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High temperature thermal hydraulics modeling of a molten salt: application to a molten salt fast reactor (MSFR)

Name: High temperature thermal hydraulics modeling of a molten salt: application to a molten salt fast reactor (MSFR)
Keywords: [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]

Gloria Faccanoni; Véronique Ghetta; P. Rubiolo; Bérénice Grec; Stéphane Dellacherie; Yohan Penel; Mauricio Tano Retamales; Julien Giraud; Frédéric Lagoutière;

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Published: 05 Nov 2015 Journal: ESAIM: Proceedings and Surveys, volume 58, pages 98-117 (eissn: 2267-3059,

Country: France

Summary

Abstract

International audience; An overview of the ongoing eorts in the area of the thermal hydraulics modeling of aMolten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) is presented. The MSFR employs a owing liquid fuel based ona high temperature lithium uoride salt. A molten salt ow can be considered in many situationsas an incompressible ow. However, several phenomena intrinsic to a molten salt ow pose uniquechallenges (radiative heat transfer, volumetric heat source, strong neutronics feedbacks, etc.). Tostudy some of these phenomena and to improve current Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelsan experimental facility called SWATH (Salt at WAll: Thermal ExcHanges) will be built as par...

doi: 10.1051/proc/201758098

Subjects

free text keywords: [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Materials science, Neutron transport, Thermal radiation, Molten salt, Incompressible flow, Thermal, Thermal hydraulics, Lithium fluoride, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Liquid fuel, Nuclear engineering

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