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Analysis Loading Height of HTR (High Temperature Reactor) Core to Obtain Criticlity of Reactor

open access: yesInternational Journal of Science and Engineering, 2015
High temperatur reactor (HTR) attract to be studied due to it has inherent safety characteristics and capabilities to produce energy economically. Design of reactor core in this study is a blend HTR 10 in China with HTR pebble-bed.
Evi Setiawati
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High-Fidelity MC-DEM Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis of HTR-PM First Criticality

open access: yesFrontiers in Energy Research, 2022
A high-fidelity model for the first criticality of pebble-bed reactor HTR-PM is built using Monte Carlo (MC) code RMC and discrete element method (DEM) code LAMMPS.
Ruihan Li   +4 more
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Homogenized cross-section generation for pebble-bed type high-temperature gas-cooled reactor using NECP-MCX

open access: yesNuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023
In the two-step analysis of Pebble-Bed type High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (PB-HTGR), the lattice physics calculation for the generation of homogenized cross-sections is based on the fuel pebble. However, the randomly-dispersed fuel particles in the
Shuai Qin   +6 more
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Modelling of HTR Confinement Behaviour during Accidents Involving Breach of the Helium Pressure Boundary

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2009
Development of HTRs requires the performance of a thorough safety study, which includes accident analyses. Confinement building performance is a key element of the system since the behaviour of aerosol and attached fission products within the building is
Joan Fontanet   +3 more
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A simulation of a pebble bed reactor core by the MCNP-4C computer code [PDF]

open access: yesNuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2009
Lack of energy is a major crisis of our century; the irregular increase of fossil fuel costs has forced us to search for novel, cheaper, and safer sources of energy. Pebble bed reactors - an advanced new generation of reactors with specific advantages in
Bakhshayesh Moshkbar Khalil   +1 more
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Numerical Study on the Thermal Field and Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Hexagonal-Close-Packed Pebble Bed

open access: yesComputation, 2022
Fuel elements in a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) core may be stacked with a hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structure; therefore, analyzing the temperature distribution and heat transfer efficiency in the HCP pebble bed is of great significance
Leisheng Chen   +3 more
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Theoretical Analysis of Effective Thermal Conductivity for the Chinese HTR-PM Heat Transfer Test Facility

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2017
The Chinese high temperature gas-cooled reactor pebble bed module (HTR-PM) demonstration project has attracted increasing attention. In order to support the project, a large-scale heat transfer test facility has been constructed for pebble bed effective ...
Cheng Ren   +4 more
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Study Coolant Loss Regimes in Very High Temperature Reactors

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2021
The nuclear energy is a good alternative to meet the continuous increase in world energy demand. In this pers-pective, VHTRs (Very High Temperature Reactors) are serious candidates for energy generation due to its   inherently safe performance, low power
Uebert Gonçalves Moreira   +4 more
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Numerical modeling of thermal-fluid behavior of the S-CO2 cooled pebble bed reactor

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal, 2018
The S-CO2 cooled pebble bed reactor (SCPBR) is a type of pebble bed reactors in which the supercritical carbon dioxide used as a coolant. In this study, the thermal-fluid phenomena in the SCPBR core, at different porosities (0.38, 0.4, and 0.42) and ...
M.S. Latifi
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Pore Scale Thermal Hydraulics Investigations of Molten Salt Cooled Pebble Bed High Temperature Reactor with BCC and FCC Configurations

open access: yesScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2014
The present paper systematically investigated pore scale thermal hydraulics characteristics of molten salt cooled high temperature pebble bed reactor.
Shixiong Song   +4 more
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