Challenges and opportunities to alloyed and composite fuel architectures to mitigate high uranium density fuel oxidation: uranium silicide

A Gonzales, JK Watkins, AR Wagner, BJ Jaques… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
The challenges and opportunities to alloyed and composite fuel architectures designed and
intended to mitigate oxidation of the fuel during a cladding breech of a water-cooled reactor …

A review of neutronics and thermal hydraulics–based screening methods applied to accelerated nuclear fuel qualification

JP Gorton, CM Petrie, AT Nelson - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art engineering approach for using thermal hydraulic
(TH) and neutronics modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to perform rapid screening studies …

A comparison of the effects of traditional and wet mixing processes of rubber on metal friction and wear

D Han, S Zhang, K Wang, Y Pan, D Zhu… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Prolonged operations of mixers cause wear of mixer rotors and chamber walls and affect the
clearances between the rotors and chamber walls, which reduce the mixing effect, weaken …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the ratio of graphene oxide (GO) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on metal friction and wear during mixing

D Han, K Wang, G Yan, Y Pan, J Xue, C Wang, H Bian - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
Internal mixer is an important mixing component in industrial applications. Studies show that
when a mixer operates for a long time, wear may appear at the end face of the internal …

Effect of adding different silane coupling agents on metal friction and wear in mixing process

D Han, Y Pan, J Xue, B Yu, G Yan… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The function of silane coupling agent in rubber mixing field is to combine inorganic matrix
with rubber organic matrix. Silica is commonly used in the rubber mixing field to strengthen …

Effect of different amounts of graphene on metal friction and wear during the mixing process

D Han, K Wang, H Bian, G Yan, C Wang - Polymer Composites, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Internal mixer is one the most commonly used rubber‐mixing equipment, which has been
applied for decades. This device can operate continuously for a long time. Accordingly, it is …

Cr-incorporated uranium nitride composite fuels with enhanced mechanical performance and oxidation resistance

K Yang, E Kardoulaki, D Zhao, B Gong… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Cr-incorporated UN (Cr-UN) composite fuels with different Cr amounts up to 10 wt%
are fabricated by spark plasma sintering, and their microstructure and phase heterogeneity …

Neutronic and fuel cycle performance of LEU fuel with different means of excess reactivity control: Impact of neutron leakage and refueling scheme

UM Nabila, MH Sahadath - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel with different Integral Burnable Absorbers (IBAs) and
Burnable Poison Rods (BPRs) in AP1000 assembly was investigated. These include IBAs of …

[HTML][HTML] Friction and wear of Stellite 6B during sliding against rubber compound with varied carbon fiber content

D Han, Y Pan, S Li, M Xu, X Xiao, E Huang, C Wang… - Polymer Testing, 2022 - Elsevier
As an essential rubber mixing equipment in continuous production, an internal mixer should
have a long service life while operating at high intensity. Studies show that at these severe …

Study on mechanical properties and antifriction of calcium powder filled rubber

D Han, G Yan, S Li, Y Pan, Y Chen… - Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studies show that long‐term operation of the rubber mixer results in wear at the end face of
the mixer. End face wear increases the gap between the mixing chamber and the end face …