钠冷快堆大泄漏钠水反应事故长期效应模型开发与验证

Development and Validation of Long-term Effects Model for Large Leak Sodium-water Reaction in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor

  • 摘要: 钠冷快堆大泄漏钠水反应事故保护系统设计与验证,需要获得事故发生后较长时间的系统响应,因此,本文开发了钠水反应长期效应模型,并采用钠水试验台架计算结果,对事故稳态以及长期效应全过程开展了模拟,模型得到的压力与实验数据吻合良好。在此基础上,分析了爆破片保护系统在不同泄漏等级下的动作响应特征,敏感性分析表明:泄漏率增加至0.6 kg/s时,钠水反应器一侧爆破片发生破裂;泄漏率达到2.5 kg/s时,试验回路压力达到管道承受极限值。在不同工况下,两级事故排放罐的压力波动均保持在极低水平,验证了系统具备充足的安全冗余。所开发的模型能够模拟从稳态到瞬态长期效应阶段的压力全过程,为大泄漏钠水反应事故分析和保护系统设计提供了依据。

     

    Abstract: The design and validation of effective protection systems for large leak sodium-water reaction (LLSWR) accidents in sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) require a comprehensive understanding of the complex long-term thermohydraulic responses following the initial pressure wave propagation process. Due to the strong coupling among sodium-water chemical reactions, gas generation, pressure evolution, discharge processes, and protection system actions, the accurate prediction of the long-term accident behavior remains a critical issue for the safety assessment and engineering design of SFR steam generator systems. In this study, a long-term effect model for LLSWR accidents was developed to describe the system response during the transition from the initial steady operating condition to the long-term transient stage. The proposed model incorporates the major physical phenomena involved in accident progression, including reaction-induced gas production, pressure propagation, rupture disk activation, and accident discharge processes. Based on the configuration and operating parameters of a sodium-water reaction experimental facility, numerical simulations covering the entire accident process, including the initial steady state, transient pressure evolution, and long-term system response, were performed. The calculated pressure histories at key locations agreed well with the experimental measurements in terms of both overall trends and characteristic response features, demonstrating the validity and applicability of the proposed model for long-term LLSWR analysis. Furthermore, the response characteristics of the rupture disk protection system under different leakage rates were systematically investigated. The results show that, under relatively small leakage conditions, the buffering effect of the system volume prevents rupture disk activation. When the leakage rate reaches 0.6 kg/s, only the reactor-side rupture disk is activated, initiating the corresponding protection action. As the leakage rate further increases to 2.5 kg/s, the significantly intensified reaction source causes a rapid pressure rise, leading to the activation of both rupture disks, with the system pressure reaching the safety limit of the experimental facility. In addition, the pressure responses of the two-stage accident discharge tanks were evaluated under various leakage scenarios. The results indicate that the pressure fluctuations in both discharge tanks remain at an extremely low level throughout the accident process, demonstrating sufficient discharge capacity and safety redundancy of the protection system. Overall, the developed model successfully reproduces the complete evolution process from steady-state operation to the long-term transient stage and provides a reliable numerical tool for LLSWR accident analysis, protection system optimization, and safety evaluation of sodium-cooled fast reactor steam generator systems.

     

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