压水堆燃料组件格架弹簧松弛分析软件开发与验证

DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF GRID SPRING RELAXATION ANALYSIS SOFTWARE FOR PWR FUEL ASSEMBLY

  • 摘要: 在辐照环境下,格架弹簧因中子辐照发生蠕变,导致夹持力随燃耗加深而衰减。本文研发了格架弹簧松弛分析软件(简称“BEGONIA”),综合考虑弹簧辐照蠕变、栅元尺寸变化以及燃料棒外径变化对弹簧弹性变形的影响,能够用于预测辐照后弹簧的夹持力。基于燃料棒的拉棒实验数据验证表明,辐照后夹持力计算值与测量值的平均相对偏差为17.1%,所有实验测量值均在软件计算的包络范围之内,表明计算模型具有较好的预测精度。该软件可为燃料组件格架性能评估与优化设计提供可靠支撑,具有良好工程应用前景。

     

    Abstract: Under the irradiation environment, the grid springs undergo creep deformation due to neutron irradiation, resulting in the degradation of spring force with increasing burnup. This paper presents the development of a grid spring relaxation analysis software, named "BEGONIA", which comprehensively considers the influence of irradiation creep of springs, cell size variation as well as fuel rod diameter variation on the elastic deformation of springs, enabling the prediction of spring force after irradiation. The verification based on the fuel rod pull-out test shows that the average relative deviation between calculated and measured post-irradiation spring force is 17.1%, and all the experimental values fall within the envelope range calculated by the software, indicating good predictive accuracy of the computational model. This software can provide reliable support for the performance evaluation and design optimization of fuel assembly grids, and has promising prospects for engineering applications.

     

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