In this study,a multi-physics and multi-scale coupling program,Fluent/KMC-sub/NDK,was developed based on the user-defined functions(UDF)of Fluent,in which the KMC-sub-code is a sub-channel thermal-hydraulic code and t...In this study,a multi-physics and multi-scale coupling program,Fluent/KMC-sub/NDK,was developed based on the user-defined functions(UDF)of Fluent,in which the KMC-sub-code is a sub-channel thermal-hydraulic code and the NDK code is a neutron diffusion code.The coupling program framework adopts the"master-slave"mode,in which Fluent is the master program while NDK and KMC-sub are coupled internally and compiled into the dynamic link library(DLL)as slave codes.The domain decomposition method was adopted,in which the reactor core was simulated by NDK and KMC-sub,while the rest of the primary loop was simulated using Fluent.A simulation of the reactor shutdown process of M2LFR-1000 was carried out using the coupling program,and the code-to-code verification was performed with ATHLET,demonstrating a good agreement,with absolute deviation was smaller than 0.2%.The results show an obvious thermal stratification phenomenon during the shutdown process,which occurs 10 s after shutdown,and the change in thermal stratification phenomena is also captured by the coupling program.At the same time,the change in the neutron flux density distribution of the reactor was also obtained.展开更多
Owing to the inherent instability of the natural circulation system,flow instability can easily occur during the operation of a natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor,especially during the startup phase.A compre...Owing to the inherent instability of the natural circulation system,flow instability can easily occur during the operation of a natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor,especially during the startup phase.A comprehensive startup scheme for SNCLFR-100,including primary and secondary circuits,is proposed in this paper.It references existing more mature startup schemes in various reactor types.It additionally considers the restriction conditions on the power increase in other schemes and the characteristics of lead-based coolant.On this basis,the multi-scale coupling code ATHLET-OpenFOAM was used to study the flow instability in the startup phase under different power-step amplitudes and power duration times.The results showed that obvious flow instability phenomena were found in the different startup schemes,such as the short-term backflow phenomenon of the core at the initial time of the startup.Moreover,an obvious increase in the flow rate and temperature to the peak value at the later stage of a continuous power rise was observed,as well as continuous oscillations before reaching a steady state.It was determined that the scheme with smaller power-step amplitude and a longer power duration time requires more time to start the reactor.Nevertheless,it will be more conducive to the safe and stable startup of the reactor.展开更多
In this paper, we perform an unprotected partial flow blockage analysis of the hottest fuel assembly in the core of the SNCLFR-100 reactor, a 100 MW_(th) modular natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor, developed...In this paper, we perform an unprotected partial flow blockage analysis of the hottest fuel assembly in the core of the SNCLFR-100 reactor, a 100 MW_(th) modular natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor, developed by University of Science and Technology of China. The flow blockage shall cause a degradation of the heat transfer between the fuel assembly and the coolant potentially,which can eventually result in the clad fusion. An analysis of core blockage accidents in a single assembly is of great significance for LFR. Such scenarios are investigated by using the best estimation code RELAP5. Reactivity feedback and axial power profile are considered. The crosssectional fraction of blockage, axial position of blockage,and blockage-developing time are discussed. The cladding material failure shall be the biggest challenge and shall be a considerable threat for integrity of the fuel assembly if the cross-sectional fraction of blockage is over 94%. The blockage-developing time only affects the accident progress. The consequence will be more serious if the axial position of a sudden blockage is closer to the core outlet.The method of analysis procedure can also be applied to analyze similar transient behaviors of other fuel-type reactors.展开更多
To predict the thermal-hydraulic(T/H)parameters of the reactor core for liquid-metal-cooled fast reactors(LMFRs),especially under flow blockage accidents,we developed a subchannel code called KMC-FB.This code uses a t...To predict the thermal-hydraulic(T/H)parameters of the reactor core for liquid-metal-cooled fast reactors(LMFRs),especially under flow blockage accidents,we developed a subchannel code called KMC-FB.This code uses a time-dependent,four-equation,singlephase flow model together with a 3D heat conduction model for the fuel rods,which is solved by numerical methods based on the finite difference method with a staggered mesh.Owing to the local effect of the blockage on the flow field,low axial flow,increased forced crossflow,and backflow occur.To more accurately simulate this problem,we implemented a robust and novel solution method.We verified the code with a low-flow(~0.01 m/s)and large-scale blockage case.For the preliminary validation,we compared our results with the experimental data of the NACIE-UP BFPS blockage test and the KIT19ROD blockage test.The results revealed that KMC-FB has sufficient solution accuracy and can be used in future flow blockage analyses for LMFRs.展开更多
The integrity and reliability of fuel rods under both normal and accidental operating conditions are of great importance for nuclear reactors.In this study,considering various irradiation behaviors,a fuel rod performa...The integrity and reliability of fuel rods under both normal and accidental operating conditions are of great importance for nuclear reactors.In this study,considering various irradiation behaviors,a fuel rod performance analysis code,named KMC-Fueltra,was developed to evaluate the thermal–mechanical performance of oxide fuel rods under both normal and transient conditions in the LMFR.The accuracy and reliability of the KMC-Fueltra were validated by analytical solutions,as well as the results obtained from codes and experiments.The results indicated that KMC-Fueltra can predict the performance of oxide fuel rods under both normal and transient conditions in the LMFR.展开更多
We investigate optical force on a graphene-coated gain microparticle by adopting the Maxwell's stress tensor method.It is found that there exists a threshold gain in obtaining the Fano-profile optical force which ...We investigate optical force on a graphene-coated gain microparticle by adopting the Maxwell's stress tensor method.It is found that there exists a threshold gain in obtaining the Fano-profile optical force which indicates the reversal of optical pushing and pulling force. And giant pushing/pulling force can be achieved if the gain value of the material is in the proximity of the threshold gain. Our results show that the threshold gain is more sensitive to the relaxation time than to the Fermi energy of the graphene. We further study the optical force on larger microparticle to demonstrate the pulling force occurring at octupole resonance with small gain value and then it will appear at quadrupole resonance by increasing gain value. Our work provides an in-depth insight into the interaction between light and gain material and gives the additional degree of freedom to optical manipulation of microparticle.展开更多
A nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C powder was successfully prepared by a thermal polymerization method. The particle sizes of the intermediate product powder and the final product Li3V2(PO4)3 are all less than 200 nm. The carbo...A nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C powder was successfully prepared by a thermal polymerization method. The particle sizes of the intermediate product powder and the final product Li3V2(PO4)3 are all less than 200 nm. The carbon is partially coated on the surface of Li3V2(PO4)3 particles and the rest exists between particles with a total carbon content of 4.6wt%. This nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C sample shows a discharge capacity of 124 mAh/g with-out capacity fading after 100 cycles at 0.1 C in the voltage rang of 3.0-4.3 V. Excellent rate performance is also achieved with a capacity of 80 mAh/g at 20 C in 3.0-4.3 V and 100 mAh/g at 10 C in 3.0-4.8 V. This study suggests that the thermal polymerization method is suitable to synthesize nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C materials.展开更多
In this work,molybdenum disulfide quantum dots(MoS2 QDs) were firstly prepared by hydrothermal method using sodium molybdate and glutathione as precursors,and applied in ascorbic acid detection.When joining MnO2 nan...In this work,molybdenum disulfide quantum dots(MoS2 QDs) were firstly prepared by hydrothermal method using sodium molybdate and glutathione as precursors,and applied in ascorbic acid detection.When joining MnO2 nanosheets into MoS2 QDs solution,they produced an obvious fluorescence quenching,which should be due to inner filter effect(IFE).Meanwhile,the fluorescent probe was formed,Interestingly,we found that this quenching phenomenon disappeared with the addition of ascorbic acid,In other words,the fluorescence gradually restored.This recovery phenomenon is mainly due to the reduction effect of ascorbic acid for MnO2 nanosheets.Under the optimum conditions,the limit of detection(LOD) of 39 nmol/L for ascorbic acid was achieved with a linear range of 0.33-5.00 μmol/L.The repeatability was better than 5.0% for ascorbic acid in both standard and fruit samples(n = 3).Moreover,the as-fabricated fluorescent sensing system was successfully employed to detect the ascorbic acid levels in hawthorn and jujube with satisfactory results.展开更多
A new facile fluorescence probing strategy, which was based on N-doped carbon dots(NCDs) and methyl parathion hydrolase(MPH), was developed for the determination of parathion-methyl(PM). The fluorescence intensi...A new facile fluorescence probing strategy, which was based on N-doped carbon dots(NCDs) and methyl parathion hydrolase(MPH), was developed for the determination of parathion-methyl(PM). The fluorescence intensity of NCDs-MPH system was proportional to PM concentration in the range of 2.38–73.78 mmol/L, with a detection limit of 0.338 mmol/L. Moreover, the present simple and facile method could be used to determine methyl parathion in environmental and agricultural samples successfully.Furthermore, the detection mechanism of this system is inner filter effect and molecular interactions between NCDs and p-nitrophenol, which is the hydrolysis product of PM catalyzed by methyl parathion hydrolase.展开更多
基金supported by Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory,Chengdu,China(LRSDT2020106)
文摘In this study,a multi-physics and multi-scale coupling program,Fluent/KMC-sub/NDK,was developed based on the user-defined functions(UDF)of Fluent,in which the KMC-sub-code is a sub-channel thermal-hydraulic code and the NDK code is a neutron diffusion code.The coupling program framework adopts the"master-slave"mode,in which Fluent is the master program while NDK and KMC-sub are coupled internally and compiled into the dynamic link library(DLL)as slave codes.The domain decomposition method was adopted,in which the reactor core was simulated by NDK and KMC-sub,while the rest of the primary loop was simulated using Fluent.A simulation of the reactor shutdown process of M2LFR-1000 was carried out using the coupling program,and the code-to-code verification was performed with ATHLET,demonstrating a good agreement,with absolute deviation was smaller than 0.2%.The results show an obvious thermal stratification phenomenon during the shutdown process,which occurs 10 s after shutdown,and the change in thermal stratification phenomena is also captured by the coupling program.At the same time,the change in the neutron flux density distribution of the reactor was also obtained.
文摘Owing to the inherent instability of the natural circulation system,flow instability can easily occur during the operation of a natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor,especially during the startup phase.A comprehensive startup scheme for SNCLFR-100,including primary and secondary circuits,is proposed in this paper.It references existing more mature startup schemes in various reactor types.It additionally considers the restriction conditions on the power increase in other schemes and the characteristics of lead-based coolant.On this basis,the multi-scale coupling code ATHLET-OpenFOAM was used to study the flow instability in the startup phase under different power-step amplitudes and power duration times.The results showed that obvious flow instability phenomena were found in the different startup schemes,such as the short-term backflow phenomenon of the core at the initial time of the startup.Moreover,an obvious increase in the flow rate and temperature to the peak value at the later stage of a continuous power rise was observed,as well as continuous oscillations before reaching a steady state.It was determined that the scheme with smaller power-step amplitude and a longer power duration time requires more time to start the reactor.Nevertheless,it will be more conducive to the safe and stable startup of the reactor.
文摘In this paper, we perform an unprotected partial flow blockage analysis of the hottest fuel assembly in the core of the SNCLFR-100 reactor, a 100 MW_(th) modular natural circulation lead-cooled fast reactor, developed by University of Science and Technology of China. The flow blockage shall cause a degradation of the heat transfer between the fuel assembly and the coolant potentially,which can eventually result in the clad fusion. An analysis of core blockage accidents in a single assembly is of great significance for LFR. Such scenarios are investigated by using the best estimation code RELAP5. Reactivity feedback and axial power profile are considered. The crosssectional fraction of blockage, axial position of blockage,and blockage-developing time are discussed. The cladding material failure shall be the biggest challenge and shall be a considerable threat for integrity of the fuel assembly if the cross-sectional fraction of blockage is over 94%. The blockage-developing time only affects the accident progress. The consequence will be more serious if the axial position of a sudden blockage is closer to the core outlet.The method of analysis procedure can also be applied to analyze similar transient behaviors of other fuel-type reactors.
文摘To predict the thermal-hydraulic(T/H)parameters of the reactor core for liquid-metal-cooled fast reactors(LMFRs),especially under flow blockage accidents,we developed a subchannel code called KMC-FB.This code uses a time-dependent,four-equation,singlephase flow model together with a 3D heat conduction model for the fuel rods,which is solved by numerical methods based on the finite difference method with a staggered mesh.Owing to the local effect of the blockage on the flow field,low axial flow,increased forced crossflow,and backflow occur.To more accurately simulate this problem,we implemented a robust and novel solution method.We verified the code with a low-flow(~0.01 m/s)and large-scale blockage case.For the preliminary validation,we compared our results with the experimental data of the NACIE-UP BFPS blockage test and the KIT19ROD blockage test.The results revealed that KMC-FB has sufficient solution accuracy and can be used in future flow blockage analyses for LMFRs.
文摘The integrity and reliability of fuel rods under both normal and accidental operating conditions are of great importance for nuclear reactors.In this study,considering various irradiation behaviors,a fuel rod performance analysis code,named KMC-Fueltra,was developed to evaluate the thermal–mechanical performance of oxide fuel rods under both normal and transient conditions in the LMFR.The accuracy and reliability of the KMC-Fueltra were validated by analytical solutions,as well as the results obtained from codes and experiments.The results indicated that KMC-Fueltra can predict the performance of oxide fuel rods under both normal and transient conditions in the LMFR.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11904184, 11847033, and 11704158)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China (Grant No. BK20170170)。
文摘We investigate optical force on a graphene-coated gain microparticle by adopting the Maxwell's stress tensor method.It is found that there exists a threshold gain in obtaining the Fano-profile optical force which indicates the reversal of optical pushing and pulling force. And giant pushing/pulling force can be achieved if the gain value of the material is in the proximity of the threshold gain. Our results show that the threshold gain is more sensitive to the relaxation time than to the Fermi energy of the graphene. We further study the optical force on larger microparticle to demonstrate the pulling force occurring at octupole resonance with small gain value and then it will appear at quadrupole resonance by increasing gain value. Our work provides an in-depth insight into the interaction between light and gain material and gives the additional degree of freedom to optical manipulation of microparticle.
文摘A nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C powder was successfully prepared by a thermal polymerization method. The particle sizes of the intermediate product powder and the final product Li3V2(PO4)3 are all less than 200 nm. The carbon is partially coated on the surface of Li3V2(PO4)3 particles and the rest exists between particles with a total carbon content of 4.6wt%. This nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C sample shows a discharge capacity of 124 mAh/g with-out capacity fading after 100 cycles at 0.1 C in the voltage rang of 3.0-4.3 V. Excellent rate performance is also achieved with a capacity of 80 mAh/g at 20 C in 3.0-4.3 V and 100 mAh/g at 10 C in 3.0-4.8 V. This study suggests that the thermal polymerization method is suitable to synthesize nano-Li3V2(PO4)3/C materials.
基金financially supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 21475053)
文摘In this work,molybdenum disulfide quantum dots(MoS2 QDs) were firstly prepared by hydrothermal method using sodium molybdate and glutathione as precursors,and applied in ascorbic acid detection.When joining MnO2 nanosheets into MoS2 QDs solution,they produced an obvious fluorescence quenching,which should be due to inner filter effect(IFE).Meanwhile,the fluorescent probe was formed,Interestingly,we found that this quenching phenomenon disappeared with the addition of ascorbic acid,In other words,the fluorescence gradually restored.This recovery phenomenon is mainly due to the reduction effect of ascorbic acid for MnO2 nanosheets.Under the optimum conditions,the limit of detection(LOD) of 39 nmol/L for ascorbic acid was achieved with a linear range of 0.33-5.00 μmol/L.The repeatability was better than 5.0% for ascorbic acid in both standard and fruit samples(n = 3).Moreover,the as-fabricated fluorescent sensing system was successfully employed to detect the ascorbic acid levels in hawthorn and jujube with satisfactory results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21207057)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.lzujbky-201643)
文摘A new facile fluorescence probing strategy, which was based on N-doped carbon dots(NCDs) and methyl parathion hydrolase(MPH), was developed for the determination of parathion-methyl(PM). The fluorescence intensity of NCDs-MPH system was proportional to PM concentration in the range of 2.38–73.78 mmol/L, with a detection limit of 0.338 mmol/L. Moreover, the present simple and facile method could be used to determine methyl parathion in environmental and agricultural samples successfully.Furthermore, the detection mechanism of this system is inner filter effect and molecular interactions between NCDs and p-nitrophenol, which is the hydrolysis product of PM catalyzed by methyl parathion hydrolase.