A model of chemistry and thermal hydraulics in PWR fuel crud deposits
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Abstract A model is described for simulating thermal hydraulic and chemical conditions within fuel crud deposits. Heat transfer takes place by wick boiling in which water flows through the porous deposit and evaporates into steam at the surface of chimneys. The transport and chemistry of dissolved species within the deposit is also modelled. This chemistry includes the equilibrium chemistry of Li/boric acid species, the equilibrium chemistry of Fe/Ni species and the radiolysis chemistry of water. The unique feature of this model is that the chemistry is coupled to the thermal hydraulics via the increase in the saturation temperature with the concentration of dissolved species. This has a profound effect on evaporative heat transfer within thick deposits, leading to conditions that explain the precipitation of LiBO 2 and the possible formation of bonaccordite. The model helps understand several crud scrape observations, including why AOA is observed to occur for a crud thickness in the region of 20–30 μm.
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OpenAlex topics: Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes · Nuclear Materials and Properties · Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
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