Core Flow Distribution from Coupled Supercritical Water Reactor Analysis

This paper introduces an extended code package PARCS/RELAP5 to analyze steady state of SCWR US reference design. An 8 × 8 quarter core model in PARCS and a reactor core model in RELAP5 are used to study the core flow distribution under various steady state conditions. The possibility of moderator fl...

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Main Authors: Po Hu, Paul P. H. Wilson
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/178129
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description This paper introduces an extended code package PARCS/RELAP5 to analyze steady state of SCWR US reference design. An 8 × 8 quarter core model in PARCS and a reactor core model in RELAP5 are used to study the core flow distribution under various steady state conditions. The possibility of moderator flow reversal is found in some hot moderator channels. Different moderator flow orifice strategies, both uniform across the core and nonuniform based on the power distribution, are explored with the goal of preventing the reversal.
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spelling doaj-art-039f79b8b19042a1a60dbafc29bf403b2025-08-20T02:03:19ZengWileyScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations1687-60751687-60832014-01-01201410.1155/2014/178129178129Core Flow Distribution from Coupled Supercritical Water Reactor AnalysisPo Hu0Paul P. H. Wilson1School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaDepartment of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USAThis paper introduces an extended code package PARCS/RELAP5 to analyze steady state of SCWR US reference design. An 8 × 8 quarter core model in PARCS and a reactor core model in RELAP5 are used to study the core flow distribution under various steady state conditions. The possibility of moderator flow reversal is found in some hot moderator channels. Different moderator flow orifice strategies, both uniform across the core and nonuniform based on the power distribution, are explored with the goal of preventing the reversal.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/178129
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