CN111477354A - Co-extrusion annular fuel rod - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of nuclear fuel, and particularly discloses a co-extrusion annular fuel rod, wherein a gap is not formed between a fuel pellet and a cladding, the heat conduction is enhanced, the central temperature of the fuel pellet is reduced, a traditional compression spring structure is not needed, the operation stability is improved, and radioactive waste is reduced. The fuel rod structure simplifies the assembly and manufacturing process of the fuel rod, does not need to fill helium gas into the fuel rod during manufacturing, and reduces the cost.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of nuclear fuel, and particularly relates to a co-extrusion annular fuel rod.
Background
During the operation of a nuclear power plant reactor, the performance of nuclear fuel is an important factor affecting the safety and economy of the reactor. Therefore, the research on fuel elements is put on a very prominent position internationally, and various performances of the nuclear fuel elements are continuously improved by optimizing the design of the fuel elements, adopting advanced structural materials, improving element manufacturing processes and other methods, so that nuclear power is promoted to develop towards a safer and more economic direction.
The nuclear fuel is generally designed into a solid cylinder shape and consists of an upper end plug, a lower end plug, a pellet, a compression spring and a cladding, and a coolant flows through the cladding to cool a fuel rod.
The benefit of the annular fuel is that at high linear power densities, the temperature in the center of the fuel is still low, there is less stored energy in the fuel, and there is less fission gas release than with conventional solid cylindrical fuels. Better fuel performance can be expected under normal operating and transient conditions.
In the existing annular fuel rod, gaps exist between the outer surface of the inner cladding and the inner surface of the annular fuel pellet and between the inner surface of the outer cladding and the outer surface of the annular fuel pellet, so that the annular fuel pellet is not favorably radiated, the assembly process has high precision requirement, and the assembly and the processing are inconvenient.
In the existing sodium-cooled fast reactor fuel element, the outer surface of the fuel rod cladding tube generally adopts a wire winding positioning structure to transversely position the fuel rod in the assembly, and the coolant is enabled to generate transverse flow by the transverse acting force of the wire winding, so that the heat transmitted from the surface of the cladding tube is better transmitted to the central area of the coolant, the highest temperature of the surface of the fuel rod cladding tube is effectively reduced, and the safety of the assembly is ensured. However, since there is inevitably a gap between the wire wrap and the outer surface of the fuel rod cladding tube, vibration is easily generated between the wire wrap and the outer surface of the fuel rod cladding tube, which affects the stability of the structure, and the coolant flow area of the contact part of the wire wrap and the fuel rod is narrow and long, and there are vortex and flow stagnation areas on the back flow surface of the wire wrap to the coolant, which also brings obstruction to heat conduction.
Therefore, it is desirable to design a fuel rod that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a co-extrusion annular fuel rod, which eliminates the clearance between fuel pellets and a cladding and optimizes the heat transfer effect of a contact part of a wire winding and the fuel rod.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a co-extrusion annular fuel rod comprises an upper end plug, a lower end plug, an inner cladding, an outer cladding and an annular fuel core;
the annular fuel core, the inner cladding and the outer cladding are processed in a co-extrusion mode, no gap exists between the annular fuel core and the inner cladding and between the annular fuel core and the outer cladding, heat conduction is enhanced, and central temperature is reduced;
and an upper end plug and a lower end plug are connected above the inner cladding and the outer cladding.
The outer surface of the outer casing is provided with N turbulence wings, wherein N is more than or equal to 1.
The turbulence wings are spirally distributed on the outer surface of the outer cladding.
The turbulence wings and the outer surface of the outer wrapping shell are integrally processed and formed, so that the heat exchange area can be obviously increased, the whole heat dissipation is facilitated, and the phenomenon that the heat transfer effect of local heat of the wrapping shell is poor due to the poor heat transfer effect of the contact part of the wire winding positioning structure and the surface of the fuel rod is eliminated.
When the number of the turbulence wings is multiple, the turbulence wings are distributed on the outer surface of the outer wrapping shell at equal angles along the axial direction.
The height of the turbulence wings is equal to the distance between two adjacent annular fuel rods in the fuel assembly, and the two adjacent annular fuel rods can be limited through the turbulence wings.
Helium does not need to be filled in the fuel rod.
The annular fuel core is a dispersion fuel.
The annular fuel core is metal fuel.
The reactor is suitable for pressurized water reactors, fast reactors, low-temperature heat supply reactors, space reactors, boiling water reactors, micro-reactors, zero-power reactors, heavy water reactors, power reactors and marine power reactor types.
The invention has the following remarkable effects:
(1) the fuel rod has no gap between the fuel pellet and the cladding, thus enhancing heat conduction, reducing the central temperature of the fuel pellet, avoiding the need of a traditional compression spring structure, increasing the operation stability and reducing radioactive wastes.
(2) The turbulence wing structure and the outer fuel rod casing are integrally processed and formed, no gap exists between the turbulence wing structure and the outer fuel rod casing, and compared with a wire winding positioning structure, the heat exchange area can be remarkably increased, and the integral heat dissipation is facilitated.
(3) The turbulence wing structure of the fuel rod can obviously enhance the transverse mixing effect.
(4) The fuel rod structure simplifies the assembly and manufacturing process of the fuel rod, does not need to fill helium gas into the fuel rod during manufacturing, and reduces the cost.
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FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a co-extruded annular fuel rod without turbulators;
FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of a co-extruded annular fuel rod without turbulators;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a co-extruded annular fuel rod having turbulators;
FIG. 4 is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of a co-extruded annular fuel rod having turbulators;
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a co-extruded annular fuel rod with multiple flow vanes.
In the figure: 1. an upper end plug; 2. a lower end plug; 3. an inner envelope; 4. an outer envelope; 5. an annular fuel core; 6. and a spoiler.
Detailed Description
The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the figures and the embodiments.
A co-extruded annular fuel rod as shown in fig. 1 and 2 comprises an upper end plug 1, a lower end plug 2, an inner cladding 3, an outer cladding 4 and an annular fuel core 5.
The annular fuel core body 5, the inner wrapping shell 3 and the outer wrapping shell 4 are processed in a co-extrusion mode, no gap exists between the annular fuel core body and the inner wrapping shell, heat conduction is enhanced, and the central temperature of the fuel core blocks is reduced.
An upper end plug 1 is connected above the inner cladding 3 and the outer cladding 4, and a lower end plug 2 is connected below.
The annular fuel core 5 is a dispersoid or a metal fuel.
Traditional co-extrusion processing mode produces the inhomogeneous condition of core distribution easily at co-extrusion piece's both ends, consequently this application co-extrusion formula annular fuel rod is through cutting off behind the inhomogeneous part of both ends core, and end plug 1 and lower end plug 2 are welded respectively to the rethread.
As shown in figures 3 and 4, N spoiler wings 6 are processed on the outer surface of the outer cladding 4, wherein N is more than or equal to 0. The turbulence wings 6 are spirally distributed on the outer surface of the outer cladding 4 and are integrally processed and formed with the outer surface of the outer cladding 4, so that the heat exchange area can be obviously increased, the whole heat dissipation is facilitated, and the phenomenon of poor heat transfer effect of local heat of the cladding caused by poor heat transfer effect of the contact part of the wire winding positioning structure and the surface of the fuel rod is eliminated.
As shown in fig. 5, when there are a plurality of flow-disturbing wings 6, they are distributed on the outer surface of the outer envelope 4 at equal angles along the axial direction. The height of the turbulence wings 6 is equal to the distance between two adjacent annular fuel rods in the fuel assembly, and the two adjacent annular fuel rods can be limited by the turbulence wings 6.
The co-extrusion type annular fuel rod is suitable for pressurized water reactors, fast reactors, low-temperature heat supply reactors, space reactors, boiling water reactors, micro-reactors, zero-power reactors, heavy water reactors, power reactors and marine power reactor types.
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1. A co-extruded annular fuel rod characterized by: comprises an upper end plug (1), a lower end plug (2), an inner packing shell (3), an outer packing shell (4) and an annular fuel core body (5);
the annular fuel core (5), the inner cladding (3) and the outer cladding (4) are processed in a co-extrusion mode, no gap exists between the annular fuel core and the inner cladding, heat conduction is enhanced, and central temperature is reduced;
an upper end plug (1) is connected above the inner cladding (3) and the outer cladding (4), and a lower end plug (2) is connected below the inner cladding and the outer cladding.
2. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 1 wherein: the outer surface of the outer casing (4) is provided with N turbulence wings (6), wherein N is more than or equal to 1.
3. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 2 wherein: the turbulence wings (6) are spirally distributed on the outer surface of the outer cladding (4).
4. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 3 wherein: the turbulence wings (6) and the outer surface of the outer wrapping shell (4) are integrally processed and formed, so that the heat exchange area can be obviously increased, the whole heat dissipation is facilitated, and the phenomenon of poor heat transfer effect of local heat of the cladding caused by poor heat transfer effect of the contact part of the wire winding positioning structure and the surface of the fuel rod is eliminated.
5. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 4 wherein: when the number of the turbulence wings (6) is multiple, the turbulence wings are distributed on the outer surface of the outer casing (4) at equal angles along the axial direction.
6. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 5 wherein: the height of the turbulence wing (6) is equal to the distance between two adjacent annular fuel rods in the fuel assembly, and the two adjacent annular fuel rods can be limited through the turbulence wing (6).
7. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 6 wherein: helium does not need to be filled in the fuel rod.
8. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 7 wherein: the annular fuel core (5) is a dispersion fuel.
9. A co-extruded annular fuel rod of claim 7 wherein: the annular fuel core (5) is metal fuel.
10. A co-extruded annular fuel rod as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: the reactor is suitable for pressurized water reactors, fast reactors, low-temperature heat supply reactors, space reactors, boiling water reactors, micro-reactors, zero-power reactors, heavy water reactors, power reactors and marine power reactor types.
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