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Development and basic verification of decay heat removal analysis code of sodium-cooled fast reactor

  • Ping Song
  • , Dalin Zhang
  • , Tangtao Feng
  • , Shibao Wang
  • , Yapei Zhang
  • , Mingjun Wang
  • , Suizheng Qiu
  • , G. H. Su
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

As one of the generation IV reactors, pool-type Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) is attracting more and more attention. Loss of flow and heat sink accident is one of the most serious accidents for SFRs. Therefore, the decay heat removal capacity after emergency shutdown is of great importance. This paper has developed a one-dimensional code named Decay heat Removal Analysis Code for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (DRAC-SFR) to analyze the decay heat removal capacity. In the code, the decay heat removal system contains the primary loop, the intermediate loop and air circuit. The decay heat is removed out step by step with the above three loops. Many studies have been conducted on code verification. The international benchmark analysis of EBRII reactor is applied in the code verification. The calculation is compared with the experimental data and the results of DRAC-SFR agreed well with the experimental data. The comparison with the steady state of China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) shows a good agreement with the design value. The errors of all the compared parameters are within 2%. What’s more, calculation is performed to analyze the characteristics of the decay heat removal capacity for CEFR. Thus, code verification shows that DRAC-SFR is proper to evaluate the decay heat removal capacity for SFRs and has the ability to provide references and technical supports for the design and optimization of the pool-type sodium-cooled fast reactor.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermal-Hydraulics and Safety Analyses
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791851487
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event2018 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2018 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 22 Jul 2018 → 26 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Volume6A

Conference

Conference2018 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period22/07/18 → 26/07/18

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