Development of Transient Computational Model for Stirling Engine Used in Liquid Metal Reactor

Zhou Linjie; Zhang Donghui; Yang Jun; Wang Xiaokun; Wang Jin; Guo Zhongxiao

doi:10.13832/j.jnpe.2023.05.0136

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Zhou Linjie, Zhang Donghui, Yang Jun, Wang Xiaokun, Wang Jin, Guo Zhongxiao. Development of Transient Computational Model for Stirling Engine Used in Liquid Metal Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2023, 44(5): 136-143. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2023.05.0136

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Zhou Linjie, Zhang Donghui, Yang Jun, Wang Xiaokun, Wang Jin, Guo Zhongxiao. Development of Transient Computational Model for Stirling Engine Used in Liquid Metal Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2023, 44(5): 136-143. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2023.05.0136

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Zhou Linjie, Zhang Donghui, Yang Jun, Wang Xiaokun, Wang Jin, Guo Zhongxiao. Development of Transient Computational Model for Stirling Engine Used in Liquid Metal Reactor[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2023, 44(5): 136-143. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2023.05.0136

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Development of Transient Computational Model for Stirling Engine Used in Liquid Metal Reactor

doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2023.05.0136

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China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China
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CNNP Xiapu Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Ningde, Fujian, 355199, China

Received Date: 2022-10-19
Rev Recd Date: 2023-02-27
Publish Date: 2023-10-13

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In order to explore the matching characteristics of the Stirling engine and the liquid metal nuclear reactor, a transient code for Stirling engine operation simulation is developed based on the Stirling cycle third-order analysis method. In this model, the working cavity and the heat exchanger of Stirling engine are modeled by the one-dimensional hydrodynamics method, and the simulation of operating Stirling engine in the liquid metal nuclear reactor is realized. In this paper, the steady state operation of the fixed wall temperature boundary condition is simulated by using the test data of GPU-3 Stirling engine, and the results show good agreement with the test data. After connecting to the heat exchanger solver module, the code has successfully realized the transient simulation of the Stirling engine under constant and transient boundary conditions. This indicates that the model can be used for the working condition analysis of the coupling system between the liquid metal nuclear reactor and the Stirling engine.
- Stirling engine,
- Transient simulation,
- Liquid metal reactor

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