Published 2014 | Version v1
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Temperature feedback effects in a supercritical water reactor concept with multiple heat-up steps

Creators

  • 1. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Departamento de Sistemas Energeticos, Facultad de Ingenieria, Jiutepec, Mor (Mexico)
  • 2. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Area de Ingenieria en Rescursos Energeticos, Col. Vicentina (Mexico)

Description

The Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor (SCWR) is one of the most promising and innovative designs selected by the Generation IV International Forum. One of the concepts being studied is the High Performance Light Water Reactor (HPLWR), which is the European version of the SCWR. In this paper we present the numerical analysis of the behavior of a HPLWR with temperature feedback effects. The neutronic process, the heat transfer in the fuel rod and the thermalhydraulics in the core of the HPLWR were considered in this study. The neutronic calculations were performed with HELIOS-2 and the obtained results were used to evaluate the reactivity due to fuel temperature and supercritical water density. (author)

Part of:
PBNC 2014 : 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38th Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
ISBN
978-1-926773-16-2
Imprint Title
PBNC 2014 : 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38th Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association
Imprint Pagination
270 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[11 p.]

Conference

Title
19. Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference; 38. Annual Student Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Association
Dates
24-28 Aug 2014
Place
Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
49016209
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; REACTOR CORES; SUPERCRITICAL STATE; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; SIMULATION

Optional Information

Notes
Paper PBNC2014-266. 19 refs., 5 tabs., 3 figs.