小型氟盐冷却高温堆SCO2布雷顿循环冷端特性研究

Study on Cold End Characteristic of SCO2 Brayton Cycle in Small Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactor

  • 摘要: 氟盐冷却高温堆与SCO2布雷顿循环耦合发电系统具有固有安全性高、效率高、可模块化建造等优点,但SCO2布雷顿循环系统对于冷端参数十分敏感,严重影响循环系统性能。本文以小型氟盐冷却高温堆SCO2布雷顿循环系统为对象,开展在SCO2冷端扰动下系统的动态特性研究,并探究变负荷过程中冷端参数变化对系统性能的影响。结果表明:在降负荷过程中,主压缩机对入口温度和入口压力的敏感性逐渐增强;低负荷状态下,主压缩机入口温度扰动1 ℃,出口压力变化最高7 MPa,效率变化最高6.82%;主压缩机入口压力扰动0.1 MPa,出口压力变化最高6.33 MPa,效率变化最高6.23%。

     

    Abstract: Fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor coupled with SCO2 Brayton cycle power generation system has the advantages of high inherent safety, high efficiency, compact structure, and waterless cooling. However, the cold end of the SCO2 Brayton cycle system operates near the critical point and is very sensitive to the cold end parameters, which seriously affects the performance of the cycle system. In addition, when the cold end parameters cross the critical point, the liquefied mass can seriously threaten the safety of the compressor and even the cycle system, therefore, the investigation of the characteristics of the cold end parameters during the dynamic process becomes the key to the safe and stable operation of the SCO2 Brayton cycle system. This paper took the SCO2 Brayton cycle system of a small fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor as the research object. Matlab/Simulink software was used as the simulation platform, and the Refprop interface was embedded to calculate physical properties. The one-dimensional dynamic simulation model was established for compressors, turbines, heat exchangers, reactors, and other thermal equipment through energy conservation and mass conservation. On this basis, the dynamic characteristics of the system under the disturbance of the cooling water flow of the SCO2 pre-cooler were studied, and the influence of the cold end parameters on the system performance during the variable load was explored. The results show that the disturbance of the cooling water flow of the SCO2 pre-cooler directly affects the inlet temperature of the main compressor, which in turn seriously affects the stable operation of the whole system, so it is necessary to impose certain control means to ensure the stability of the pre-cooler outlet temperature during the operation of the system. Due to the role of the thermal inertia of the reactor and the interaction between the reactor and the heat exchanger, the hot end of the system fluctuates obviously and then affects the cold end, so the reactor is the main reason for the longterm fluctuations of the cold end. In the process of load reduction, the cold end parameters of the system gradually approach the critical point, resulting in increasingly drastic changes in carbon dioxide density at the inlet of the main compressor, which leads to the sensitivity of the main compressor to the inlet temperature and inlet pressure gradually increases. At the low load state, the main compressor inlet temperature is disturbed by 1 ℃, the highest change of main compressor inlet density is 262 kg/m3, the highest change of main compressor outlet pressure is 7 MPa, and the highest change of main compressor efficiency is 6.82%. The main compressor inlet pressure is disturbed by 0.1 MPa, the highest change of main compressor inlet density is 228 kg/m3, the highest change of main compressor outlet pressure is 6.33 MPa, and the highest change of main compressor efficiency is 6.23%. However, the inlet temperature and inlet pressure of the main compressor have a small and almost negligible effect on the outlet temperature.

     

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