Comparison between Air-cooled and Water-cooled Schemes for the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Molten Salt Reactor

SuN Lu; SuN Licheng; Yan Changqi; FA Dan; Wang Naxiu

doi:10.13832/j.jnpe.2014.03.0018

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SuN Lu, SuN Licheng, Yan Changqi, FA Dan, Wang Naxiu. Comparison between Air-cooled and Water-cooled Schemes for the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Molten Salt Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2014, 35(3): 18-21. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2014.03.0018

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SuN Lu, SuN Licheng, Yan Changqi, FA Dan, Wang Naxiu. Comparison between Air-cooled and Water-cooled Schemes for the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Molten Salt Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2014, 35(3): 18-21. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2014.03.0018

Citation:

SuN Lu, SuN Licheng, Yan Changqi, FA Dan, Wang Naxiu. Comparison between Air-cooled and Water-cooled Schemes for the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Molten Salt Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2014, 35(3): 18-21. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2014.03.0018

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Comparison between Air-cooled and Water-cooled Schemes for the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Molten Salt Reactor

doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2014.03.0018

1. College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China;
2. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

Received Date: 2013-05-24
Rev Recd Date: 2014-03-12

Available Online: 2025-02-15

Abstract

Abstract

The water-cooled and air-cooled passive residual heat removal systems（PRHRSs） were designed for 10MW molten salt reactor experiment（MSRE）, according to which the mathematical models were established and numerically solved in the code of C++. Main characteristics of the two systems were given and compared. The results show that both water-cooled and air-cooled PRHRSs can establish stable natural circulations and meet the design requirements for heat removal. However, the air-cooled PRHRS has better comprehensive performance for long term cooling.
- Molten salt reactor,
- Air-cooled,
- Water-cooled,
- Passive,
- Residual heat removal system