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Nayak, A.K.; Vijayan, P.K.; Saha, D.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)2000
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)2000
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[en] An analytical model has been developed to study the thermohydraulic and neutronic-coupled density-wave instability in the Indian Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) which is a natural circulation pressure tube type boiling water reactor. The model considers a point kinetics model for the neutron dynamics and a lumped parameter model for the fuel thermal dynamics along with the conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy and equation of state for the coolant. In addition, to study the effect of neutron interactions between different parts of the core, the model considers a coupled multipoint kinetics equation in place of simple point kinetics equation. Linear stability theory was applied to reveal the instability of in-phase and out-of-phase modes in the boiling channels of the AHWR. The results indicate that the design configuration considered may experience both Ledinegg and Type I and Type II density-wave instabilities depending on the operating condition. Some methods of suppressing these instabilities were found out. In addition, it was found that the stability behavior of the reactor is greatly influenced by the void reactivity coefficient, fuel time constant, radial power distribution and channel inlet orificing. The delayed neutrons were found to have strong influence on the Type I and Type II instabilities. Decay ratio maps were predicted considering various operating parameters of the reactor, which are useful for its design. (author)
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Apr 2000; 104 p; 74 refs., 51 figs., 1 tab., 1 ill.
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ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS, BARYONS, CHALCOGENIDES, COOLING SYSTEMS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, FERMIONS, FISSION NEUTRONS, FLUID FLOW, HADRONS, HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS, HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS, NEUTRONS, NUCLEONS, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTORS, SAFETY, STABILITY, THERMAL REACTORS, THORIUM COMPOUNDS, TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS, URANIUM COMPOUNDS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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