• Title of article

    TransienttestsonblowertripandrodremovalattheHTR-10OriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    ShouyinHu، نويسنده , , RuipianWang، نويسنده , , ZuyingGao، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    677
  • To page
    680
  • Abstract
    Safetydemonstrationtestsonthe10MWhightemperaturegas-cooledreactortestmodule(HTR-10)wereconductedtoverifytheinherentsafetyfeaturesofMHTGRsandtoobtainthecoreandprimarycoolingsystemtransientdataforvalidationofsafetyanalysiscodes. Twosimulatedanticipatedtransientswithoutscram(ATWS)tests,loseofforcedcoolingbytripoftheheliumblowerandreactivityinsertionviacontrolrodwithdrawalwereperformed.Thispaperdescribesthetestswithdetailedtestmethod,conditionandresults. Calculatedresultsshowthatthestronglynegativetemperaturecoefficientcausesreactorpowertocloselyfollowheatremovallevels.Maximumfueltemperaturechangesarelimitedbythelargecoreheatcapacitytobelow1230°Cduringtwotests. ThetestoftrippingtheheliumcirculatorATWStestwasconductedonOctober15,2003.Althoughnoneof10controlrodswasmoved,thereactorpowerimmediatelydecreasedduetothenegativetemperaturecoefficient.Afterabout50min,thereactorbecamecriticalityagain.Finally,thereactorpowerwenttoastablelevelwithabout200kW. ThetestofreactivityinsertionATWStestwasconductedtwotimes.Followingthecontrolrodwithdrawal,thereactorpowerincreasedrapidly,themaximumpowerlevelreachedto5037and7230kWfromtheinitialpowerof3000kWinaccordancewithreactivityinsertionof$0.136and0.689,respectively.Afterthereactivityintroducedwascompensatedbymeansofthestrongnegativereactivityfeedbackeffect,thereactorwenttosubcriticalandthepowerdecreased.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    896028