• Response characteristics of PWR primary circuit under SBLOCAs considering steam bypass discharging

    分类: 核科学技术 >> 核科学与技术 提交时间: 2024-03-21

    摘要: Small-break superposed station blackout (SBO) accidents are the basic design accidents of nuclear power plants. Under the condition of a small break in the cold leg, SBO further increases the severity of the accident, and the steam bypass discharging system (GCT) in the second circuit can play an important role in guaranteeing core safety. To explore the influence of the GCT on the thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the primary circuit, RELAP5 software was used to establish a numerical model based on a typical pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant. Five different small breaks in the cold-leg superposed SBO were selected, and the impact of the GCT operation on the transient response characteristics of the primary and secondary circuit systems was analyzed. The results show that the GCT plays an indispensable role in core heat removal during an accident; otherwise, core safety cannot be guaranteed. The GCT was used in conjunction with the primary safety injection system during the placement process. When the break diameter was greater than a certain critical value, the core cooling rate could not be guaranteed to be less than 100 K/h; however, the core remained in a safe state.

  • Dynamic scaling characteristics of single-phase natural circulation based on different strain transformations

    分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间: 2023-08-10

    摘要: Abstract To understand the dynamical system scaling (DSS) analysis theory, the applicability of DSS - and -strain transformation methods for the scaling analysis of complex loops was explored. A simplified model consisting of two loops was established based on the primary and secondary sides of a nuclear reactor, and - and -strain transformation methods were used to analyze the single-phase natural circulation in the primary circuit. For comparison with the traditional method, simplified DSS - and -strain methods were developed based on the standard scaling criterion. The strain parameters in these four methods were modified to form multiple groups of scaled-down cases. The transient process of the natural circulation was simulated using the Relap5 code, and the variation in the dynamic flow characteristics with the strain numbers was obtained using different scaling methods. The results show that both the simplified and standard DSS methods can simulate the dynamic characteristics of natural circulation in the primary circuit. The scaled-down cases in the simplified method exhibit the same geometric scaling and correspond to small core power ratios. By contrast, different scaled-down cases in the standard DSS method correspond to different geometric scaling criteria and require more power. The dynamic process of natural circulation can be simulated more accurately using the standard DSS method.

  • Performance of the CENDL-3.2 and other major neutron data libraries for criticality calculations

    分类: 核科学技术 >> 裂变堆工程技术 提交时间: 2021-12-31

    摘要: Nuclear data are the cornerstones of reactor physics and shielding calculations. Recently, China released CENDL-3.2 in 2020, and the United States released ENDF/B-VIII.0 in 2018. Therefore, it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the criticality computing performance of these newly released evaluated nuclear libraries. In this study, we used the NJOY2016 code to generate ACE format libraries based on the latest neutron data libraries (including CENDL-3.2, JEFF3.3, ENDF/B-VIII.0, and JENDL4.0). The MCNP code was used to conduct a detailed analysis of fission nuclides, including 235U, 233U, and 239Pu, in different evaluated nuclear data libraries based on 100 benchmarks. The criticality calculation performance of each library was evaluated using three statistical parameters: , , and . Analysis of the parameter showed that CENDL-3.1 and JENDL-4.0 both had >10 benchmarks that exceeded 3σ, whereas CENDL-3.2, ENDFB-VIII.0, and JEFF-3.3 had, 7, 5, and 4 benchmarks, respectively, exceeding 3σ. The ENDF/B-VII.1 library performed best, with only two benchmarks exceeding 3σ. Compared with CENDL-3.1, CENDL-3.2 offers an improvement in criticality calculations. Compared with the JEFF-3.3 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 libraries, CENDL3.2 performs better in the calculation of the 233U assemblies, but it performs poorly in the pusl11 series case calculation of the 239Pu assemblies, and thus further improvement is needed.