A Large-scale particle-based simulation of heat and mass transfer behavior in EAGLE ID1 in-pile test

Zhang, T.*; Yao, Y.*; 守田 幸路*; Liu, X.*; Liu, W.*; 今泉 悠也; 神山 健司

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2023/05

The in-pile EAGLE ID1 test was conducted by Japan Atomic Energy Agency to demonstrate the effectiveness of the fuel assembly with an internal duct structure during a core disruptive accident in a sodium-cooled fast reactor. In this study, a new computational fluid dynamics code based on the fully Lagrangian particle method was developed for the purpose of clarifying the failure mechanism of the inner duct wall of FAIDUS. The three-dimensional simulation of the ID1 test was performed to analyze a series of thermal hydraulic behaviors leading up to duct wall failure for a computational domain that included six fuel pins. The simulations reasonably reproduced the heat transfer characteristics observed in the test, showing that the local contact of liquid steel with high thermal conductivity with the duct wall greatly enhances the heat transfer from the nuclear heating fuel to the duct wall. The results support the validity of the conclusions of our analytical study regarding the molten pool-to-duct wall heat transfer mechanism that caused the thermal failure of the duct wall.

Particle-based simulation of jet impingement behaviors

高塚 大地*; 守田 幸路*; Liu, W.*; Zhang, T.*; 中村 武志*; 神山 健司

Proceedings of 12th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS12) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/10

A 3D particle-based simulation code was developed to analyze jet impingement behavior, and the physical models for thermal-hydraulic interactions between molten jets and solid plates used in the code was validated by simulating existing jet impingement experiments. In addition, particle-based simulations were conducted to understand the impingement characteristics of molten MOX fuel jets on SS plates, and the erosion rate of the SS plate was evaluated. The results showed that fuel crusts formed on the plate potentially provide thermal protection and confirmed the effect of the plate erosion rate on the jet diameter under conditions where crust formation is dominant.

A 3D particle-based analysis of molten pool-to-structural wall heat transfer in a simulated fuel subassembly

Zhang, T.*; 守田 幸路*; Liu, X.*; Liu, W.*; 神山 健司

Extended abstracts of the 2nd Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences (Internet), 2 Pages, 2021/10

日本のナトリウム冷却高速炉では、高速炉の炉心損傷事故における大規模炉心プール形成による再臨界を回避する方策として、内部ダクト付き燃料集合体(FAIDUS)が提案されている。本研究では、FAIDUSの有効性を実証するために実施されたEAGLE ID1炉内試験を対象に3次元粒子粒子法シミュレーションを行い、溶融燃料/スティールの混合プールからダクト壁への熱伝達機構を明らかにするための解析的検討を行った。

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Song, T.*; Gubler, P.; Hong, J.*; Lee, S. H.*; 森田 健司*

Physics Letters B, 813, p.136065_1 - 136065_5, 2021/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136065

We calculate the mass shift and thermal decay width of the J/ near the QCD transition temperature by imposing two independent constraints on these variables that can be obtained first by solving the Schrodinger equation and second from the QCD sum rule approach. While the real part of the potential is determined by comparing the QCD sum rule result for charmonium and the D meson to that from the potential model result, the imaginary potential is taken to be proportional to the perturbative form multiplied by a constant factor, which in turn can be determined by applying the two independent constraints. The result shows that the binding energy and the thermal width becomes similar in magnitude at around T = 1.09 , above which the sum rule analysis also becomes unstable, strongly suggesting that the J/ will melt slightly above .

Numerical simulation of the solid particle sedimentation and bed formation behaviors using a hybrid method

Sheikh, M. A. R.*; Liu, X.*; 松元 達也*; 守田 幸路*; Guo, L.*; 鈴木 徹*; 神山 健司

Energies (Internet), 13(19), p.5018_1 - 5018_15, 2020/10

https://doi.org/10.3390/en13195018

In the safety analysis of sodium-cooled fast reactors, numerical simulations of various thermal-hydraulic phenomena with multicomponent and multiphase flows in core disruptive accidents (CDAs) are regarded as particularly difficult. In the material relocation phase of CDAs, core debris settle down on a core support structure and/or an in-vessel retention device and form a debris bed. The bed's shape is crucial for the subsequent relocation of the molten core and heat removal capability as well as re-criticality. In this study, a hybrid numerical simulation method, coupling the multi-fluid model of the three-dimensional fast reactor safety analysis code SIMMER-IV with the discrete element method (DEM), was applied to analyze the sedimentation and bed formation behaviors of core debris. Three-dimensional simulations were performed and compared with results obtained in a series of particle sedimentation experiments. The present simulation predicts the sedimentation behavior of mixed particles with different properties as well as homogeneous particles. The simulation results on bed shapes and particle distribution in the bed agree well with experimental measurements. They demonstrate the practicality of the present hybrid method to solid particle sedimentation and bed formation behaviors of mixed as well as homogeneous particles.

Gapless spin liquid in a square-kagome lattice antiferromagnet

藤原 理賀*; 森田 克洋*; Mole, R.*; 満田 節生*; 遠山 貴巳*; 矢野 真一郎*; Yu, D.*; 曽田 繁利*; 桑井 智彦*; 幸田 章宏*; et al.

Nature Communications (Internet), 11, p.3429_1 - 3429_7, 2020/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17235-z

Observation of a quantum spin liquid (QSL) state is one of the most important goals in condensed-matter physics, as well as the development of new spintronic devices that support next-generation industries. The QSL in two-dimensional quantum spin systems is expected to be due to geometrical magnetic frustration, and thus a kagome-based lattice is the most probable playground for QSL. Here, we report the first experimental results of the QSL state on a square-kagome quantum antiferromagnet, KCuAlBiO(SO)Cl. Comprehensive experimental studies via magnetic susceptibility, magnetisation, heat capacity, muon spin relaxation, and inelastic neutron scattering measurements reveal the formation of a gapless QSL at very low temperatures close to the ground state. The QSL behavior cannot be explained fully by a frustrated Heisenberg model with nearest-neighbor exchange interactions, providing a theoretical challenge to unveil the nature of the QSL state.

アクチノイドの潜在的放射性毒性の比較; 最適アクチノイド回収率導出のためのデータ

森田 泰治; 西原 健司; 津幡 靖宏

JAEA-Data/Code 2018-017, 32 Pages, 2019/02

JAEA-Data-Code-2018-017.pdf:2.35MB

分離変換技術の適用対象であるアクチノイド元素の回収率目標値を設定するためのデータを整備することを目的とし、経口摂取した場合の被ばく線量として与えられる潜在的放射性毒性を元素ごとに評価し、経時変化及び各元素の毒性全体に対する割合から、潜在的放射性毒性の観点から見たアクチノイド元素の重要度の比較を行った。検討した4種の使用済燃料いずれにおいても、Amが最も重要で、例えば加圧水型軽水炉の使用済燃料から発生する高レベル放射性廃棄物において、核分裂生成物の潜在的放射性毒性が減衰した10年後におけるAm潜在的放射性毒性はアクチノイド全体の93%を占める。また、再処理で99.5%回収した後の残留Puも無視できない寄与を示すことがわかった。軽水炉燃料で燃焼度が高くなった場合は燃焼度に比例するような形で潜在的放射性毒性が上昇するが、MOX燃料となった場合、及びマイナーアクチノイドリサイクル型の高速炉では、それ以上に潜在的放射性毒性が大きくなった。燃料が異なる場合のアクチノイド元素回収率の目標値設定には十分な考慮が必要であり、今後の課題である。

Particle-based simulation of heat transfer behavior in EAGLE ID1 in-pile test

守田 幸路*; 小川 竜聖*; 時岡 大海*; Liu, X.*; Liu, W.*; 神山 健司

Proceedings of 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-12) (USB Flash Drive), 11 Pages, 2018/10

EAGLE炉内ID1試験は日本原子力研究開発機構によって実施され、FAIDUSと称される内部ダクト付き燃料集合体からの早期燃料流出を模擬したものである。試験で生じた早期ダクト破損は、燃料とスティールから構成される溶融プールからの高い熱流束によるものと解釈されている。試験後の分析からは、壁面に燃料クラストが形成されない状況において、高い熱伝導度を有するプール中の溶融スティールによって溶融プールからダクトへの伝熱が効果的に促進されたことが示唆されている。本研究では、多成分多相流の粒子法に基づいた完全ラグランジェ法を用いて溶融プールからダクト壁への熱伝達機構を分析した。プール中の溶融スティールと燃料の混合と分離挙動およびこれらの挙動がプールからダクトへの伝熱に与える影響を調べるため、燃料ピンの崩壊、溶融プールの形成およびダクト壁の破損に至る一連の挙動を模擬した。現在の2次元粒子法シミュレーションでは、10MW/mを超える壁面への大きな熱負荷は、核発熱を伴う液体燃料が壁面へ直接接触することによるものであることが示された。

Sedimentation behavior of mixed solid particles

Sheikh, Md. A. R.*; Son, E.*; 神山 基紀*; 森岡 徹*; 松元 達也*; 守田 幸路*; 松場 賢一; 神山 健司; 鈴木 徹*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 55(6), p.623 - 633, 2018/06

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2017.1419888

高速炉の炉心損傷事故時に形成される燃料デブリの堆積高さは、燃料デブリの冷却性及び臨界特性に影響する重要な要因の一つである。本研究では、燃料デブリの堆積挙動に関する実験データベースを構築するため、燃料デブリを模擬した特性(粒子径,密度,球形度等)の異なる固体粒子(アルミナ,スティール)の混合粒子を水プール中へ落下・堆積させる実験を行い、粒子ベッドの堆積高さを測定するとともに、均質粒子及び混合粒子から成るデブリベッドの堆積高さを予測する実験相関式を構築した。構築した実験相関式は粒子ベッドの堆積高さの測定結果と良く一致することを確認した。

Numerical simulation of solid-particle sedimentation behavior using a multi-fluid model coupled with DEM

河田 凌*; 大原 陽平*; Sheikh, Md. A. R.*; Liu, X.*; 松元 達也*; 守田 幸路*; Guo, L.*; 神山 健司; 鈴木 徹

Proceedings of 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-17) (USB Flash Drive), 14 Pages, 2017/09

Numerical simulations of various thermal-hydraulic phenomena with multiphase and multicomponent flows in postulated core disruptive accidents (CDAs) are regarded as particular difficulties in the safety analysis of liquid-metal cooled reactors. In a material relocation phase of CDAs, core debris may settle on the core-support structure and/or in the lower inlet plenum of the reactor vessel and then form the debris bed. In particular, the shape of debris bed is crucial for the relocation of molten core and heat-removal capability of the debris bed as well as re-criticality. In the present study, a hybrid numerical simulation method, which couples the multi-fluid model of the 3D fast reactor safety analysis code SIMMER-IV with the discrete element method (DEM), was applied to analyze sedimentation and bed formation behaviors of core debris. In the present study, 3D simulations were performed for a series of particle sedimentation experiments with gravity driven discharge of solid particles into a quiescent cylindrical water pool. The present simulation predicts the sedimentation behavior of mixed particles with different density or particle size as well as homogeneous particles. The simulation results on bed shapes and particle distribution in the bed agree well with the experimental ones. They demonstrate the fundamental applicability of the present hybrid method to solid-particle sedimentation and bed formation simulations.