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Experimental study on flow optimization in upper plenum of reactor vessel for a compact sodium-cooled fast reactor

Kimura, Nobuyuki; Hayashi, Kenji; Kamide, Hideki; Ito, Masami*; Sekine, Tadashi*

Nuclear Technology, 152(2), p.210 - 222, 2006/03

 Times Cited Count:21 Percentile:79.04(Nuclear Science & Technology)

An innovative sodium cooled fast reactor has been investigated on the feasibility study of FBR cycle system in Japan. A compact reactor vessel (R/V) and a column type upper inner structure (UIS) with a radial slit for an arm of a fuel-handling machine (FHM) are adopted. Dipped plates (D/P) are set in the R/V below the free surface to prevent gas entrainment. We performed an 1/10th scaled model water experiment for the upper plenum of the R/V. Gas entrainment was not observed in the experiment under the same velocity condition as the reactor. Three vortex cavitations were observed near the hot leg (H/L) inlet. A vertical rib on the R/V wall was found inlet to restrict the rotating flow near the H/L. The vortex cavitation between the R/V wall and the H/L was suppressed by the rib under the same cavitation factor condition as in the reactor. The cylindrical plug was installed through the hole in the D/P for FHM to reduce the flow toward the free surface. It was effective when the plug was submerged into the middle height in the upper plenum. This combination of two components had a possibility to optimize the flow in the compact R/V.

JAEA Reports

Hydraulic Experiment on Flow Optimization in Compact Reactor Vessel; Effects of double dipped plates and outer shell of UIS

Nakayama, Oukatsu; Kimura, Nobuyuki; Kamide, Hideki; Ito, Masami*; Sekine, Tadashi*

JNC TN9400 2005-032, 103 Pages, 2005/03

JNC-TN9400-2005-032.pdf:33.44MB

On the FBR feasibility study, an innovative sodium cooled fast reactor has been investigated in Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. In order to reduce the construction cost of reactor, the compact reactor vessel is designed. Gas entrainment at the free surface is one of issues to be solved because of high velocity in the upper plenum vessel. We performed an 1/10th scaled model water experiment for the upper plenum of reactor vessel and investigated flow fields in the plenum in order to optimize flow. In the last experiment, we established flow optimization structures for reduction of flow toward to the free surface and restraint on the vortex cavitations near H/L inlet, i.e., plug into the dipped plate hole to install a fuel handling mechanism (FHM) and a flow splitter at vessel wall. In this report, effects of double dipped plates (D/Ps) and outer shell of upper inner structure (UIS) are investigated. In the result, we could confirm that the double D/P structure set below the free surface is effective to reduce flow toward the free surface between reactor vessel wall and guide tube of fuel transfer machine. An FHM plug, which has a step structure at mid height between double D/Ps, showed that it reduced flow velocity through the gap between the plug and the D/P. A perforated outer shell was set around the UIS to reduce vortex strength developed from the cold legs to the hot leg intake and also to restrain the vortex cavitation. It was shown that the onset condition of vortex cavitation at reactor vessel wall was reduced and the cavitation occurred easily. At the cold leg the onset condition of the caviation was not advanced. The flow distribution through the perforated outer shell should be optimized.

JAEA Reports

Hydraulic experiment for compact reactor vessel; Measurement of flow field and flow optimization in upper plenum

Kimura, Nobuyuki; Hayashi, Kenji; Ito, Masami*; Sekine, Tadashi*; Igarashi, Minoru; Sato, Hiroyuki; Kamide, Hideki

JNC TN9400 2003-032, 214 Pages, 2003/03

JNC-TN9400-2003-032.pdf:111.0MB

An innovative sodium cooled fast reactor has been investigated on the FBR feasibility study. The design of the reactor is undergoing in order to reduce the construction cost of the reactor. For example, thermal output is increased against the reactor size and an upper inner structure (UIS) has a slit for the arm of the fuel-handling machine to simplify the fuel exchanging system. The dipped plates (D/P) are set below the free surface to prevent gas entrainment at free surface. We performed an 1/10th scaled model water experiment for the upper plenum of reactor vessel and investigated flow fields in the plenum in order to optimize flow. In the upper plenum, all of main components were set up as well as the reactor design. In addition, the D/P has a hole in front of the slit of the UIS to insert the fuel handling machine(FHM). As the experimental parameters, the core outlet velocity was varied from the condition of the Froude number similarity to the same value as the real reactor. The local velocity was measured by the particle image velocimetry and the ultrasound Doppler velocimetry. In the experimental results, gas entrainment at the free surface was not observed in the range from the Froude number similarity condition to the same velocity condition as the real reactor. However, the free surface was bulged on a large scale in front of the UIS slit. At the neighborhood of the H/L intake, three vortex cavitations were observed. The vortex cavitations were broken out under the same cavitation coefficient condition based on the H/L velocity as that in the real reactor. A vertical rib was set on the reactor vessel wall near the H/L inlet to restrict the rotating flow at the neighborhood of the H/L. As the result, the vortex cavitation at the region between the reactor vessel wall and the H/L was supressed under the same cavitation factor condition as the real reactor. A vertical cylinder, named FHM plug, was installed to close the hole in the D/P fbr FHM.

Journal Articles

Experimental Study on Flow Optimization in Upper Plenum of Reactor Vessel for a Compact Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor

Kimura, Nobuyuki; Hayashi, Kenji; Igarashi, Minoru; Kamide, Hideki; Ito, Masami*; Sekine, Tadashi*

Proceedings of 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-10), CD-RO, K0102 Pages, 2003/00

An innovative sodium cooled fast reactor has been investigated on the feasibility study of FBR cycle system in JNC. A compact reactor vessel (R/V) and a column type upper inner structure (UIS) with a radial slit for an arm of a fuel-handling machine (FHM) are adopted. Dipped plates (D/P) are set in the R/V below the free surface to prevent gas entrainment at free surface. We performed an 1/10th scaled model water experiment for the upper plenum of the R/V. Gas entrainment at the free surface was not observed in the experiment under the same velocity condition as the designed reactor. However, the free surface rose in front of the UIS slit due to upward flow through the gap between the D/P and the R/V wall. The upward flow will cause free surface vortex and also the gas entrainment. Three vortex cavitations were observed near the hot leg (H/L) inlet. The vortex cavitations were broken out under the same cavitation factor condition as the reactor. A vertical rib was set on the R/V wall

Journal Articles

Hydrothermal redistribution of rare earth elements in Toki granitic rock,central Japan

; Onuki, Toshihiko; Isobe, Hiroshi; Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sekine, Keiichi; *; *

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 35, p.191 - 199, 1998/00

 Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:18.7(Environmental Sciences)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Distributions of uranium-series radionuclides in rock and migration rate of uranium at the Koongarra uranium deposit, Australia

Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sato, Tsutomu; ; Sekine, Keiichi

Radiochimica Acta, 82, p.319 - 325, 1998/00

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Change in sorption characteristics of uranium during crystallization of amorphous iron minerals

Onuki, Toshihiko; Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sekine, Keiichi; Isobe, Hiroshi; Nagano, Tetsushi; Sakamoto, Yoshiaki

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 34(12), p.1153 - 1158, 1997/12

 Times Cited Count:26 Percentile:86.43(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Selective extraction procedure and itsimportance in a natural analogue study; Case study at the Koongarra uranium deposit

Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sato, Tsutomu; Isobe, Hiroshi; Sekine, Keiichi

Hoshasei Haikibutsu Kenkyu, 2(1-2), p.121 - 135, 1996/02

no abstracts in English

JAEA Reports

Geochemical studies for geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste; Research activities in Department of Environmental Safety Research, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

; Sato, Tsutomu; Nagano, Tetsushi; Yanase, Nobuyuki; Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Isobe, Hiroshi; Onuki, Toshihiko; Sekine, Keiichi

JAERI-Review 95-011, 94 Pages, 1995/07

JAERI-Review-95-011.pdf:4.81MB

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Groundwater geochemistry in the Koongarra ore deposit, Australia, II; Activity ratios and migration mechanisms of uranium series radionuclides

Yanase, Nobuyuki; T.E.Payne*; Sekine, Keiichi

Geochemical Journal, 29, p.31 - 54, 1995/00

 Times Cited Count:23 Percentile:46.66(Geochemistry & Geophysics)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Groundwater geochemistry in the Koongarra ore deposit, Australia,I; Implications for uranium migration

Yanase, Nobuyuki; T.E.Payne*; Sekine, Keiichi

Geochemical Journal, 29, p.1 - 29, 1995/00

 Times Cited Count:25 Percentile:49.47(Geochemistry & Geophysics)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Mesurement of uranium series radionuclides in rock and groundwater at the Koongarra ore deposit, Australia, by gamma spectrometry

Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sekine, Keiichi

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol.353, 0, p.1235 - 1242, 1995/00

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Detection efficiency of a total energy absorption peak for a Ge detector in water using water tank experiment

Yanase, Nobuyuki; Sekine, Keiichi

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi, 37(8), p.704 - 709, 1995/00

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Development of monitoring system for marine radioactivity; Experiment using water tank

Yanase, Nobuyuki; Ueno, Takashi; Sekine, Keiichi; Kobayashi, Yoshii

Dai-34-Kai Kankyo Hoshano Chosa Kenkyu Seika Rombun Shorokushu; Heisei-3-Nendo, p.96 - 97, 1992/12

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Migration behavior of uranium series nuclides in altered quartz-chlorite schist

Onuki, Toshihiko; Murakami, Takashi; Sekine, Keiichi; Yanase, Nobuyuki; Isobe, Hiroshi; Kobayashi, Yoshii

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 176, p.607 - 614, 1990/00

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Comparison of the fuel performance for advanced FBR cycle systems, FUJI project, 11; Modeling results of a sphere-pac fuel design code, DIRAD-S

Nakamura, Masahiro; Morihira, Masayuki; Kihara, Yoshiyuki; Sekine, Nobuyuki*; Hellwig, C.*; Bakker, K.*

no journal, , 

In the framework of collaboration among JNC (now JAEA), PSI and NRG called "he FUJI project" calculation results of a sphere-pac fuel design code, DIRAD-S were compared to the PIE results. DIRAD-S contains a thermal conductivity model of a particle bed, named SPACON, and mechanistic models for the necking calculation between particles. The calculation results had good agreement with the PIE results.

Oral presentation

Development of vibro-packed fuel design code, 13; Necking ratio measurement of the spherical particle bed

Nakamura, Masahiro; Kase, Takeshi; Koizumi, Tsutomu; Mizuno, Mineo*; Kosaka, Yuji*; Ogawa, Shinta*; Sekine, Nobuyuki*

no journal, , 

Particles in the sphere-pac fuel will sinter together due to high temperature and high pressure during an irradiation. Interparticle sintering will improve the effective thermal conductivity of the particle bed. Necking ratio is introduced to take the development of it to a fuel design code. Accuracy of the necking ratio measurement with the ceramography in a post irradiation examination was evaluated by the comparison of the results of ceramography measurement and fracture surface measurement.

Oral presentation

Neutron monitoring around the MOX facilities using TLD

Nakagawa, Takahiro; Takada, Chie; Sekine, Nobuyuki*; Takayasu, Tetsuya*; Tsujimura, Norio; Momose, Takumaro

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Neutron monitoring at the boundaries of control areas in MOX facilities with TLD

Nakagawa, Takahiro; Takada, Chie; Sekine, Nobuyuki*; Takayasu, Tetsuya*; Tsujimura, Norio

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Processing method of radioactive tetrachloroethylene liquid waste

Sato, Yuji; Takagi, Hisatsugu; Hamada, Nobuyuki; Sekine, Tomokazu*; Takeda, Masayuki*; Akiyama, Takashi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

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