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Investigation on effect of surface properties on droplet impact cooling of cladding surfaces

  • Wang, Zefeng;Qu, Wenhai;Xiong, Jinbiao;Zhong, Mingjun;Yang, Yanhua
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제52권3호
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    • pp.508-519
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    • 2020
  • During transients or accidents, the reactor core is uncovered, and droplets entrained above the quench front collides with the uncovered fuel rod surface. Droplet impact cooling can reduce the peak cladding temperature. Besides zirconium-based cladding, versatile accidental tolerant fuel (ATF) claddings, including FeCrAl, have been proposed to increase the accident coping time. In order to investigate the effect of surface properties on droplet impact cooling of cladding surfaces, the droplet impact phenomena are photographed on the FeCrAl and zircaloy-4 (Zr-4) surfaces under different conditions. On the oxidized FeCrAl surface, the Leidenfrost phenomenon is not observed even when the surface temperature is as high as 550 ℃ with We > 30. Comparison of the impact behaviors observed on different materials shows that nucleate and transition boiling is more intensive on surfaces with larger thermal conductivity. The Leidenfrost point temperature (LPT) decreases with the solid thermal effusivity (${\sqrt{k{\rho}C_p}}$). However, the CHF temperature is relatively insensitive to the surface oxidation and Weber number. Droplet spreading diameter is analyzed quantitatively in the film boiling stage. Based on the energy balance a correlation is proposed for droplet maximum spreading factor. A mechanistic model is also developed for the LPT based on homogeneous nucleation theory.

PWR 사용후 핵연료 수송용기에 대한 열해석 (Thermal Analysis on the Spent Fuel Shipping Cask for a PWR Fuel Assembly)

  • Hee Yung Kang;Eun Ho Kwack;Byung Jin Son
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.248-255
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    • 1983
  • 하나의 PWR 핵연료 집합체를 수송할 수 있는 사용후 핵연료 수송용기에 대한 열해석을 수행하였다. 정상 및 화재사고 조건하에서 수송용기에 대한 온도분포는 10CFR Part 71에서 제시한 조건에 맞도록 계산하였다. 붕괴열은 연소도가 45,000 MWD/MTU이고 사용후 핵연료 저장실에서 300일 냉각기간을 가질 KNU 5&6 핵연료 집합체를 고려하였다. 계산결과 화재사고시 dry cavity조건하에서 핵연료 피복관의 최대온도가 455$^{\circ}C$로 계산되었으며, 이 간은 10CFR Part 50.46에 규정된 최대 피복관 제한치 보다 훨씬 낮게 나타났다. 이것은 수송용기의 운반중에 화재사고 조건하에서도 핵연료 피복관의 파손이 일어나지 않는 것으로 설명된다. 그리고 중요 차폐체인 납의 용융도 일어나지 않았다.

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탄탈륨 함유 9%Cr 페라이트/마르텐사이트 강의 미세조직 및 기계적 특성 (Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Ta-bearing 9%Cr Ferritic/Martensitic Steels)

  • 백종혁;한창희;김성호;이찬복;한도희
    • 대한금속재료학회지
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    • 제47권4호
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    • pp.209-216
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    • 2009
  • It was evaluated that the microstructural and mechanical properties of Ta-bearing 9Cr-0.5Mo-2W ferritic/martensitic experimental steels. All the experimental steels showed the tempered martensitic microstructures, and $M_{23}C_6$ carbides, whose sizes were ranged from 200 to 300 nm, were easily observed at both boundaries of the prior austenite grain and the martensite lath. In addition, a relatively large Nb-rich MX carbonitrides were intermittently detected at the prior austenite grain boundaries, whereas a lot of Vrich MX carbonitrides, whose mean diameter was less than 50 nm, were observed randomly at both boundaries. Ta was mainly incorporated into the V-rich MX carbonitrides rather than the Nb-rich ones and their content was spanned from 5 to 20 at.%. Ta contents within the MX precipitates also increased as the content of Ta increased. Because the Ta addition into the steels would be attributed to the precipitation strengthening, solid solution strengthening and lath width reduction, it was shown that the mechanical properties, including hardness, tensile strength and creep rate of the 9%Cr-0.5Mo-2W steels were improved by the increase of Ta content. Especially, 9Cr-0.5Mo-2W-0.3V-0.05Nb-0.14Ta steel was revealed to be relatively excellent in the application for the SFR fuel cladding.