Thermal-hydraulic analysis of a 19-rod bundle LBE cooled fuel assembly with non-uniform rods power distribution by numerical simulation

IF 1.9 3区工程技术 Q1 NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Annals of Nuclear Energy Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI:10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111242

Guanwen Luo, Kuo Wang, Gang Tong, Chong Xie, Xiaohang Wu, Huiyong Zhang, Yiliang Xie, Jiayi Chen

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The paper performs numerical analysis on a 19-rod bundle LBE cooled fuel assembly, considering non-uniform rods power distribution. Five typical rods power distribution modes are established. The coolant velocity field, temperature distribution characteristics and heat transfer behavior under various modes are explored. The work also compares thermal–hydraulic behaviors of forced circulation with that of natural circulation condition. Results show the rods with high power-rate enhance surrounding coolant flow. Temperature difference is the largest in internal heated mode. When adopting radial increment mode and peripheral heated mode, the PCT is smaller and temperature distributes more evenly. In terms of heat transfer, there are larger local Nu in the subchannels near the high-power rods, and the largest overall Nu occurs in radial increment mode. The thermal–hydraulic characteristics is more susceptible to non-uniform rods heated condition at natural circulation. Eventually, the suggestions for LBE cooled fuel assembly design and operation are proposed.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy 工程技术-核科学技术

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期刊介绍： Annals of Nuclear Energy provides an international medium for the communication of original research, ideas and developments in all areas of the field of nuclear energy science and technology. Its scope embraces nuclear fuel reserves, fuel cycles and cost, materials, processing, system and component technology (fission only), design and optimization, direct conversion of nuclear energy sources, environmental control, reactor physics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics, structural analysis, fuel management, future developments, nuclear fuel and safety, nuclear aerosol, neutron physics, computer technology (both software and hardware), risk assessment, radioactive waste disposal and reactor thermal hydraulics. Papers submitted to Annals need to demonstrate a clear link to nuclear power generation/nuclear engineering. Papers which deal with pure nuclear physics, pure health physics, imaging, or attenuation and shielding properties of concretes and various geological materials are not within the scope of the journal. Also, papers that deal with policy or economics are not within the scope of the journal.