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Kikuchi, Shin; Koga, Nobuyoshi*
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 150(1), p.585 - 590, 2025/01
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Thermodynamics)Emura, Yuki; Matsuba, Kenichi; Kikuchi, Shin; Yamano, Hidemasa
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2024/11
Kikuchi, Shin; Kondo, Toshiki; Doi, Daisuke; Seino, Hiroshi; Ogawa, Kengo*; Nakagawa, Takeshi*
Proceedings of 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation, and Safety (NTHOS-14) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2024/08
Emura, Yuki; Takai, Toshihide; Kikuchi, Shin; Kamiyama, Kenji; Yamano, Hidemasa; Yokoyama, Hiroki*; Sakamoto, Kan*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.911 - 920, 2024/07
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Johnson, M.*; Emura, Yuki; Clavier, R.*; Matsuba, Kenichi; Kamiyama, Kenji; Brayer, C.*; Journeau, C.*
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 423, p.113165_1 - 113165_14, 2024/07
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:57.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Experimental investigation of two interactions between molten jets and sodium, pertaining to severe accidents in a sodium-cooled fast reactor, have been undertaken at the JAEA's MELT facility. X-ray imaging and debris analysis reveal rapid formation of a crust at the melt coolant-interface, instigating thermal fragmentation events. Heat transfer calculations at the jet-coolant interface, supported by particle tracking velocimetry characterisation of the jet velocity, imply the formation of a solid crust within milliseconds of contact with the coolant. A mechanism for enhanced thermal fragmentation is proposed, inspired by observations from the X-ray imaging of coolant entrainment into the jet.
Kikuchi, Shin; Sato, Rika; Kondo, Toshiki; Umeda, Ryota; Yamano, Hidemasa
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/06
no abstracts in English
Fujii, Shoma*; Yamano, Hidemasa; Ohno, Shuji; Hayafune, Hiroki
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/06
A modified price-following model was developed to perform annual simulations, and case studies were performed for systems combining Solar power, wind, and SMR with thermal storage. The results show that, when comparing wind power and solar power as heat source, solar power is more effective in applying thermal energy storage technology because it allows for a larger price differential between heat charging and discharging. It was also found that a stable heat source such as SMRs allows a larger amount of electricity to be sold with the same amount of heat storage material.
Yamano, Hidemasa; Takano, Kazuya; Kurisaka, Kenichi; Kikuchi, Shin; Kondo, Toshiki; Umeda, Ryota; Sato, Rika; Shirakura, Shota*
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/06
This project studies investigation on safety design guideline and risk assessment technology for sodium-cooled fast reactor with the molten-salt heat storage system, development of evaluation method for heat transferring performance between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of the performance, and evaluation of chemical reaction characteristic between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of its safety. This paper describes the effect of sodium-molten salt heat transfer tube failure in addition to the project overview and progress.
Hayashi, Masaaki*; Nakahara, Hirotaka*; Abe, Takashi*; Matsunaga, Suhei*; Miyata, Hajime*; Shirakura, Shota*; Yamano, Hidemasa
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/06
This paper describes the study of the performance evaluation technology of a heat exchanger between sodium and molten salt and the confirmation of heat transfer improvement measures effects up to FY2023.
Kato, Yukitaka*; Yamano, Hidemasa
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/06
The research committee of energy storage technologies toward carbon neutrality developed four suggestions: 1) Development of energy storage best mix, 2) Transformation to green society, 3) utilization of heat storage technologies, and 4) Development of energy storage strategy beyond 2050. This paper describes suggestion 2) Transformation to green society by zero-carbon energy, 3) further utilization of heat storage technologies in the industry and civil sectors, and 4) Development of energy storage strategy toward achievement of carbon negative emission beyond 2050.
Kato, Yukitaka*; Yamano, Hidemasa
Dai-28-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/06
The research committee of energy storage technologies toward carbon neutrality developed four suggestions: 1) Development of energy storage best mix, 2) Transformation to green society, 3) utilization of heat storage technologies, and 4) Development of energy storage strategy beyond 2050. This paper describes suggestion 1) Development of energy storage best mix in response to large-scale deployments of variable renewable energy.
Kamide, Hideki; Asayama, Tai; Wakai, Takashi; Ezure, Toshiki; Uchibori, Akihiro; Kubo, Shigenobu; Takeuchi, Masayuki
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 421, p.113062_1 - 113062_10, 2024/05
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)A sodium cooled fast reactor (SFR) is one of the most relevant and decarbonized energy supply system with higher sustainability on natural resources, footprint, and waste management. It was planned in a strategic roadmap of fast reactor decided by Inter-Ministerial Council for Nuclear Power Japan in 2022 to start a conceptual design of a demonstration reactor from 2024 with a background of accumulated knowledge and experiences of SFR development. For example, a design and lifecycle simulation/evaluation system named ARKADIA has been developed to accelerate such design works. It will enable to take into account plant lifecycle, e.g., operation and maintenance, to the plant design and optimize it based on simulations and knowledgebase. This paper shows research progresses of ARKADIA, safety design and evaluations, codes and standards, fuel cycle, and SFR development projects in Japan.
Yamano, Hidemasa; Kurisaka, Kenichi; Takano, Kazuya; Kikuchi, Shin; Kondo, Toshiki; Umeda, Ryota; Shirakura, Shota*
Dai-27-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2023/09
This project studies investigation on safety design guideline and risk assessment technology for sodium-cooled fast reactor with the molten-salt heat storage system, development of evaluation method for heat transferring performance between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of the performance, and evaluation of chemical reaction characteristic between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of its safety. The project overview is presented in this report.
Kondo, Toshiki; Toda, Taro*; Takeuchi, Junichi*; Kikuchi, Shin; Kargl, F.*; Muta, Hiroaki*; Oishi, Yuji*
High Temperatures-High Pressures, 52(3-4), p.307 - 321, 2023/06
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Thermodynamics)In order to establish an evaluation method/numerical simulation for nuclear reactor safety under severe accidental conditions, it is necessary to obtain the physical properties, especially fluidity of the relevant molten materials at very high temperatures. In this study, thermophysical properties such as density and viscosity were obtained for (FeO
)
-(SiO
)
, which is a representative composition in the early stage of severe accident. (Fe
O
)
-(SiO
)
is produced by the contact between the molten oxide of steel, which is the main component of the reactor, and SiO
, which is the main component of concrete. As a result, the physical properties of the (Fe
O
)
-(SiO
)
mixture were almost the same as those of Fe
O
obtained in previous studies, and it could be concluded that a small amount of SiO
(about 5 mol.%) did not significantly affect the fluidity of Fe
O
.
Yamano, Hidemasa; Kurisaka, Kenichi; Takano, Kazuya; Kikuchi, Shin; Kondo, Toshiki; Umeda, Ryota; Shirakura, Shota*; Hayashi, Masaaki*
Proceedings of 8th International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems (NEFES 2023) (Internet), p.27 - 34, 2023/00
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Green & Sustainable Science & Technology)This project studies investigation on safety design guideline and risk assessment technology for sodium-cooled fast reactor with the molten-salt heat storage system, development of evaluation method for heat transferring performance between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of the performance, and evaluation of chemical reaction characteristic between sodium and molten-salt and improvement of its safety. The project overview is presented in this report.
Kondo, Toshiki; Toda, Taro*; Takeuchi, Junichi*; Kargl, F.*; Kikuchi, Shin; Muta, Hiroaki*; Oishi, Yuji*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(9), p.1139 - 1148, 2022/09
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:14.76(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Kikuchi, Shin; Koga, Nobuyoshi*
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147(7), p.4635 - 4643, 2022/04
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:9.57(Thermodynamics)In a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), sodium-concrete reaction (SCR) may probably occur when liquid sodium from cooling system spilled into the floor may lead to fail the steel liner as protector of the structural concretes. The structural concretes of SFR comprises siliceous concreate as main body of reactor structure and perlite concrete placed between the steel liner and the siliceous concrete serving as a protector and an insulator, respectively. Therefore, the reaction behaviour between the perlite concrete and liquid sodium in the early stage of SCR should be focused. In this study, for the first step of elucidation on SCR, thermal behaviour of sodium-calcium hydroxide reaction was investigated using a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). It was revealed that the reaction between Na(l) and Ca(OH)(s) initiates at approximately 550 K, producing the product layer composed of CaO(s) and NaOH(s), which is evident from XRD pattern of solid product after DSC measurement. The kinetic consideration of the cited reaction was carried out to obtain the activation energy.
Johnson, M.*; Delacroix, J.*; Journeau, C.*; Brayer, C.*; Clavier, R.*; Montazel, A.*; Pluyette, E.*; Matsuba, Kenichi; Emura, Yuki; Kamiyama, Kenji
Proceedings of International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles; Sustainable Clean Energy for the Future (FR22) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2022/04
Fuel-coolant interactions in the event of molten fuel discharge to the lower plenum of a sodium cooled fast reactor is under investigation as part of a French-Japanese experimental collaboration on severe accidents. The MELT facility enables the X-ray visualisation of the quenching of molten core material jets in sodium at kilogram-scale. The SERUA facility, currently under preparation, is presented for the investigation of boiling heat transfer at elevated melt-coolant interface temperatures. In this article, the status of the collaboration using these facilities is presented.
Koga, Nobuyoshi*; Kikuchi, Shin
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61(7), p.2759 - 2770, 2022/02
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:10.49(Engineering, Chemical)Yoshikawa, Shinji; Yamaji, Akifumi*
JAEA-Research 2021-006, 52 Pages, 2021/09
In Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (referred to as "FDNPS" hereafter) unit2 and unit3, failure of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and relocation of some core materials (CRD piping elements and upper tie plate, etc.) to the pedestal region have been confirmed. In boiling water reactors (BWRs), complicated core support structures and control rod drive mechanisms are installed in the RPV lower head and its upper and lower regions, so that the relocation behavior of core materials to pedestal region is expected to be also complicated. The Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method is expected to be effective in overviewing the relocation behavior of core materials in complicated RPV lower structure of BWRs, because of its Lagrangian nature in tracking complex interfaces. In this study, for the purpose of RPV ablation analysis of FDNPS unit2 and unit3, rigid body model, parallelization method and improved calculation time step control method were developed in FY 2019 and improvement of pressure boundary condition treatment, stabilization of rigid body model, and calculation cost reduction of debris bed melting simulation were achieved in FY2020. These improvements enabled sensitivity analyses of melting, relocation and re-distribution behavior of deposited solid debris in RPV lower head on various cases, within practical calculation cost. As a result of the analyses of FDNPS unit2 and unit3, it was revealed that aspect (particles/ingots) and distribution (degree of stratification) of solidified debris in lower plenum have a great impact on the elapsed time of the following debris reheat and partial melting and on molten pool formation process, further influencing RPV lower head failure behavior and fuel debris discharging behavior.