OECD/NEA benchmark on pellet-clad mechanical interaction modelling with fuel performance codes; Influence of pellet geometry and gap size

Soba, A.*; Prudil, A.*; Zhang, J.*; Dethioux, A.*; Han, Z.*; Dostal, M.*; Matocha, V.*; Marelle, V.*; Lasnel-Payan, J.*; Kulacsy, K.*; et al.

Proceedings of TopFuel 2021 (Internet), 10 Pages, 2021/10

The NEA Expert Group on Reactor Fuel Performance (EGRFP) proposed a benchmark on fuel performance codes modeling of pellet-cladding mechanical interation (PCMI). The aim of the benchmark was to improve understanding and modeling of PCMI amongst NEA member organizations. This was achieved by comparing PCMI predictions for a number of specified cases. The results of the two hypothetical cases (1 and 2) were presented earlier. The two final cases (3 and 4) are comparison between calculations and measurements, which will be published as NEA reports. This paper focuses on Case 3, which consists of eight beginning of life (BOL) sub-cases (3a to 3h) each with different pellet designs that have undergone ramping in the Halden Reactor. The aforementioned experiments are known as the IFA-118 experiments and were performed from 1969 to 1970. The variations between cases include four different pellets dimensions (7, 14, 20 and 30 mm of height), two different gapsizes between pellet-cladding (40 and 100 microns) and three variations on pellet face geometry (flat, dishing and dishing with chamfer). Such diversity has allowed exploring the codes sensitivity to these individual factors.

挫屈した被覆等ギャップ寸法の変化が燃料棒内の温度、熱流束分布に与える効果の解析

星屋 泰二; 染谷 博之; 山口 昇*; 原山 泰雄

JAERI-M 89-199, 35 Pages, 1989/12

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燃料ペレットの被覆内での偏心、あるいは燃料被覆のovalityなどによる変形があると、燃料棒内のギャップ寸法は周方向に変化する。ギャップ寸法の変化に伴うギャップ熱伝達の局所的変化が燃料棒内温度、熱流束に与える影響を評価可能な評価式を導いた。その結果の一つとして、燃料ペレットの被覆内偏心を含めギャップ寸法が周方向に変化する場合でも、平均ギャップ熱伝達率はnominalギャップ寸法の熱伝達率と見なしてもよいことが分った。