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Lebel, L. S.*; Morreale, A. C.*; Freitag, M.*; Gupta, S.*; Allelein, H.-J.*; Klauck, M.*; 孫 昊旻; Herranz, L. E.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
Properly assessing pool scrubbing decontamination factors or radionuclide re-entrainment rates in a reactor safety analysis needs to be supported by a sufficiently robust experimental dataset, based on well qualified aerosol measurement techniques. A review of different pool scrubbing-related source term experiments has been conducted, along with a comparison of the measurement techniques that have been employed. In most areas, a fairly robust dataset exists to assess decontamination factors, but there is still a need to better understand some of the underlying aerosol mechanisms. The available dataset of re-entrainment experiments is smaller, and has gaps, for example, in pools with high velocity gas injections, or with re-flooded corium applications where the pool is undergoing film boiling. There are also many measurement techniques (e.g., cascade impactors, light scattering techniques, phase Doppler anemometry, etc.) that have different capabilities and are suitable for studying different aspects of the experiments. Linking the results that the techniques give, and how their results can ultimately be employed in safety analysis (including uncertainty quantification), is an important consideration in applying the results. This work was performed as a collaborative activity within the framework of the NUGENIA IPRESCA (Integration of Pool scrubbing Research to Enhance Source-term Calculations) project.
廣瀬 意育; 久木田 豊; 柴本 泰照; 佐川 淳*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2022/03
Electric impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive and radiation-free imaging method applicable to gas/liquid two-phase flow measurements. It determines the electrical resistivity distribution of an object from measurements of boundary potentials in response to current injection. Due to the severely ill posed nature of the problem, the quality of reconstructed image depends much on the quality and amount of information available from potential measurements. We have proposed a DC pulse-driven EIT system design equipped with countermeasures for the influences of electrode polarization on potential measurements (Hirose et al., in preparation). The usefulness of EIT in two-phase flow measurement is however restricted by the intrinsically limited spatial resolution. Due to the diffusive nature of electricity, the spatial resolution degrades quickly with the distance from the boundary. In this study, we attempt to improve the spatial resolution by adding thin electrodes inserted into the flow field away from the boundary. Although this means that non-invasiveness is traded off, the influence of invasive electrodes on flow field could be estimated and limited on the basis of experiences gained with other intrusive methods, e.g., needle probes for measurement of interfacial area. The benefit taken by the addition of invasive electrodes, on the other hand, would depend on two-phase flow regime and other flow parameters. In the present paper we consider dispersed bubbly flow and simulate the bubbles with thin cylindrical insulators. The results obtained with and without invasive electrodes are compared to discuss the effectiveness and limitations in measurement of two-phase flow.
Dehbi, A.*; Cheng, X.*; Liao, Y.*; 岡垣 百合亜; Pellegrini, M.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 15 Pages, 2022/03
Nuclear degraded cores produce fission product aerosols that may reach the environment if not removed by natural processes and/or filtering equipment. The transport paths of aerosols usually include transits through stagnant water pools. It is therefore essential to develop computational tools to predict the aerosols retention by water pools. Currently, this is mostly done with 1-D lumped-parameter codes that are too simplistic to capture the physics. It is hence worthwhile to attempt the CFD approach, which has recently become reasonably mature to address bubble hydrodynamics in low momentum two-phase flows. In this first comparative exercise, we restrict the investigation to a hypothetical parallelepiped water pool (2
28 cm
) into which air is injected through a circular 4 mm ID orifice at low velocity of 0.2 m/s. We present predictions of the gas phase dynamics (void and velocity profiles) for both Euler-Euler and Interface Tracking (IT, Volume-of-Fluid (VOF)) methodologies. In addition, we compare bubble shape, volume and detachment frequency from various IT simulation codes (CFX, Fluent, Star-CCM+, OpenFOAM). Reasonable agreement is found between IT simulations near the injector, but discrepancies increase as one moves towards the free surface. The disagreement between the Euler-Euler and IT results is substantial throughout the domain. Future studies will consist of validation exercises against experimental data to highlight potential model deficiencies and point to ways of remedying them.
菅原 隆徳; 渡辺 奈央; 小野 綾子; 西原 健司; 市原 京子*; 半澤 光平*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/03
JAEAでは、LBE冷却型加速器駆動システム(ADS)の研究開発を行っている。ADSは既存の臨界炉に比べて安全性が高いと考えられているが、除熱源喪失事象が生じた場合、炉心の破損の可能性が考えられる。これを回避するためDRACS(直接炉心補助冷却システム)を備えているが、その機器信頼性と流量確保が重要となる。本研究では、CFD解析によりADS炉容器内の自然循環時の流れを解析し、DRACS熱交換器位置において十分な流量が確保されるかを検討した。解析の結果、定格運転時の約4.3%の流量が確保され、崩壊熱が適切に除去されることを確認した。また、炉容器内のLBE流れを整えるために設けられている内筒の有無が、自然循環時にどのような影響を与えるかについても検討を行った。
山野 秀将; 守田 幸路*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
ナトリウム冷却高速炉(SFR)のシビアアクシデント(SA)シミュレーションのため、炭化ホウ素(B
C)とステンレス鋼(SS)の共晶反応モデルを開発し、SAシミュレーションコードSIMMER-III/IVに組み込んだ。共晶反応モデルを含むSIMMER-IVの実機適用性を確認するため、本研究では、新規に開発した物理モデルを含むこのコードを日本で設計された大型SFRのSAシミュレーションに予備的に適用した。本シミュレーションにより、共晶反応は、隣接燃料集合体から流入する固体燃料粒子と液体スティールの混合物によって溶融された被覆管の破損後に冷却材流路に放出された破損BCペレットと液体スティールとの接触によって生じることが示された。その反応によって形成された液体共晶物質は制御棒集合体及び隣接集合体に留まった。この予備的なシミュレーションは、本計算時間内では、BC-SS共晶物質生成の拡散範囲が限られることを示した。
Marchetto, C.*; Ha, K. S*; Herranz, L. E.*; 廣瀬 意育; Jankowski, T.*; Lee, Y.*; Nowack, H.*; Pellegrini, M.*; Sun, X.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 17 Pages, 2022/03
After the Fukushima Daiichi accident of March 2011, one of the main concerns of the nuclear industry has been the research works for improving atmospheric radioactive release mitigation systems. Pool scrubbing is an important process in reactors that mitigates radioactive release. It is based on the injection of gases containing fission products through a water pool. Bubble hydrodynamics, as a result of gas injection and the associated water pool thermal-hydraulics, is an important aspect of the process since the bubble size, shape, velocity, etc. influence the fission product trapping at the bubble interface with the water. Computer codes dedicated to the pool scrubbing have been mainly developed in the 90's last century and modelling drawbacks have been identified in particular for bubble hydrodynamics. One of IPRESCA project objectives is to improve the pool scrubbing modelling. In order to highlight the main modelling issues, a benchmark exercise has been performed focusing on the bubble hydrodynamics. This benchmark, performed by nine organisations coming from six countries, aims at simulating a basic configuration, a single upward injector in ambient conditions, experimentally characterized in the RSE tests carried out in the European PASSAM project. In this paper, a short description of the code modelling and a comparison between the code results and the experimental data are presented and discussed. Then, outcomes from the benchmark result analysis and proposals of improvements are emphasized.
青柳 光裕; 内堀 昭寛; 高田 孝
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/03
The SPECTRA code has been developed as an integrated safety analysis tool for sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). In this study, the capability of SPECTRA is enhanced by establishing a sodium pool and floor concrete module commonly used in individual physical modules. This paper describes the framework of modelling for the mass and heat transfer in the sodium pool and the floor concrete. Considering concrete ablation due to sodium and debris, bottom of the sodium pool changes during event progression. This change in material composition in certain position is modeled by volume and mass fraction of each component. A simple convection model for the pool is implemented to ensure the conservation of heat and mass. This model is tested through the verification analysis in comparison with the existing model. As the result, it is confirmed the behavior of pool spreading and concrete ablation can be simulated by this module correctly.
小坂 亘; 内堀 昭寛; 高田 孝; 柳沢 秀樹*; 渡部 晃*; Jang, S.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2022/03
ナトリウム(Na)冷却高速炉の蒸気発生器(SG)の安全性評価のため、解析コードLEAP-IIIではSG内伝熱管の破損に端を発する伝熱管破損伝播を含む長時間事象進展中の水リーク率を評価する。LEAP-IIIは半理論式や1次元保存式で構成されるため、低計算コストで計算が完了するという利点がある。しかしながら、反応ジェットにより形成される温度分布についての評価モデルが実験結果より過度に広い高温領域を与えている。結果として、LEAP-IIIは過度に保守的な結果を示すことがある。より現実的な温度分布評価を与えるようにモデルを改良するため、工学的近似を用いた粒子法コードの開発を行ってきた。この手法では、ジェット挙動と化学反応について、Na-水反応と多次元多相流の方程式群を解く代わりに、いくつかの工学的近似を用いたニュートンの運動方程式により評価する。本研究では、粒子間相互作用力モデルを追加し、化学反応・気液相間熱伝達の評価モデルを高度化した。テスト解析を実施し、本粒子法の結果をSERAPHIM(Na-水反応と非圧縮性を考慮した多次元多相流についての機構論的解析コード)の結果と比較した。このテスト解析を通じ、粒子法が低計算コストで現実的な温度分布を評価するという点について基本的な適用性が確認でき、また、LEAP-IIIとの連成によって伝熱管破断予測が可能であることも確認した。
堀口 直樹; 吉田 啓之; 山村 聡太*; 藤原 広太*; 金子 暁子*; 阿部 豊*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 14 Pages, 2022/03
In severe accidents of nuclear reactors, molten fuel and structural materials leak out of the pressure vessel into the water pool on the pedestal floor. If the water pool is shallow, the molten material enters the shallow pool as a liquid jet, disperses as debris, spreads over the floor, and it cooled by fuel-coolant interaction (FCI). Numerical simulations and experiments with state-of-the-art visualization techniques are developed and used to consider the thermal-hydraulic behavior of the liquid jet as a debris jet. By performing these simulations and experiments, we obtain detailed 3-dimensional shapes of the liquid jet interfaces. However, to evaluate the thermal-hydraulic behavior of the liquid jet, we require not only 3-dimensional shapes but also the velocity and size of dispersed liquid. We have developed a dispersed phase tracking method by using time-series data of 3-dimensional shapes of the melt interface obtained by numerical simulations or experiments to obtain these data. Firstly, we verified the applicability of the developed method by applying a simple system. Next, we applied the method to the numerical results of a liquid jet entering a shallow pool by TPFIT. The results show that the liquid jet entering the shallow pool reproduces the dispersion behavior of the fragments. The generated fragments were quantitively confirmed to have curved and rotational trajectories with complex nonlinear motions. In the relationship between the volume equivalent diameter of the fragments and the magnitude of velocity, it was confirmed that the larger the equivalent diameter, the smaller the velocity fluctuation.
小野 綾子; 山下 晋; 鈴木 貴行*; 吉田 啓之
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
原子力機構では、軽水炉燃料の安全性評価において必須である限界熱流束の評価において、新型燃料設計にかかわる大型モックアップ試験によるコストの削減や、想定外事象に対応するためにモックアップ試験の試験範囲よりも幅広い範囲において、限界熱流束を機構論に基づき評価する研究に着手している。本研究では、機構論的流動解析手法であるJUPITERを用いて、スワールベーンおよびスプリットベーン付きの燃料集合体内の国際ベンチマーク問題を対象とした単相流解析および同体系における二相流解析を実施し、各種ベーンによる流動場および気泡挙動に与える効果、解析における課題の抽出を行った結果を報告する。
間所 寛; 山下 拓哉; 佐藤 一憲; Gaus-Liu, X.*; Cron, T.*; Fluhrer, B.*; St
ngle, R.*; Wenz, T.*; Vervoortz, M.*; 溝上 伸也
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
Debris and molten pool behavior in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) lower plenum is a key factor to determine its failure mode, which affects the initial condition of ex-vessel accident progression and the debris characteristics. These are necessary information to accomplish safe decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. After dryout of the solidified debris in the lower plenum, metallic debris is expected to melt prior to the oxide debris due to its lower melting temperature. The lower head failure is likely be originated by the local thermal load attack of a melting debris bed. Numerous experiments have been conducted in the past decades to investigate the homogeneous molten pool behavior with external cooling. However, few experiments address the transient heat transfer of solid-liquid mixture without external cooling. In order to enrich the experimental database of melting and heat transfer process of debris bed consisted of materials with different melting temperatures, LIVE-J1 experiment was conducted using ceramic and nitrate particles as high melting and low melting temperature simulant materials, respectively. The test results showed that debris height decreased gradually as the nitrate particles melt, and molten zone and thermal load on vessel wall were shifted from bottom upwards. Both conductive and convective heat transfer could take place in a solid-liquid mixture pool. These results can support the information from the internal investigations of the primary containment vessel and deepen the understanding of the accident progression.
相馬 秀; 安部 諭; 柴本 泰照; 石垣 将宏*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/03
The experimental data of boundary layer profiles are necessary to validate condensation models applied in numerical simulation of CFD codes and also to develop wall treatment models for heat and mass transfer in the presence of significant buoyancy and suction. The available data for velocity, temperature, and concentration boundary layer, however, is quite limited. In this study, we present experimental results of measuring boundary layer profiles by our experimental facility WINCS (WINd tunnel for Condensation of Steam and air mixture). WINCS is a once-through type of wind tunnel having a 1.5m-long measuring part of rectangular duct. The velocity and temperature profiles were obtained with laser doppler velocimetry and thermocouple, respectively. The temperature data was then used to calculate the steam concentration boundary layer by assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium. The laminar boundary layer profiles were obtained in the present condition. The dropwise condensation and fimwise condensation are available in this apparatus. We also conducted numerical simulations with CFD codes and compared the experimental and numerical results of boundary layer profiles and heat fluxes. The wall condensation model based on Stefan flow and bulk condensation model were used in the numerical analysis. The comparison, in general, shows good agreement between the experimental and numerical results.
吉村 一夫; 堂田 哲広; 田中 正暁; 藤崎 竜也*; 村上 諭*; Vilim, R. B.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
原子力機構では、ナトリウム冷却高速炉の設計最適化や安全強化のため、プラント全体応答から局所現象までの一貫した評価を可能とするマルチレベルシミュレーション(MLS)システムを構築している。MLSシステムによる連成手法の妥当性確認のため、1次元プラント動特性解析コードとしてSuper-COPDを、多次元熱流動解析コードとしてFluentを使用した1D-CFD連成解析手法をEBR-IIの自然循環試験に適用した。その結果、プラント全体応答を押さえつつ、上部プレナム,Z型配管やコールドプールの温度成層化現象(多次元熱流動現象)を予測可能であることを確認した。また、実測データとの比較から本手法の自然循環試験への適用性を確認した。
Bentaib, A.*; Chaumeix, N.*; Nyrenstedt, G.*; Bleyer, A.*; Maas, L.*; Gastaldo, L.*; Kljenak, I.*; Dovizio, D.*; Kudriakov, S.*; Schramm, B.*; et al.
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2022/03
In case of a core melt-down accident in a light water nuclear reactor, hydrogen is produced during reactor core degradation and released into the reactor building. In case of failure of in-vessel corium retention, a large amount of carbon monoxide (CO) in addition to H
and other gases may be produced during molten core concrete interaction (MCCI). This subsequently creates a combustion hazard. A local ignition of the combustible mixture may generate standing flames or initially slow propagating flames. Depending on geometry, mixture composition and turbulence level, the flame can accelerate or be quenched after a certain distance. The pressure and temperature loads generated by the combustion process may threaten the integrity of the containment building and safety equipment. The evaluation of such loads requires validated codes which can be used with a high level of confidence. Currently, turbulence and steam effect on flame propagation mechanisms are not well reproduced by combustion models usually implemented in safety tools and further model enhancement and validation are still needed. For this purpose and at the initiative of the SAMHYCO-NET project consortium and of the European Technical Safety Organization Network (ETSON), a benchmark on hydrogen combustion was organized with the goal to identify the current level of the computational tools in the area of hydrogen combustion simulation under conditions typical for safety considerations in a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). This benchmark is composed of four main steps with increasing difficulty starting from flame propagation in homogenous dry atmosphere and finishing with more representative conditions with (H/HO/O/N) stratified mixtures. In this paper, only experiments related to flame propagation in homogenous atmosphere are considered.
安部 諭; 小尾 善男*; 佐藤 聡; 岡垣 百合亜; 柴本 泰照
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/03
A modeling of heat transfers with boiling transition (BT) and that after the occurrence of BT, called post-BT, is one of the key technical issues to estimate the duration of surface dryout and the peak cladding temperature during DBA (Design Basis Accident) and BDBA (Beyond Design Basis Accident) in light water reactors. Recently, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) has emerged as a powerful tool for representing the heat transfer mechanism. Our main purpose is to obtain in-depth physical insight into the BT and post-BT phenomena by combining experiment and CFD simulation research. This paper introduces our developing activity for an integrated three-field two-fluid CFD methodology based on the Eulerian-Eulerian approach toward the accurate prediction of the dryout behavior from annular-mist to mist flow regimes. We implemented following interaction terms and functions into OpenFOAM ver.7, an opensource code developed by OpenFOAM foundation, as (1) Interaction terms between liquid film and droplets due to deposition and entrainment, (2) Interaction terms on the liquid interface between the liquid film and the gas phase on friction and heat conduction, (3) Heat transfer from the heated wall to the liquid film, (4) Dryout occurrence judgement and the switching function on the boundary condition. The dryout occurrence judgment is based on a correlation on critical film thickness, which is originally applied into the MARS (Multi-dimensional Analysis of Reactor Safety) code. A trial calculation with the developed solver called two Phase Three Field Euler Foam was performed to check the solver operation. The CFD could simulate temperature increase behavior due to the dryout occurrence, whereas here were still challenges in reproducing the transition from mist flow to single-phase vapor flow.
羽賀 勝洋; 粉川 広行; 直江 崇; 涌井 隆; 若井 栄一; 二川 正敏
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/03
J-PARCではMWクラスの核破砕中性子源を実現するために水銀ターゲットの流路構造としてクロスフロー型ターゲットを開発し、流路構造の改良を継続してきた。高出力の短パルス陽子ビームが水銀ターゲットに入射すると、急激な水銀の発熱と体積膨張により最大40MPaにも達する圧力波が誘起され、ターゲット容器にキャビテーション損傷を生じさせる。このため、水銀流路にマイクロバブル生成器を配置し、バブルの収縮により水銀の体積膨張をクッションのように吸収することで圧力波を低減する技術や、陽子ビームが入射する容器壁に内壁を設けて、狭隘流路に形成される速い水銀流れの大きな速度勾配を利用してキャビテーション損傷を低減する技術などを水銀ターゲット容器の流路構造に導入した。これらの技術開発により、2020年には36.5時間の1MW連続運転を成功させ、2021年4月から最大740kWの高出力で長期の安定な利用運転を達成した。本報告は、主に水銀ターゲット容器の熱流動設計に関して1MW運転を実現するまでの技術開発をまとめたものである。
Lind, T.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Sonnenkalb, M.*; 丸山 結
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 15 Pages, 2022/03
The accident progression and fission product release from the three damaged units of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were systematically investigated in the OECD/NEA BSAF project phases 1 and 2. As a result of those investigations, a good progress was achieved in establishing defendable accident scenarios and the corresponding fission product releases to the environment. Nonetheless, there are some areas requiring further work, particularly concerning fission product behavior. They are addressed in the OECD/NEA project "Analysis of Information from Reactor Buildings and Containment Vessels of Fukushima Daiichi NPS" (ARC-F). Based on the outcome of the BSAF project, several focus areas were selected for further investigations in the ARC-F project, one of them being the behavior of fission products and source term. In this paper, five topics which were ranked with a high significance as open issues based on the BSAF project regarding fission product behavior are discussed: i) fission product speciation, ii) iodine chemistry, iii) pool scrubbing, iv) fission product transport and behavior in the buildings, and v) uncertainty analysis and variant calculations. Significant progress has been made in these five topics in the ARC-F project. In this paper, background is given for choosing these topics for specific investigations based on the outcome of the BSAF project. The topics are described and the approach to study them in the ARC-F given along with some exemplary, preliminary results. Finally, the readers' attention is drawn to open issues which are not included in the ARC-F work scope and could need further attention.
Gupta, S.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Lebel, L. S.*; Sonnenkalb, M.*; Pellegrini, M.*; Marchetto, C.*; 丸山 結; Dehbi, A.*; Suckow, D.*; Krkel, T.*
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
Pool scrubbing is a major topic in water cooled nuclear reactor technology as it is one of the means for mitigating the source-term to the environment during a severe accident. Pool scrubbing phenomena include coupled interactions between bubble hydrodynamics, aerosols and gaseous radionuclides retention mechanisms under a broad range of thermal-hydraulic conditions as per accident scenarios. Modeling pool scrubbing in some relevant accident scenarios has shown to be affected by substantial uncertainties. In this context, IPRESCA (Integration of Pool scrubbing Research to Enhance Source-term CAlculations) project aims to promote a better integration of international research activities related to pool scrubbing by providing support in experimental research to broaden the current knowledge and database, and by supporting analytical research to facilitate systematic validation and model enhancement of the existing pool scrubbing codes. The project consortium includes more than 30 organisations from 15 countries involving research institutes, universities, TSOs, and industry. For IPRESCA activities, partners join the project with in-kind contributions. IPRESCA operates under NUGENIA Technical Area 2/SARNET (Severe Accident) - Sub Technical Area 2.4 (Source-term). The present paper provides an introduction and overview of the IPRESCA project, including its objectives, organizational structure and the main outcomes of completed activities. Furthermore, key activities currently ongoing or planned in the project framework are also discussed.
内田 真緒*; Alzahrani, H.*; 塩野 幹人*; 堺 公明*; 松下 健太郎; 江連 俊樹; 田中 正暁
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
ナトリウム冷却高速炉の設計において、炉心反応度への予期せぬ影響の観点からカバーガスの巻込み現象が重要な課題の一つとなり、既往研究において高速炉プレナム内の自由液面部における自由表面渦のガスコア成長を評価するための、渦モデルに基づく評価手法が開発されている。本研究では、非定常渦のガスコア成長の予測精度を明確にするために、開水路試験体系を持つ回流水槽による水試験を実施した。また、実験と同じ体系による数値解析に基づいた評価手法によりガスコア長さを予測し、試験結果と比較した。その結果、試験では、下降流速が大きくなる下流領域においてガスコア長さが大きくなることが観測された。一方、数値解析結果を用いたガスコア長さの予測では、試験とは異なる位置でピークが現れ、ピーク値も過大評価となった。
田中 正暁; 堂田 哲広; 森 健郎; 横山 賢治; 上羽 智之; 岡島 智史; 松下 健太郎; 橋立 竜太; 矢田 浩基
Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 16 Pages, 2022/03
日本原子力研究開発機構では、ARKADIAと呼ぶ原子炉の革新的な設計システムの開発を進めている。ARKADIAは、安全性かつ経済性を高め、脱炭素エネルギー源となる革新的原子炉の設計を実現するものである。最初の開発段階として、設計検討のためのARKADIA-Designと、安全性評価のためのARKADIA-Safetyを開発する。本報告では、ARKADIA-Designに焦点を当て、システムの概念と、マルチレベル解析及びマルチフィジックス解析を実施するための数値解析コードについて説明する。また、解析コードを組み合わせて構築する機能及び妥当性確認としての対象問題についても言及する。