Numerical investigations on the coolability and the re-criticality of a debris bed with the density-stratified configuration

数値計算による密度成層化を伴うデブリの冷却と再臨界に関する考察

Li, C.-Y.; 内堀 昭寛 ; 高田 孝  ; Pellegrini, M.*; Erkan, N.*; 岡本 孝司*

Li, C.-Y.; Uchibori, Akihiro; Takata, Takashi; Pellegrini, M.*; Erkan, N.*; Okamoto, Koji*

溶融炉心の原子炉容器内保持を達成するためには、デブリベッドの安定冷却と再臨界回避が重要である。本研究では、異なる物質から構成され、密度成層化したデブリベッドの挙動を評価するため、数値流体力学(CFD),個別要素法(DEM),モンテカルロ法を連成させた解析手法を構築した。本解析手法により、デブリベッドにおける密度成層化の挙動等を解析できることを確認した。

The capability of stable cooling and avoiding re-criticality on the debris bed are the main issues for achieving IVR (In-Vessel Retention). In the actual situation, the debris bed is composed of mixed-density debris particles. Hence, when these mixed-density debris particles were launched to re-distribute, the debris bed would possibly form a density-stratified distribution. For the proper evaluation of this scenario, the multi-physics model of CFD-DEM-Monte-Carlo based neutronics is established to investigate the coolability and re-criticality on the heterogeneous density-stratified debris bed with considering the particle relocation. The CFD-DEM model has been verified by utilizing water injection experiments on the mixed-density particle bed in the first portion of this research. In the second portion, the coupled system of the CFD-DEM-Monte-Carlo based neutronics model is applied to reactor cases. Afterward, the debris particles' movement, debris particles' and coolant's temperature, and the k-eff eigenvalue are successfully tracked. Ultimately, the relocation and stratification effects on debris bed's coolability and re-criticality had been quantitatively confirmed.