• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
• /
• 1998.05a
• /
• pp.678-683
• /
• 1998

액체금속로의 노심은 핵연료봉과 와이어랩에 의한 부수로로 구성된 복잡한 기하학적 구조의 집합체로 이루어져 있다. 이러한 액체금속로의 정상상태 및 과도상태 노심열수력 상세해석을 위하여 부수로 해석코드 MATRA-LMR 코드를 개발하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 ORNL 19 Pin 실험결과와 EBR-II 실험 모의시 정상상태 노심열수력 해석코드인 SLTHEN 코드 계산에 사용되었던 실험데이타를 사용하여 현재 MATRA-LMR 코드로 계산을 수행한 후 그 결과를 비교.분석함으로써, MATRA-LMR 코드의 개발 상태를 평가해 보았다 ORNL 19 Pin 실험과 MATRA-LMR 계산를 비교한 결과 실험을 정확히 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. SLTHEN 코드 계산결과와의 비교에서는 집합체 평균 출구온도와 부수로 최대 출구온도를 비교한 결과 두 코드의 계산은 약 3% 이하의 차이를 보이고 있다. 현재의 MATRA-LMR 코드는 단일 집합체 계산만 가능하나 앞으로의 작업을 통해 전 노심 해석이 가능하도록 다중 집합체 계산 코드로 개발할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
• /
• 2003.05a
• /
• pp.127.1-127.1
• /
• 2003

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.36 no.2
• /
• pp.165-174
• /
• 2004

The distributed resistance model has been recently implemented into the MATRA-LMR code in order to improve its prediction capability over the wire-wrap model for a flow blockage analysis in the LMR. The code capability has been investigated using experimental data observed in the FFM (Fuel Failure Mock-up)-2A and 5B for two typical flow conditions in a blocked channel. The predicted results by the MATRA-LMR with a distributed resistance model agreed well with the experimental data for wire-wrapped subchannels. However, it is suggested that the parameter n in the distributed resistance model needs to be calibrated accurately for a reasonable prediction of the temperature field under a low flow condition. Finally, the analyses of a blockage for the assembly of the KALIMER design are performed. Satisfactory results by the MATRA-LMR code were obtained through and rerified a comparison with results of the SABRE code.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.41 no.6
• /
• pp.797-806
• /
• 2009

The Multichannel Analyzer for Transient and steady-state in Rod Array - Liquid Metal Reactor for Flow Blockage analysis (MATRA-LMR-FB) code for the analysis of a subchannel blockage has been developed and evaluated through several experiments. The current version of the code is improved here by the implementation of a distributed resistance model which accurately considers the effect of flow resistance on wire spacers, by the addition of a turbulent mixing model, and by the application of a hybrid scheme for low flow regions. Validation calculations for the MATRA-LMR-FB code were performed for Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 19-pin tests with wire spacers and Karlsruhe 169-pin tests with grid spacers. The analysis of the ORNL 19-pin tests conducted using the code reveals that the code has sufficient predictive accuracy, within a range of 5 $^{\circ}C$, for the experimental data with a blockage. As for the results of the analyses, the standard deviation for the Karlsruhe 169-pin tests, 0.316, was larger than the standard deviation for the ORNL 19-pin tests, 0.047.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
• /
• v.12 no.4
• /
• pp.281-288
• /
• 2003

The MATRA-LMR code has been developed based on a subchannel analysis method for LMR (Liquid Metal Reactor) core subassembly thermal hydraulic design and analysis. The code was improved to allow a seven assembly calculation and can account for inter-assembly heat transfer based on a lumped parameter model. This paper describes the main modifications and improvements of the code and shows reference calculation results which compared single assembly calculation with seven assembly calculation cased for driver and blanket subassemblies of the KALIMER 150 MWe breakeven conceptual design core. KAL- IMER is a pool-type sodium cooled reactor with a thermal output of 392.0 MWth, which have inherently safe, environmentally friendly, proliferation-resistant and economically viable reactor concepts.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
• /
• 2004.10a
• /
• pp.527-528
• /
• 2004

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.48 no.5
• /
• pp.1071-1082
• /
• 2016

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has been developing a pool-type sodium-cooled fast reactor of the Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (PGSFR). To assess the effectiveness of the inherent safety features of the PGSFR, the system transients during design basis accidents and design extended conditions are analyzed with MARS-LMR and the subchannel blockage events are analyzed with MATRA-LMR-FB. In addition, the invessel source term is calculated based on the super-safe, small, and simple reactor methodology. The results show that the PGSFR meets safety acceptance criteria with a sufficient margin during the events and keeps accidents from deteriorating into more severe accidents.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
• /
• 2004.10a
• /
• pp.529-530
• /
• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
• /
• 2005.05a
• /
• pp.67-68
• /
• 2005