Adaptive active fault-tolerant dynamic surface load following controller for a modular high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

J Hui, YK Lee, J Yuan - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The control of nuclear reactors is one of the most challenging requirements in performing the
load following operation mode; however, most of the previous studies either do not consider …

An integral 3D full-scale steady-state thermohydraulic calculation of the high temperature pebble bed gas-cooled reactor HTR-10

AG Rodríguez, LYR Mazaira, CRG Hernández… - … Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is one of the next generation
candidates for nuclear reactors, according to the IAEA. Predicting the thermohydraulic …

Design and optimization of thermal insulation structure for high-temperature pipeline inside the lower tank wall

L Zhang, Y Zou, Y Yang, X Chen, Y Dai, C Zhou… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The operating temperature of the high-temperature pipeline running through the lower tank
of a high temperature reactor is relatively high, while the temperature limit of the wall …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal dynamics aspect identification of loop heat pipe with capillary tube wick using nonlinear autoregressive exogenous neural network

YDS Pambudi, S Hatmoko, AR Antariksawan… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The loop heat pipe (LHP) has the potential to be used as a passive cooling system in small
modular reactors. The research objective is to study the thermal dynamics of LHP with …

Experimental investigation of thermal characteristics on a new loop pipe model for passive cooling system

MH Kusuma, D Haryanto, S Hatmoko… - Thermal Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The heat pipes have the potential to be used as a passive cooling system (PCS) in thermal
installations including nuclear facilities. In that context, this experimental study is correlated …

[HTML][HTML] A novel insulation design for high-temperature pipe penetrating the walls of molten salt reactor cavity

Y Yang, H Zhu, C Zhou, Y Zou - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of molten salt reactor has high-temperature pipes penetrating the walls of reactor
cavity, the working temperature of which is about 530 K higher than the ordinary concrete …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of heat-loss mechanisms with various gases associated with the surface emissivity of a metal containment vessel in a water-cooled small modular …

GH Lee, JH Park, B Jeong, SJ Kim - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
In various small modular reactor (SMR) designs currently under development, the
conventional concrete containment building has been replaced by a metal containment …

New design of a hot mixing chamber for lowering its surface temperature by adopting a perforated inner cylinder

TT Ngo, T Zhou, HV Nguyen, PM Nguyen… - Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to design a novel modified hot mixing chamber (HMC) with high
performance and light weight by improving the existing basic model with high surface …

A one-dimensional code of the passive residual heat removal system for the modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor

H Zhao, Y Zheng, X Chen, T Ma, Y Dong - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The characteristics of the passive residual heat removal system (PRHRS) are very important
for the safety of the modular high temperature gas-cooled reactor (MHTGR). In this study, a …

Thermal characteristics of vertical straight wickless-heat pipe with low temperature source

MH Kusuma, M Juarsa, N Putra, G Giarno… - AIP Conference …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant severe accident provided a lesson to involve
the passive cooling system (PCS) in order to enhance the safety aspect in small modular …