RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies
The Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor - RMB is a 30 MW pool type research reactor, that uses Materials Testing Reactor - MTR type fuel assemblies. It has a 5x5 square array core with 23 fuel assemblies and two in-core irradiation positions, operating with upward flow and average velocities nearly 10 m/...
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| author | Walmir Máximo Torres Pedro Ernesto Umbehaun Miguel Mattar Neto Antonio Belchior Jr. Roberto Longo Freitas |
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| description | The Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor - RMB is a 30 MW pool type research reactor, that uses Materials Testing Reactor - MTR type fuel assemblies. It has a 5x5 square array core with 23 fuel assemblies and two in-core irradiation positions, operating with upward flow and average velocities nearly 10 m/s in the fuel plates channels. The IEA-R1 is a 5 MW pool type research reactor, which also has a 5x5 square array core with 19 standard fuel assemblies, four control fuel assemblies and a central beryllium irradiation device. It operates with downward flow nearly 1.8 m/s in the channels. In order to verify and provide data and information about the dynamical behavior of fuel assemblies under nominal and critical conditions, the experimental circuit ORQUÍDEA is being designed. This circuit will permit upward and downward flow and dynamical behavior of the fuel assemblies and its parts will be tested and verified. Flow rate, temperature, pressure and differential pressure transducers are the instruments of the circuit. Endurance and critical flow velocity tests will be performed. The COLIBRI experimental circuit is being designed to make tests that allow the studies of the fluid-structure phenomenology of fuel plates similar to those of the RMB fuel assemblies when subjected to high flow velocities, which can induce pressure differences between the channels formed by the fuel plates. This work presents a preliminary design for the ORQUÍDEA and COLIBRI experimental circuits to be built at the Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN of the Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNEN. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-954cf6686e35473087835bdf882d63452025-08-20T03:13:10ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122021-02-0183A (Suppl.)10.15392/bjrs.v8i3A.15551209RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assembliesWalmir Máximo Torres0Pedro Ernesto Umbehaun1Miguel Mattar Neto2Antonio Belchior Jr.3Roberto Longo Freitas4Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP)Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP)Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP)Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP)Centro de Coordenação RMB – RMB/CNENThe Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor - RMB is a 30 MW pool type research reactor, that uses Materials Testing Reactor - MTR type fuel assemblies. It has a 5x5 square array core with 23 fuel assemblies and two in-core irradiation positions, operating with upward flow and average velocities nearly 10 m/s in the fuel plates channels. The IEA-R1 is a 5 MW pool type research reactor, which also has a 5x5 square array core with 19 standard fuel assemblies, four control fuel assemblies and a central beryllium irradiation device. It operates with downward flow nearly 1.8 m/s in the channels. In order to verify and provide data and information about the dynamical behavior of fuel assemblies under nominal and critical conditions, the experimental circuit ORQUÍDEA is being designed. This circuit will permit upward and downward flow and dynamical behavior of the fuel assemblies and its parts will be tested and verified. Flow rate, temperature, pressure and differential pressure transducers are the instruments of the circuit. Endurance and critical flow velocity tests will be performed. The COLIBRI experimental circuit is being designed to make tests that allow the studies of the fluid-structure phenomenology of fuel plates similar to those of the RMB fuel assemblies when subjected to high flow velocities, which can induce pressure differences between the channels formed by the fuel plates. This work presents a preliminary design for the ORQUÍDEA and COLIBRI experimental circuits to be built at the Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN of the Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNEN.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1555brazilian multipurpose reactororquídea experimental circuitcolibri experimental circuitfuel assembly |
| spellingShingle | Walmir Máximo Torres Pedro Ernesto Umbehaun Miguel Mattar Neto Antonio Belchior Jr. Roberto Longo Freitas RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences brazilian multipurpose reactor orquídea experimental circuit colibri experimental circuit fuel assembly |
| title | RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| title_full | RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| title_fullStr | RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| title_full_unstemmed | RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| title_short | RMB experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| title_sort | rmb experimental program on the hydrodynamical behavior of fuel assemblies |
| topic | brazilian multipurpose reactor orquídea experimental circuit colibri experimental circuit fuel assembly |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1555 |
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