On the performance of nanofluids in APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly: Neutronics

Bassam A. Khuwaileh; Fatima I. Al-Hamadi; Donny Hartanto; Zafar Said; Muataz Ali

doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107508

On the performance of nanofluids in APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly: Neutronics

Bassam A. Khuwaileh, Fatima I. Al-Hamadi, Donny Hartanto, Zafar Said, Muataz Ali

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Abstract

The purpose of this work is to investigate the utilization of a set of nanofluids as a coolant/moderator for Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) APR 1400 PLUS7 assembly design through modeling their effect on essential neutronics parameters and quantities of interest via SERPENT with simplistic thermal-hydraulics feedback. Various scenarios are discussed including fresh and burned conditions as well as the effect of nanoparticles crud deposition. Al₂O₃, TiO₂, and CNT water-based nanofluids with a range of concentrations in the span of 0.001 wt%–0.3 wt% were chosen for the present case study. For each nanofluid/concentration combination; the effect on the assembly's multiplication factor, Fuel Temperature Coefficient (FTC), Moderator Temperature Coefficient (MTC), and the discharge burnup are studied and highlighted. Moreover, the effect of a CRUD-like deposition of the nanoparticles on the axial power shifts is studied via SERPENT.

Original language	English
Article number	107508
Journal	Annals of Nuclear Energy
Volume	144
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107508
State	Published - Sep 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Funding

This research was supported and funded by the Research Institute of Science and Engineering at the University of Sharjah , Project Number 1802040790-P.

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Research Institute of Science and Engineering at the University of Sharjah	1802040790-P

Keywords

Neutronics, APR1400
PLUS7
Water-based nanofluids

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