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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2020.07.023

Applicability research of round tube CHF mechanistic model in rod bundle channel  

Liu, Wei (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
Peng, Shinian (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
Shan, Jianqiang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Nuclear Science and Technology)
Jiang, Guangming (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
Liu, Yu (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
Deng, Jian (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
Hu, Ying (Nuclear Power Institute of China, State Key Laboratory of Reactor System Design Technology)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.53, no.2, 2021 , pp. 439-445 More about this Journal
Abstract
In view of the complex geometric structure of the rod bundle channel and the limitation of the current CHF visualization experiment technology, it is very difficult to obtain the rod bundle CHF mechanism directly through the phenomenon of the rod bundle CHF visualization experiment. In order to obtain the applicable CHF mechanism assumption for rod bundle channel, firstly, five most representative DNB type round tube CHF mechanistic models are obtained with evaluation and screening. Then these original round tube CHF mechanistic models based on inlet conditions are converted to local conditions and coupled with subchannel analysis code ATHAS. Based on 5 × 5 full-length rod bundle CHF experimental data independently developed by Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC), the applicability research of each model for CHF prediction performance in rod bundle channel is carried out, and the commonness and difference of each model are comparatively studied. The CHF mechanism assumption of superheated liquid layer depletion that is most likely to be applicable for the rod bundle channel is selected and two directions that need to be improved are given. This study provides a reference for the development of CHF mechanistic model in rod bundle channel.
Keywords
Round tube; Critical heat flux; Mechanistic model; Rod bundle channel;
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