In this study, we investigated the characteristics of natural convection heat transfer of single-layer and two-layer corium pool in the elliptical lower head by the numerical method. Numerical simulations...
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Reactor dynamic simulation to analyze possible scenarios after a spurious opening of the safety flapper valve of TRR during the normal operation regarding the inherently safety features and Design Extension Conditions (DEC) by using the RELAP5 code
2021
LOFA is one of the most important PIE in nuclear reactors. For the pool-type research reactor, the safety flapper valve is usually located below the reactor core and have a very important rule on the...
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Best estimate plus uncertainty analysis of the China advanced large-scale PWR during LBLOCA scenarios
2020
China advanced large-scale Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) implements series of passive safety systems to provide core cooling and decay heat removal in case of some unexpected accidents. The development...
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Experimental investigation on heat transfer characteristics of high temperature air in round tube
2021
Air is widely utilized as working fluid in heat exchangers with high heat flux and high temperature, and the empirical correlations for predicting local and total heat transfer coefficients are indispensable...
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Improvement and evaluation of ATWS Protective Signal and mitigation system for ACPR1000 nuclear power plant
March 2022
At the event of Loss of Normal Feed Water-An Anticipated Transient without Scram (LOFW-ATWS) in ACPR1000 unit, there exists the primary overpressure risk probability when the regulation function of...
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