TY - JOUR
T1 - On the performance of nanofluids in APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly
T2 - Neutronics
AU - Khuwaileh, Bassam A.
AU - Al-Hamadi, Fatima I.
AU - Hartanto, Donny
AU - Said, Zafar
AU - Ali, Muataz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - The purpose of this work is to investigate the utilization of a set of nanofluids as a coolant/moderator for Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly design through modeling their effect on essential neutronics parameters and quantities of interest via SERPENT with simplistic thermal-hydraulics feedback. Various scenarios are discussed including fresh and burned conditions as well as the effect of nanoparticles crud deposition. Al2O3, TiO2, and CNT water-based nanofluids with a range of concentrations in the span of 0.001 wt%–0.3 wt% were chosen for the present case study. For each nanofluid/concentration combination; the effect on the assembly's multiplication factor, Fuel Temperature Coefficient (FTC), Moderator Temperature Coefficient (MTC), and the discharge burnup are studied and highlighted. Moreover, the effect of a CRUD-like deposition of the nanoparticles on the axial power shifts is studied via SERPENT.
AB - The purpose of this work is to investigate the utilization of a set of nanofluids as a coolant/moderator for Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly design through modeling their effect on essential neutronics parameters and quantities of interest via SERPENT with simplistic thermal-hydraulics feedback. Various scenarios are discussed including fresh and burned conditions as well as the effect of nanoparticles crud deposition. Al2O3, TiO2, and CNT water-based nanofluids with a range of concentrations in the span of 0.001 wt%–0.3 wt% were chosen for the present case study. For each nanofluid/concentration combination; the effect on the assembly's multiplication factor, Fuel Temperature Coefficient (FTC), Moderator Temperature Coefficient (MTC), and the discharge burnup are studied and highlighted. Moreover, the effect of a CRUD-like deposition of the nanoparticles on the axial power shifts is studied via SERPENT.
KW - Neutronics, APR1400
KW - PLUS7
KW - Water-based nanofluids
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U2 - 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107508
DO - 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107508
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082815529
SN - 0306-4549
VL - 144
JO - Annals of Nuclear Energy
JF - Annals of Nuclear Energy
M1 - 107508
ER -