The helical cruciform fuel (HCF) is promising to improve the power density and safety margin
of reactors core by its advantages in the heat transfer area-to-volume ratio and continual …

The corrosion products in the primary loop of the nuclear reactor can be deposited on the
surface of the fuel rod, forming a deposition layer called CRUD layer, introducing the heat …

The helical-cruciform fuel (HCF), with four-petalled twisted blades, is potential to improve the
core power density while maintaining the safety margin for the current reactors. However …

Fluoride salt serves as a coolant in the fluoride-salt-cooled high-temperature reactor and
flows through the reactor core to remove heat produced by the nuclear fuel. To enhance the …

As a new type of fuel rod, petal-shaped fuel rod (PSFR) has the advantages of lowering the
core temperature and increasing the power density, and thus has a broad application …

Based on the VOF multiphase flow model and bubble growth model, a numerical analysis
model of bubble growth of subcooled flow boiling in a petal-shaped fuel rod channel was …

The helical cruciform fuel (HCF) rods show an axially twisted shape with four-petaled profile,
thus providing enhanced heat transfer performance and mechanical self-supporting. In this …

A petal-shaped fuel rod (PSFR) has been made advantageous by innovations in materials
and helical structure. In this paper, a performance analysis model of PSFR is developed …

In this paper, an analytical model of thermal–mechanical coupling performance of three-lobe
and four-lobe petal-shaped fuel rods (PSFRs) irradiation is established based on the finite …

This paper establishes the performance analysis model of a petal-shaped fuel rod (PSFR)
under Reactivity Initiated Accident (RIA) condition based on thermal elastic–plastic theory …