Preliminary thermal-hydraulic core design of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR)

被引：51

作者：

Rouch, H. ^{[1
]}

Geoffroy, O. ^{[1
]}

Rubiolo, P. ^{[2
]}

Laureau, A. ^{[2
]}

Brovchenko, M. ^{[2
]}

Heuer, D. ^{[2
]}

Merle-Lucotte, E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] INOPRO, F-38250 Villard De Lans, France

[2] Grenoble INP, UJF, LPSC IN2P3 CNRS, F-38026 Grenoble, France

来源：

ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY | 2014年 / 64卷

关键词：

MSFR; Molten salt reactor; Thermal-hydraulics design; Core cavity; CFD; Fuel salt temperature; MSBR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.anucene.2013.09.012

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

A thermal-hydraulics study of the core of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) is presented. The numerical simulations were carried-out using a Computation Fluid Dynamic code. The main objectives of the thermal-hydraulics studies are to design the core cavity walls in order to increase the overall flow mixing and to reduce the temperature peaking factors in the salt and on the core walls. The results of the CFD simulations show that for the chosen core design acceptable temperature distributions can be obtained by using a curved core cavity shape, inlets and outlets. The hot spot temperature is less than 10 degrees C above the average core outlet temperature and is located in the centre of the top wall of the core. The results show also a moderate level of sensitivity to the working point. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：449 / 456

页数：8

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