对分散核燃料等效热力学性能进行计算模拟
Haoqi Yu1,2, Tenglong Cong1,2, Jie Zhang3
1State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Power Safety Technology and Equipment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 11, 2025
概括
本研究模拟分散式燃料棒,以确定它们的同等性能参数. 结果提供了燃料设计优化和加强反应堆安全的公式.
科学领域:
- 核工程 核工程是指核工程.
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 分散燃料的等效性能参数对于反应堆安全和燃料元素评估至关重要.
- 了解热力学行为和裂变气体效应对于先进的核燃料至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种数值方法来模拟金属矩阵散射燃料棒的中镜热力学合行为.
- 为了计算分散燃料的宏观等价性质,考虑辐射和裂变气体迁移.
- 分析各种参数对燃料性能的影响,并提供适配公式.
主要方法:
- 对于金属矩阵分散燃料,建立了一个热力学裂变气体迁移合方法.
- 测量尺度模拟被用来模拟燃料棒的行为.
- 对粒子体积分数,粒子大小,温度和燃烧效应进行系统分析.
主要成果:
- 相当的弹性和剪切模块随粒子体积分数增加而增加,但随温度而减少,显示出依赖燃烧的趋势.
- 相当的热膨胀系数随着颗粒体积分数和温度的增加而增加,而颗粒大小的影响最小.
- 根据模拟结果,根据同等属性的配套公式得出.
结论:
- 开发的数值方法准确地预测了分散燃料的热力学行为和同等性质.
- 这些发现为优化分散燃料设计提供了理论基础.
- 这项研究有助于提高核反应堆的安全性和效率.
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