osu thermal hydraulic loops
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OSU Thermal Hydraulic Loops
Xiaodong Sun
Nuclear Engineering Program Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The Ohio State University
October 5, 2016
Molten Salt Reactor Workshop 2016 October 4-5, 2016, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Acknowledgements
• This research is being performed using funding received from the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy's Nuclear Energy University Programs
• Collaborators: – Thomas Blue (OSU-emeritus) – Richard Christensen (OSU-emeritus) – Srinivas Garimella (Georgia Tech) – David Holcomb (ORNL) – Qiuping Lv (OSU, now at ANL) – Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech) – Piyush Sabharwall (INL) – Dane Wilson (ORNL) – Grady Yoder (ORNL)
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Outline
• Status of Thermal Hydraulic Loops for DRACS Testing – Low-temperature DRACS test facility (LTDF) – High-temperature DRACS test facility (HTDF)
• Additional Test Loops/Facilities – Component testing – Heat exchanger testing – Corrosion screening testing: SS 316H in FLiNaK – Reduced-scale tritium removal testing
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Direct Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System (DRACS)
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DHX
NDHX
Under normal operation Under accident
Holcomb et al. (2009)
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Low-Temperature DRACS Test Facility (LTDF)
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Primary water (1.0 MPa)
Secondary water (0.1 MPa) Air
Thot (°C) 76.5 65.2 40 Tcold (°C) 63.7 34.8 20
(kg/s) 0.038 0.016 0.102Loop Height (m) 1.71 0.42 3.43
m
• To understand coupling and interactions of three natural circulation/convection loops
• To provide experience for construction and operation of a high-temperature salt test facility
• Construction and testing: Completed – DRACS startup test – Pump trip tests without/with IHX
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LTDF (Cont’d)
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LTDF: Two-Dimensional As-built Drawing
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High-Temperature DRACS Test Facility (HTDF)
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• Primary and secondary salts: FLiNaK • Core: Simulated by seven cartridge heaters with special
sheath to match fuel heat conduction time (Max.: 70 kW) • Pump: 5-hp cantilever sump pump from Nagle • Fluidic diode: Vortex diode • Fully instrumented: Clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters (Flexim);
N-type thermocouples (Omega); level measurement (Delta Controls); in-house solution for the differential pressure measurement
• Construction completed, salt being prepared Primary Fluid
(FLiNaK)Secondary Fluid
(KF and ZrF4)Air
Thot (°C) 722 666 110 Tcold (°C) 678 590 40
(kg/s) 0.120 0.127 0.142Loop Height (m) 1.14 1.08 3.43
m
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HTDF (Cont’d)
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HTDF (Cont’d)
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• RELAP5/SCDAPSIM/MOD 4.0 – Selected for thermal hydraulic system-level code V&V – Salt property implementation
• RELAP5 models of LTDF and HTDF – Working fluid in LTDF: water, water, and air – Working fluid in HTDF: FLiNaK, KF-ZrF4, and air
• Heat loss considered: Piping, flanges, and insulation
LTDF and HTDF Models in RELAP5
11 HTDF model in RELPA5 Comparison of with and without
heat loss model
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LTDF Benchmark Study
• RELAP5 simulation results against LTDF experimental data – DRACS startup scenario – Pump trip scenario
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• Thermodynamic and transport properties of molten salts (FLiBe, FLiNaK, and KF-ZrF4) have been implemented into RELAP5
• RELAP5 transient analyses – DRACS startup scenario – Pump trip scenario
• Benchmark study to be performed when experimental data become available
HTDF Simulation Results
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Salt Processing
• Preparing salt mixture – Further dehydrate the constituent salts at a controlled temperature (~
150 to 200 oC) – Weigh and mix the salts in a controlled environment (glove box)
• FLiNaK melting point measurement – A flat-temperature stage corresponding to salt freezing – Melting point of 458.7 oC (average over 4500 - 5500 s)
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Salt Purification and Component Testing
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• Filtering molten salt • Testing valves • Benchmarking ultrasonic flow meters under high-
temperature liquid salt conditions • Calibrating level sensors • Testing differential pressure measurement method
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Heat Exchanger Testing
• Additional components are being added to the HTDF to facilitate HX testing under salt-salt and salt-air conditions
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Corrosion Screening Testing
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0.125'’
1.5'’
2'’
2'’
Ar
FLiNaK
1.5'’
0.25'’
Ar
FLiNaK
Operating Condition: • Salt: FLiNaK • Cover gas: Ar • Temperature: 722 oC • Time: 103 hrs • Test specimen: SS 316H
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Corrosion Screening Testing (Cont’d)
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Ultrasonic cleaner
Cleaning • Al(NO3)3: 1 mol/L • Distilled water Corrosion Rate A: 3.12 mg/cm2-d B: 3.07 mg/cm2-d C: 2.87 mg/cm2-d D: 2.88 mg/cm2-d
Before testing
Before cleaning
After cleaning
A B C D
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Corrosion Screening Test (Cont’d)
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Reduced-scale Tritium Removal Testing
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From main loop
Back to main loop
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Reduced-scale Tritium Removal Testing (Cont’d)
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H2 addition gas line
H2 removal gas line
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Reduced-Scale Tritium Removal Testing (Cont’d)
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